I Am the Greatness

Patently unworthy to aspire to royalty, doubtlessly a poor, deluded, peasant family,

Urged along by foreigners proclaiming prophecies--I can smell the scent familiar of rebellion

I can see the shadows of the vultures' patient wings; miscreants and fools would love to make or be made king

In the end, they're happy just to spread their suffering: This situation calls for my solution

For I am the greatness, it is I upon the throne; I throw down pretenders, it is I and I alone

I sift out the riff-raff, then I smash them like a stone; I am the greatness, I and I alone

I am the greatness, I and I alone

I can hear the voices of the centuries come down; emperors and wise men will remember Herod's crown

Bringing Roman peace to this Judean barren ground--Oh, I'm sure my name will never be forgotten

For I am the greatness, it is I upon the throne; I throw down pretenders, it is I and I alone

I sift out the riff-raff, then I smash them like a stone; I am the greatness, I and I alone

I am the greatness, I and I alone

Would you dare to kill to govern well, to boldly use the pow'r that is your birthright?

I can hear the mourner's moans and yells; Oh, they weep not for the king, but

Someone else's son tonight...

For I am the greatness, it is I upon the throne; I throw down pretenders, it is I and I alone

I sift out the riff-raff, then I smash them like a stone; I am the greatness, I and I alone

I am the greatness, I and I alone; I am the greatness, I and I alone; I am the greatness, I and I alone