Usurper
By Cosmic Cairns on March 6, 2024 7:41 pm
This one didn't really start out as a song so much, per se. I was really just messing around trying to make a racket, piling a bunch of guitars on each other. Then thought should I throw some fuzz on the drums and bass, too? Sure, why not? I thought it ended up with a sort of shambolic charm to it so I decided to add some vocals. When it came to the lyrics I started thinking about power and the types of people who crave it. I'm not really sure what's so great about it at the end of the day and I also think going after it means you have to sacrifice some things I think are pretty important in life, like basic human connection. But I guess there must be some thrill to ordering people around and buying private islands and throwing money at all your problems. What do I know?
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Sociopath stole the throne
Now he's standing all alone
Acts as if life is cheap
Ruler of garbage heaps
Ran this place into the ground
Wonders why no one's around
This usurper went to town
Got mistaken for a clown
No one bowed or bent the knee
Acknowledged his supremacy
"I'm the king!" he screams and shouts
Goes back home, sits and pouts
Some people have a need for power
Hoard all the wealth and sit in their towers
Where's this need come from? I don't know
Warped and perverted and raging egos
Maybe these fools have never known love
Still think they're ordained by heaven above
Kingdoms come, kingdoms go
Kings often get overthrown
They've got no divine rights
Not spotlit by heaven's lights
This usurper cried and cried
Til he just got old and died
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