Revolt of the Cacti Kings
Camelcore hit by Vytautas Kosciuszko of Continental Grift.
Lyrics:
You led us past the burning sands
where death goes out to snack.
Your ululations gave us hope
when desert sunsets cracked.
You spent the night atop the dunes
in conversations deep.
Your tests confused us, riddles used us,
haiku made us weep.
[Chorus]
Why did you give it all away?!
Why did you leave the healing shade?!
We cannot follow where you went!
Bring back
Bring back
Bring back
Bring back
Bring back
the Cacti Kings.
We spent our nights in flimsy tents,
we spent our days in woe.
There was no pointer, no true north,
We had nowhere to go.
The magazines are filled with schemes
the television blows.
We fear the hard-packed sand of time
that run so frickin' slow.
[Chorus]
Why did you give it all away?!
Why did you leave the healing shade?!
We cannot follow where you went!
Bring back
Bring back
Bring back
Bring back
Bring back
the Cacti Kings.
What will we tell the children?
Where will they march and sing?
What is left of all their games
and all their pretty rings?
They have no heroes, no bright lights
to keep them from deep ills.
I'd kill myself but I can't find
a rope, a knife or pills.
[Chorus]
Why did you give it all away?!
Why did you leave the healing shade?!
We cannot follow where you went!
Bring back
Bring back
Bring back
Bring back
Bring back
the Cacti Kings.
Why? Why? Why?
Oh, why...
Bring back our Cacti Kings.
[soft, incoherent moaning]
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