King of the Country
from Forsaken Innocence by Drifting Sun
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lyrics
Bells sail through my dreams
where they find their solemn hymns
How sweet to watch the night open its eyes
I’m the King of a rainy country,
rich but powerless
Young, yet feeling wintry
No longer flattered by the obsequious bow
I’m the King of a country
Young, yet feeling wintry
No longer flattered by the bow
I used to hope that life could bring me peace
Could lull asleep my deeply gnawing mind
I was a fool: the senses clear with time
I used to love to cure my old disease
love led me to a thick of enmities
I used to hope that life could bring me peace
I was a fool: the senses clear with time
A church bell grieves, a log in the fireplace smokes
and hums falsetto to the clock’s catarrh
My head on my hands, I watch from my lofty home
Spring, Summer, Autumn, and then, with Winter’s monotone of snow
I close my shutters - a time to be alone
Summer days gone, taking stock of the misty dawn
(fall in the well of dreams - wander through aimlessly)
I dream my way into treacherous labyrinths
Nothing can draw me away from this neverland
(a world of kisses sweet - birds singing merrily)
Sun rises in my heart, warming my aching soul
Summer days gone, taking stock of the misty dawn
(fall in the well of dreams - wander through aimlessly)
I dream my way into treacherous labyrinths
Nothing can draw me away from this neverland
where they find their solemn hymns
How sweet to watch the night open its eyes
I’m the King of a rainy country,
rich but powerless
Young, yet feeling wintry
No longer flattered by the obsequious bow
I’m the King of a country
Young, yet feeling wintry
No longer flattered by the bow
I used to hope that life could bring me peace
Could lull asleep my deeply gnawing mind
I was a fool: the senses clear with time
I used to love to cure my old disease
love led me to a thick of enmities
I used to hope that life could bring me peace
I was a fool: the senses clear with time
A church bell grieves, a log in the fireplace smokes
and hums falsetto to the clock’s catarrh
My head on my hands, I watch from my lofty home
Spring, Summer, Autumn, and then, with Winter’s monotone of snow
I close my shutters - a time to be alone
Summer days gone, taking stock of the misty dawn
(fall in the well of dreams - wander through aimlessly)
I dream my way into treacherous labyrinths
Nothing can draw me away from this neverland
(a world of kisses sweet - birds singing merrily)
Sun rises in my heart, warming my aching soul
Summer days gone, taking stock of the misty dawn
(fall in the well of dreams - wander through aimlessly)
I dream my way into treacherous labyrinths
Nothing can draw me away from this neverland
credits
from Forsaken Innocence,
released October 27, 2021
Music: Pat Sanders
Lyrics: inspired by Charles Baudelaire
Arrangements by: Jargon, Mathieu Spaeter, Pat Sanders, John Jowitt, Jimmy Pallagrosi, Eric Bouillette
Jargon - Vocals
Mathieu Spaeter - Guitars
Pat Sanders - Keyboards
Eric Bouillette - Violin
John Jowitt - Bass
Jimmy Pallagrosi - Drums
Music: Pat Sanders
Lyrics: inspired by Charles Baudelaire
Arrangements by: Jargon, Mathieu Spaeter, Pat Sanders, John Jowitt, Jimmy Pallagrosi, Eric Bouillette
Jargon - Vocals
Mathieu Spaeter - Guitars
Pat Sanders - Keyboards
Eric Bouillette - Violin
John Jowitt - Bass
Jimmy Pallagrosi - Drums
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Drifting Sun Sturminster Newton, UK
Drifting Sun are a UK-based Progressive Rock band. Their music has been described as dramatic, theatrical, and atmospheric, in the true style of Progressive Rock giants such as Dream Theater, Queensryche, Genesis and Jethro Tull, to name but a few of the bands that influenced their sound. ... more
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