Kevin Fernald - Princes of Babylon [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[Hook: Algernon]
Pin stripe suits and wing tip shoes
This is how the princes do
It’s Gatsby and Algernon
The royalty of Babylon
We swing, and slide
We’ll change the mood tonight
We groove, we jive
We paint the moon with light

[Verse: Algernon]
This is from the future writing past present pretense
Loosen up your soul until the feeling starts to make sense
Release of regrets the psychedelic priest said
We're searching for the new sound no audio regress
To truly hear the sea funk you gotta find your sea legs
We're finna make it cooler than the joints in the bee legs
An insta listen buzz we just wanna get your mind flown
Babylon flow Hammurabi in a cyclone
The spirit never dies that’s the code that we live by
Write it down in stone and the message will survive
I’m sitting on a throne made of trombone slides
And the garden in the sky is the palace I reside
Blood sweat and tears are displayed on the canvas
You'll never be assured until you weigh a couple chances
Your body lays alone but memories are never gone
And when you're lying in the box know your one with Algernon

[Hook]

[Verse: Gatsby]
Never thought I’d see the day, Gatsby and Algernon
Literary idols legacies been overdrawn
Talkin bout of Mice and Men, the best plans laid
Only thing we got planned is to rap and get paid
Grew up in a small town dreamed of prosperity
Couldn’t be more than another regularity
Eyes up at night aimed with some peculiarity
Cosmos up above filled with unfamiliarity
Sagan passes wisdom even from the gravestone
I bet you didn’t know I was the great unknown
Waiting in the wings while my colors unbound
Writing bullshit while I try to act profound
Chilling here with Algernon barely making rent
Pantry runnin dry searching for an advent
Myrtle’s out of gas and I’m running low on fuel
I’m about to take a dive in the backyard pool

[Hook]