River of Kings

Playing games with a poltergeist
Seeing strange things
I can’t believe it now

Hearing strange things
I can’t believe it now
Seeing strange things, I can’t believe it now
Believe it now
Disarm

Come this way

Tell me something more about you dear
Something deep and dark and twisted so I know you’re real
Tell me everything there is to know about you dear
You can take all night, we really don’t have to rush

I’ll wear my suit and tie and everything will be alright
You can wear that dress that makes your ass look so nice
Go for dinner somewhere a little fancy
Drink a little gin and do a little dancing

Stay with me tonight
You can pretend to put up a fight
It’s too cold out there tonight
So just stay with me

I’ll take you by the hand and lead you down a snowy path
Hold you close and keep you warm until we hail a cab
Your hair smells wonderful, I don’t want this night to end
You’re getting better every minute that we have to spend

Stay with me tonight
You can pretend to put up a fight
It’s too cold out there tonight
So just stay with me

The damage is already done
Are you ready for the consequence
This time

What are you fighting for
When it’s all over
What are you fighting for

I think there’s something wrong with me
The saddest music makes me happy
Maybe I need something
To make me feel something

Light in the darkness
Joy in sadness

Scratch the surface, buried deeper
Like shining a blacklight to reveal
Tiptoe to the edge of the ledge
To feel the wind in my fingers

Light in the darkness
Joy in sadness
I love the dark, the bleak sounds

Maybe there’s something wrong with me
But it’s nothing to you

Light in the darkness
Joy in sadness
I love the dark, the bleak sounds

A dark-skinned boy, just walking home
Skittles in pockets and iced tea in hand
He just wants to be a teen and carefree
But in that black hoodie, he must be a criminal

On the surface, you know
On the surface they see
On the surface, they know
You’re no good

Sell us again your need to defend
Standing your ground against children and then
A quick judgment call on a look and that’s all
Living in fear of everyone who looks different

On the surface, you know
On the surface they see
On the surface, they know
You’re no good

Leave the lights down low and let the darkness grow
Fill up the space with emptiness and grace
Your anonymity and my complacency
Are complicit with illicit substances
Does the mirror show you whole when the camera takes your soul
We’ve got a live one
A ticking time bomb here, a live one

Dream in red and black, I’m not coming back I’m synthetic copacetic
Dream in green and gold, I’m not growing old I’m synthetic copacetic

You’re too far gone to let go, my love
And you’re too far gone animal
It’s too late to radio

Arms around me
Your arms around me
Life’s a canopy with no symmetry

You’re too far gone to let go, my love
And you’re too far gone animal
It’s too late to radio
And it’s too late to go back

I’m off again
Planes and adventure, I’m just a gentleman
I know where you’re coming from
You’re gonna appear
I’ll find

Day by day, the common man
The work is never done, it never ends
The government will keep us in demand
I will find

Days turn to weeks, to months, to years
Floating away on a ship of fear
Tick tock the rhythm of the clocks, the beating drum
I will find

Caught in the sway of your ritual
Caught in the sway of your ritual
The sway, the sway, ritual
Caught in the sway

One more day to make amends
And one more day to break the trend
Leave the place you know and break away
I will find

Caught in the sway of your ritual
Caught in the sway of your ritual
The sway, the sway, ritual
Caught in the sway

I’ll sing
Keep ‘em coming around
I’ll sing
Gotta keep ‘em keep ‘em coming around
I’ll sing
Gotta keep ‘em gotta keep em around

Caught in the sway of your ritual
Caught in the sway of your ritual
The sway, the sway, ritual
Caught in the sway

Hey
Do you need to say something
Hey
Get it off your chest
Hey
Do you need to say something
Hey
Well it better be better than what comes next

I know you’re not a liar in your mind
Just a little bit misguided all the time
Come along to stoke the fire, get it on
What the hell are you waiting for

Get on your side and get on your way
I’m not on your side so get on your way

Come a little closer
And I’ll tell you what I see
If you get a little closer
Seeing is believing but it’s not to be

I know you’re not a fixed reality
Just a consequence of our society
Fire starter, wannabe martyr, what’s your game
And what the hell are you waiting for

Get on your side and get on your way
I’m not on your side so get on your way

Caught in the sway
One more day
Come this way