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Owl

from Nuuksiik by Tsimka

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The lyrics for this song were inspired late one misty night when I heard something and wondered what was coming next.

lyrics

Naʔamits qwiyatmitiis haʔin čiʔat
I heard something calling me

tikpitʔatmitsa unuƛ ʔin ƛawakḥmitsa naʔa
I got up/sat up because I wanted to hear/listen closer

hatqwispiʔatsa čumił akqs
I rolled out of my bed

ʔučkułmitʔiš hupał, sayasaʔiš hupał
there is fog in the face of the moon, the far away moon

ʔaqaq matakḥ wawaʔaqƛatsa
I wonder what this is

qwayatuk̓ ʔukqʔaḥʔa nuuk
is this how your song sounds?

Chorus (sounds)

ʔiqḥukʔaƛac̓a ʔantupkak
I was told it was black

tumaqƛ uḥʔiš qwisḥin qwac̓amisʔi
dark and different mystery/thing that I don̓t know what it is
qwac̓amisʔi – something that needs to be done

tuḥuk̓apats nukwatukʔi
I get a spooky alive feeling inside from the melody

sayačakḥšiƛs natsa maḥsa qwikʔiitq hiintšiƛ
I head further up because I want to see what is coming

qwayatuk̓ ʔukqʔaḥʔa nuuk?
Is this how your song sounds?

čuu ʔahʔaʔałs ʔuʔumḥi nacičiƛqus qwis witas itq
OK, I̓̓m ready to see what will happen

credits

from Nuuksiik, released March 12, 2020
Written and recorded by Tsimka
Lyric translation Levi Martin AKA kaamatḥ
Mixing Ash Lamothe
Mastering Joshua Stevenson/ Otic Sound

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Rooted in ƛaʔukʷiʔatḥ, nuučanuł territories, Tsimka gets creative.

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