Hail Hamlet, King Of Scotland
James Booth & The Return
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Never shall I take for granted shores of the Horizon The violet sky, nor the salted air upon my beak Sweet surrender bathes me like the swarm of arrows dodged On a Sea of Troubles, sailing, I will raise my kingdom fresh Fare thee well, Horatio, my loyal, trusting paisan Ophelia, your sweetness of such I can barely speak Your fiendish father lies in state, in he my knife is lodged Like my malicious mother giving prizes of the flesh My phantom father hasn't bothered me since My vengeance is completed And farther away, the other side of the coast The Ghosts Can't Catch Me Now Will I come across a kingdom more forgiving than my own Will I come across an empty room of thrones Will I come across a sword that will Cut me to the bone Can I start again, please I can rule with ease As I such might have proven Had my throne not been stolen away Onward, captain, to the marshlands, cross the foggy waters The forest black, it has my eye and won't release its grip Take me to the edge of town, direct me to the square I can tell well this is not a place where I should act the fool In my eyes the stinging stench of freshly foaming slaughter The blood that flows like water, down the castle walls it drips I look up to the sky and see, a head of bloody hair Like fruit upon a pillar, liquid oozes down in pools It seems this ruler has been made into mince His dynasty defeated I have no qualms about pursuit of this post The Ghosts Can't Catch Me Now Will I prove for once that I can make it on my own Will I prove for once I am worthy of a throne Will I prove for once that I will Make my royal bones Can I have a crown please Put your doubts at ease And when I'm done All the people will chant my name Hail, Hail Hamlet, King of Scotland You really are a slippery one, aren't you Hail, Hail Hamlet, King of Scotland Bring me my players and Play me the prince so blue Look at the crazyman, dressed all in black Twirling his sword in an airless attack Pity him, laugh at him Fresh as a dafodil Deep In The Garden so Crack'd Laughing out monologues, speaking in fours Prancing around on the soft, sandy floors Is he hysterical Quite so unbearable There, he that dancer, the bore Look at the fool on the beach, with his hair (Huh-huh-huh-huh) Messy, unkempt and as wild as the faire Good on the captain For here, he has capped him At least he's not drinking, so there Now, he is crying, and cursing the clouds Screaming at what? That he's never allowed To find he some kingdom That he's never seen, no He screams, "I WILL HAVE YOU ALL BOWED" Rushing the castle, he hacks at the walls To my surprise, out some bricks come and fall Keeps hacking away The foundations don't stay And the fortress gives way after all The sun rose early, in the morning The twenty-third Morn of October The Moon, a friend I longed for to stay Had departed with a smile for the day And outside I heard my kinship mourning For my life was soon to be over And the concrete walls, surrounding me They'd pass well for a latter-day womb But soon, I heard the keys cling-a-ling The cock crowed a song I begged not to sing The catcalls had rung, the echo hounding me The time called to enter my tomb My love, wherever you may be now Remember that soon, you'll be all abloom You'll marry a gent with dollars and scentse Come June, you'll be so happy hence But me, my head will be in slanted bow My bride, it shall be, thus, my doom Hail, Hail Hamlet, King of Scotland Hail and praise our leader all anew It suddenly occurs to me that none of this is real The only thing I know for sure is wounds given by steel On my side, yes, it is Throbbing through my veins My body feels a constant, coursing All-pervasive pain I'm lying on the floor of my father's royal court I think it's fair to say I've come up tragically short Bleeding everywhere, bleeding everywhere Oh what's that noise? Again I've tried, father I tried, 'twas a Beautiful dream, but nothing more Have you ever had the feeling There's a sword above your head There's a blade that's staring at you Shaped from steel and from lead That the only thing that's keeping you From metal in your skull Is a single piece of wire Tied so loosely round the hull It's a gas, it's a game It's a sour, it's a shame And you can't enjoy your meal Without fear of getting maimed But I'd love to spend some time with you A romance we could start If you take the Subtle Knife Out from my heart
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