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Once upon a time in a kingdom ill-defined?
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A dark-eyed prince sat sideways on his throne?
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And he cast aside the thoughts of his princess long and lost?
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And decided he’d live principally alone
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So he built himself a castle made of stumbling blocks and bricks?
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And he filled the mote with crocodile tears and other tricks?
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But he forgot to build the doorway, he forgot to build the gate?
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So he had to build a catapult just to knock the wall away?
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And he’d venture out at night, bejeweled and erudite
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And he’d ride from town to town and farm to farm
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And he’d laugh at all the sheep and at the company they keep
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And he’d burn down all the churches and the barns
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Until he’d find a proper damsel, then he’d play the proper prince
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And he’d lead her home with apples and a promise on a stick
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'Til she’d fall upon the pillow, then he’d fall upon the dawn
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And he’d close his eyes to hers and then just dream that she was gone?
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So he swore upon the crown that he’d melt desire down
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And he boarded up his windows and his eyes?
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But he still could hear the sound of the rain upon the ground
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And he still could feel his face against the sky
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And how the birds and how the bees, they each took turns upon their knees
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And how the “Take me if you dare to” turned to “Thank you if you please”
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?And how the nectar in the flowers and how the flowers on the vine
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They’d turn his blood from fever into honey-juice and wine?
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And he knew that it was true, in the crumbs that nature threw
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And that ever-after always ends the tale
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And that somewhere in disguise there was a girl with lantern eyes
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Who could fill the darkest shadows with detail?
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So he’d build another tower just to tear another down
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And he’d lay a trail of candles from his castle into town
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But if you go there please be careful, and if you leave there please be quick
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Cause he’ll rob your eyes of color and your bones to make more bricks?.