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Artist: Bloc Party
Canonical path: /bloc-party/the-once-and-future-king
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Once and Future king
Read The Once and Future king lyrics by Bloc Party on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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The Once and Future king
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Well I guess
This will be dismissed
As bitterness
And sour grapes
?
Too much time with my own thoughts
It should be my name on their lips
But it's not
And I will wait
For my turn to come round again
And I will wait
However long it takes
However long it takes
See you're gonna
Be the next big thing
All the young girls
You could ever want
I heard your song on the radio
Like a fire-brand on my skin
So the war has begun
A pox on your houses
And I will wait
For my turn to come round again
And I will wait
However long it takes
However long it takes
I say round of applause
I say round of applause
(...he says whatever he wants)
I say round of applause
I say round of applause
(Objection, overruled)
Passive yet aggressive
Drunk on schadenfreude
Success has been cruel to me
My time will come again
And I will wait
For my turn to come round again
And I will wait
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