The Old King Songtext
von Hamilton Leithauser

Whatever happens
No battle lost
(Know you can love me)
Growls the old King
(Whatever happens next)
No war un-won
(Know you can trust me)
He spits and he sings

I wish I′d had the balls
To sell the army off
Pay all my enemies
And just swallow the loss

Whatever happens
Know you can love me

I listened all night
The drinks were free
But soon his bitter heart
Got wearing on me


Go all, go one
The night is young
My throat is dry
But I ain't done
No, I ain′t done

The loves of your life
The glass and the wife
One guts you hollow
One twists the knife

Morning had come
I left him inside
And I ran away with the paling sky
Yeah, I ran away with the paling sky

I wish I'd only had the balls
To bury the hatchet and forgive em all

'Cause now the hours are days
And the days go like months
Whatever happens
You know I love you