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We've got some news, good King Darius |
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We fear your position is precarious |
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There are some people here in Babylon |
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Who won't give you your due |
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They'd rather bow to other men |
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Can this be so? |
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'Tis true, oh, dear |
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We've brought a solution of our own design |
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If you'll just sight this paper on the dotted line |
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It's an edict stating most concisely what we're all to do |
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We must bow our heads or bend our knees before no one but you |
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I see, just one more time, now, let's see if I've got this straight |
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A law to prove once and for all that I am great |
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If I'm the king, no one must doubt my full supremacy |
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So, from this day forth my citizens will pray to only me |
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Yes, but what if they don't? If they don't obey, any citizen |
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Will be thrown into the lion's den, oh yes, well, I guess that would do it |
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Alright then, good work, men, tah tah, so the law was passed |
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The deed was done, Daniel's troubles had just begun |
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Everyone in Babylon heard about the new law |
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Including Daniel but Daniel also knew God's law |
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And God's law told him that he should only pray to God |
