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Belly of the Whale

from The Hero's Journey by Beth Kinderman

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"The passage of the threshold is a form of self-annihilation...Instead of passing outward, beyond the confines of the visible world, the hero goes inward, to be born again." - Joseph Campbell, The Hero With A Thousand Faces


Joseph Campbell’s works and the trademark HERO’S JOURNEY™ are used under license by the Joseph Campbell Foundation (www.jcf.org).

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with nothing to my name
but what I carried on my back
I stepped into the sea
aware of what I lacked
the night sky held me down
with stars the shape of shore
ten million miles from home
I set my shoulder to the oar

(chorus)
ooh, there is danger
in the deep
in the dark
ooh, but somewhere down there
in the depths
I lit a spark
I lit a spark

I balance on the rim
between the infinite & whale
Leviathan below
the void still on my trail
oh lodestone point me home
to seek that tiny light
I am too weak & small
to navigate only by sight

(chorus)

with nothing to my name
but what I carried on my back
I stepped into the sea
aware of what I lacked
the night sky held me down
with stars the shape of shore
ten million miles from home
I set my shoulder to the oar

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from The Hero's Journey, released May 3, 2019
Elizabeth Greenberg: violin, vocals
Justin Hartley: djembe, water drum
Beth Kinderman: vocals, acoustic guitar
Dennis Maddix: bass
Dave Stagner: electric guitar, guitar synth

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Beth Kinderman & the Player Characters Minneapolis, Minnesota

If you like epic song cycles based upon multi-thousand-page fantasy novels, thought-provoking lyrics, violin solos, complex vocal harmonies, huge drums, and weird guitar effects, but you also think that more musicians should write songs about surviving the zombie apocalypse and attempting to sleep with video game characters, Beth Kinderman & the Player Characters are the band for you. ... more

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