NDC Week 20/73 Genre: Acid Jazz Crunk Theme: The King - - - - - - The King and I need no introduction Just nods in mutual understanding Sometimes a silent hello No barriers, no no I know my borders Have no idols No one is my superior No one above I know my borders Have no idols No one is my superior No one above Black coffee sweating on the amp case Cable snakes curling round my sneakers He walks in late, nobody reacts Just that side-look between believers No gold frame, no velvet rope Just cracked hands tapping the tabletop Kick drum rattles the dusty floor Whole room shifts when he says “one more” Nobody asking for permission Nobody reaching for the crown Just basslines thick as transmission And heads start nodding down The King and I need no introduction Just nods in mutual understanding Sometimes a silent hello No barriers, no no I know my borders Have no idols No one is my superior No one above I know my borders Have no idols No one is my superior No one above Streetlight bleeding through the blinds Cheap cologne and overheating wires Old rehearsal room on the south side Red LEDs and tired amplifiers He don't preach and he don't pose Never needed everybody close Half-smile underneath the smoke Whole bar hangs on a single joke No speeches cut in marble No servants standing by Just silence like a handshake When him and I lock Eyes The King and I need no introduction Just nods in mutual understanding Sometimes a silent hello No barriers, no no I know my borders Have no idols No one is my superior No one above I know my borders Have no idols No one is my superior No one above
