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Gunfire

from Somewhere Nowhere by Bateau Ivre

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warlord, you chose a heavy load
straight fall or leap aside?
hear oh! the reaper’s distant call
poor hordes, condemned to fight

tossed creation’s pride into gunfire

hero, she falls & falls apart
distorts her broken truth
lost child, so tired of what he sees
hardened or put to sleep

one on one in riot should one run or fight?

I got beautiful view while playing tactics
and I smile at sight of fight wiping lives at a stride
far away from the wounds in my killing childishness
bound to live a secret life innocent in my eyes

hey you! why don’t you stab a few?
there’s axes and rusty knives
see me, my scars they run so deep
in the name of our holy breed

learned my lesson right but has my soul survived?

give us something to do bottles petrol and bricks
make us fight and see us die let the frontiers collide
enemies on the loose bring me their heads on sticks
drained of hope and full of pride fuel the hatred inside

will I die in the gunfire?

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from Somewhere Nowhere, released July 1, 2015

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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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