Song Lyrics

The system we live in splits the world we know,
Into kings in a castle & some rats on the floor,
One part has everything & even asks for more,
The other's in the gutter got too less to live on.

I don't wanna be afraid,
Throw myself into the sea & hope you'll forget me
Got nothing left to lose

But if you'd ask me, where I would choose to be,
I would not choose the castle I'd still choose the streets,
If you don't own a thing, you can't lose anything,
I would rather be a rat than a king.

I don't wanna be afraid,
Throw myself into the sea, and hope you'll forget me
Got nothing left to lose
I'd rather be rat than a king if I could choose

The system we live in splits the world we know,
Into kings in a castle & some rats on the floor,
The crown and the throne, the greed for more,
A withdrawing stutter, the oath that you swore.

To live,
To survive,
Too less,
To feel pride
They're angry you made it
Who cares if you die
Is any of it justified
To live,
To survive,
Too less,
To feel pride
They're angry you made it
Who cares if you lose
I'd rather be a rat than a king if I could choose

Marcus Schwarzbach, Mario Radetzky, Mathias Bloech, Michael Dreilich

The duration of The King is 4:05 minutes and seconds.