Our Princess is in Another Castle
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Story behind the song
with "princess," i actually tried to write a tool song... i was annoyed by this constant praise of their bassist, so i attempted to prove that tool basslines are no big whoop. the song was originally titled "all fall down" from a set of mediocre lyrics. those were canned and the song remained as an instrumental until i found a child-like poem i wrote years ago and it seemed to fit perfectly into the song. i think we all know who the king is. the seemingly related title is a reference from the popular super mario video game and identified the instrumental long before i found those lyrics. that phrase, to me, reprisents the sheer dissapointment after what one thought was a huge success: the realization that this win was an illusion, that the distance traveled was only half the battle and we still got a long way to go. pick your metaphor.
note the second part of the song--the outro in the key of a--features the entire first part of the song sped up. contrary to general belief, stephan is not f*** ing up the tempo; the drum track is being pitch-shifted randomly as the snare and crash spins around your head stereophonicly.
jesse miller - vocals, bass, fuzz bass, air organ, jingle bells;
stephan ahonen - drums;
ben swanson - keyboards, xylophone;
evan reidell - lap guitar noodles and solos
Lyrics
Once upon a time in castle under the sun
Ruled a King who only half his subjects he had won
Through a wizard's magic wave
He knew his poeple could be saved
And thus his evil fight to muse the masses had begun
It was known the King and Queen were quite a silly pair
The King had spoke moronic words, the Queen had pretty hair
The alligations were ludicrous
The King threw down an iron fist
He called his knights and told the other kingdoms to beware
Other kingdoms heard the warning but they didn't heed
The King knew this and thought a battle's what the people need
"I'll let them torch two tower walls
And shed the tear when castle falls
Then the peasants will not mock me when they bleed"
So our story ends with the conclusion of his rule
The battles fought I hope have taught they simply were a tool
Though faceless kings will come and go
I doubt the peasants will ever know
The lessons lost of wars and costs from the King who was a Fool