The King's Lament

by Duncan Jones

I can see you’ve all been waiting

Well your time will be here soon

So have just a bit more patience friends

And we shall dance beneath the moon

I’ve done bad things, and was the best

Oh yes I’ve done them well

Still in my prime, and yet it’s time

A truth that no one wants to tell

Must say never had a taste for this

Was just born with tools of a trade

So don’t be naive, you see long before me

The decisions for us were made

Cared not for the rules, but cared for one

I was not supposed to chase

Cared not for the rules, but cared for one

And she had to run away

When made for the day, to live one way

How does one survive the night?

Hard to be king without something

That’s your reason enough to fight

Funny it is, that I liked you all more

No doubt how I ended up alone

They say was a time, my eyes would shine

Seems long ago now though

To be born to fight and own all in sight

Is to wander until the end

For the beast, the king, would trade all things

To know what is a friend

The moon is high, but still you hide

Don’t yet seem to want to dance?

You hesitate ... Thanks for the praise

Guess I’m still too great to chance

But don’t wait too long to play our song

Now’s good, I’m not ready to go

We all have waited for the wind to say when

Let’s at least put on a show ...

So tell me how long must I be king?

And tell me how long ... must I roam?

The eyes in the night, they say it’s all mine

But it’s never felt like home