Very clever song!  Love the arrangement and the plot twist in the end...

I'm enjoying what sound like rolling chords on a guitar?

what a maze, I'm lost at once, the wood is reassuring, flutes I mean....

Written in 1997, I’m sure this is a true historical event taught in schools across the country, and if not it should be!  Listen with headphones.


The King In His Maze


The King was strolling in his maze,
It’s how he likes to spend his days,
The Cardinal walking slightly behind,
With something heavy on his mind.
“Sire far be it for me to tell,
But the Queen has loved an infidel,
‘T would be best if word remained sound,
For you know how gossip abounds”

The King was strolling in his maze,
Enjoying the flowers beneath his gaze,
But this news most irksome 
Spoiled his mood,
He thought the Cardinal tactless and rude,
“Throw her in the tower!” he said,
“And in the morning cut off her head,
Then find for me,
A new wife to wed!
If the King decreed it
Better that you heed it
Let the dreadful deed be done!”

The King was strolling in his maze,
Counting out the magpies and jays,
Said the Cardinal
“Sire don’t think me a dolt,
But the peasants have risen up in revolt,
This morning when the Queen met her death
She uttered with her very last breath
“How I wish the King to be dead!”
(The basket neatly caught her head),
Now to the peasants she was by far,
Of the two of you the most popular,
As she spake up went the hurrah,
“If the Queen decreed it,
Better had we heed it,
Let the dreadful deed be done!””

The King was strolling in his maze,
While all around the palace ablaze,
The Cardinal and the courtiers adjourned,
“Better to leave than get yourself burned!”

The King was strolling in his maze,
Amid the labyrinthine ways,
In all his years he’d gradually learned,
The way the maze twisted and turned,
The peasants tried to look for the King,
They reached the maze and entered within,
But ‘ere long they found to their cost,
The maze so convoluted,
Caused the phrase now mooted,
“We are well and truly lost!”


Image by CJW biro and coloured pencils on printer paper

The King in his Maze

This is an original song that Durge started by creating a story about a musician going to an open mic night in the city to play some of his music. Nat took over the second part of the song by adding the girl musician and the chance convergence of the two musical souls. We co-crafted the final lines of the song to celebrate the lasting value of such chance meetings and events.

Copyright 2023 Gentle Rain Records / Daniels & Durgy
Written, Produced and Performed by:
Nat Daniels & Craig Durgy

Lyrics:  Shooting Star by Daniels & Durgy 

The sun was just as bright as hell, and the air
Hung upon my shoulders
The city is a wishing well, and it’s where
Everything unfolded

The sidewalk was a frying pan, but it led
Further from the fire
With my guitar case in hand, and a head
Full of lost desire

Just a coffee house open mic, and you said
Your song just really hit me hard
Then we played and it felt just like, 
It was meant to be, just like a shootin’ star

A summer breeze that broke the spell of the heat
Sent newspapers flying
My heels tapped to the silent beat of a clock 
That fate began unwinding 

Tempting chance I kissed a coin, and felt, the aim .. into lover’s fountain
My pearls kept pace as I made haste to the gig, where it all unfolded ..

Dropped my guitar and stood there still as you sang, 
And felt your words like they were mine
Then we played and it felt so right
Like the gods themselves made our souls collide...

Ta da da da da da da...

Every day is a brighter day because you 
Gave your love and hope to me
Having you was a gift so wild
And you stay, in my perfect memory
Time can’t take us ‘cause you will be
Someone who remembers me

Shooting Star

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Genres;
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I have been writing songs on and off over the last 30+ years. In that time I’ve filled a couple of exercise books with quite a bit of music. I do my best with a very simple recording set up, the songs are all recorded using my 29 year old Washburn guitar and GarageBand on my iPad with a cheap mic in my front room, usually with a cup of coffee. And some biscuits.

The King in his Maze

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