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Gather the Exiles

by Bee Children

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1.
Get Free 03:47
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Get free, the people say they wanna get free Get free, struggling everywhere to get free The time is always now, we’re gonna get there somehow The time is always now, we’re gonna get there somehow Get free Get free, hear the people trying to get free Get free, but don’t you tell them how to get free Some people just woke up, some haven’t slept for years Time to stand together, throw our bodies in the gears Get free Get free, see your neighbor trying to get free Get free, no more waiting to get free Now reach out your hand, right across this land Standing Rock to White Sands, now make your demands Now make your demands, now make your demands! Said the time is always now, we’re gonna get there somehow The time is always now, we’re gonna get there somehow The time is always now, we’re gonna get there somehow!
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Song That Wrote Me 03:50
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I hear your voices call through pale horizon drumbeats The sound’s impossible, you’re coming round the block again I’m in your vapor trail, your sweet seduction stills me You take my silent future, my hostage memories And when I’m there you’re never not And when you’re not I won’t be here I hate you so much more than I should I hate you so much more I hear your voice inside when nights are warm and restless And my veins are crowded highways full of cars I can’t control I feel your pulse inside, I read the heat of your words On open eyelid screens where no one ever dares to go And when I’m there you’re never not And when you’re not I won’t be here I hate you so much more than I should I hate you so much more……. I know just who I am this time I won’t let you make me again I let you in, I’ll push you out I hate you so much more When morning comes anew My thoughts have turned again to you I’ve got the engine running And the world is painted blue
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Ovation 03:49
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Sorry if you find my questions inconvenient But I must say I find your denial much too lenient Think I’ll blow the whistle now, gonna make you bristle now Little truth bomb gonna peel off your poker face But if now is not the time, just look away If now is not the time If now is not the time, I’ll see you at the funeral Yeah you’re never gonna get there when you Spend your waking hours crouched between fire and ice Playing nice, no sacrifice, always pausing to calculate the price You’re managing the middle, you’re managing the middle, you’re managing So if now is not the time, just smile your paper smile If not is not the time If now is not the time, I’ll see you at the funeral So if now is not the time, just look away If now is not the time If now is not the time, I’ll see you at the funeral I’ll see you at the funeral And the next one, and the next one I’ll see you at the funeral I’ll see you at the funeral
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Gone For Good 07:12
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He only has one wish To keep his boot upon their necks until they’re gone for good Until they’re gone for good He says that history is on his side At least that’s what he tells himself when he sends in the tanks Sends in the tanks There are two kinds of people in this world Those who can’t remember Those who can’t remember Those who can’t remember And those who can’t forget And when he sees the bodies pile It doesn’t bother him—he thinks they’re someone else He thinks they’re someone else And when he kicks the ghost into its grave It just creates another one and he can’t sleep at night He can’t sleep at night There are two kinds of people in this world Those who can’t remember Those who can’t remember Those who can’t remember And those who can’t forget And I only have one wish To see him pay for what he´s done before he’s gone for good Before he’s gone for good Oh, gone for good Oh, gone for good Oh, gone for good Oh, gone for good I can’t believe my eyes I can’t believe my eyes I can’t believe my eyes I can’t believe my eyes I can’t believe my eyes I can’t believe my eyes I can’t believe my eyes I can’t believe my eyes
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Talking Into Air 04:46
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She tries to write a letter today, But the words don’t look right in ink on paper. When she sees him again, he’ll slide from her eyes; They’ll freeze and say “how are you?” Is love so hard to feel? Why can’t she just dare? Is he there? Is she talking into air? He stares into the telephone screen, But his tongue is caught in fence and bramble, So he cannot see in the turns of her smile The fear and hope she wants to hide. Is love so hard to feel? Why can’t he just dare? Is she there? Is he talking into air? If they would just let go for a time They’d see they won’t get lost or broken. Oh, just say, just say, say it’s you, It’s you, it’s you, it’s you, you Is love so hard to feel? Why can’t they just dare? Are you there? Am I talking into air? Is love so hard to feel? Why can’t we just dare? Oh love’s so hard to feel When we don’t dare And no one’s there And we’re always talking into air.
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Fool Me 03:25
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Ten long years in the wilderness Playing do not disturb the lioness I had to put my tranquility out of reach I found myself washed up on the beach Bottom of a glass long after hours Joined the club for leftovers And the line between performance and self-abuse Mighty thin with extended use And as the music grew, the rumor mill did too People came from miles around to get a view Fool me once is what I said And shame on you Under these conditions you can’t hold your ground And I watched it all go crashing down But suddenly I forgot what I’d learned When human matches explode, everyone gets burned So down to the basement to try once more Rock & roll, more like a simmering war Excess of communication Insurgency and a love contagion And as the music grew, the rumor mill did too People came from miles around to get their iew Fool me twice is what they said And shame on you I took the ashes to the Open Stage Underground, thought I could turn the page Ask the dealer for a brand new game But it’s just reshuffled, the deck’s the same And as the music flows, the rumor mill it grows Oh, fool me again On the day when they finally thrown me down Onto the pavement of this town I’m gonna shatter into a million bits I’m gonna shatter into a million bits I’m gonna shatter into a million bits Of endless talk and love and unknown hits
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Down Payment 04:42
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Not a reward for good work done Just a preview of what’s to come Excavate, then plant Some will wither, but some will grow Never plant anything in straight rows Always keep a few seeds in your pocket And breathe, and breathe And the voices inside your head, put them under the ground instead Oh, the voices in your head… Time to gather the exiles in All the fragments that never fit in Will find their place New convergences on the way Endless generation on parade Let it ride, step aside And breathe, and breathe And the voices inside your head, put them under the soil instead Oh, the voices in your head… Not a reward for good work done Just a down payment…on what’s to come
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From the Half-Light 03:37
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I thought I, I thought I, I thought I knew you then I saw you, I saw your pictures in black and white And when I, I saw you, across the oceans of Your time and your space and your reckoning oh… And the fog rolled away like a stone And revealed the secrets of your sadness So close to the bone Confusion, illusion, nowhere to run and hide And when you, and when you came out the other side Remember the light and the dark and how they were All mixed up, uncertain, but moving forward and… Oh the fog rolled away like a stone And you picked yourself up and started The long journey home The long journey home Oh, the fog rolled away like a stone And you picked yourself up and started
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Somebody Else's War 03:27
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Isn’t it always that way? Striking out on your own, never feeling alone Isn’t it always that way? Finding out you were wrong The road that you’ve been on was somebody else’s all along Isn’t it always that way? And haven’t we been here before? Tripping over ourselves, falling under ourselves Haven’t we been here before? The blind leading the poor Walking right through the door, fighting somebody else’s war Isn’t it always that way? Isn’t it always that way?

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released December 15, 2018

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Bee Children Canton, New York

Bee Children channel the indie spirit of the 1980s into original music that is impassioned, cerebral, and atmospheric. Since 2015, the band’s sound has evolved from its acoustic folk-pop origins into a more ambitious, electric mix that showcases their post-punk, new wave, synth-pop and college radio influences.Their third album You Are the Host Now, will be released on May 12th 2023. ... more

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