Ca Ira: Opera in Three Acts: "The Ship of State Is All at Sea..." - Roger Waters

RINGMASTER

The ship of state is all at sea

The King is confused

'Tis hard enough to place one foot before the last

To tread a path preordained by a law divine

But to pad all aimless on a shifting sea

Each man an island free to choose his fate

God’s death;

what dizzy, giddy, fall from grace…

Commerce, that barometer of faith

Tolls warning of the coming storm

No coffee in the marketplace

No peace on earth for rich or poor