The Hodag

from Cryptids by Derek Lee Miller

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Well, I've been slumping through the jungle
Of ragged leaves and biting thorns
Where they got every fearsome critter
That ever had the nerve to get itself born
They got hawks and bears and wolves
And things that twitch and creep and crawl
They got every disincorporated soul that had to fall

Well, they're hungry for your blood, my son
But they're staying in their place
'Cause they all can sense my scent, my friends
And not a one of 'em has seen my face
But if your mother finds you missing and hears that grizzled, faithless roar
She'll know the Hodag comes for more

The Hodag got his ass shot off
That's what the paper said
Ten men with guns were standing 'round
The corpse's grinning head
A bullet's just a dire wish you've
Written out in lead
It can never cross the space between
What's in your fears and in your head

I sharpen my teeth on your nightmares
Drink a hundred gallons of tears
But to hear those liars tell it
My blood's as red as theirs
But look inside that shredded hide
You're sure as hell to find
That the Hodag never was there

I thank 'em for the lies
That still contribute to my fame
'Cause I never drew a breath
Until they whispered out my name
You can't untell a story
Once it's infected in your brain
And you can't call back the monster
Once you've set it on its legs

I was born the second they said
That they had laid me on a slab
But step inside this shadowed grove
You'll know better than that
Search inside your fevered dreams
You know that you will find
That the Hodag always is there

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from Cryptids, released January 1, 2012
Written and performed by Derek Lee Miller.

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