Hamilton Leithauser - The Old King Lyrics

(Whatever happens)
No battle lost
(Know you can love me)
Growls the old King
(Whatever happens next)
"No war un-won"
(Know you can trust me)
He spits and he sings

I wish I'd had the balls
To sell the army off
Pay all my enemies
And just swallow the loss

Whatever happens
Know you can love me

I listened all night
The drinks were free
But soon his bitter heart
Got wearing on me

Go on, go on
The night is young
My throat is dry
But I ain't done
No I ain't done

The loves of your life
The glass and the wife
One guts you hollow
One twists the knife

Morning had come
I left him inside
And I ran away with the paling sky
Yeah I ran away with the paling sky

I wish I'd only had the balls
To bury the hatchet and forgive em all

'Cause now the hours are days
And the days go like months

Whatever happens
You know I love you