King Darius Suite · letra

King Darius

I am King Darius I've had a dream And now I'm feeling rather frightened And I wish someone would tell me what it means

Wiseman #1

We are your wisemen Yes, that is true And though we're using all our wisdom We're afraid we can't explain your dream to you

King Darius

What!?

Wiseman #3

But there is one who is wiser still And Daniel is his name So before you take another sleeping pill Perhaps he can explain

Daniel

My name is Daniel That much is true But it is God who gives me wisdom And through me He will explain your dreams to you

Maid

His name is Daniel That's what he said But when he talks about this God of his I think he's kind of loony in the head. (I do)

Narrator, spoken

Well, Daniel was able to explain the king's dream. And this made the king very happy

King Darius

Daniel, you have enlightened me Your job I will expand From now on I want you to sit right beside me As the second in command

Narrator, spoken

This was very good news for Daniel, but very bad news for the wise men. You see, each one of them wanted to be second in command. Now that Daniel got that job, the wise men would have to do whatever he said. This made the wise men very unhappy, and they immediately started thinking of ways to get rid of Daniel