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Conclave

Lyrics and Music ©2026 by Bill Roper


I woke up at a very early hour on Monday morning at FilkOntario with what turned out to be the first verse and chorus of this song in my head. I grabbed my phone and wrote them down, because I've discovered that you simply don't remember these things in the morning. And then it sat around for a while, because I recognized that there are a lot of songs with a similar theme and that I wanted this one to be different from those, musically if nothing else.

And several months later, I managed to pull it together in a way that made me happy.

      Amaj7                  G
We’ve gathered together from one thousand stars,
     D                 E7
Here in celebration of all that is ours,
        Amaj7                    G
But our conclave has ended, it’s time to depart.
      D                          E7
Let’s sing one more time and all sing from the heart.


(Chorus)
D                     Amaj7
Each of us human, wherever we roam.
E7                             Amaj7
Traveling the starlanes on the road to our home.
   D                         Amaj7
In life there is love and in love there is life,
   D                     E7
So pray for an ending to all of our strife.
D                     Amaj7
Each of us human, wherever we roam.
D          Dm6       E7         Amaj7
Each of us human, no matter our home.


We gather together to speak and to sing,
To ooh and to aah at each shiny new thing.
There are things that I know and things I do not.
Let’s toss all our knowledge in one common pot.

	
(Bridge)
  D                        Dm6
I want to know you and you want to know me,
   Amaj7
To learn to look past all the things that we see.
    D                        Dm6
The feuds of the past are no reason to fight.
      E7
Let’s look to the future and look to the light.

Each of our stars will continue to burn
When it’s time to go home and it’s time to return.
Now make one last promise to meet here again
To speak and to sing at this gathering of friends.

(Chorus)
D                     Amaj7
Each of us human, wherever we roam.
D          Dm6       E7         Amaj7
Each of us human, no matter our home.