another allegorical monster tune
punk
sixties
garage rock
garage punk
60s dig it
Story behind the song
The Windigo or Wendigo is part of North American Native mythology...in times of starvation, Windigo would appear as a horrific monster with a taste for human flesh...
There is now a criminal mental illness known as 'Windigo Psychosis'.
Lyrics
Windigo
I wonder if you're real or just a dream
You sure seem real to me
I know you're out there - I see you every day
Patiently waiting for me
While you consume with some kind of need
And I pretend that I don't see
Won't be a party to your malice or your greed
Well, not to that degree
You call my name but I don't want to go
Now that I know you are the Windigo
I know I heard about you long ago
But now I know you are the Windigo
If this is real then I don't want to see your face
Don't want to see you anywhere
I'd run away I'd leave the dark without a trace
But still you would be there
And in the dark the cold wind blows I feel you drawing near
I try to turn away
I try to run away but somehow I'm still standing here
How could it end this way?