Someday, You'll Be King

Someday You’ll Be King

03-11-2011

From the day I was born,

I’ve been promised the throne,

And the crown upon my head.

But is that all there is to life?

Is there not more?

Sometimes I wonder

What other possibilities are out there.

The women folk keep chanting my name,

And my fellow brothers they all say in vain

Someday you’ll be king, my friend,

And the empire will rise again.

Hiking the paths up through the mountain,

I escape to be at peace with myself,

And ponder what my daddy would’ve said,

What my daddy would’ve wanted for me…

You died far too soon, and I never knew my dad,

And this brother of yours, this uncle of mine,

Is not exactly the king this empire needs.

So perhaps that is it, isn’t it?

I was born to over-throw the wicked,

And put a rest to this evil,

And be the charismatic presence

Everybody says I could be.

I come over to the river,

And I see my reflection in the water,

I wonder about past civilizations,

And how we have evolved

But not by enough to stop fighting,

I suddenly feel the urge to cry,

But fight it, and decide it’s time to come home.

Coming back down to the capital city,

I hear them all chant my name,

And my fellow brothers they all say in vain,

Someday you’ll be king, my friend,

And the empire will rise again.

The Panoply Of War

The Panoply Of War

03-11-2011

               

Oh, the scars of war that this nation has endured

Time after time putting our cities under siege.

It’s a continuous never ending tug-a-war…

One day we’re winning, the next we are losing.

And it seems like there is no end to this war.

It puts too many of our men and women in the hospital

It drives our economy and funding down,

Causing over-taxation and grief on our citizens.

Pre-Chorus:

They have amassed from all sides,

With no sympathy in their minds,

And the axes of steel held firmly in their hands…

I can’t see them with my eyes now,

But I can feel them in my mind.

Chorus:

I have watched my friends go and never come back alive.

I have seen people end their lives so they won’t be chosen next.

I have cried in silence as this empire slowly crumbles to nothing…

I have held this great sword which my daddy used to swing…

Oh papa, how I need you here to guide me!

The pressure mounts on my shoulder,

As I contemplate whether to make a stand against the supposed enemies,

Or whether to stay at home and help rebuild…

I have been handed everything in life

I haven’t felt what it was like to be butchered

For being at the wrong place at the wrong time.

I know there is no fate in this at all,

Only a thing called random chance

Which will eventually land me the throne.

Pre-Chorus

Repeat Chorus

I watch from my balcony as people struggle,

They are struggling so hard to keep their heads up,

And still survive on a day to day basis…

We know they are coming,

They are coming for revenge

For what we did to them ages ago…

Won’t the gods please help us? Make this war end already.

Unwillingly Popular

Unwillingly Popular

03/22/2011

The Prince walks along the empire

Ignoring the ladies chanting his name.

Just sticking to his business,

And honoring the kings’ duties for him.

He is cute, young, insecure,

Doesn’t know how attractive he is.

Doesn’t know that life has a dangerous

Mission ahead for him.

He walks along with a glorious smile on his face,

But he’s insecure underneath it all.

Doesn’t understand why he gets all those awkward glances,

Doesn’t realize the ladies are lining up to marry him.

(He only cares about just one lady.

And she is not one who’s chanting his name.)

His mother just sits in her basement too depressed to care

Of his choice of a lover.

Too dead inside to go anywhere in life.

Somewhere deep inside she hopes the best for him,

That he will serve this country proudly,

Not have to deal in war,

And find a woman of worth someday.

The prince sensing her depression for the last ten years

Is very concerned with how shut down his mom is,

Since the day their father died,

She has hidden herself from sight,

Almost as if he has now lost both parents…

Sometimes he cries over his life…

He has little support,

His parents are both gone,

He has not a friend alive,

Perhaps except for that pretty lady of his.

I may walk along with a glorious smile on my face,

But, I am depressed myself.

I don’t understand why my life has to be like this,

I don’t feel old enough to accept responsibility

Of taking over as this empire’s leader.

I don’t know why people cheer my name,

And say I am the chosen one.

So still I sit looking out onto the blue sea…

My soul is lost today.

If only the gods could show me the right path to follow,

It would make this life of mine so much easier.

Who Am I?

Who Am I?

06/08/2010 to 7-7/2010

Who Am I? Questions like these haunt me everyday.

I chase you all around town

Just for one meaningless date.

It’s a new guy for me every week,

And never do I get what I seek…

Never do I find the one soul

That will help me end this cycle. 

Pre-Chorus

My value is so high,

And my character is so strong,

And yet I have nothing to show for my efforts.

So much energy I have spent

Just to get to this point

Where I can call you my man.

Chorus:

And, I keep on waking up next to you,

And I don’t feel a thing for you,

You’re just a situation I find myself in,

You’re just the guy who fell in love with me,

You can’t possibly be the husband I need.

Who is this Italian bitch lying next to me?

He told me he wants to marry me today…

With all these gentlemen I have met,

And all the empty promises that have meant nothing,

I continue searching for the one man

Who will mean the world to me.

Will I ever find him?

Pre-Chorus

Chorus

Bridge

Through all of this,

I have learned more of who I am,

More of who I should be,

And more of who I will become.

It’s only a matter of time before

Destiny will have her revenge on me.

I know I will find a good man I can love,

But right now, I have got to find a way…

To escape from this inherent self-abuse.

Tropical Island

Tropical Island

06-07-2010 to 09-13-2010

I was chilling on the coast,

When I saw him rise from the water…

He was hot as the sun,

And as dark as the night…

He took me in his arms,

And showed me sights

You can’t describe with words.

He came from a tropical island,

And on this island he became a man.

But, every man must find a partner,

So he swam from his island

Until he found me on the main coast

 Chorus:

I am the center of his attention,

His every intention is on making me happy.

We make all the other tourists jealous

As you carry me to your cabin.

My privacy has been invaded,

I suddenly don’t feel so lonely anymore

As my days are filled with swift romance

And a common dream we share…

Just chilling in your bedroom

Watching the sun come up again.

I took a look at your muscular physique,

And fall into your traps of lust.

You place your arm around me,

And suck my tongue hard,

As you quickly show me what I’ve been missing

All this time…

He came from a tropical island,

And on this island he became a man.

But, every man must find a partner,

So he swam from his island,

Until I was trapped in his arms for all time!

Chorus

You placed your hands on my hips

And led me towards a more peaceful view of life…

You lifted me on a higher plane of existence,

And helped me get away from the people who

Had brought me down before…