DREAD/TKOE - Bells

One such disciple of certain schools of crumbling unfiltered thought

Gold medals of success shivering next to those I’ve already caught

Deep down in my head, I know that I’m nothing if not a mugshot tiger

Throw on my hat, pick up my bell, and become the town crier

«Hey, take one sec', prick your ears up quick, the fanfare’s belting silver»

Shimmers of flag-like unfurling ties on shining polyester

Kids filming, phones, looks like some vigil snaking along the pavement

«Look out, America, here I come»

The King of England

You ain’t seen nothing yet

Mr. Brown takes one last drag, flicks the butt out into the night

Goes home, gets bored and watches porn

Chiding himself, «It's a vice»

Wakes to the sound of trumpets belting out and into the street

Looks out and cracks a smile and then from the open window retreats

As if touched by love or some such secret telling final truth

He falls back onto his bed laughing

Runs down, pulls on both his shoes

«They're throwing pound coins at the crowd

Mr. Brown, don’t you want in?

They’re burning flags and cars and martyrs for some very good reason»

Honing in down the packed and swaying pavements, donning his crown

His gait becomes a stride while, in his mind, he’s killed Mr. Brown

Looks up, sees a gold empty throne hoisted on shoulders of his subjects

Baying, siren-like, who’s the King of England

Look who’s laughing now

The King of England

England, take a bow

Britannia ruled and enslaved my ancestors across Caribbean waves

And siphoned sugar to the Tate

While the Raj decimated my mother’s land

Oh, indigo India

A tea leaf is a bitter sip, toiled under the slaver’s whip

Yet let it purge your delusions of empire to cure this pestilent ignorance

Hear me, hear me, a reckoning bell

What values are your «union» built on?

For you cannot serve both God and Mammon

Destruction derby: Aston Martin vs Mercedes Benz

Two World Wars, one World Cup

Don’t think that we won’t do it again

No need to reread reams of terms and conditions, click «agree»

This island’s got what the world needs

The King of England

Look who’s laughing now

The King of England

England, take a bow