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mont amba
04:24
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now I’ve made it real
a sight no one can steal
smell wood fires tonight
see grey parrots fly
over roads of dust
coloured red from rust
swiftly darkness falls
flying foxes call
from the Boulevard
to roind-point Victoire
spent my last dollar
at a ntaba bar
I don’t want to face the lies
knowing I cannot pay the price
and I don’t want to stay alert
knowing I cannot make it work
morning dog will bark
churchyard speakers blast
stepping on oil nuts
when the power’s cut
trapped inside a bus
then the axle snaps
Lumumba’s stiff salute
a river bank’s dispute
mont amba’s lost in mist
please do not insist
from Onatra port
to the house of god
I would like to raise my voice
but I cannot make a choice
I would want to curse the world
tongue can’t form a single word
(with no chance of disguise
I saw a blood moon rise
confronted with a vice
bound by eternal ties)
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will it make the news?
03:06
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will it ever make the news that none can thrive with tyrants on the loose?
who am I to say to you the wildest lies are closest to the truth?
ballot boxes swallowed names then spat them out into the pouring rain
mud cascades into the drains we hope that no more innocent are slain
stole the crown with sword and spear shelter them so they can disappear
heat it blurs a sky once clear hungry prisoners crossed the line of fear
once elected, undenied our eyes stay closed to struggle and to strife
how d’you know who to defy when what you lack is access to the shrine?
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limeté
00:46
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the steamer
01:32
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steer the steamer, whip the leash
snatch & drill and make them bleed
swallow silence with a sigh
kill and let live as I please
draw a breath thick with disease
darkness heavy on our minds
and hornbills are flying
steal the ore collect the toll
drunk with greed you’ve lost your soul
sealed the future with a lie
so spell it out
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two anthills
03:58
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watch the stir of the wind in piles of dead leaves
standing between two anthills my thoughts run free
by the lakeside I notice a broken peace
from so fragile a soul there is no release
so I try to aim high, and I’m scoring low
almost forced to deny that it hurts me so
while aurora shines on her helpless son
struggling with love & life he will speak in tongues
while the doves fly in circles I’m pale and slow
and it all reminds me of my life with you
and I hope the symbols say it’s not wrong
and I hope tomorrow I won’t be alone
while I sit here, too lazy for taking sides
a cloudless night sky it spins you, my northern light
feel the moss on the trees by the path of life
soaring on raven’s wings we will cry from joy
if we stay believing then we’ll be fine
and survive all the seasons through space and time
though there might be a good reason
to accuse me of high treason
please see all we do is strive
to be alive
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Bateau Ivre Berlin, Germany
Step onboard the drunken boat…
and embark on a journey to the highest joy and deepest sorrow, beautiful,
mesmerizing, and disturbing all at once!
BATEAU IVRE's Post Folk sound is created and expressed by Paul Kuchenbuch and Nick Whitaker.
Both are multi-instrumentalists with an interest in many styles of music - hence the diversity of BATEAU IVRE's sounds and arrangements.
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