Coyotes - Terra Spencer (Official Video)

Coyotes, from the album Chasing Rabbits, is available on all streaming platforms, Bandcamp, and at https://terraspencer.ca/store Featuring Kimm Kent Filmed by Sarah Kasprzak Directed and edited by Terra Spencer COYOTES - Terra Spencer, SOCAN, BMI I set out with the sunrise on a set of worn-out skis My thoughts were hanging heavy as the snow upon the trees I was thinking of my granddad, how he given many warnings To watch out for coyotes in the woods on winter mornings With a dagger in my pocket that could kill me if I fell I made two lines like the highway through the trail I knew so well By the log bridge at the river heard a rustling at my back Caught a glimpse of the coyote that was following my tracks In her eyes a glow of amber, in a flash she lunged for me I stumbled in my skis, she ripped my snowpants at the knee With a mittened hand I wrestled, tried to free my granddad’s knife Drove it deep into the soft fur of the dog to save my life With a whimper she relented and the snow turned angry red She licked her wounded shoulder while my own leg pulsed and bled A shadow broke the sunlight in the corner of my eye A pack of young coyotes come to watch their mother die As her babies gathered round me, I could smell their puppy breath And my thoughts in that brief moment were of life instead of death As they tore me into pieces and licked my old bones clean My spirit grew so peaceful, the most at rest I’d ever been I thought of my own babies, running fingers through their hair, And all the times I’d wronged them, caught my leg in my own snare I will see no fiery furnace, no box deep in the ground Just a pack of wild coyotes and their high and lonesome sound STUDIO CREDITS: Terra Spencer: vocals, guitar Jordi Comstock: drums Adam Fine: bass Sarah Frank: fiddle Luke Fraser: mandolin Kimm Kent: Deer Spirit drum David Campbell: pedal steel Engineered by Lil Thomas at Sonic Temple Mixed & mastered by Scott Ferguson at FMP Matrix