The King

The king of some more distant land
Saw your smile and felt your hand
And now he loves you more than I do, for you
He saw you by the silver moon
He took your hand and he took your gloom
But you’re not ever really gloomy, are you?



Inside and out he is a man
But deep within that distant land
He was a boy who never even knew you
And if you told him then I bet
He would not even fight to get
The greatness of what comes when one soul knew you



Because of rain, because of war
Because you’re on the kitchen floor
But you cant really like yourself now, do you?
Because of love because of loss
Because you made oh such a fuss
He sits their thinking holy hallelujah



But within one single day
In an almost silent way
He told you that he never really knew you
But even though he says it here
Inside his mind I know his fear
Of one day maybe he will really lose you


And every day when he wakes up
He prays as he sips from his cup
That you’ll come down and he can say I love you
And in his way and in his mind
He loves you more than all mankind
But you don’t really, truly love him, do you?

And if you do decide to leave
You'll know its your unflinching greed
That stole his life away, and his love for you
Leave the world outside this place
Or no one could even look at your face
But you cant really like yourself, now do you?