Thankless Child Lyrics

KING LEAR
Drew from heart all love,
And added to the gall.

O Lear, Lear, Lear!
Beat at this gate, that let thy folly in,

Suspend thy purpose, if thou didst intend
To make this creature fruitful!

Into her womb convey sterility!

Create her child of spleen; that it may live,
And be a thwart disnatured torment to her!
Turn all her mother's pains and benefits
To laughter and contempt; that she may feel

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is

To have a thankless child! Away, away!

1)
Eclipses of the moon and the sun
Foreboding chaos what is to come
Treason in palaces when bonds will break
Friendship falls for voracity´s sake

NARRATOR
Yet the loyal Kent returns in disguise to re-enter into the service of his beloved master who dishonourably abandoned him

2)
Goneril seeks to ditch the old king
Hence a different tune her snake tongue sing
The King is enraged and howls at his daughter
Who smiles coldly from eyes clear as water
From eyes clear as water
You gave them the rod as you put your breeches down

Brdg.:
Vengeance, plague, death and confusion
Lear´s dreams were just an illusion

Ref.:
Darkness and Devils, no love to find
Betrayed and rebuked by a thankless child
A storm is rising as thunder roars wild
An old man rejected by a thankless child

3)
Kent sent to Regan to ask for support
But finds her allied against his lord
He speaks out his mind, she takes it ill
He ends in the stocks with a night to kill
With a night to kill

4)
Lear finds Regan hostile and cold
Stripped off his power the daughters turn bold
Both have allied to boot the king out
Alone in the darkness in the storm to shout
In the storm to shout

Brdg.:
Vengeance, plague, death and confusion
Lear´s dreams were just an illusion

Ref.:
Darkness and Devils, no love to find
Betrayed and rebuked by a thankless child
A storm is rising as thunder roars wild
An old man rejected by a thankless child