I am the jester, my job's to entertain And it seems that soon enough it too will be my job to reign Over all that you see, over all that you know As the king is slowly dying, any moment he could go Yes the king is slowly dying, any moment he will go Oh! Sweet memories, come rushing back to me As I trace my fingers on these haggard walls within your keep Though my exile still stands, I heard my duty call to me Because I am the court jester, I've grown tired of my sleep After all, i am the jester,
and I've tired of my sleep What good is a crown if the brow it sits on is that of a dead man I'll wear my cap and painted smile with pride, my trusty baton in my hand And you will see me, sire, I'll make my way back to you You cannot stop me sire, your time is up, i see right through you Though resolute you may pretend to be inside your walls The people soon will realize that your feeble body can't forestall The inevitable end that we all will one day meet You are human, you are dying, yes i kn
ow it's bittersweet But you knew this day would come, and you can't borrow steal or cheat Yes, your maker gave you time, but you've run out, and soon you'll meet I was awoken by some nibbling in my brain A single thought, just like a knot, a stone, a weight I can't explain That sat there pulling me to consciousness and waking soon I found Myself entrenched in ancient earth, with roots and vines my arms were bound And in this post-hibernal state my mind was filled with clouds of doubt Were these
my memories? or something else? and soon i felt the urge to get out Tearing, ripping, painful as it was Vines and leaves gave way easy just because All that's left in this world is decay; Soon I knew what caused me to awake With a newfound memory after rest I felt something bubbling in my chest Soon I felt myself losing control Peals of laughter rang into the distance from my soul I cannot recognize a single thing in front of me The world as I knew it now is gone, is this reality? Absurd and non
sensical, fantastical and daft All that is left to do is sit right down and laugh Oh this world that I left you in Has been tainted now by your sin And as such I have now taken it upon myself To reinstate the reign of laughter and in health I will return Oh I am making my way back I will return Soon the people will remember the reason why they burn And the fires in their might will start to turn Pointing fists and shouting out with no more reason concern Soon you will see! The world will turn up
on its head Just you hope that you can see it 'fore you're dead Foolish king, you sit in empty meaning on your throne But in my time away you've ended up alone Oh, all the power in the world could never save you now As the time at which your curtain's called draws nearer, get ready to take your bow The age of reason is now drawing to a close! And now I, the mere court jester, will his majesty depose I will tip the gilded throne, in me the people will repose Because I am the court jester, not all
thorns come with a rose After all, I am the jester, and this future I propose: Let the fool, let me, the jester, bring the olden tales to close Let the fool, let me, the jester, a new saga now compose
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This is amazing, thank you for using my song; thank you so much for taking your time to make this and sharing your art with the world, I’m in literal tears
As the stereotypical "funny man" in the friend group I can say being beheaded then resurrected by what seems to be a demon is normal
King: kills jester. Jester: HELLO THERE! King: *sweating intensely*
So, let me get this straight: jester is actually a village boy who had a love interest as a female knight, which, she is actually a person who plans a rebellion against the king. Still, unfortunately, her plan failed as, for some reason, the King discovered her rebelling plot, which resulted in her assassination, of course, this can be explained when we see a newspaper that said Female Knight's death, but the article didn't seem to mention anything about her committing a crime or framed by the king, only said her death, means that either she was betrayed in a quest, or was assassinated by someone who is sent by the king, which of course, the King, since he's above the law, eventually covered up this story by saying that she died in other ways. The boy, upon hearing this, eventually continued the legacy that his lover has left behind. Still, this time, other than rebelling against the king, he plans to assassinate the King himself, which would lead to him also failing and dying. However, his death eventually made the villagers see that the King is a hypocritical tyranny, and they wage a riot and burn his castle. He finds out this riot was all because of the boy, who made a deal with the devil to kill the King and return a spellbook to them, which the deal he made was to desire to reincarnate and meet the love of his in the next life.
fun fact: curt jester were actually insanely cunning and inteliggence the professional jesters that is, there were also te natural jester, which were mainly the dwarfs and people with disfunctions the professional jester were insanely inteligent cause they always needed to learn new things to assure its job, and the court jesters sometimes were even given land by majesty himself it was also a incredible job o make connections.
“If this was the old times we’d all be Jacks, and you’d be the jackass”- Me
Wait is this a connected universe!? Most people make it hard to follow the story line but you are making it easy enough to connect the dots but not too easy to be a dead giveaway Great job at balancing!
