(Whalesong Interlude (II))

[DAGGOO, SPOKEN]
I guess the vaudeville's over

[TASHTEGO, SPOKEN]
Yeah it was fun while it lasted but we’re heading into strange waters

[DAGGOO]
To be honest, I’m starting to wonder about our captain a bit

[TASHTEGO]
You’re just now starting to wonder?

[DAGGOO]
Ahhhh, we’ll be alright

[DISTANT WHALESONG]

Woooooah what’s that? That’s no humpback

[TASHTEGO]
No, blue whale, a big one, a blue whale song can travel thousands of miles
It’s so low we can’t even hear most of it, we’re just getting the upper edge

[DAGGOO]
Woooah
What’s he saying?

[TASHTEGO]
It’s a song
About the end of the world

[SUNG]
Great dark dying cities
Overrun with weeds and vines
Bones of whales, man, and mastodons
Litter the streets
Turn into dust
Amidst a circus of moths and fleas
Underground a vast mushroom grows
Singing songs of a new world
Songs of when wars are over

[DAGGOO, SPOKEN]
My God

[TASHTEGO, SPOKEN]
Come on, it’s getting late. No lowering for whales after sundown

[DAGGOO]
Right