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Queen Of The Night Part 2

from Tales From The Bookcase by Red Bazar

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Lyrics inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle's short story: The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger

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And when the curtain falls she waits all alone
Till he comes back in the small hours to make her all his own
"King of the beasts!" he tells her as he beats her once again
And she knows that there's no fouler beast and she vows through her pain that one day

One day ... one day

Then at last one day, one day hope came along
She found a new love, a new love he'd never do her wrong
He was a strong man, a strong man, travelled with the show
And one night they held on, they held on like they'd never let go
But while the master's in command
They have to hide all the love they have to give
And so the strong man decided he shouldn't be allowed to live

For all the times he beat her till she cried
For all the times he left her broken deep inside

There are many ways to kill a man
All they needed was the perfect crime
And a strong ... a strong pair of hands
Accidents might happen in a circus full of beasts
And for a certain hungry lion he would make the king of feasts

Then no more living in shame
With a lion to take the blame

He made the weapon to show where the lion's paw had been
It would make a big impression if you see what I mean
She would walk with her master late at night, to feed the beast in his cage
Where a strong man would be waiting to frame a lion and his rage

Springing from the shadows, the strong man dealt the fatal blow
But the cage was swinging open, his timing much too slow
Smelling blood and treachery the lion turned upon his queen
And the so called strong man turned and ran from the blood and roars and screams
As she called his name
And the last thing she felt was the teeth meet in her face

A weak man, a weak man left her for dead in the dust
His true love, his true love died with her beauty and turned to disgust

They saved her life
and she lived to tell the tale
But it's no kind of life that she leads now,
All alone in her room, never lifting her veil
And the strong man, he never came near
He couldn't love what was left, couldn't live with the fear
Now she's queen of her permanent night
On her own little stage with it's dim little spotlight
Show goes on, though the crowds have all gone
The night goes on, same old song

Somehow she finds the strength
The strength to get through each day
And she bitterly laughs at the weakness of men
The men who made her this way
Men who treasured her beauty so rare
Never seeing the soul or the love that was there
She curses the strong man she thought was so brave
And the life that she wishes had never been saved
Show goes on, though the crowds have all gone
The night wears on, same old song

Show goes on, though the crowds have all gone
The night goes on, same old song.

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from Tales From The Bookcase, track released March 15, 2016
Wilson, Comerie, Wilson, Jones

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