WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en-GB 00:00:11.940 --> 00:00:14.020 We are friends, are we not? 00:00:14.020 --> 00:00:16.400 And our interests are the same 00:00:16.400 --> 00:00:17.760 We collaborate 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:19.119 And trust in fate to 00:00:19.119 --> 00:00:20.719 parcel out the blame 00:00:20.719 --> 00:00:22.919 There are ends we've all got 00:00:22.920 --> 00:00:25.440 That can justify the means 00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:26.560 We negotiate 00:00:26.560 --> 00:00:30.360 Then fabricate the facts behind the scenes 00:00:30.360 --> 00:00:34.300 Keeping all the details vague and secrets hidden 00:00:34.300 --> 00:00:37.700 Save from the balance sheet of those you trust 00:00:37.700 --> 00:00:38.860 Because 00:00:38.860 --> 00:00:40.700 History is a story told 00:00:40.700 --> 00:00:42.700 by the winners of the fight 00:00:42.800 --> 00:00:43.680 You imply a little 00:00:43.680 --> 00:00:44.740 Lie a little, testify and 00:00:44.740 --> 00:00:45.240 Try a little 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:46.420 Sailor! 00:00:47.420 --> 00:00:49.160 Who's gonna question what goes on 00:00:49.160 --> 00:00:51.260 in the middle of the night? 00:00:51.260 --> 00:00:51.960 Not a Tinker 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:52.460 Not a Taylor 00:00:52.460 --> 00:00:53.420 Not his Father or Mercedes 00:00:53.420 --> 00:00:55.160 Or a Jailer 00:00:57.300 --> 00:00:59.520 So we all are agreed 00:00:59.530 --> 00:01:02.010 Let's be vigilant and wise 00:01:02.010 --> 00:01:04.070 We must all pretend our naive friend 00:01:04.070 --> 00:01:06.350 was caught in his own lies 00:01:06.350 --> 00:01:08.320 For our plan to succeed 00:01:08.320 --> 00:01:10.180 we must share but one belief 00:01:10.700 --> 00:01:12.980 Edmond Dantes stays and ends his days 00:01:12.990 --> 00:01:15.470 inside the Chateau d'If! 00:01:15.470 --> 00:01:17.460 Where the softest things he'll touch are 00:01:17.460 --> 00:01:19.740 stones and darkness 00:01:19.740 --> 00:01:23.140 Deep in a craggy isle and dungeon's keep 00:01:23.140 --> 00:01:24.060 Because 00:01:24.060 --> 00:01:26.060 History is a story told 00:01:26.070 --> 00:01:28.070 by the men who make the laws 00:01:28.070 --> 00:01:29.210 We supply a little lie 00:01:29.210 --> 00:01:32.230 To help the gullible to buy a little fable 00:01:32.780 --> 00:01:34.660 What will become of the righteous men who 00:01:34.660 --> 00:01:36.800 fashioned Dantes' flaws? 00:01:36.800 --> 00:01:37.340 The rich 00:01:37.340 --> 00:01:37.840 And well respected 00:01:37.840 --> 00:01:40.680 Are no more to be rejected at our table 00:01:41.180 --> 00:01:43.520 I'll be a comfort in her time of 00:01:43.520 --> 00:01:45.520 grief and anguish! 00:01:45.520 --> 00:01:48.600 I'll be Mercedes' ever faithful acolyte 00:01:48.600 --> 00:01:49.780 Every night 00:01:49.780 --> 00:01:51.920 A part of me wishes Dantes didn't 00:01:51.920 --> 00:01:54.300 have to languish 00:01:54.300 --> 00:01:55.820 But I can see it's him or me 00:01:55.820 --> 00:01:57.780 Let him sit there and rot 'till he's forgot 00:01:57.780 --> 00:02:00.500 Let him rot! 00:02:00.500 --> 00:02:02.600 History is a story told by the 00:02:02.600 --> 00:02:04.440 people who survive 00:02:04.440 --> 00:02:05.500 Let me sign and then initial 00:02:05.500 --> 00:02:08.060 It's the truth if it's officially the story 00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:10.660 What if the cost is one young man 00:02:10.660 --> 00:02:12.760 so three more men can survive? 00:02:12.760 --> 00:02:13.840 He's a price we have to pay 00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:14.940 To live and fight another day 00:02:14.940 --> 00:02:16.600 for love and glory 00:02:17.180 --> 00:02:18.120 He was standing in the way 00:02:18.120 --> 00:02:19.560 A threat to justice in Marseille 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:21.260 So goes the story! 00:02:21.660 --> 00:02:23.460 Stick to the story! 00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:26.760 Here ends the story!