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from Fruits of the Cold or Narth Gazarth's Media Tales by Common Kingdom

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Narth was starting to act a bit strangely by now, and I could tell that you were starting to feel a bit uncomfortable. but I knew he was harmless enough, even if he was a bit different to your average joe. Narth went on to say that, as with every question he asked, the answer only brought forth more questions from the pool of curiosity in his mind. they swarmed around inside his head, until he caught on to one: there must be an answer, recorded somewhere in history, that explains my place in reality, that will rid me of my uncertainties and satisfy my curiosity. and so he turned to the machine once more, determined to end his dissatisfaction.

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William the conquerer
Couldn’t capture all the land
God given to the king
No he couldn’t capture everything
Roman walls they stood
Where they still stand today
The corrupt beating heart
Of our capital city
This island we live on
Never was united
By anyone
The rules that we make
Don’t apply to everyone
Not to those of the city of London

They say Rome wasn’t built in a day
But a thousand years have passed
Since the commune was made
And rebels they became
It began as democracy
But now they do as they please?
A corporation bringing countries
To their knees
This land where I was born
Never was united
By anyone
The queen she doesn’t reign
Over everyone
Not of those from the city of London

Sui generis
Does the square mile
Pull all of the strings
From within the steel ring?
Got its own police force
Makes their own laws
Remembrancer in the house of commons

Doesn’t life move on?
Doesn’t tomorrow always come?
Doesn’t the lord direct us
In everything we become?
So down with the city of London
The beating heart of greed
Whilst it exists
The British
Will never be free
This island that I love
Has never been united
by anyone
The laws that I follow
Don’t apply to everyone
Not for those of the city of London

Down with the city of London
Down with the city of London
Down with the city of London
Down with the city of London
The beating heart of greed
Whilst in its grip
The British
Will never be free

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from Fruits of the Cold or Narth Gazarth's Media Tales, released January 16, 2019

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