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The Death of the King EP

by Josh Belville

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1.
in the street tonight we have a million people working loving you in the light but now you're turning shades of gray i was privy to your faults i knew all of your weaknesses tried to take you down but you were slippery o conquistador were you studying the stars? before the morning breaks you will rot behind bars pitchforks and torches we agrarians unite! storm the castle gates to take you by surprise we have you bound by dawn heads stuck on the pitchfork barbs a new regime will watch the sunrise! chorus
2.
nothing less than perfection for me i know where i'm going and what i'm going to be nothing less than all i see is the kingdom i want is the kingdom i need and you will fall by my sword you, you babbling horde and i will rest surrounded by your bones i was born with the gods in my blood descended from noah, held aloft from the flood standing here, armor a-shine i'll slice off your heads and preserve them in brine and you will fall by my sword you, you babbling horde and i will rest surrounded by your bones find the wood, burn the pyre haul the dead on the fire search the trees for runaways here begins my reign nothing less than perfection for me i've built up an empire on my way to the sea nothing less than the world i decree you'll kneel at my boots you'll wash my bare feet and you will fall by my sword you, you babbling horde and i will rest surrounded by your bones
3.
Revolucione! 04:25
working off of your lands we earn what we grow i've toiled so long with these hands i reap what i sow my lungs are stumbling while breathing we're dying so you can keep on living you've put a knife up to our throat you've tortured til the morning in the river, bodies float you've sent us all a warning my lungs are stumbling while breathing we're dying so you can keep on living but revolution's coming soon we build our forces by the moon and we will seal your doom revolution's coming soon your home will be a prison now the fear instilled in your heart no more planting, no more plows your ending is where we start we rise to end our long oppression your children will die before succession chorus revolution!
4.
The Uprising 06:15
[rebel leader:] i was called by st sebastian to keep the village free from harm in flowing robes glowing halo he took me gently by the arm he spoke in whispers loud as earthquakes and told me tales of men of war of one in leather, dark and brooding a man they called conquistador and i covered my eyes and i could see victory your blood stains my armor as i set you free i saw three ships on the horizon sailing faster than the wind i told my men to keep their guard and be prepared for us to win st sebastian, i will honor all the secrets kept herein for when their ships hit the seashore we will tear them limb from limb! and i covered my eyes and i could see victory your blood stains my armor as i set you free and i covered my eyes and i could see victory your blood stains my armor as i set you free [conquistador:] mark this day the scourge was blown away take no survivors we planned it this way i am the end of what you think you are and if you want to run you won't get very far stand the archers! mount the horses! sharpen your swords for the gathering horde beat the breastplates! yell your battle cry! cower in fear for soon you shall die! and i covered my eyes and i could see victory your blood stains my armor as i set you free [the lover is in parenthesis] and i covered my eyes (and oh, my love) and i could see victory (i wish you well) your blood stains my armor (please one day) as i set you free (return to me) [rebel leader & conquistador:] and i covered my eyes and i could see victory your blood stains my armor as i set you free and i covered my eyes and i could see victory your blood stains my armor as i set you free
5.
sweetie, let me bound you in a single tear to keep with me right here to keep away the fear believe me when i say i love you so i cannot let you go this house is not a home without you, without you all the signs in the sky all the men who have to die make me blue, make me blue without you darling, all the men prepare for war on a word you heard before anyone came to our shore please won't you hear me when i say the past will go away but i won't be okay without you, without you all the signs in the sky all the men who have to die make me blue, make me blue without you
6.
down by the water under a crimson sky self-deprecating alone and covered in lye i thrash, silhouetted moaning a curse so vile flesh separating my ghost will be here a while o how the world looks so pretty here fortress ablaze cowered in fear they sing to the moonlight make love till the dawn rebels be praised and i, unwitting pawn ohhhhh my armor is melting my eyes see no light stumbling forward i cannot give up the fight a tyrant they called me who ruled with an iron fist but i gave my word still they insist oohhhhh and here i die alone in the meadow these curses i cry will fall to your feet and grow so beware beware! short inst revolution! we raise our spades to his end of days the lake shall be his grave rebuilt in peace we gather the pieces and send him off to the waves repeat ad nauseum

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I wrote a few songs about a revolution, and came up with a loose storyline. This is the result. It's vaguely about a group of peasants led by a special man who overthrow the "conquistador" and cover the "king" in lye and leave him to die. I am releasing it in its current form because I don't plan to work on it any more.

This photo is of Marina Ginesta, a fighter in the Spanish Civil War.

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released January 1, 2014

Josh Belville - vocals, guitar, drum stuff
Pifie - classical guitar on "The Uprising"
Rose - background vocals on "The Uprising," vocals on "Elsie's Lament"

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