King without a Crown Lyrics

There was a king without a crown

Roaming the lands feeling the weight of freedom's gown

In the quiet of night he'd wander alone

Escaping from a throne to find a home

Oh king without a crown where do you roam?

In the shadows seeking a place to call home

Man escaping from freedom's embrace

Yearning for chains to steady his pace

The elders came voices filled with plea

To the prophet they spoke "Give us a king to see

You're old and the young have turned away

Make us a king to lead us astray"

Oh king without a crown where do you roam?

In the shadows seeking a place to call home

Man escaping from freedom's embrace

Yearning for chains to steady his pace

Oh king without a crown where do you roam?

In the shadows seeking a place to call home

Man escaping from freedom's embrace

Yearning for chains to steady his pace

The prophet prayed displeased by the sound

A quiet little voice from the heavens came down

"Hearken to the people they've rejected me

For a crown they choose their chains to be free"

So the prophet warned of the crown's heavy hand

He will take your sons and command your land

Daughters as his whores and fields to plow

The best of your yields under his brow

The prophet's words painted a future bleak

A king with a crown the power they'd seek

Tithes and tolls their lives in his hold

The quiet little voice a story retold

Oh king without a crown where do you roam?

In the shadows seeking a place to call home

Man escaping from freedom's embrace

Yearning for chains to steady his pace

And in that day when cries fill the air

For the king they chose no savior will care

In the tortured dissonance of memory's bind

They'll long for freedom they left behind

Oh king without a crown where do you roam?

In the shadows seeking a place to call home

Man escaping from freedom's embrace

Yearning for chains to steady his pace

Oh king without a crown where do you roam?

In the shadows seeking a place to call home…