The King of The World

Like puppets dancing on strings Are Presidents and princes Prime Ministers and politicians And the tune they dance to Is older than their kingdoms Behold the King of this world Hidden away from the public eye Yet commanding nations with a whisper He was glorious and beautiful once And he walked among the innocent But, in one moment of vanity He stole rulership of the world His personality is stamped upon mankind For he sets the pace While most men follow He spoke the first lies Inflicted the first casualty And he has never felt regret Has never shed a tear Though his wars have taken millions And his devotees have enslaved nations He is the author of confusion The instigator of Hellfire and hatred The creator of trinities and tribulation He accuses you and I of cowardice and selfishness Yet is himself running scared And clinging to power and life He is the excuser of unholy child abusers And the inspiration of Jihadist bombs He speaks lies about the innocent And glorifies the guilty He hunts all good men As a lion hunts the deer He will tear at your throat And consume you He is the Resistor The Slanderer He cajoles those who consider his existence And paints himself in mythical proportions He would destroy the earth rather than surrender it Would rather ruin if he cannot rule Yet the whole world is in his hands But not forever Because forever does not belong to him And not life For the gift of life is not his to give

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