The Kingdom of Laos was a sovereign state from 1953 until December 1975, when Pathet Lao overthrew the government and created the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Given self-rule in 1949 as part of a federation with the rest of French Indochina, the 1953 Franco-Lao Treaty finally established a sovereign, independent Laos, but did not stipulate who would rule the country. In the years that followed, three groups led by the so called Three Princes, contended for power: the neutralists under Prince Souvanna Phouma, the right-wing party under Prince Boun Oum of Champassak, and the left-wing, Vietnamese-backed Lao Patriotic Front (now called the Pathet Lao) under Prince Souphanouvong and future Prime Minister Kaysone Phomvihane.
The Kingdom of Laos was officially proclaimed when France gave semi-automny in 1949 and then full independence in 1953.
Following the Franco-Lao Treaty of 1953, which gave Laos independence, the Royal Lao Government took control of the country. This treaty established a constitutional monarchy, with Sisavang Vong as King and Prince Souvanna Phouma as Prime Minister.
Laos ((i/ˈlaʊs/, /ˈlɑː.ɒs/, /ˈlɑː.oʊs/, or /ˈleɪ.ɒs/) Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, pronounced [sǎː.tʰáː.laʔ.naʔ.lat páʔ.sáː.tʰiʔ.páʔ.tàj páʔ.sáː.són.láːw] Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west. Its population was estimated to be 6.5 million in 2012.
Laos traces its history to the Kingdom which existed from the 14th to the 18th century when it split into three separate kingdoms. In 1893, it became a French protectorate, with the three kingdoms, Luang Phrabang, Vientiane and Champasak, uniting to form what is now known as Laos. It briefly gained independence in 1945 after Japanese occupation, but returned to French rule until it was granted autonomy in 1949. Laos became independent in 1953, with a constitutional monarchy under Sisavang Vong. Shortly after independence, a long civil war ended the monarchy, when the Communist Pathet Lao movement came to power in 1975.
Made it all up girl
Out of anger, out of passion
Turn yourself away
Make me lonely, love we only
Need a place to hide
Out of anger, out of love
Time crawls
There's like beyond the castle walls
Go, leave
I said I didn't mind
Did I believe it?
This time in my kingdom of lies
I'm alone
Turn the lights up girl
Turn your anger to conviction
All my shadows fade
They made me lonely
Lies that only
Turned your heart away
Out of anger, out of love
Time crawls
There's life outside these city walls
Go, leave
I said I didn't mind, did I believe it?
This time in my kingdom of lies,
I'm alone
Time crawls
Made it all up girl
Out of anger, out of passion
Turn yourself away
Make me lonely, love we only
Need a place to hide
Out of anger, out of love
Time crawls
There's like beyond the castle walls
Go, leave
I said I didn't mind
Did I believe it?
This time in my kingdom of lies
I'm alone
Turn the lights up girl
Turn your anger to conviction
All my shadows fade
They made me lonely
Lies that only
Turned your heart away
Out of anger, out of love
Time crawls
There's life outside these city walls
Go, leave
I said I didn't mind, did I believe it?
This time in my kingdom of lies,
I'm alone
They came to look for paradise, a better life, a better way
The purple prince he fly by night, he smile in the shades,
He sleep all day.
Struck by fate, maybe, I don't know,
All I saw was the mark of the claw
Evil never found a way down here,
The strong will survive, now that's the law
Kingdom of lies, land of the loner, power has gone to his head,
Kingdom of flies, over and over, push the needle to red,
But it get's him nowhere...
Lizards and snakes in the garden of Eden,
Whipping the weeds, made the flowers die
Down to the waters the holy Lamb, barely alive,
And the Shepard cries...