Exiles

Lyrics

[Intro] (H� r� 's na h�g i bho r�) (H� r� eile 's h� ill o r�) (H� r� 's na h�g i bho r�) (H� r� eile 's h� ill o r�) [Verse 1] Growin' up in scotland in the '90s I was heir to the crises of a century or more A language beaten from the tongues of our young And our heroes unsung with a past they ignore G�idhlig luachmhar cainnt mo luaidh-sa Roots deep down entwined into the core The heart and soul of the land they stole A way to control what we were told from before An t-iomadh cr�dhlot fraoch ga dheargnachadh Le f�or-fhuil Gh�idhealach nan laoch air garbhlach Beigleidean fuileach - na h-uile gam marbhadh Gun trocair gun �nar b' e sin �rdugh nan s5arbhag And then the peopl5 were exiled for textiles Lies and Empire set fire to shame Na h-Albannaich dalma a shaltraich na mealltairean Fealltach 's iad gun sealladh air cothrom na F�inn' [Chorus] Can you hear the voices Speak out so many generations on? Can you hear the truth now? How they stole our tongue and made us feel so wrong You can hear the music When the piper plays or when I sing my song But will you the message Of how they made us feel like we don't belong? [Verse 2] Written out of history, Scotland's sons The forgotten ones, it's no mystery they taught us none Of these truths about this land And how I'm speakin' a language That the people don't understand A' tearbadh gun mhearachd ac' Throimh bheuc-thonnaibh na gailinne Len lannan 's iad gu dealarach a sheasadh iad gu dearbhadh Am fearalas gun chearbachd san treas a thug ar seanairean Na garbh-bhuilean marbhtach an Treubh a bha gun fhannachadh Seas do ch�nan 'ill 'o�g na leig air d�ochuimhn' Na daoine bhon d'th�inig thu l�idir nan cuid-ghn�omhan 'S mar chuirte a ruaig air na na daoine thuinich r�amh Ann an d�thaich nan laoch do Ghach taobh gun d' rinn iad triall ann It's all still relevant, every single element Truly compelling, I'm not tellin' it for the hell of it Past has a funny way of speakin' to the present Time to show respect, time to learn the lesson [Chorus] Can you hear the voices Speak out so many generations on? Can you hear the truth now? How they stole our tongue and made us feel so wrong You can hear the music When the piper plays or when I sing my song But will you hear the message Of how they made us feel like we don't belong? Can you hear the voices Speak out so many generations on? Can you hear the truth now? How they stole our tongue and made us feel so wrong You can hear the music When the piper plays or when I sing my song But will you hear the message Of how they made us feel like we don't belong? [Verse 3] Tired of seein' my culture always getting downplayed (H� r� 's na h�g i bho r�) You'd never know by what they show in how it's portrayed (H� r� eile 's h� ill o r�) The matter at hand of stolen land goin' unsaid (H� r� 's na h�g i bho r�) Fakers makin' out that it's good so they can get paid! (H� r� eile 's h� ill o r�) Th�inig naigheachd orm an d� (H� r� 's na h�g i bho r�) Sgeul tha f�or nach fhaod mi cl�ith (H� r� eile 's h� ill o r�) Silochd nan G�idheal gun �it'fon ghr�in (H� r� 's na h�g i bho r�) Cogrich nar d�thaich fh�in - mar Oisein truagh an d�idh na F�inn' [Chorus] Can you hear the voices Speak out so many generations on? Can you hear the truth now? How they stole our tongue and made us feel so wrong You can hear the music When the piper plays or when I sing my song But will you hear the message Of how they made us feel like we don't belong? Can you hear the voices Speak out so many generations on? Can you hear the truth now? How they stole our tongue and made us feel so wrong You can hear the music When the piper plays or when I sing my song But will you hear the message Of how they made us feel like we don't belong? [Outro] (H� r� 's na h�g i bho r�) (H� r� eile 's h� ill o r�) (H� r� 's na h�g i bho r�) (H� r� eile 's h� ill o r�)