A Story Told - Mark Seibert

[00:11.90]We are friends, are we not?
[00:13.74]And our interests are the same
[00:16.06]We collaborate
[00:17.47]And trust in fate
[00:18.68]Parcel out the blame
[00:20.51]There are ends we’ve all got that can justify the means
[00:24.93]We negotiate
[00:26.45]Then fabricate the facts behind the scenes
[00:29.82]Keeping all the details vague and secrets hidden
[00:34.08]Safe from the balanced sheet of those you trust
[00:37.41]Because history is a story told by the winners of the fight
[00:42.74]You imply a little
[00:43.32]Lie a little
[00:43.82]Testifying
[00:44.35]Try a little
[00:44.86]Sailor
[00:47.14]Who’s gonna question what goes on in the middle of the night?
[00:51.07]Not a tinker
[00:51.65]Not a tailor
[00:52.28]Not his father or Mercedes
[00:53.28]Or a jailer
[00:57.18]So we all are agreed
[00:59.20]Let’s be vigilant and wise
[01:01.85]We must all pretend our naive friend was caught in his own lies
[01:06.15]For our plan to succeed
[01:08.28]we must share but one belief
[01:10.50]Edmond Dantes stays and ends his days inside the Chateau d’If
[01:15.01]Where the softest things he’ll touch are stones and darkness
[01:19.33]Deep in a craggy isle and dungeon’s keep
[01:22.98]Because history’s a story told by the men who make the laws
[01:27.96]We supply a little lie
[01:28.93]To help the gullible to buy a little fable
[01:32.52]What will become of the righteous men who fashioned Dantes’ flaws?
[01:36.45]The rich
[01:37.01]And well respected
[01:37.70]Are no more to be rejected at our table
[01:41.14]I’ll be a comfort in her time of grief and anguish
[01:45.14]I’ll be Mercedes’ ever faithful acolyte
[01:48.34]Every night
[01:49.51]And part of me wishes Dantes didn’t have to languish
[01:53.90]But I can see it’s him or me
[01:55.46]Let him sit there and rot until he’s forgot
[01:57.48]Let him rot!
[02:00.26]History’s a story told by the people who survive
[02:04.28]Let me sign and then initial
[02:05.39]It’s the truth if it’s officially the story
[02:08.70]What if the cost is one young man so three more men can survive?
[02:12.65]He’s a price we have to pay
[02:13.70]So live and fight another day for love and glory
[02:17.04]He was standing in the way
[02:18.00]A threat to justice in Marseille
[02:19.72]So goes the story!
[02:21.20]Stick to the story!
[02:23.25]Here ends the story!