[00:11.90]We are friends, are we not?[00:13.74]And our interests are the same[00:16.06]We collaborate[00:17.47]And trust in fate[00:18.68]Parcel out the blame[00:20.51]There are ends we’ve all got that can justify the means[00:24.93]We negotiate[00:26.45]Then fabricate the facts behind the scenes[00:29.82]Keeping all the details vague and secrets hidden[00:34.08]Safe from the balanced sheet of those you trust[00:37.41]Because history is a story told by the winners of the fight[00:42.74]You imply a little[00:43.32]Lie a little[00:43.82]Testifying[00:44.35]Try a little[00:44.86]Sailor[00:47.14]Who’s gonna question what goes on in the middle of the night?[00:51.07]Not a tinker[00:51.65]Not a tailor[00:52.28]Not his father or Mercedes[00:53.28]Or a jailer[00:57.18]So we all are agreed[00:59.20]Let’s be vigilant and wise[01:01.85]We must all pretend our naive friend was caught in his own lies[01:06.15]For our plan to succeed[01:08.28]we must share but one belief[01:10.50]Edmond Dantes stays and ends his days inside the Chateau d’If[01:15.01]Where the softest things he’ll touch are stones and darkness[01:19.33]Deep in a craggy isle and dungeon’s keep[01:22.98]Because history’s a story told by the men who make the laws[01:27.96]We supply a little lie[01:28.93]To help the gullible to buy a little fable[01:32.52]What will become of the righteous men who fashioned Dantes’ flaws?[01:36.45]The rich[01:37.01]And well respected[01:37.70]Are no more to be rejected at our table[01:41.14]I’ll be a comfort in her time of grief and anguish[01:45.14]I’ll be Mercedes’ ever faithful acolyte[01:48.34]Every night[01:49.51]And part of me wishes Dantes didn’t have to languish[01:53.90]But I can see it’s him or me[01:55.46]Let him sit there and rot until he’s forgot[01:57.48]Let him rot![02:00.26]History’s a story told by the people who survive[02:04.28]Let me sign and then initial[02:05.39]It’s the truth if it’s officially the story[02:08.70]What if the cost is one young man so three more men can survive?[02:12.65]He’s a price we have to pay[02:13.70]So live and fight another day for love and glory[02:17.04]He was standing in the way[02:18.00]A threat to justice in Marseille[02:19.72]So goes the story![02:21.20]Stick to the story![02:23.25]Here ends the story!