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Death of the Last Honeybee

from Wormholes by Bateau Ivre

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I declare it’s all over now

missed my chance to make it out alive somehow
you need room? dry up the mangroves

tales of hawks and doves



spoiled kids grow up drenched in luxury
underage slaves dig for diamonds in the heat
tons of frozen fish sticks and hormone meat

soil slips under my feet


so I proclaim the death of the last honeybee
(it's all over now it's all over now)

she drew her terminal breath so untimely
(it's all over now the last honeybee)



I announce it will be over soon

stench of elephant flesh decaying without tomb
screaming to the poor and to the tycoon

that I can smell the doom


battery acid stains mould growing on beehives
Mexico littered with poisoned butterflies
thought I told you but never mind

now get this out of my sight


so I proclaim the death of the last honeybee
(it's all over now it's all over now
)
she drew her terminal breath so untimely
(it's all over now the last honeybee)

let us all mourn the death of the last chickadee
(it's all over now it's all over now)
someday its loss will haunt our memory
(it's all over now haunted memory)



down from the trees we climbed
 treading on blackbird’s toes

talking the world-worn rhyme where honeysuckle grows

why are the lucky blind?
 so they must stay morose

forever to lag behind 
until the world explodes

so I proclaim the death of the last honeybee

she drew her terminal breath so untimely

let us all mourn the death of the last honeybee
(it's all over now it's all over now)
she drew her terminal breath so untimely
(it's all over now the last honeybee)

join in to mourn the death of the last chickadee
(it's all over now it's all over now)
one day its loss will haunt our memory
(it's all over now haunted memory).

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

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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. ... more

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