Jack Conte - Off with His Head VideoSong

16 May 2011 · 3 min

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Jack Conte performs a dark song built on the refrain "Off with his head, it's all for the best." The lyrics mix morbid imagery with nihilistic violence, cycling through lines like "shoot all our guns, let's kill off our sons" in a chant-like rhythm that treats death and destruction with theatrical resignation.

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Off with his head! It's all for the best. My eyes hang down with sorrow. I moan and bellow for lost tomorrows gone away. Off with his head! You lose what you bet. Your will rains down with terror. Oh, feel the whole Oh, see the fury upon us all. Lie in the sun, I keep my guard on, 'cause nothing ever comes when you expect. Shoot all our guns, let's kill off our sons. We've too much time and too much life, too many precious days. Off with his head, it's all for the best. Your will rains down with terror. Oh, feel the horror. Oh, see the fury upon us all. Lie in the sun, I keep my guard on, 'cause nothing ever comes when you expect. Cheers! Load our guns, let's kill off our sons. We've too much time and too much life. Too many precious days. Off with his head, it's all for the best. My eyes hang down with sorrow. I moan and bellow for lost tomorrows gone away.