Whale Song — JUSTIN PALM STUDIOS

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This is the first single from my upcoming album “Meet Me on the Front Lines.” The song came to me on August 27, 2024.

I recorded it on June 9, 2025 at Forty-one Fifteen in Nashville, Tennessee with my producer Cory Halterman and my studio band.

This song is a one-take recording, meaning Cory set up a bunch of microphones and recorded us playing it in one room together live.

I absolutely love how this song came out and it’s the best representation of where I’m headed with my music. Live takes, full band, as analog and as high-quality as possible. All for you.

Credits:
Written by Justin Palm
Produced by Justin Palm and Cory Halterman

Vocals and acoustic guitar: Justin Palm
Piano: Zach Vinson
Electric guitar: Austin Addams
Bass guitar: Christian Harger
Drums: Peter Wilson

Recorded and mixed by Cory Halterman
Mastered by Maggie Luthar at Dark Sky Mastering in Los Angeles, California

(This song is in the album Meet Me on the Front Lines. )

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And I rode the whale outside of town And Mona Lisa sat on my shoulders And cried for the wasted years And I watched the waves collide And I saw your blue eyes dry from the tears you got from me No I do not choose to fight No I do not wish to fight But if you choose to fight, I will fight Nobody came when you called But don’t lay it at their feet Because I am you and you are me tonight And I laid down my lullabies And I laid down my sacrifices When the earth was formed I was there And I jumped the tracks at the ballgame And I climbed the fence just to get a sneak peek Down your shirt that night And I drove my car outside of town To the strip where the planes fly And I cried like a child Nobody came when you called But don’t lay it at their feet Because I am you and you are me tonight Nobody came when you called Nobody came when you called Nobody came when you called tonight And I rode the whale outside of town And Mona Lisa sat on my shoulders and died credits