The queen is dead
The queen is dead it’s time to mourn No more comedy, no more sports No more fun or gatherings for the hoi polloi No more peasantry pleasantries now Nothing to do but mourn the sow As this stale system is passed to her firstborn
The queen is dead it’s time to grieve No more hospital appointments to make We cancelled on your grandma for the dead queen’s sake No more vaccines just more queues We’re told access to healthcare must be harder to abuse (who’s getting premium healthcare in this economy we muse?) No support, just be grateful and grovelling for what you receive
The queen is dead and she’s not the only one But we’re not allowed to stop our lives for them They’re only killed by systems we can’t condemn If only they’d been born as rich as she If only we didn’t have the fucking monarchy If only blank signs weren’t considered treason If only we weren’t afraid to die this winter season We can’t blame the queen if she wasn’t literally holding the gun
The queen is dead, but what is sadder? We have to see her face everywhere, lest we forget our place While she and her twisted family take up the airspace One law for the rich, another for the poor Violate young girls, what is the law even good for? Did we elect king whatshisname? Is that illegal now to say? Will that get us charged by the clown courts today Now the queen is dead and the laws are getting madder
Now the queen is dead, queen of hot air Corporations say her name like she invented the Big Mac Nintendo, sex toys, theatre, playmobile and the union jack Fly it at half mast, only do and say what’s allowed Remind the populace to keep its heads bowed The queen is dead, no I don’t have the decency to care
The queen of hypocrisy is dead, does she deserve respect? I’ve been mourning the deaths of people she didn’t give a fuck about She never read their names in her new year’s speech, why should this drag out? Tell me one thing I should be grateful for, what did she ever do? She was healthy and wealthy and inherited people and countries too Count her accomplishments in all the lives her family wrecked
The queen is dead, and so what? We should put her body in exhibition Send her to Egypt, to Greece, to India, witness her decomposition Send her on another world tour, post her no-return Let others grind her down to ashes, wonder just how well she’d burn Send her first to Kenya, let them spit on her corpse for free The queen is dead, so what? Toss her right into the sea
The queen – have you heard she’s dead, there’ll be a quiz How much about her privileges are really known? And what is that about secret funds? What is that – no inheritance tax? What is that about the price of her throne? What is, what is, what is -- (don’t look too closely, she’s got secrets that old, dead Liz)
The queen is dead, the queen is dead, the queen is long overdue And now she’s dead the only thing worse is her name invoked by you You stop petitions, you waive our rights, you sneak violations right through Yes, the queen is dead, long live the queen - (Restitutions for crimes as yet unseen A crown with a peculiar sheen As if her legacy could ever be clean) - in the parasitical poisoned mouths of those who love to misconstrue What I mean when I say, “the queen is dead, hooray, yippee, woo-hoo!” So to those seeking a different view, who wonder why the queen should be taboo:
Instead of mourning the old bag, here’s some alternatives - Vandalise her statues, boo the so-called king Help your local foodbank, don’t become right-wing If a country’s population is dying of the cold If we can’t afford to eat, if we’re letting down the old If our entertainment forces us to bow down to the queen Think about why our priorities are so obscene If the newspapers combined issue royalist support Question what other points of views they willingly distort It’s a symptom of a global violence, so keep the borders open Trust that helping others matters, please don’t stop hoping And lastly don’t vote for the conservatives
