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The Mouse Trap

from Lo​-​Fi Love Songs by Hatfield

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wicked midnight, highest tower
desperate in his darkest hour
the apparition comes
once a father, once a king
now a pale and ghostly thing
an echo of his pain

royal spirit, truth be told
of wretched deeds, most foul and cold
something is rotten
sent to hell by brother's hand
robbed of queen and high command
something is rotten
lethal droplets for the plot
serpents bite to fool the lot
something is rotten
noble youth revenge be thine
upon the man who's crown was mine
something is rotten

love or madness, friend or foe
painful smiles in times of woe
a mother's loving child
daddy's throne and mommy's sheets
drenched in shame beyond belief
hail to the new king

wonderful lady, young and fair
diamond eyes and golden hair
blazing love forced to end
broken hearts that cannot mend
nothing else above the oath
sworn before the tortured ghost
perhaps the devil's wicked deeds
proof is what a jury needs
a play that shows the crime at hand
reenacted for the man
whose face will burn with guilt and shock
the conscience of the king is caught

snow white skin and locks of gold
floating calmly in the cold
something is rotten
poisoned blade and poisoned wine
plans and schemes that intertwine
something is rotten
crimson pool of greed and hate
the undiscovered country waits
never forgotten
a promise kept, a duty done
by a murdered father's dying son
never forgotten

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from Lo​-​Fi Love Songs, track released June 1, 2012

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Hatfield Würzburg, Germany

Mark Hatfield from Würzburg, Germany. Folk-punking stages around the world with his trusty live-sidekick Konstantin Vey. Well, maybe not around the world. Just Germany. Come to think of it... Bavaria. OK, northern Bavaria...

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