Kneel Lyrics

I had a heart of gold that Cortez killed me for.

Beneath a harvest moon he slew me on the shore.

After the gold rush his fever did not dim

And I could only pray this same fate would come to him.

I was an old man and a southern man as well

He left me on the beach to rot and go to Hell.

I kneel before the king, he makes me feel so young

With every note he's played and every song he's sung.

I'm helpless in his presence even though he isn't real

I'm certain tonight's the night and so I kneel.

The stone he struck me with lay right beside my head

A rock in the free world he used to strike me dead.

Down by the river in my last thoughts you took my hand

And lead me from this life, my cowgirl in the sand.

I kneel before the king, he makes me feel so young

With every note he's played and every song he's sung.

I'm helpless in his presence even though he isn't real

I'm certain tonight's the night and so I kneel.

Buffalo in a spring field walk on all winterlong

A Cinnamon girl I know one time played our song.

I missed her soul like a hurricane ignores a plow

I am a child but she's an old laughing lady now.

Love is a rose they say but that's not what broke my heart.

One of these days all will see the genius of his art.

There's not a pronoun for the trans that I trans am.

Then it struck me like a wrecking ball,

Just a sudden violent wham!

I had a heart of gold that Cortez killed me for.

Beneath a harvest moon he slew me on the shore.

After the gold rush his fever did not dim

And I could only pray this same fate would come to him.