Sweet Saltpeter

from The Big North by Hank Tree

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Limited edition black vinyl 12" version of Hank Tree's debut album, The Big North.

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lyrics

Crushed caliche, bringer of work, dissolves in the iodine house
Internal heat coils are filled with steam, face covered by sweat-sodden cloth

The colourless mix of rocks everyday we see break in between the fixed jaw and the swing
They leave behind a dust that's sitting on our lungs stifling the room it's hard to breath

Sweet saltpeter, once hidden gift, removed from the wrought iron tank
The constant leaching must carry on regardless with or without us

We lean over the water that separates the white gold from the indefinable clutter

El caliche machacado, proveedor de trabajo, se disuelve en la casa del yodo
Los serpentines se llenan de vapores, el rostro cubierto con un trapo bañado en sudor

La mezcla de las rocas sin color que cada día vemos molidas entre la mandíbula fija y la móvil
sueltan un polvo que se deposita en nuestros pulmones asfixia la pieza cuesta respirar

Dulce salitre, en su momento un regalo escondido, extraído del estanque de hierro forjado
La continua lixiviación debe continuar a toda costa, con o sin nosotros

Nos asomamos sobre el agua que separa el oro blanco de la indefinible maraña

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from The Big North, released November 18, 2022

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