Name: Listening To The Wendigo
Duration: P00H04M32S
Description: This an acoustic pre-release. I never really intended to share publicly. This is the original recording captured after the song was written. Looking forward to hearing the band give it the full JOEL treatment.

Listening To The Wendigo

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This an acoustic pre-release. I never really intended to share publicly. This is the original recording captured after the song was written. Looking forward to hearing the band give it the full JOEL treatment.

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I heard your voice calling in the dark
I went searching, wondering where you are
I feel something stalking me
I tried to keep on walking but I got too scared
So I just left you there

I've heard stories about what you are
Tales that put fear in people's hearts
But none of them have seen you
The way that I have seen you in my dreams at night
Telling me I must survive

Out here trying to make it on my own
Can't seem to feel my flesh and bones
Starving for attention
Knowing something's missing
But I keep listening to the Wendigo

The cold settled in as we lost our way
I lied to you, said it'd be okay
A hunger started stirring in me
It never was occuring to me that I'd changed
Until it was too late

Out here trying to make it on my own
Can't seem to feel my flesh and bones
Starving for attention
My heart says something's missing
But I keep listening to the Wendigo

Heard a revelation you would come again
Made preparations for myself in the end
In self preservation,
I traded in the only thing that I held dear
And then you left me here

Out here trying to make it on my own
Can't seem to feel my flesh and bones
Starving for attention
My heart says something's missing
But I keep listening to the Wendigo

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released December 20, 2023
Lyrics co-written by Andrew Totsch
Artwork by Boris Groh

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JOEL Alton, Illinois

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JOEL is a singer-songwriter and band (indie/folk/rock) from Alton, IL.

JOEL's debut EP, “Diversions” was released in 2015, and a follow up full-length album is right around the corner. A new demo, "Listening To The Wendigo" just landed here on Bandcamp in December of 2023. ... more

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