Age of Kings[1]
Lyrics
Halls of the stone tower in the foothills
Why should we hide from anyone?
Held you in my arms
for the first time that day
Felt like God's anointed when
you didn't push me away
Gold light shining on so many things[2]
In the age of kings
Gold light shining on so many things
In the age of kings
Lean on the concrete walls in shadow
Why should we wait to throw the switch?
Felt your name burn in
like a tattoo into my skin
Rain on the clay tiles all night
Your head nestled beneath my chin
Gold light shining on so many things
In the age of kings
Gold light shining on so many things
In the age of kings
In the lost age
Where the jewels hide
And sword sticks in the waiting stone[3]
Still warm
Small chambers shrinking till they vanish
Wolves in the hallway gaining ground
Reach down to the moment when
I should've said something true
Shadows and their sources
now stealing away with you
Gold light shining on so many things
In the age of kings
Gold light shining on so many things
In the age of kings
Banter
- The chorus was quite different. I'm just going to play it for you. Not the whole thing, just the chorus. 'And it was me and my window/and the night sky and the moon/and a glow in the dark model of The Creature from the Black Lagoon.' I miss the song that could have been but I like Age of Kings better. (2011-03-29)
- Yeah, no, consumption is, it's the, yeah, rich people go recover from it in, in Austria and write interminable novels about it. You can try and finish that novel if you want, if you want to, like, you know, prove you're a bad-ass, but I myself gave up. I had some Continental theory to read. This is a song that took place at a place where we were studying Continental theory. (2011-04-11)
- It's a song about memories that are extraordinarily precious. (2011-06-20)
Live Performances
Footnotes
1. A demo version of Age of Kings was released on All Survivors Pack. Accordingly, Age of Kings is part of the informal series of demos. Additionally, Age of Kings is part of the informal series of Biblical references. (Credit: Annotated TMG)↩
2. The Creature from the Black Lagoon was a classic 1954 monster horror film. The film — and the Creature, also known as the Gill-man — had an enduring cultural impact on film, writing, and the public consciousness, visible even more than a half-century later in pinball machines, theme parks, and elsewhere. The Creature is considered to be one of the classic Universal Monsters, joining Dracula, Frankenstein, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, and many other famous monsters featured in Universal Studios films from the 1920s through the 1950s.(Credit: Annotated TMG)↩
3. A reference to the famed legend by which Arthur, King of Britain, obtained Excalibur, his magical sword. In some versions of the story, Arthur drawns the sword from the stone in which it is sunk, a feat which can only be performed by a true heir of Uther Pendragon, and thus the rightful King of England. In other legends, Excalibur is given to Arthur by the Lady of the Lake. (Credit: Annotated TMG)↩