The Gathering

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
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 This is our mantra, we gather together
 We look out for each other, 'cause 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
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 This is a gathering
 Gather together
 Gather together
 Gather together
 This is a gathering
 Gather together
 Gather together
 Gather together
 This is a gathering