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Shake the Gates
03:41
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Well, here we are singing jingles to ourselves
We should be shouting hymns up to the angels
The angels, the angels
Shout like you mean it, shake the gates
Shout like you mean it, shake the gates
Oh, the ridicule of hope will erode your very bones
Leave that thing alone and come back home
Come back home
Shout like you mean it, shake the gates
Shout like you mean it, shake the gates, the gates
I’ve done my time running to the lights and the noise
Looks like the fire’s glow, it looks like the fire’s glow
But it won’t keep you warm tonight
Keep you warm
Meet me on the ridge to watch the water rise
Up above the bridge, and up above our pride
Up above the program, up above that spell
Up above the spectacle brought to you by hell
Brought to you by hell
Welcome, welcome
Shout like you mean it, shake the gates
Shout like you mean it, shake the gates, the gates
Shout shout
Shout shout
Shout shout
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Queen's Drone
05:12
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With my lips sewn and my lungs entwined
I was the queen’s drone, king’s concubine
It was fine mess for the spineless thing I’d become
Up ‘til then I’d never thought of myself as dumb
Yeah, the grindstone loves a spit shine
For the queen’s throne where the king reclines
I was a plaything never getting past the guard
Even knowing all the passwords didn’t get me far
I bit my tongue so many times that I spoke in scars
Then one night through the tower bars
I saw your silhouette against the stars
You sang out revolution’s name
You sang out mine, it was the same
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
As if the gift you handed me
Were a fire branded me
A burning coal to loose the tongue
In a fever I was free
I did speak and I did see
I heard myself singing
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
I broke the queen’s will with a choice word
Split the king’s sword with a song he’d never heard
As it faded I knew I’d made it as they hit the ground
Stiff with shock to find that I could make such a sound
They were really nothing more than their robes and gowns
Shattered, broken, hopeless, choking and clutching crowns
I sang out revolution’s name
I sang out yours, they are the same
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
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3. |
Wow
03:04
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I’ve got an idea
Let’s all hold hands
And all resist the plans
They’re making for us now
Let’s all cut the cord
Find our third way
The Empire wants us tame
But let’s get back that wow
We haven’t had in such a long time
We haven’t left our best behind us
I have to believe it
Help me believe it
So just close your eyes
Imagine this:
A right relationship
That brings us back to wow
Brings us back to wow
Brings us back to wow
We haven’t left our best behind us
I have to believe it
Help me believe it
Help me believe it
Please, help me believe it
I’ve got an idea
Let’s all hold hands
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Talley Summerlin Brattleboro, Vermont
Talley Summerlin’s songs are about protest, possibility, life as it is, and the world as it could
be.
He was once lead singer and lyricist of a band called BE.
In January, 2011, Talley Summerlin released his first solo material, a digital single for his song “Alright With You.”
In July, 2012, he released a 3-song EP called Shake the Gates.
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