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A keep (from the Middle English kype) is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars have debated the scope of the word keep, but usually consider it to refer to large towers in castles that were fortified residences, used as a refuge of last resort should the rest of the castle fall to an adversary. The first keeps were made of timber and formed a key part of the motte and bailey castles that emerged in Normandy and Anjou during the 10th century; the design spread to England as a result of the Norman invasion of 1066, and in turn spread into Wales during the second half of the 11th century and into Ireland in the 1170s. The Anglo-Normans and French rulers began to build stone keeps during the 10th and 11th centuries; these included Norman keeps, with a square or rectangular design, and circular shell keeps. Stone keeps carried considerable political as well as military importance and could take up to a decade to build.
I can't tell you what to think about me anymoreyou never
listen anyways what are you asking for?
I take too long, I take too much, and I'll be taking more
so don't scold me like before
sometimes I think I'm falling down, what's wrong with
breaking?
why am I set on falling down?
I can't keep you from realizing that you have control
you understood that long ago right when you stole the
show
you kept me guessing as to what I'd be in for you know
I can't keep letting this go
keep it, keep it, keep it down
cause you told me how to be before
and I followed like it was a chore
and I broke down and this time I swore