I will bow to no one // simonpeterford: He Is Legend

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He Is Legend - China White (Full Story)

I was quite bored and decided to stitch every “China White” song together. Over three albums and four songs (one instrumental), He Is Legend has told the story of a crazed gardener who becomes obsessed with the family he works for. His madness and obsession consumes him as the story unfolds, but in the end, his scheme doesn’t go as planned.

It’s getting late, I’m coming home
I picked this rose for you
I’ve been away, searching for oceans
With time to kill

You better buy a gun
I see them watching you
The old man and his son
They’ve been studying your moves

Why won’t it rain? They need the water
They die faster than you
I’m not in pain, I’ve got my flowers
It’s happening

You better get your gun
I’ve seen them watching you
This pain has just begun
You will see me in the news
I know you will

And I don’t understand why I sleep all day
And I start to complain when there is no rain

I don’t believe in miracles
I don’t believe in miracles
But I believe in you

I can’t wait until I can sleep in late
Maybe I’ll miss you then
With no garden to tend

I am your gardener, I am your gardener
Oh no

Mother, father, where did you go?
I hear the flowers as they speak below
Someone help me, I’m so afraid
The shape in the distance is coming my way

Oh please, come hold me
Said the woman all covered in leaves
Well he’s come again
The man with the roses that grow from his hands

I’m your gardener, I’m your gardener

Mother, your poor hands!
The better to hold yours again
And where did he go?
I am him, my love
Watch my garden grow

Little girl standing there
With your daddy’s skin and your mother’s hair
I’ll have you know I’ll feed them to my roses, and you’re next

I am the noises that you when you’re in bed
And I’ll be the last face that you’ll see before you’re dead
With your father gone, and your mom in chains
I have time to sleep in late
Your mother never looked so good
Your daddy should have brought his gun

Now sleep child, just sleep
And when you wake you will grow at my feet
Yes when you wake, you’ll be beautiful again

Our land is so terribly dry
And we see no crop without the raindrops
And only the weeds will survive
And keep our seeds from thriving
Will we ever see the spring?

I’ve got my eye on you
And these eyes have a plan
I’ve got my eyes on you
And they weep, and you stand
Now won’t you please grow for me?

I swore I’d never leave your side
But I’m exhausted, I need my rest
And even when I close my eyes
All these tears continue
They will find their way to you

I’ve got my eye on you
And these eyes have a plan
I’ve got my eyes on you
And they weep, and you stand
Now won’t you please grow for me?

I thought I’d never see the day
When the clouds would roll away
Ending pain and suffering
Bring the rain, and bring the spring
Don’t cry for me, dear
I’m alive and I’m right here
I missed you so damn much then
With no garden to tend

Excuse the quality. I had to compress it from 20.8 mb to 10 mb for Tumblr’s audio standards.