MewithoutYou - The King Beetle on a Coconut Estate lyrics
[MewithoutYou - The King Beetle on a Coconut Estate lyrics]
As the moon rose and the hour grew late
The day help on the coconut estate
Raked up the dried leaves that
Fell dead from the trees
Which they burned in a pile by the lake
The beetle king summoned his men
From the top of the rhododendron stem
"Calling all volunteers who can
Carry it back here
The Great Mystery has been lit once again"
One beetle emerged from the crowd
In a fashionable abdomen shroud
Said, "I'm a professor, you see
That's no mystery to me
I'll be back soon, successful and proud"
But when the beetle professor returned
He crawled on all six
As his wings had been burned
And described to the finest
Detail all he'd learned
There was neither a light, nor a heat
In his words
The deeply dissatisfied king
Climbed the same stem to
Announce the same thing
But in his second appeal sought
To sweeten the deal
With a silver padparadscha ring
The lieutenant stepped out from the line
As he lassoed his thorax with twine
Thinking, "I'm stronger and braver and
I'll earn the king's favor
One day all he has will be mine"
But for all the lieutenant's conceit
He too returned singed and admitting defeat
"I had no choice, please, believe
But retreat it was bright as the sun
But with ten times the heat
And it cracked like the thunder
And bloodshot my eyes
Though smothered with sticks
It advanced undeterred
Carelessly cast an ash cloud to the sky
My lord
Like a flock of dark vanishing birds"
The beetle king slammed down his fist
"Your flowery description's no
Better than his! We sent for the great light
And you bring us this?
We didn't ask what it seems like
We asked what it is!"
His Majesty's hour at last is drawn nigh
The elegant Queen took her
Leave from his side
Without understanding, but without asking why
Gathered their kids to come
Bid their goodbyes
And the father explained
"You've been somewhat deceived
We've all called me your dad
But your true Dad's not me
I lay next to your mom
And your forms were conceived
Your Father's the light within
All that you see
He fills up the ponds as
He empties the clouds
Holds without hands and He
Speaks without sounds
He provides us with the cow's
Waste and coconuts to eat
Giving one that nice salt taste
And the other a sweet
Sends the black carriage the day
Death shows it's face
Thinning our numbers with kindness and grace
And just as a flower and
It's fragrance are one
So must each of you and your Father become
Now distribute my scepter, my crown
And my throne and all we've known as wealth
To the poor and alone"
Without further hesitation
Without looking back home
The king flew headlong into
The blazing unknown
And as the smoke king
Curled higher and higher
The troops flying loops around
The telephone wires
They said, "Our beloved's not dead
But His Highness instead
Has been utterly changed into fire"
Why not be utterly changed into fire?
Why not be utterly changed into fire?
Why not be utterly changed into fire?
Why not be utterly changed into fire?
Why not be utterly changed into fire?
Why not be utterly changed into fire?
Why not be utterly changed into fire?
Why not be utterly changed into fire?
The day help on the coconut estate
Raked up the dried leaves that
Fell dead from the trees
Which they burned in a pile by the lake
The beetle king summoned his men
From the top of the rhododendron stem
"Calling all volunteers who can
Carry it back here
The Great Mystery has been lit once again"
One beetle emerged from the crowd
In a fashionable abdomen shroud
Said, "I'm a professor, you see
That's no mystery to me
I'll be back soon, successful and proud"
But when the beetle professor returned
He crawled on all six
As his wings had been burned
And described to the finest
Detail all he'd learned
There was neither a light, nor a heat
In his words
The deeply dissatisfied king
Climbed the same stem to
Announce the same thing
But in his second appeal sought
To sweeten the deal
With a silver padparadscha ring
The lieutenant stepped out from the line
As he lassoed his thorax with twine
Thinking, "I'm stronger and braver and
I'll earn the king's favor
One day all he has will be mine"
But for all the lieutenant's conceit
He too returned singed and admitting defeat
"I had no choice, please, believe
But retreat it was bright as the sun
But with ten times the heat
And it cracked like the thunder
And bloodshot my eyes
Though smothered with sticks
It advanced undeterred
Carelessly cast an ash cloud to the sky
My lord
Like a flock of dark vanishing birds"
The beetle king slammed down his fist
"Your flowery description's no
Better than his! We sent for the great light
And you bring us this?
We didn't ask what it seems like
We asked what it is!"
His Majesty's hour at last is drawn nigh
The elegant Queen took her
Leave from his side
Without understanding, but without asking why
Gathered their kids to come
Bid their goodbyes
And the father explained
"You've been somewhat deceived
We've all called me your dad
But your true Dad's not me
I lay next to your mom
And your forms were conceived
Your Father's the light within
All that you see
He fills up the ponds as
He empties the clouds
Holds without hands and He
Speaks without sounds
He provides us with the cow's
Waste and coconuts to eat
Giving one that nice salt taste
And the other a sweet
Sends the black carriage the day
Death shows it's face
Thinning our numbers with kindness and grace
And just as a flower and
It's fragrance are one
So must each of you and your Father become
Now distribute my scepter, my crown
And my throne and all we've known as wealth
To the poor and alone"
Without further hesitation
Without looking back home
The king flew headlong into
The blazing unknown
And as the smoke king
Curled higher and higher
The troops flying loops around
The telephone wires
They said, "Our beloved's not dead
But His Highness instead
Has been utterly changed into fire"
Why not be utterly changed into fire?
Why not be utterly changed into fire?
Why not be utterly changed into fire?
Why not be utterly changed into fire?
Why not be utterly changed into fire?
Why not be utterly changed into fire?
Why not be utterly changed into fire?
Why not be utterly changed into fire?