He found his poor heart broken by some
comic voodoo curse
The King of all the earth
The doors swing off their hinges now,
the clocks run in reverse
The King of all the Earth
(Whist taming a rainstorm
he slipped and fell on three
occasions and each time did again arise)
He lay down his bloody blade
and he asked her for her hand
The Queen of all the Land
The Queen of all these Lands
She hesitated briefly
then she crept back down the stairs
The Queen of all the Air
The Queen of all the Air
(The hallway that he wanders
in the darkness is a poor excuse
for de-signifying his most dear significants)
When he says what he means,
Does it really mean anything?
When he takes what he needs,
Does he have to take everything?
His head was in the firmament
his face was in the dirt
The King of all the Earth
Will he ever understand
just what this life is worth?
The King of all the Earth
(The postulate that every star is a man is
too terrible to be true
and too great a scam to be called a lie).
credits
from Eternal Return,
released December 31, 2018
Lyrics and Music written and performed by Gray Parsons
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