CKIII: Technically Not Tyranny

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"Technically Not Tyranny"
Written and composed by John Paul De Ovando
Lyrics and performance by Kyle C. Sullivan
Background vocals by Ian Conn, Rachel Butcher, Ricky Linn, Matt Locke, Many A True Nerd, Rimmy, One Proud Bavarian, and Pravus
Costume assistance by Carolyn Dellinger
Writing assistance by Jonathan Currie
Cinematography, color, and pretty much everything else by Allison Devery
Heavily inspired by "You'll Be Back" from Hamilton

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LYRICS

We cannot know
The how or the where
But because you’re my heir
It’ll soon be your turn

Your time to rule
Indefinitely
But to be a good king
I have a few things
You should learn

When you feel like you don’t know where to go, don’t despair
You’ll find a claim somewhere
And should you need to hook a friend into your plot
That’s technically not…

Tyranny
There’s the key
You have to maintain
Deniability
It’s crazy
How the entire world de jure belongs to me

Some won’t approve of you rewriting history, or
The conquests that you’ve led
If they strike first, it’s not technically tyranny
When they wind up dead

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(x2)

Do what needs to be done
Dynasties must go on, but
Demand a plan you can commit to
Murder your only son
Or just frame him for one?
(And take some other kid!)
Like how I ended up with…

You know, the way you see me
It’s like you see some tyrant king
But I’m the same dreadful king that you will be
And that’s technically a different thing

Have some faith
Like the one I made
To subjugate all my foes

You can do that!

Go all medieval on
The people you want
To see oppressed
(It’s Venice)

I wonder who wins
When their virtues become your sins?
Go ahead, take a guess
Now you could disagree with the things that I’ve said
You could be good instead
But I don’t see why you’d want to deal with all that stress

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(x4)