Machine Head - Heavy Lies the Crown lyrics

Call me the spider king, I creep along the night I weave a web so dense, once caught there is no flight So delicate the strands I weave around my victims taut The terror suffocates their shattered afterthoughts I feel their envy, heavy lies the crown Heavy lies the crown Call me the spider king, men sharpen blades behind Caught in the light of greed, the prize infects their minds They fly too close to flames of fame and withered vanity Like moths they're drawn towards the inhumanity I hear their envy, heavy lies the crown Whoa And so I send my spies to watch the guilty seethe Devise a twisted plot and gently pull the strings I slink along the boulevards, listen to the streets The avenues and gutters give me truth to speak I feel their envy, heavy lies the crown Call me the spider king, these fiends show no respect Their blinded loyalties, the balance that I check I hear them sharpen knives behind my back A moment frozen, let them open fire See the hatred that burns through my eyes And remember the pain I'll inflict on you Before the dawn Suffer my vengeance Suffer my vengeance So many cannons have been aimed at me They raise the guillotine at full speed The bayonets of men they clash and ring The battle's ashen strings, it recedes The bodies burning in a blaze of heat The screams of agony and lost pride These men go off to die, for war and countryside The revving engine of the war machine Draining it as it feeds on the weak They try to resurrect the violent seed Into a hangman's tree of deceit The choice made out on the battleground Through history resound The weight would crush you down 'Cause heavy lies the crown Oh, heavy lies the crown I smell the fear these men disguise as their love The hints of their betrayal, it fires my blood So many knives have missed my back to put me down The weight would crush you down 'Cause heavy lies the crown Uh uh Don't put me on a pedestal I lay there for you all to see I never wanted any war Save me from the hate below Envy seeps from every pore Jealousy is your just reward This is a warning to you all Don't ever try to plot my fall I'll put you six feet in the ground Heavy lies the crown