The Man Who Would Be King Lyrics

Lyric discussion by icanfeelthesoil 

Cover art for The Man Who Would Be King lyrics by Libertines, The

"I watched friendship slip away But it wasn't s'posed to be that way"

could that be about how their friendship fell apart?

and like everyone else said, it works with 'tell the king' from 'up the bracket' and perhaps 'king' could be a symbol for (i cant explain this very well but here goes..) the person who is dominant, or who everyone looks up to and 'obeys'? because they were always fighting over who sang what and was more popular, shown in lyrics (i can only think of this one off the top of my head) 'ive read the reviews, they all prefer you', by pete, but i am probably wrong.