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The Wide Sargasso Sea

from My Kingdom by Glorious Leader

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lyrics

when the sailing boats came to shore
couldn’t hear a thing through the roar
a sunburned man yelled the names of the racers
we cheered them on as they took their starting places

my fingers fidgeted in spite of it all
rolled my lunch receipt into a ball
everyone shouted into the rapture
as I toyed with a dream of something faster
but a voice said “boy, you’d better obey your master”

I asked her to cast her prediction of what I’d be giving the masses
she spat that the world had no trophies for dreamers who sat on their asses

but I’m putting effort and time and long careful thought in
to rejecting the hard-earned advice that I’ve gotten
I fought it, I thought I was above the curve
all the basic bitches, sending wishes, faking smiles, taking pictures

vicious is the truth that I’ve wasted my youth on delusions
and try as I may, and try as I might, all I’ve caused is confusion

the illusion I’m choosing to run with
is the one with the cards stacked against me
so I’ll get defensive, I don’t need you, I’ll make ends meet
I’ll build it myself, I’ll set off like a sailor
and leave in my wake a small fortune of failures
oh, may the winds take me, shake me to the core
but the Wide Sargasso Sea is as still as a corpse
and try as I may, and try as I might
my clever ideas may never see light
because I talk too much and I don’t want to listen
for fear what I hear makes it clear what I’m missing

I’m pissing myself to receive some hard-earned affection
so I’ll have credentials to lecture my friends but ignore their suggestions
if only the world had a place for idea men
who could send off their boats and let someone else steer them
I fear them the most, those who don’t need to boast to get rated
so hand me a trophy for the race and I’ll go to my grave validated

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from My Kingdom, released January 14, 2020
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Glorious Leader Glover, Vermont

Glorious Leader is the solo project of American musician, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist Kyle Woolard. Written and recorded in his home in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, the music is an attempt at uncompromising honesty. It is a quest for simplicity. It is a celebration of humanity, of the far north, of the infinite shades between joy and sorrow, of wood stoves and whiteouts. ... more

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