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Rules for Rulers

from Rules for Rulers by David Karsten Daniels

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building a wall, takes no strength at all
if you set another stone on another stone on another stone
and it will grow tall, and not tend to fall
if you fill up the tower with powerful men and then you begin to
rule with a fist, if people resist
that's when you cut out their tongues (so) they can't sing any song theyve ever sung
and if people cry, well that's when you lie
you say it never happened like that no it never happened never (n)ever

It is a lovely kingdom, and yes it is strong
and what I say is right here, it can never be wrong

Building a force, if you stay the course
is only adding an army to an army, man plus man man plus man plus
you can go far, when there is a gaurd
to shield the arrows from your back you will never be attacked while retreating
not that you would, or that you should
when the keys to the castle and every single vassal play right into
your every hand, the king of the land
that's right they'd never cross you never cross you theyd never dream of crossing you

It is a lonely kingdom, even if it is strong
but what I say is right here, even if it is wrong

Digging a ditch, is kind of a bitch
when you never thought that you would need a hole to climb out of who knew that
that you'd need escape, the pillage and rape
that you had brought down on your people's heads that they could ever think instead
that you were lie, and deserved to die
for all your wheeling and dealing yeah you took advantage of every gift that
they ever gave, you'll burn at the stake!
So you better get to digging, you had better dig, youre digging digging

She was a lonely kingdom, even when she was strong
and I won't forget her, even though she is gone

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from Rules for Rulers, track released November 15, 2019
recorded by DKD in the 21st century

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David Karsten Daniels Bend, Oregon

The albums of David Karsten Daniels inhabit a unique imaginary place where folk, rock, pop, ambient, jazz and field recordings bleed into each other seamlessly underneath musings on family, life/death, religion and love undeterred by distance and time. NPR named his collaboration with Fight the Big Bull, one of the ‘5 best genre-defying albums of 2010”. ... more

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