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Rise and Fall: A Tale of Pride, Plague, and Divine Retribution
Lyrics
He'd been hiding behind those walls
He had been concealing himself behind protective barriers.
So safe, riding out the storm
Feeling secure, weathering through a challenging situation.
They swallowed his lies, while dropping like flies
People believed his falsehoods, succumbing to adverse consequences.
Shown no sympathy
Received no compassion or understanding from others.
Then... Thrown down from his high damn horse
Suddenly brought down from a position of power or arrogance.
Blue blood could not break the fall
Even high status or noble lineage couldn't prevent the downfall.
A fancy veneer, crackled by fear
A sophisticated facade shattered due to fear.
His crown lost all it's might
His royal authority and influence completely diminished.
Caught in the onslaught
Trapped in a violent and overwhelming attack.
1349
Reference to a specific time or event - 1349.
Would they all perish?
Questioning whether everyone would meet their demise.
A vengeance divine?
Wondering if there is a divine retribution or punishment.
Streets foul with human remains
Streets filled with the bodies of people who lost their humanity.
All deprived of their dignity
All stripped of their basic human rights and respect.
God turned his back
God turned away, leaving them in darkness.
They faded to black under his shadow
Fading into obscurity under the oppressive rule.
Deep down in the hole that he'd dug
Symbolic representation of the consequences of his actions.
Lay his pride and greed in the mud
His pride and greed brought low, submerged in disgrace.
Reality struck, infection came knocking on his door
Facing harsh reality as the consequences knock on his door.
Yersinia Pestis ravaged lands to west from east
Yersinia Pestis causing devastation from west to east.
The charnelhouses filled up, rats enjoyed the feast
Death and decay filling the charnelhouses, rats thriving.
Far from it's former glory, the kingdom fell apart
The kingdom deteriorating from its former glory.
A humiliated king drove the spectre through his heart
The humiliated king choosing self-destruction.
There he laid by the cold stone wall
Lying defeated by a cold stone wall.
Eyes all teary in a hollow stare
Eyes filled with tears, a vacant and defeated gaze.
And as darkness descended around him
As darkness envelops, the end of his suffering is near.
All but solemnly, the end of his despair
The conclusion of his despair is solemn but inevitable.
Caught in the onslaught
Caught in a relentless and overwhelming assault.
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Reiteration of the specific time or event - 1349.
Would they all perish?
Repeating the question of collective demise.
A vengeance divine?
Reiterating the contemplation of divine retribution.
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