Name: The Man Who Ate A Hurricane
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Description: 'The Man Who Ate A Hurricane' is the first single from the forthcoming album 'Standing Still Will Kill You', due for release in November 2017.

The Man Who Ate A Hurricane

by Owen Williams

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'The Man Who Ate A Hurricane' is the first single from the forthcoming album 'Standing Still Will Kill You', due for release in November 2017.

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Crept from the shadows, purveyor of tricks,
spends the midnight hour, looking for a fix.
Sings in the cemetery, skips between the stones,
born with a heavy step, and a hole in the sole.
The man who ate a hurricane, just blowing through,
spread his arms like a fever, and burnt a hole right through you.

Oh he took the mother, stole the sister too, now you're alone.

A young mother, seduced by the song,
a crooked lullaby, for her only son.
Bruised fingers, clutching her fragile heart,
He took the grace, in her faith and tore it apart.

Oh he took the mother, he stole the sister too,
now the devil's on the loose, and all you can do,
is cower in the corn, praying for shelter from the storm.

There stood the pastor, wretched with sin,
taming the hurricane, to a whimpering wind.
Shouting from the gutter, stood between the dogs,
"be gone, be gone, be gone my god!"

Oh he took the mother, he stole the sister too,
now the devil's on the loose, and all you can do,
is cower in the corn, praying for shelter from the storm.

The man who ate a hurricane, spread his evil seed,
sends his words out to war, on a calculating breeze.
The man who ate a hurricane, never blew again,
save us oh save us, from the storm within.

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released July 28, 2017

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Owen Williams England, UK

Singer/songwriter from Essex in the UK. Acoustic based blues and gospel.

Released first album 'Routine Monsters' in 2009 and demo album 'Happy/Sad' in 2015. His latest album 'Standing Still Will Kill You' was released in 2017. Two new singles, Symmetry and There Will Be Blood were released in November 2018.

Influences include Bob Dylan, Nick Cave, Tim Buckley, Tom Waits and many more! ... more

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