THE CROWN IS MINE (MORDRED)

[Mysterious Sitar Intro] [Verse 1] I watched the feast, I watched the lies golden cups and clouded eyes Camelot drowning in its own applause calling weakness virtue, forgetting all laws Arthur speaks of glory still from a throne that lost its will every promise worn and thin every crack exposing skin The banners fade, the walls decay while fools pretend it's all okay I hear the kingdom grinding slow toward a fate they do not know [Pre-Chorus] I stood in shadows long enough I learned that blood is harder stuff the crown remembers what men forget and history has not finished yet [Chorus] THE CROWN IS MINE THE THRONE IS MINE THE FUTURE CARRIES MY DESIGN EXCALIBUR YOU WILL BE MINE THE BLADE AND KINGDOM BOTH ALIGN LET THE OLD WORLD FALL AWAY LET THE WEAKNESS FADE TO GREY THE CROWN IS MINE THE THRONE IS MINE AND CAMELOT WILL SPEAK MY NAME [Verse 2] Round Table ghosts still play their part wooden saints with borrowed hearts Sir this, Sir that, old sacred games hiding fear behind their names Bedivere talks of peace again while peace is choking under men Gawain dreams of noble wars but honor doesn't lock the doors The kingdom bends beneath its weight held together far too late someone must become the storm someone must assume the form [Pre-Chorus] I hear the whispers in the stone they say no kingdom stands alone but every empire starts somewhere with one man willing not to care [Chorus] THE CROWN IS MINE THE THRONE IS MINE THE FUTURE CARRIES MY DESIGN EXCALIBUR YOU WILL BE MINE THE BLADE AND KINGDOM BOTH ALIGN LET THE OLD WORLD FALL AWAY LET THE WEAKNESS FADE TO GREY THE CROWN IS MINE THE THRONE IS MINE AND CAMELOT WILL SPEAK MY NAME [Bridge] They call me traitor Let them. They call me shadow Let them. They call me ruin Let them. Every kingdom needs a villain before it accepts a king. [Sitar Solo] [Final Chorus] THE CROWN IS MINE THE THRONE IS MINE THE FUTURE CARRIES MY DESIGN EXCALIBUR YOU WILL BE MINE THE BLADE AND KINGDOM BOTH ALIGN BRITAIN RISE OR BRITAIN BURN EITHER WAY THE WHEEL WILL TURN THE CROWN IS MINE THE THRONE IS MINE AND NOW... CAMELOT WILL LEARN. [Outro] (Whispered) Arthur... step aside.