Rosendale - The King (Lyric Video)

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I feel like one of the saddest things we have to witness is history repeating itself. I feel like so many things have happened this year that make me feel like the world is moving backwards instead of forwards. The rulers in power make decisions at the expense of the people, and ultimately it’s always the people that suffer.

I guess I wrote this song to cope with current events. Thank you guys for listening 🥹

Rosendale 🌹

#rosendale #theking

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Rosendale - The King (Lyric Video)

Written, recorded and produced by Brian Wang

© 2022 MVGNXFERN LLC

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Lyrics:

There was a king
Living carefree
He wanted the world he wanted everything

He ruled with a fist
His people were starved
He watched as they begged behind his castle guards

Diamonds and pearls
Emeralds and gold
He bathed in the riches only he could know

But with time came age
His health in decline
The fate of his legacy left to the tides

So he ran to his queen and demanded a child
Planted his seed then he cast her aside
Several moons later she bore him a son
But died just to give him his own flesh and blood

Ooh
Ooh

The son grew like weeds
He soon was eighteen
He ventured outside of the castle to see

The faces so gaunt
The dead in the streets
They cried out for help but nobody could hear

Deep down inside him something had stirred
He laughed at the ruins his father incurred
Fire in his veins he stormed back to the throne
Stared down the king with a rage still unknown

Ooh

The father decreed
The new rule of law
His son to be banished outside of the walls

But the son had a plan
And his heart was convinced
There’d never be room for both king and a prince

He rallied the people and charged through the gates
Shield in one hand but the other a blade
With one fell swoop his own father deposed
He sat on the throne and adorned his new crown

Ooh

The son was elated
The kingdom was his
Diamonds and emeralds and gold-plated bliss

But what of the people
The legends don’t say
Just like a memory
They faded away

There was a king
Living carefree
He wanted the world he wanted everything

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[RosendaleSings]

Here's the second to last song from my new album, just before everyone drifts off to sleep! Last song will be up tomorrow morning. Goodnight 😴🌹

[rosedhanoa]

This song really sounds like a fairytale you would read from a book.

[Seren.A.W.M]

I actually love the ending, because it sounds like even after the prince takes the throne, he’s just like his father and the story retells.

[tuguldurtumee]

That last 4 lines revealing it is more or less a loop or a repeating tragedy .
Gave me literal chills

[marisolbocioramirez]

Se siente tan real, si fuera un libro de cuentos me lo leería sin pensar mucho

[venombug]

The endless cycle of Tyrants. Humanity really likes repeating itself, and this tells that story in such a fairytale way. Awesome!

[Hltgaml]

The moral of the story " Humans are greedy, Can change when needy, Allies can turn to enemies and greed is the source of all problems "

[geralramirez]

La canción deja una gran reflexión sobre lo que el poder puede hacernos.
Como un príncipe que trató de liberar a su pueblo terminó siendo igual que su padre, contaminado por la avaricia y sed de poder

[debopriyachakraborty]

First time listening: it's about son dethroning his father
After listening for the 100x times: no matter who is the king if he is not the right person for the reign the subjects will suffer the most

Crown makes an individual king in documents
But only his subjects can keep his Kingdom's legacy alive

Historical facts are the witness

[chisakimyu]

"but what of the people
the legends don't say
just like a memory they faded away"

so trueee, throughout our history the generals, commanders, leaders, etc. were the usually the only ones who get recognized as named "heroes" or "brave warriors" but the people, the soldiers, the scholars, the guards who helped and fought alongside them have less recognition and information about them. They were forgotten and will forever become just "nameless heroes"

[juliepenoyer]

Many people assume the son became a tyrant himself, but I disagree. The song says that the legend doesnt say what happened to the people after the revolution of the king, but i dont think they continued suffering. At the end of the song, the first 2 phrases of the song show up, i believe for a different reason. The son (now king) lived carefree because his tyrant father was no longer hurting the people, the people were being properly taken care of by the king, he wants the world because the world would benefit everyone, he wanted everything, everything that had come to be. I believe that this song ends on a good note, not a bad one...

[alicedesseria]

It is 1 am and I'm literally awake to hear the remaining two songs in this new album 😭😂

[thepurple]

This kind of reminds me of the quote: “History doesn’t repeat, but it often rhymes.”

Anyways, love your music and voice! This album has been great, and I can’t wait to hear more from you in the future. ❤️ (:

[danzedle]

Imaginé toda una película en mi cabeza.
La sensación y las emociones que provocó en mi esta canción... Simplemente mágico ⭐

[asra]

One word 'masterpiece'- is it just me or are Rosendale's songs getting better and better. Tbh at six pills i was like "nothing can beat this" but then again here I am proved wrong. Can't wait for the next song ❤
Edit: I just realized something, did six pills come first or the king?

[iwvrbkm]

There was a king
Living carefree
He wanted the world he wanted everything
He ruled with a fist
His people were starved
0:22 He watched as they begged behind his castle guards

Diamonds and pearls
Emeralds and gold
He bathed in the riches only he could know
But with time came age
His health in decline
The fate of his legacy left to the tides
So he ran to his queen and demanded a child
Planted his seed then he cast her aside
Several moons later she bore him a son
But died just to give him his own flesh and blood
Ooh
Ooh
The son grew like weeds
He soon was eighteen
He ventured outside of the castle to see
The faces so gaunt
The dead in the streets
They cried out for help but nobody could hear
Deep down inside him something had stirred
He laughed at the ruins his father incurred
Fire in his veins he stormed back to the throne
Stared down the king with a rage still unknown
Ooh
The father decreed
The new rule of law
His son to be banished outside of the walls
But the son had a plan
And his heart was convinced
There'd never be room for both king and a prince
He rallied the people and charged through the gates
Shield in one hand but the other a blade
With one fell swoop his own father deposed
He sat on the throne and adorned his new crown
Ooh
The son was elated
The kingdom was his
Diamonds and emeralds and gold-plated bliss
But what of the people
The legends don't say
Just like a memory
They faded away
There was a king
Living carefree
He wanted the world he wanted everything

[Dari]

"El que su pasado no conoce, condenado está a repetirlo"

Es una canción de cuna que me gustaría cantar para arrullar a un bebé, es preciosa y adoro que este álbum cuente una historia en cada canción. Lo que haces es realmente mágico, eres un artista como pocos en el mundo ✨️

[ijustwanttosleep]

I heard this song for the very first time in my life today and I realized that if you play the song in a loop it's just like the same thing keeps happening over and over again and things will never change in that kingdom. How sad.





I know it may be obvious but it just stood out to me

[alexafton]

this song is so good!

this song also reminds me of a fanfic i read

about a reincarnated person that became the king's son and lead the rebellious to the victory, he became the new king and years later died because the world is against him

[coollightning]

I would love to see it in a movie where the king sings this to his son, maybe referring to what happened in another kingdom or something along those lines, maybe a prophecy.