Nakhla Dog - Meursault

With a heart of sand and a head of coal

Oh, Nakhla dog, oh, Nakhla dog

And who would have noticed

And who would have known you

Nakhla dog, oh, Nakhla dog

You be the meteor and I’ll be the ground below

You be the chainsaw and I will be the pine

And with a flash of paint across my waist

I will be waiting with my head on fire

And all at once, like ashes in the moment

Oh, Nakhla dog, oh, Nakhla dog

You be the meteor and I’ll be the ground below

You be the chainsaw and I will be the pine

And with a flash of paint across my waist

I will be waiting with my head on fire

And I will be waiting with a wagging tail

(Spoken:

The Nakhla meteorite fell to Earth on June 28th, 1911, at approximately 9 AM in

Egypt.

Several explosions were heard before it fell to Earth, landing in an

area 4.5 kilometers in diameter, with around 40 pieces being recovered.

The fragments were buried in the ground up to a meter deep.

One fragment was

said to have landed on a dog, as observed by a local farmer, vaporizing the

animal instantly.

Since no remains of the dog were recovered, and there were no

other eyewitnesses to the dog’s demise, this story remains apocryphal.

However, the story of the Nakhla dog has since become something of a legend

among astronomers.)