The Gathering

Album: FTHC (2021)
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  • The first time that the beat drops in the bar
    It's gonna be biblical
    The second that the sing-along starts
    It'll be sensational
    So sound the alarms and the sirens
    The bells in the churches
    Bring your parents and your kids into the street
    Throw open the hatches

    I've been missing the feeling
    When we close up the gaps between us
    It's better than the best benediction
    More bracing than blood-lust
    'Cause we've been waiting and wandering
    Practicing and praying
    Saving and slavering
    Gathering ourselves for the gathering

    We've been huddled in our houses for however many days
    Like survivors
    And we've been dutifully paying our dues
    And paying heed to our advisors
    Yeah, but we're pent-up and we're pissed off
    And we're perilously close to the precipice
    We're butterflies in ballet shoes
    And Brothel Creepers coming out of our chrysalis
    It comes down to this

    I'm missing the feeling
    When we close up the gaps between us
    It's better than the best benediction
    More bracing than blood-lust
    'Cause we've been waiting and wandering
    Practicing and praying
    Saving and slavering
    Gathering ourselves for the gathering

    All together now

    This is our mantra, we gather together
    We look out for each other
    Because we've got strength in our numbers
    This is our mantra, we gather together
    We look out for each other
    'Cause we've got strength in our numbers
    And I'll be the preacher and this is the scripture
    Once more with feeling, this is a gathering

    This is a gathering
    Gather together
    Gather together
    Gather together
    This is a gathering
    Gather together
    Gather together
    Gather together
    This is a gathering Writer/s: Frank Turner
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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