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When I Was the King

from QUIET THE STATION by Stewart Legere

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held out as long as i could for you
longer than anybody should for any other man
burning my hand
burning my hand with the coal
when i shoulda let it roll
i should have let it stand
and you said
you bet
cause you thought i’d forget
when you knew it wasn’t true
but i was stronger than you
it would’ve been much better had i left before the mess
when our heads did hit the same
it was a game
just a game
where you are a line and you draw me to shore
warm as a drink
honey poured out on the floor
and i shoulda left you before i let you pour the poison
when i was the king
but no one ever met me who said they could forget me
honey i shoulda let you know
but you said
you bet
cause you thought i’d forget
when you knew it wasn’t true
but i was stronger than you
it woulda been much better had i left before the mess
i never received your simple words
and i never believed the ones i heard
said i wanna be free to try
but i sink like a stone
and i cry
but i shoulda left you long before i met you
i shoulda seen and known
i shoulda known by the way you acted when you said
wanna come home?
i shoulda left you long before i met you
i shoulda known myself
but you sing to me from a movie screen
those eyes
and you said
you bet
cause you thought i’d forget
when you knew it wasn’t true
but i was stronger than you
it woulda been much better had i left before the mess

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from QUIET THE STATION, released April 21, 2017

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Stewart Legere Halifax, Nova Scotia

Halifax/K’jipuktuk. Performances have been presented at festivals across Canada & UK. Music & sound for theatre & film. Avid & passionate collaborator, fascinated w/ sexuality, vulnerability, intimacy, the destruction of persona and the celebration of performance. The Accidental Mechanics Group, Zuppa Theatre Co. The Heavy Blinkers. Currently artist-in-residence at The Theatre Centre in Toronto ... more

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