the buttress - brutus lyrics

this hits

[maxncheese]

"whats more wrong-- that i too wish to be great or my mother wished she had a son?" that hit

[bluruni_r]

"I don't want what you have, I wanna be you!" Hit hard. The whole song hit hard.

[xxstrgirlpao]

What I love about this song is that you can hear the EMOTION in her voice

[angel-gxzy]

that people would see me, too, as a poet and not just the muse.

[Nichtichlol]

We makin it out the Colosseum with this one💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥

[coeuyu]

the way it gradually gets louder and the anger just seems to spill out such an incredible song

[Chrryz_]

Ya'll stop saying "[lyrics] that one hits hard", cuz the WHOLE song hits hard 💀

[jak]

Considering my name is Julius, I feel compelled to listen to this.

[get_lost]

My teacher asked for songs that remind us of stuff we learned, included reading Julius Caesar and I'm really starting to regret writing this down. Hard to explain to me 20 year old, freshly married, perky Ela teacher.

[elisabettagiordano]

Interesting fact: the high pitch chorus at the beginning came from Ennio Morricone's "Ricreazione divertita" and says, in italian, "piú cretini di cosí, non possiamo diventar" = "we can't be more stupid than this"

[SalemsForgottenWitch]

Listened to this song for the first time, "They will call me Rex!" right at the end shocked me so much, my middle name is Rex, it means king.

[ananyanyan]

"Instead of you it should be me"
"I don't want what you have, I want to be YOU!"
This hits so hard when they're everything I'm not

[emokid]

I love this song, and the fact it offers a different perspective, I always thought that brutus really didnt want to kill cesar, but his friend had gone too far, the man he knew him to be was already long gone. corrupted by a power that corrupts absolutly...it was only gonna be a matter of time before cesar turned on him too. I never thought that two things can indeed be true, cesar needed to be stopped, but maybe he wanted that power just the same

[nothingunderthemask]

Fun fact. Rex is a greek(?) Word for king. So when the singer says "the people will call me rex." They're saying they will be king.

[tamalice]

"My name is Brutus but the people will call me Rex"

That line made me shiver.

[feverdreamsofananxiousghos]

As a theatre kid, this breathes life into me

[MaybeTrnsMasc]

“ AND MY MOTHER WISH SHE HAD A SON “ hit so hardd

[honeycomb]

music is meant to be felt and interpreted. art ceases to be art when we impose strict meaning onto it. obviously this song is about something specific, but honestly who cares if people can relate to it in all sorts of different ways? that's why it's music, that's why it's beautiful.

[razor]

I was watching this and a Little Caesar’s ad popped up.

[deecats]

I've been watching him for my entire life
I hate the air he breathes
His foolish decrees, his words so contrived
And I hate the way the townspeople gather outside
They hang on every breath
Cling to his chest, home to his heart full of pride

The oracle told him to beware the Ides
And I'd be lying if I said I wasn't wishing for untimely death or demise
Or am I just wishing I could be like you?
That the people would see me too as a poet
And not just the muse

Oh it's not true, I don't wish harm upon you
From birth we've been like brothers of different mothers
Within the spirit of the same womb
May the gods strike me down if I forsake you
Frater meus, you're beautifully made
And to you I'm forever grateful

I'll never forget that you showed me to make art
And I know the love you showed me came
From a pure and noble heart
I love you, and if you want, I'll call you king
But why do I lie awake each night thinking
Instead of you, it should be me?

Something wicked this way comes
And as I set to face it, I'm unsure should I embrace it, should I run?
What motivates me? Hatred? Is it love?
What's more wrong, that I too wish to be great
Or my mother wished she'd had a son?
And even if I can't be the one
Maybe I could at least help make way for him
Until the day that he comes
Maybe my name could also be known
That I helped return good to the people
And restored greatness to Rome

Brutus! Brutus! Brutus! Brutus!
Brutus! Brutus! Brutus! Brutus!
Brutus! Brutus! Brutus! Brutus!
Brutus! Brutus! Brutus! Brutus!

My name is Brutus and my name means heavy
So with a heavy heart I'll guide this dagger into the heart of my enemy
My whole life you were a teacher and friend to me
Please know my actions are not motivated only by envy
I too have a destiny
This death will be art
The people will speak of this day from near and afar
This event will be history
And I'll be great too
I don't want what you had
I wanna be you

I always knew I could be the one
Though I feel the endless pain of being
And I am scorched by the sun
Of humble origins and born of the cursed sex
My name is Brutus, but the people will call me Rex