Should make this a dnd character, fucking great character idea, great backstory, great revenge plot
The Jester's Ballad Jester, Jester, we laugh, we mock Jester, Jester, he Sees the Clock Joker Sings to the King As the Requiem Bells Ring Oh knight we pray, oh knight we hope You keep the Jester on his rope His heart is yours he says His heart is cold yet Blessed When Knight falls, he will cry When night falls, the jester will slay All who sent his love to die "your Days of blind Cruelty are done" he shall say Jester, jester, meant to die Jester, jester, on the guillotine he sees "The end of the King is nigh" As his rolling head bleeds Jester, jester, Rise the revolution Jester, jester, The Death of the King is the only Solution Jester, Jester, The Dark Lord Calls Jester, Jester, Down these Hallowed Halls "Jester You have won This day" "You Have proven that you are not like those Who came before" "Y0u hav9 4r0ven That ThAt YOU aRe LeSs 3UT $omEhoW MORE" "YOU HAVE ENDED THE LIES THAT TANTED YOUR CORE" "I have a Request" Said the jester "Let me be at Rest, Let Me be with her" "let me be with The Love I lost Forever" "LET ME BE WITH HER TOGETHER" "You Have Proven Worthy of this Gift" Said the Dark Lord "In your Next Life may you Adored," "For this is a gift that you can Afford" " So Now I Give You Your Eternal Reward" (Edit: i didn't expect to get more then 2 likes holy shi* o_0!)
Love the design on the mask, it’s the kind of thing a demented jester would wear to hide his/her face
The designs so nice! I absolutely love them! Imagine killing someone only for them to show back up.
2:10 I can’t help but laugh at that, ‘Female Knight’, I don’t know her, hell I didn’t even ask her name, her name could be Slotto Von Jizzmark, I just killed her because I had to fill out my execution quota of the month. Hope that doesn’t turn out badly with some Dark Lord and some Jester, like that schmuck over there.
The character design tho, giving me chills
10/10 would jester again. In all seriousness though, nicely done. Keep it up!
I like the idea that the part of jester's deal with the demon was so everytime king dies after resurrection he will just be ressurect again so the jester can torture and kill him over and over again and this time he has no army to protect himself or a Castel to hide in. (Btw it's just how I imagine the story progressing )
So what I did understand :the jester was a poor kid ,or a slave; then he got saved by the female knight ,( who he fell in love with; maybe) . 3:20 You see the memory of her giving him the mask , maybe she insisted on him becoming the jester, then she clearly tells him to always smile . At first the jester seems happy entertaining people; but then comes the female knight's execution (2:10 ) and he goes insane (2:37). After he proceds going to kill the king, but fails, resulting in his death, with a guillotine and his head getting chopped off . The people look shocked (3:55) because they seen him as a good person. Then he, presumably makes a deal with a demon and revives, starting a rebbellion and killing the king (with magic !? cause he doesn't touch the king directly but he starts spitting blood and then colapses on the floor ) . Personally I thought that the last phrase "Let me the fool, let me, the jester, a new saga now compose" meant start a new era. Only one thing the book? That the king holds at 4:22 - 4:23 4:57 he holds it even in the moments of his death.; 5:02 the book has an eye on it , is it the illuminati ? or some sort of book of onniscience. The jester says at 4:53 " All the power in the world could never save you now" is he reffering to the book? Does it hold magical power? 5:10 - 5:15 Upon further rewatch, Is the jester giving that book to the demon?
