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Alkebu​-​Lan

from Wormholes by Bateau Ivre

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lyrics

I may be mistaken but I won’t dodge
bending then breaking right on the spot
hail all along on second try

speak of remorse then cast an eye

heads off on the chessboard surface runoff
civilians and gunmen forget me not

denials and lies be shot on sight

on second and third thoughts no rules apply

like fumes so elusive one step behind

the hands of a goldsmith and eagle’s eyes
lepers and drones and deaths postponed
illusions are preached walking on hot stones


raw tubers and cash-crops creepers and vines
since they kept my passport I am sublime
the sceptic of life beliefs so strong
rebellious young leaders don’t get along



light places and widows farmer’s demise

for lack of an answer landfills alight

lines and wrinkles all carved in rust

a stern face a question and I will blush



bauxite in a matchbox a planned decline

a wallflower blossoms uncircumcised

an eye for an eye pirogues on foam
rebellious young leaders will not come home.

credits

from Wormholes, released January 21, 2017
written by Kuchenbuch/Whitaker/Niederreiner/Ibrahim

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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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