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Dining room with Emily handling a yellow piece of paper.

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Window shade completely drawn,
When daylight breaks you stay down.

Dear friend you overslept,
See the enemy reveal himself,
Dream, dream you’ll never have enough.
You have enslaved yourself.

On your back your head says,
“Make time for the warmth of bed.”
Some say run, but you know running,
And running take time away
From your heavy rest,
And that won’t happen today.

Dearest king you know it’s me,
To reconcile before you die,

The old man said he was breaking up,
He had despised the ways of his lost son.
“I hated all of you, even the best of you,
So I played my songs and didn’t move.
And all the rest of you, I hated all of you,
So I stayed in bed and didn’t move.”

And the old man said he would not be missed.
And I asked, “Well what’s the point of this?”
He replied while remaining motionless,
“You have to figure that out on your own kid.”

Good king you over-spent.
Your heirs and queen are sick.
Sing, sing! You’ll never be ignored.
You have ruled my world.

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from Ever Feeding the Hungry Jaws of Hell, released February 8, 2013

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