Something I find interesting is the the jester gets tiny demon horns when he comes back. As well as that, he has a long fringe at the very end when he is with the others which makes me wonder if his eyes look somewhat demonic
Lyrics (there are a lot sLyrics (there are a lot sorry): I am the jester, my job's to entertain And it seems that soon enough it too will be my job to reign Over all that you see, over all that you know As the king is slowly dying, any moment he could go Yes the king is slowly dying, any moment he will go Oh! Sweet memories, come rushing back to me as I trace my fingers on these haggard walls within your keep though my exile still stands, i heard my duty call to me because i am the court jester, I've grown tired of my sleep after all, i am the jester, and I've tired of my sleep what good is a crown if the brow it sits on is that of a dead man I'll wear my cap and painted smile with pride, my trusty baton in my hand and you will see me, sire, I'll make my way back to you you cannot stop me sire, your time is up, i see right through you Though resolute you may pretend to be inside your walls The people soon will realize that your feeble body can't forestall The inevitable end that we all will one day meet You are human, you are dying, yes i know it's bittersweet But you knew this day would come, and you can't borrow steal or cheat Yes, your maker gave you time, but you've run out, and soon you'll meet I was awoken by some nibbling in my brain A single thought, just like a knot, a stone, a weight I can't explain That sat there pulling me to consciousness and waking soon I found Myself entrenched in ancient earth, with roots and vines my arms were bound And in this post-hibernal state my mind was filled with clouds of doubt Were these my memories? or something else? and soon i felt the urge to get out Tearing, ripping, painful as it was Vines and leaves gave way easy just because All that's left in this world is decay; Soon I knew what caused me to awake With a newfound memory after rest I felt something bubbling in my chest Soon I felt myself losing control Peals of laughter rang into the distance from my soul I cannot recognize a single thing in front of me The world as I knew it now is gone, is this reality? Absurd and nonsensical, fantastical and daft All that is left to do is sit right down and laugh Oh this world that I left you in Has been tainted now by your sin And as such I have now taken it upon myself To reinstate the reign of laughter and in health I will return Oh I am making my way back I will return Soon the people will remember the reason why they burn And the fires in their might will start to turn Pointing fists and shouting out with no more reason concern soon you will see! the world will turn upon its head! just you hope that you can see it 'fore you're dead! foolish king, you sit in empty meaning on your throne But in my time away you've ended up alone oh, all the power in the world could never save you now as the time at which your curtain's called draws nearer, get ready to take your bow the age of reason is now drawing to a close! And now I, the mere court jester, will his majesty depose I will tip the gilded throne, in me the people will repose because i am the court jester, not all thorns come with a rose after all, i am the jester, and this future i propose: let the fool, let me, the jester, bring the olden tales to close let the fool, let me, the jester, a new saga now composeorry): I am the jester, my job's to entertain And it seems that soon enough it too will be my job to reign Over all that you see, over all that you know As the king is slowly dying, any moment he could go Yes the king is slowly dying, any moment he will go Oh! Sweet memories, come rushing back to me as I trace my fingers on these haggard walls within your keep though my exile still stands, i heard my duty call to me because i am the court jester, I've grown tired of my sleep after all, i am the jester, and I've tired of my sleep what good is a crown if the brow it sits on is that of a dead man I'll wear my cap and painted smile with pride, my trusty baton in my hand and you will see me, sire, I'll make my way back to you you cannot stop me sire, your time is up, i see right through you Though resolute you may pretend to be inside your walls The people soon will realize that your feeble body can't forestall The inevitable end that we all will one day meet You are human, you are dying, yes i know it's bittersweet But you knew this day would come, and you can't borrow steal or cheat Yes, your maker gave you time, but you've run out, and soon you'll meet I was awoken by some nibbling in my brain A single thought, just like a knot, a stone, a weight I can't explain That sat there pulling me to consciousness and waking soon I found Myself entrenched in ancient earth, with roots and vines my arms were bound And in this post-hibernal state my mind was filled with clouds of doubt Were these my memories? or something else? and soon i felt the urge to get out Tearing, ripping, painful as it was Vines and leaves gave way easy just because All that's left in this world is decay; Soon I knew what caused me to awake With a newfound memory after rest I felt something bubbling in my chest Soon I felt myself losing control Peals of laughter rang into the distance from my soul I cannot recognize a single thing in front of me The world as I knew it now is gone, is this reality? Absurd and nonsensical, fantastical and daft All that is left to do is sit right down and laugh Oh this world that I left you in Has been tainted now by your sin And as such I have now taken it upon myself To reinstate the reign of laughter and in health I will return Oh I am making my way back I will return Soon the people will remember the reason why they burn And the fires in their might will start to turn Pointing fists and shouting out with no more reason concern soon you will see! the world will turn upon its head! just you hope that you can see it 'fore you're dead! foolish king, you sit in empty meaning on your throne But in my time away you've ended up alone oh, all the power in the world could never save you now as the time at which your curtain's called draws nearer, get ready to take your bow the age of reason is now drawing to a close! And now I, the mere court jester, will his majesty depose I will tip the gilded throne, in me the people will repose because i am the court jester, not all thorns come with a rose after all, i am the jester, and this future i propose: let the fool, let me, the jester, bring the olden tales to close let the fool, let me, the jester, a new saga now compose
I'm just so happy that this music is slowly getting the recognition it should. Let the Jester prevail, as the rest of the court's failed.
I've been waiting for someone to make an animatic for this song.