Holocaust of Giants

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When I was nine years old way back in Ohio
The hired man was digging up a well on my father's land
He found a fossil there
It was a massive bone and since then I've known
That a race of giants lived in the northern hemisphere
Ten thousand years ago they lived right here
It seems incredible and yet it's the truth
That a fossilized and petrified calcified primeval brute
Was turned to stone but he was not alone
There were hundreds of them walking on the sand toward the river
Even giants think they'll always live forever
Where a stream once flowed into the Ohio everything was turned to stone
The Bible speaks of this
There were giants in our midst
But they slaughtered one another in a meaningless war
Thank your lucky stars that we don't do that anymore
That gravel-encrusted skull that was found by a river shoal
Double rows of very sharp teeth
The massive jaw measured twenty five feet
It was turned to stone
There were hundreds of them walking on the sand toward the river
Even giants think they'll always live forever

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from Petition, released February 6, 2015
Written by Melora Creager / Rasputina
From the album Sister Kinderhook
Copyright 2010 Filthy Bonnet Recording Co.

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