The King Has Died

from The Ghost and the Waves by San Francesca

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[For MJ]

You say you knew his face when he was young
But you never knew him for who he really was
Cue the horns and the bells and the strings
Oh and let us hail the new king

Oh did you think love was an easy thing
You could save for a better day?
If you were fickle and were vain
That love would still remain and then you see
It fade so easily

Did you lose, did you win, did you ever begin?
All the prisons you build, did you see that they'd be filled?
Does it change, feel the same, when you've got no one to blame?
Does it pain you to say you wanted him to stay?

Standing in his halo when your heart is low
And you're on your own, and you've got nowhere to go
Crowds gathered 'round when the king had died
And though now you cry, when he was still alive
You tore him down and spit upon his crown
Funny how your tune is different now
The melody has changed, the notes been rearranged
I still believe the truth will set you free

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from The Ghost and the Waves, released March 7, 2011

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San Francesca California

San Francesca was Harrison Russell, Star Quach, and Cody Rhodes.
Summer 2009 - Spring 2013.

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