Lyrics Ring 1 - Tower - The Dear Hunter

What a wonderland
Watching them bend to my demands
"That's too much power for one man"
It's what they all say if they don't understand

That you're never getting to Tower
Unless you're coming from Tower

I can level any landscape
In fact, there's little left to bring me more joy
From peaks to valleys, boulevards to alleys
Why waste my time tryna be a diplomat when I deliver pain?
And there is nothing that compares to
How good it feels to be the one to push the domino
What's beneath it? What's ahead?
No matter, the path won't wrap around 'til long after I'm dead
And one truth remains

That you'll not gain any power
Unless you're starting with power
And you're not starting with power
Unless you come from Tower

Why do you feel your world is safe?
I was bred behind a barricade
One by one, we must accept our fate
Mine was rising up to dominate
(And who was the first to) Make all the world ask "why?"
(They turned to) Any reply we tried
(Love failed) Unable to change their minds
(Fear prevailed) And took control

Why would the emperor need new clothes
If he keeps the people indisposed?
They are blessed, they even get to see him
The world will never be the same
So line right up and praise his name
Ooh, so lucky you get to live beneath him

(Life is a dream, life is a dream)
(Life is a dream, life is a dream)
(Life is a dream, life is a dream)
(Life is a dream, life is a dream)
(Life is a dream, life is a dream)
(Life is a dream, life is a dream)
(Life is a dream, life is a dream)
(Life is a dream, life is a dream)
Life is a dream, oh, life is a dream
Life is a dream, oh, life is a dream
(Life is a dream, life is a dream)
(Life is a dream) And you're in mine
(Life is a dream, life is a dream)
(Life is a dream) Yeah, you're in mine
(Life is a dream, life is a dream)
(Life is a dream, life is a dream)

But oh, what a nightmare I could provide ya
Me on a bad day, you in a bad way
And without a warning, I'll put you in mourning
When the light in you dims down, I'll blot the sun out

Why are the emperors in repose
Like all of the people can be disposed?
Facts are fiction if you've never seen 'em
The world is only made more insane
When the helpless many praise the names
Of the very ones who want us stuck beneath them