CKIII: Technically Not Tyranny

Thank you to Paradox for making this video possible! Be your own dreadful king by picking up a copy of Crusader Kings III today: Liked the song enough to give us $1? Good news! Check out some other CKIII videos by our handsome background singers! Many A True Nerd - Rimmy - One Proud Bavarian - Pravus - “Technically Not Tyranny“ Written and composed by John Paul De Ovando Lyrics and performance by Kyle C. Sullivan Background vocals by Ian Conn, Rachel Butcher, Ricky Linn, Matt Locke, Many A True Nerd, Rimmy, One Proud Bavarian, and Pravus Costume assistance by Carolyn Dellinger Writing assistance by Jonathan Currie Cinematography, color, and pretty much everything else by Allison Devery Heavily inspired by “You’ll Be Back“ from Hamilton Join the Door Monster public Discord server: Help support us on Patreon! ----- ------- ------------ Listen to Our Podcasts: Merchandise: Twitter: Facebook: SubReddit: Instagram: Twitch: ----- ------- ------------ CHECK OUT WHAT ARE PATRONS ARE DOING! Christian Johnson - Kane Dimitroff - Wandering Whigmaleerie - Makkovar - Jeremy Sherman - Shooting Dragon - ----- ------- ------------ LYRICS We cannot know The how or the where But because you’re my heir It’ll soon be your turn Your time to rule Indefinitely But to be a good king I have a few things You should learn When you feel like you don’t know where to go, don’t despair You’ll find a claim somewhere And should you need to hook a friend into your plot That’s technically not… Tyranny There’s the key You have to maintain Deniability It’s crazy How the entire world de jure belongs to me Some won’t approve of you rewriting history, or The conquests that you’ve led If they strike first, it’s not technically tyranny When they wind up dead La da da da da da Da da da da da dee da Da da da da dee da Da da da (x2) Do what needs to be done Dynasties must go on, but Demand a plan you can commit to Murder your only son Or just frame him for one? (And take some other kid!) Like how I ended up with… You know, the way you see me It’s like you see some tyrant king But I’m the same dreadful king that you will be And that’s technically a different thing Have some faith Like the one I made To subjugate all my foes You can do that! Go all medieval on The people you want To see oppressed (It’s Venice) I wonder who wins When their virtues become your sins? Go ahead, take a guess Now you could disagree with the things that I’ve said You could be good instead But I don’t see why you’d want to deal with all that stress La da da da da da Da da da da da dee da Da da da da dee da Da da da (x4)