THE GATHERING Lyrics – Frank Turner
The first time that the beat drops in the bar, it’s going to be biblical
The second that 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 bloodlust
Because 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 playing heed to our advisors
But we’re peat up and we’re *** off and we’re perilously close to the precipice
We’re butterflies in bullet shoes and broken creepers
Coming out of our chrysalis
Comes down to this:
I’ve been missing the feeling when we close up the gaps between us
It’s better than the best benediction
More bracing than bloodlust
Because we’ve been waiting and wandering
practicing and praying, saving and slavering
Gathering ourselves for the gathering
Altogether 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
Because we’ve got strength in our numbers
And I’ll be the preacher
And this is the scriptuse:
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
