A Human Named David - The Master Lyrics

Come from upstairs
Your supper's waiting
The guests have arrived
To know your plans
No time for a bath
You mustn't be tardy
The mayor has arrived
To know your plans

The wine is uncorked
The pheasants steaming
The candles are lit
And the chairs are full
You know that they're craving
Controversy
Give it to them sir
And send them home

Come here to me now
Your tie is crooked
Your shirt theres a stain
Wear this instead
Walk down from the stairs
Your chin held upward
No doubt there's a conflict
For you to mend

The guests were all squawking
Of weather happenings
Of current events
And battles won
The door it flung open
A chill of silence
Swept over each guest
One by one

How do you do sir
How do you do sir
They all took their seats
And then sipped their wine
Like fools their impatient
Agendas bubbling up
Shouts from table
From all sides

All of these questions
For the master
Designed to incite
An emotional response
And then the debate
He folded is napkin
And watched
As the guests
Lost control of their plot

The master ate pheasant
The master ate silently
Pleased the demands
Weren't much tonight
He sat there in perfect
Contemplation
And he smiled
When the mayor rose up
And decried

Down with the leadership
Down with the hierarchy
Down with men
Who control our fate
Down with democracy
Down with aristocracy
Up with a brand new
Approach to a state

The mayor he fell back
His heart had failed him
His wife she then shrieked
And threw her glass
The wine it had stained
Our velvet curtains
Twas then that I saw
My master laugh

You monster
You coward
You traitor
You thief
They all screamed at once
And started to leave
The master then stood
Folded his napkin
Walked back up the stairs
And got ready for sleep

Wasn't that fascinating
He said
Master took off his tie
And got into his bed
I stood there in shock
Wondering when
That crowd full of cowards
Would beg for his council again