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The King Wants You Lyrics
A train in the distance
I hear the whistle
A lonely tune calling,
Telling where the wind is blowing
At the station
An army's waiting
Spend my whole life not growing
Now the whole world is coming
I don't know why we're fighting
I just know that I'm going
A chip on my shoulder
Everyone's getting older
Heroes die young this fight
I'm still a child inside
You are a soldier now
The wind will blow this bitch right up
They cannot drag us down
The crowning heads will keep our fortress strong
The best of the greatest
The greatest but few
The soon-to-be heroes
The king wants you
The king wants you
Sixteen years, my mother's son
A big boy wielding guns
Marching, falling, getting up
Never knew how to stop
Wrote a letter
Said things are better
Taught me how to fight a guy
I wish I knew how to live and lie
I don't know where we're going
It's better to go without knowing
I'm ready and willing
Literally make a killing
It's a game
It's all the same
As long as someone knows my name
You are a soldier now
The wind will blow this bitch right up
They cannot drag us down
The crowning heads will keep our fortress strong
The best of the greatest
The greatest but few
The soon-to-be heroes
The king wants you
The king wants you
Left
Right, left
Left
Right, left
Look at the king
All eyes on the king
All hail the king
The best of the greatest
The greatest but few
The soon-to-be heroes
The king wants you
The king wants you
I hear the whistle
A lonely tune calling,
Telling where the wind is blowing
An army's waiting
Spend my whole life not growing
Now the whole world is coming
I just know that I'm going
Everyone's getting older
Heroes die young this fight
I'm still a child inside
The wind will blow this bitch right up
They cannot drag us down
The crowning heads will keep our fortress strong
The greatest but few
The soon-to-be heroes
The king wants you
A big boy wielding guns
Marching, falling, getting up
Never knew how to stop
Said things are better
Taught me how to fight a guy
I wish I knew how to live and lie
It's better to go without knowing
Literally make a killing
It's a game
It's all the same
As long as someone knows my name
The wind will blow this bitch right up
They cannot drag us down
The crowning heads will keep our fortress strong
The greatest but few
The soon-to-be heroes
The king wants you
Right, left
Left
Right, left
Look at the king
All eyes on the king
All hail the king
The greatest but few
The soon-to-be heroes
The king wants you
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The song is part of the concept album "Avatar Country." The album, as a whole, centers on the King of Avatar Country. The metaphor basically equates the band's music as a country, which means the King would represent the leader or representative of the band's music.
So this song refers to people who join the army in Avatar Country. The people don't know who or what they're fighting ("I don't know why we're fighting"), but they go anyways to defend the motherland. The metaphor speaks to the loyalty of the people of Avatar Country, which symbolically speaks to the loyalty of Avatar's fans
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