We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

The Tribe

from Peons by Thoroughbred Racing Pigeon

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
    Purchasable with gift card

      name your price

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

about

This track's about the discovery of Hawaii. Polynesians left their home in nothing but glorified canoes across vast oceans in search of a new life.

lyrics

Betrayed. We make our escape. Head towards the coast. This island's not safe. Crashing through the bushes, heading towards the sea. Tonight we chase the horizon, take our chance to stay free. The ocean will become our road as we sail into the unknown. We'll find land or forever we'll float, but for now, this boat is home. A shaky truce. We payed our dues. It wasn't enough. The prophecies rang true. This island is all in the world that we know. Cut loose those old ties, cast off and row. The world is blue from the waves below to where they embrace the sky. The colours shift in swirling hues, until the end of time. No turning back now. A great storm approaches. Under God's foot now, we scurry like roaches. Ravaged by the sea. We followed stars wherever they'd lead. Blistered by the sun, our muscles can't recall how it feels to run. In the distance land is visible, a faint spot at first. This taste of land sparks an unquenchable thirst. Paddle hard. We're nearly there brothers. Our old lives end as we begin another.

credits

from Peons, released December 12, 2012

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Thoroughbred Racing Pigeon image

Thoroughbred Racing Pigeon Edmonton, Alberta

contact / help

Contact Thoroughbred Racing Pigeon

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Thoroughbred Racing Pigeon, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Fabiana Palladino stops by to talk about her mesmeric debut LP.
listen now