Kingdom Come (in the Blog)

[baron arem heshvaun]

... king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair ...

"I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word.
Now in the morning I sleep alone,
Sweep the streets I used to own"

"I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing:
'Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!' "

King Conan eat your heart out.

[Mairkurion {tm}]

I missed this...Baron, you pretty much captured my reaction to the blog.

Although something perverse in me also heard:

"At last he found his own kingdom, and wore his crown upon a troubled brow."

[Mark Moreland]

As much as Coldplay annoys the crap out of me, I've always had a soft spot for this song. Good catch tying those lyrics to that image. This image screams pulp barbarian novels and any one of the image's influences would rip your throat out if you played Coldplay to them. They're not into that emo stuff.

[baron arem heshvaun]

Oh look, we three ne're-do-wells on the same page. Good times.

Thanks Mairkurion (and yours is a great quote as well, right up there with "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown"), and Yoda, with the exception of this song, I doubt you could enjoy Coldplay less than me.

[Mairkurion {tm}]

Geez...where's the love for that clock song? ;P

[Mark Moreland]

Mairkurion {tm} wrote:

Geez...where's the love for that clock song? ;P

Time has long been my adversary. As such, I tend to have an aversion to any song dealing with the subject, from Steve Miller to Bill Haley to Cyndi Lauper. If you want me to like you, keep clocks, time, deadlines, and schedules out of your songs.