the throne

OPENING:
think about it for a moment
infinity, infinite time and space
to my eyes
wondering if it's really what I'm seeing

FOOL:
Zef rides, rolled joints, that's how you hello to your bro
pink staff
pink staff
my staff is steaming red

ELDER WICCA:
you'll never forget this face
this scar
you brought on me you fool
i shall bear you a son

one son
one boy
one man
one joy

then I will take him away from you
guard him
let him eat from the throne
like many before him

he shall join the likes of nobility
sturdy and straight
he will soon forgot you too
how you shiver and quake

Tobias, his name
will rule this court
eventually becoming a prince
now must you find him a princess

look in the town and find one for him
look further and yonder
make sure she's well fed
make her the dearest of all the land

she will be queen one day
the honey melts
and he shall be king
immortal in doubt

SERVANT:
alas, ye squire I've found a mate
she's pretty and brown skinned
she looks like Cleopatra
she doesn't bear a ring

KING:
then she shall be fit for my Tobias
let him get to know her at once
she stands on the carpet
no words spoken from her mouth

ELDER WICCA:
she lets out a sigh
shows her teeth almost white
but she has no tongue
for she kissed someone wrong

KING:
a mute, in my kingdom, I bellow in disgust
not in my court
throw her to the dogs
Tobias looks have been wrong

TOBIAS:
NO! Stop she is fair,
we love each other dear
I will reproduce her beauty
because she is beautiful to me
when we wed and bear children
this is what I want to see

KING:
THROW THEM BOTH TO THE DOGS!
see them rip apart the bone
we set course for Italy
we shall find another king for this throne