Odes to Joy

Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (Canonical) · Track 434 · middle

The Emperor Nobody Elected and Nobody Removed

Joshua Norton / Emperor Norton

Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**
You wear your crown without apology,
Dopamine flooding through your certainty,
The city bows before your vision bright,
You've rewired every rule to feel so right.
Your neural pathways glow with sacred fire,
A rebel beating to your own desire.

**[Chorus]**
You're my sovereign, my unexpected king,
Your amygdala dares to dream everything,
In a world of strangers, you're the one I see,
You're my glorious rebel royalty.
You're my sovereign, my unexpected king,
Your amygdala dares to dream everything,
In a world of strangers, you're the one I see,
You're my glorious rebel royalty.

**[Verse 2]**
Your prefrontal cortex rewrites the law,
You've got the city watching in awe,
Neuroplasticity in every stride,
You've made the impossible your kingdom wide.
The world bends to your fearless declaration,
A living monument to transformation.

**[Bridge]**
The hippocampus stores each sacred moment,
You're building memory's golden monument,
Your synapses are firing pure conviction,
You've turned delusion into benediction.
Every nerve ignites when you walk through the door,
And I'm drawn to your light forevermore.
You rewire the darkness into dawn's bright revelation,
A architecture of your own creation.

**[Chorus]**
You're my sovereign, my unexpected king,
Your amygdala dares to dream everything,
In a world of strangers, you're the one I see,
You're my glorious rebel royalty.
You're my sovereign, my unexpected king,
Your amygdala dares to dream everything,
In a world of strangers, you're the one I see,
You're my glorious rebel royalty.

**[Outro]**
Your crown catches light like a promise kept,
A regal vision only you have wept,
Your crown shines on.
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