Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
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"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
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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)
Thank you to Paradox for making this video possible! Be your own dreadful king by picking up a copy of Crusader Kings III today: play.crusaderkings.com/DoorMonster
Liked the song enough to give us $1? Good news!
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Check out some other CKIII videos by our handsome background singers!
Many A True Nerd - tinyurl.com/y2kkc3nw
Rimmy - tinyurl.com/yxjrw3gf
One Proud Bavarian - tinyurl.com/y4qn8wjx
Pravus - tinyurl.com/y2huv9ov
"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:
discord.gg/z2Z4cjP
Help support us on Patreon!
patreon.com/DoorMonster
----- ------- ------------
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CHECK OUT WHAT ARE PATRONS ARE DOING!
Christian Johnson - goo.gl/Ln5RkL
Kane Dimitroff - twitch.tv/dimi_god11
Wandering Whigmaleerie - wandering-whims.com
Makkovar - twitch.tv/makkovar
Jeremy Sherman - tinyurl.com/y68bz4e8
Shooting Dragon - tinyurl.com/urhpj35
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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)
