L'Orange & Mr. Lif - A Palace in the Sky lyrics

[Verse 1: Mr. Lif] As the king sat in his robe, holding the globe Which he kept as a pet, always claiming as a threat He would alter cause and alter falter to keep us in check He said he'd crush our world, the galaxy is just a spec In the corner of his far-reaching, overreaching Everlasting power, never overthrown by cowards But the gods didn't look upon this fondly, they called him tawdry As they observed him, they would notice while they're watching He would spend hours holding his globe Hoping to discover other factions he could overthrow This comic offense incensed the mystics, plus the spirits Who had died fighting for his causes, the human losses Such a dangerous territory to tread When you've upset both the balance of the living and the dead They wanted his head, but found the violence too swift A plan was then devised to they could send him adrift [Verse 2: Mr. Lif] So the gods gathered And they conceptualized the king's demise They planned to put his palace in the skies In the form of vapor, a disappearing act caper A wonder of the world, it's inexplicable by nature Everyday a different brick in the walls evaporated The first man to notice it was fascinated But then his heart palpitated, panic wriggled through the kingdom The mystics start to sing, "this is what fate would bring the king" The mystics didn't live long after that Many inhabitants had left this haunted habitat And although the edifice was sick, the ruler wouldn't budge a lick Cause it was clear that he was clinging to his gravitas [Verse 3: Mr. Lif] Months pa**ed by, and one morning he opened his eye To see no ceiling in his chambers, just a view of the sky The walls were gone, the shades were drawn inside his mind But now he's got no choice but to view the other side of the blinds What he finds is a world without his reign, pure pain The mighty ruler walking with a cane With miles of lush hills before him, and gra** is their decorum He screamed, "Why!?" and the skies did ignore him He asked once again, but the world had resigned No signs, just time holding hands with time With an eternity to grieve and no chance to ever leave He got lost in the mirage of his reprieve