Uneasy Lies The Head That Wears a Crown

from The Hard Journey Back by Laburnum Diver

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lyrics

How many thousands of my poorest subjects
Are at this hour asleep! Oh sleep, oh gentle sleep,
Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee
That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down
And steep my senses in forgetfulness?

Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs
Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee
And hush'd with buzzing nightflies to thy slumber
Than in the perfumed chambers of the great
Under the canopies of costly state
And lull'd with the sound of sweetest melody?

O thou dull god, why liest thou with the vile
In loathsome beds, and leavest the kingly couch
A watch-case or a common 'larum-bell?

Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast
Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains
In cradle of the rude imperious surge
And in the visitation of the winds
Who take the ruffian billows by the top
Curling their monstrous heads and hanging them
With deafening clamour in the slippery clouds
That, with the hurly, death itself awakes?

Canst thou, o partial sleep, give thy repose
To the wet sea-boy, in an hour so rude
And in the calmest and most stillest night
With all appliances and means to boot
Deny it to a king?
Then happy low, lie down!
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown

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from The Hard Journey Back, released September 19, 2018
Original lyrics from Shakespeare's "Henry IV".

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Laburnum Diver Slovakia

Most of our songs are non-repetitive, have their unique atmosphere and are slightly touched by progressive metal. We try to tailor music with many different overlapping melodies which pleases audience that likes to discover music secrets in the songs.