In a country by the ocean
Ruled The White King, good and kind
People lived in peaceful villages
In bright and peaceful times

But across the pond there was a nation
With thoughts of gold and blood
They sent their strongest wizards
To cast a spell on us

It got cold and it got quiet
The clouds blocked out the sky
The fear soon turned to riots
Oh, you could feel the kingdom cry

The king was still and serious
He he had a choice to make
He always had the best intentions
He only wanted to keep us safe

So he summoned his best alchemists
And asked them to estimate
Whether the cost of such a battle
Was a price that we could pay

They said, "There is no price that is too great
in the battle for the soul
You just must make sure that victory
Is worth this devil's toll..."

The King cried out, "I will not bend,
underneath all of this weight.
I will crush all these invaders.
There is far too much at stake."

The King was on a mission
To make sure that we could win
But this war was of attrition
You only get what you put in

So he cut down forests for their lumber
He built catapults and bows
He mined mountains for their minerals
We had iron, steel, and gold

He killed the Bison for their hides
To keep us warm on Winter nights
You can't win a war with wishing
It's tooth for tooth and eye for eye

But soon he went too far
The kingdom crumbling and cold
The price of power was much greater
Than we could ever have foretold

We may have won these savage battles
But we lost a civil war
Within ourselves, we lost our principles
Before we drew our swords

And on the rubble sat the White King
Where the sun no longer shines
He always had the best intentions
But they warped his fragile mind

As for me, you know I don't blame him
I'm sure the pressure was too great
Oh God, to be a king in wartime...
Please save me from such a fate



Jeremiah Matthews 2012