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Noah & The Whale
Noah & The Whale


Background information
Origin Twickenham, London, United Kingdom
Genre(s) Indie Folk
Years active 2006—present
Label(s) Vertigo Records
Mercury Records
Cherrytree Records
Associated acts Jesse Quin & The Mets
Laura Marling
Johnny Flynn
Emmy the Great
Pull Tiger Tail
Slow Club
Members
Charlie Fink
Tom Hobden
Urby Whale
Fred Abbott
Former members
Laura Marling
Doug Fink
Emmy the Great
Jack Hamson



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Noah & The Whale Lyrics

"Death By Numbers" lyrics


As our rotting bodies
Pay back the earth its love
In a vile fleshy matter
We'll crumble into dust
I'll be picked up by the wind
And blown into strangers eyes
Defuse into their bodies
And their tears when they cry
'Til I have 5000 people carry me
'Til I have 5000 people carry me

Oscar and Lucy
Will buy themselves a coffin
Oh a single box of wood
That, together, they will rot in
And their bodies will decay
And combine with one another
Oh a single act of love
Far greater than any other
And in death they'll leave just a part of them
Oh in death they'll leave one part of them

Oh when I'm minerals in the soil
I'll diffuse into a tree
It'll have 5000 brances
Which will have 5000 leaves
And I'll be in every one
Oh and when a leaf blows free
I will land upon the earth
And grow another tree
'Til I have 5000 trees made of me
'Til there are 5000 trees made of me

When Darkness surrounds me
Oh when darkness surrounds me
Oh when darkness is all I can see
When Darkness surrounds me
Oh when darkness surrounds me
Oh when darkness is all I can see
When Darkness surrounds me
Oh when darkness surrounds me
Oh when darkness is all I can see
When Darkness surrounds me
Oh when darkness surrounds me
Oh when darkness is all I can see

I will have 5000 bodies
I will have 5000 trees
Which will have 5000 branches
Which will have 5000 leaves
And I will have 5000 lovers
And I'll have 5000 bees
Made of me

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