The King Is Dead Lyrics - Nazareth

I have not come to worship you 

Only flowers at your throne 

I have not come to plead or beg 

Or to claim what is my own 

Oh I know you are the king 

And you'll say what is wrong 

I have come to cut you down 

And to leave your body dead 

You do not mean so much to me 

Nor that crown upon your head 

You are just as sad as me 

You are lonely flesh and blood 

And the time has come for you to die 

And now you bleed, please spare my life 

You know I'm the chosen one 

I don't believe what you bequeth 

And I must do what must be done 

You say you're the only king 

Your words just fall like rain