{"id":3504,"date":"2025-12-10T16:52:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T22:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hughmungus.art\/1\/?p=3504"},"modified":"2025-12-10T16:52:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T22:52:47","slug":"the-kraken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hughmungus.art\/1\/the-kraken\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kraken"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kraken is a rock song about a mythical beast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/hughmungus.art\/1\/wp-content\/plugins\/stream-tracker\/media.php?id=ff9d494665c72aff147c0127e7068957\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Kraken (Rock) - Hugh Mungus\u2122<br><a href=\"https:\/\/hughmungus.art\/1\/the-kraken-hugh-mungus\/\">Download MP3 ($1.00\/USD, Zip File)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-0e47273b wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Out on the raging sea, where the tempests scream,<br>A captain scarred and broken, chasin' a nightmare dream.<br>The Kraken rose from the depths, tentacles like chains,<br>Tore my ship to splinters, left me drownin' in the pain.<br>Fishermen and hunters, swallowed by the tide,<br>Their ghosts cry out for vengeance, but the beast won't hide.<br>I swear on salted bones, I'll drag it from the abyss,<br>With harpoons forged in fury, seal it with a kiss of death!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hunt the Kraken! Feel the thunder in my veins!<br>Revenge is callin', drivin' me insane!<br>But the ocean laughs, whispers in the gale,<br>Man's obsession's just a ship that's doomed to fail!<br>Kraken's wrath, the moral's carved in stone,<br>Chase the beast, and you'll die alone!<br>You'll die alone!<br>Yeah, you'll die alone!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crew of hardened souls, sailin' into the storm,<br>Whispers of the legends, the monster's ancient form.<br>Ships lie shattered on the rocks, hunters lost to the deep,<br>I see their faces in the waves, hauntin' me in sleep.<br>No mercy in my heart, no turnin' back the wheel,<br>The beast that claimed my brothers, now it's time to feel<br>The sting of iron justice, the fire in my soul,<br>But the sea's a cruel mistress, swallowin' us whole!<br>Swallowin' us whole!<br>Yeah, swallowin' us whole!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the eye of the maelstrom, truth crashes like a wave,<br>Hubris blinds the hunter, diggin' his own grave.<br>Nature's not for conquerin', it's wild and it's free,<br>Revenge is just a poison, settin' loose the beast in me.<br>Fate or folly, the line's blurred in the foam,<br>One man's war with the unknown, leadin' straight to home\u2026 in hell!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hunt the Kraken! Feel the thunder in my veins!<br>Revenge is callin', drivin' me insane!<br>But the ocean laughs, whispers in the gale,<br>Man's obsession's just a ship that's doomed to fail!<br>Kraken's wrath, the moral's carved in stone,<br>Chase the beast, and you'll die alone!<br>Yeah, you'll die alone!<br>Oh, you'll die alone!<br>You'll die alone!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the hunt for the Kraken\u2026<br>You'll die alone!<br>In the hunt for the Kraken\u2026<br>You'll die alone!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a92025 Hugh Mungus<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kraken is a rock song about a mythical beast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3500,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,22,15,30,33,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-classic-rock","category-hard-rock","category-music","category-post-rock","category-rock","category-singles"],"yoast_head":"<title>The Kraken - 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