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King of shadow

s

King of shades
            
Hades was king

        
 of the Underw

orld

            
But he fell in

             
 love with a b

eautiful lady
    
Who walked up 

above
             
In her mother'

              
s green field
            
He fell in lov

             
e with Perseph

    
one
            
Who was gather

             
ing flowers in

              
 the light of 

        
the sun
         
And I know how

 it was becaus

e
       
He was like me
  
A man in love 

with a woman

            
Singing la la 

           
la la la la la
           
La la la la la

    
 la la

           
La la la la la

    
 la la
           
La la la la la

    
 la

            
And you didn't

          
 know how
             
And you didn't

          
 know why
            
But you knew t

              
hat you wanted

             
 to take her h

    
ome
            
You saw her al

             
one there, aga

             
inst the sky
            
It was like sh

              
e was someone
             
You'd always k

     
nown
            
It was like yo

             
u were holding

              
 the world whe

               
n you held her
            
Like yours wer

             
e the arms tha

              
t the whole wo

           
rld was in
            
And there were

              
 no words for 

             
the way that y

        
ou felt
            
So you opened 

           
your mouth

And you starte

d to sing:

           
La la la la la

    
 la la
           
La la la la la

    
 la la
           
La la la la la

    
 la la
       
La la la la la

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And what has b

             
ecome of the h

              
eart of that m

   
an
            
Now that the m

           
an is king?
            
What has becom

             
e of the heart

             
 of that man
           
Now that he ha

  
s

Everything?



            
The more he ha

   
s,
           
The more he ho

lds
              
The greater th

             
e weight of th

              
e world on his

 
 shoulders
             
See how he lab

              
ors beneath th

        
at load
            
Afraid to look

 
 up, and afrai

d to let go
            
So he keeps hi

              
s head low, he

             
 keeps his bac

          
k bending
            
He's grown so 

             
afraid that he

              
'll lose what 

        
he owns
            
But what he do

              
esn't know is 

     
that what he's

 defending
N.C.
Is already gone

            
Where is the t

          
reasure inside

 of your chest

?
            
Where is your 

          
pleasure? Wher

e is your yout

h?
            
Where is the m

   
an with his ar

ms outstretche

d?

To the woman h

e loves

With nothing t

o lose

            
Singing la la 

           
la la la la la

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