Exiles

Hò rò 's na hùg i bho rò Hò ro eile 's hò ill o rò Hò rò 's na hùg i bho rò Hò ro eile 's hò ill o rò 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 Gàidhlig 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 cràdhlot fraoch ga dheargnachadh Le fìor-fhuil Ghàidhealach nan laoch air garbhlach Beigleidean fuileach – na h-uile gam marbhadh Gun trocair gun ònar b' e sin òrdugh nan searbhag And then the people 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 Fèinn' 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? 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 chànan 'ill 'oìg na leig air dìochuimhn' Na daoine bhon d'thàinig thu làidir nan cuid-ghnìomhan 'S mar chuirte a ruaig air na na daoine thuinich rìamh Ann an dùthaich nan laoch do ghach taobh gun d' rinn iad triall ann 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 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? Tired of seein' my culture always getting downplayed Hò rò 's na hùg i bho rò You'd never know by what they show in how it's portrayed Hò ro eile 's hò ill o rò The matter at hand of stolen land goin' unsaid Hò rò 's na hùg i bho rò Fakers makin' out that it's good so they can get paid! Hò ro eile 's hò ill o rò Thàinig naigheachd orm an dè Hò rò 's na hùg i bho rò Sgeul tha fìor nach fhaod mi clèith Hò ro eile 's hò ill o rò Sliochd nan Gàidheal gun àit' fon ghrèin Hò rò 's na hùg i bho rò Cogrich nar dùthaich fhèin - mar Oisein truagh an dèidh na Fèinn' 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? Hò rò 's na hùg i bho rò Hò ro eile 's hò ill o rò Hò rò 's na hùg i bho rò Hò ro eile 's hò ill o rò