Singer-songwriter Jay Farrar is best known for his work with Jeff Tweedy in the groundbreaking Alternative Country band, Uncle Tupelo, and in his own long running band, Son Volt. For a brief period early in the past decade, Farrar was out on his own as a solo artist, and recorded "Gather" for the soundtrack of the indie film, The Slaughter Rules. As it turned out, it was one of the most haunting songs of his long and storied carrier, as evidenced by these lyrics:
Rhetoric of fire
The common bonds unfurl
Never must we learn, Never must we learn
'Til we gather
May the common past
Free the common will
Never must we learn, Never must we learn
Until we gather
Day of damage is carried
Still they survey the cost
Never must we learn, Never must we learn
Until we gather
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