[Verse 1]
Beneath the Leicester parking lot they found
A skeleton with spine curved around
Battle wounds and bones from ages past
Could this be royalty at last?
The mystery runs five hundred years deep
A king who fell where warriors weep
[Chorus]
DNA matching, isotopes, and faces reconstructed
Three algorithms working where the past gets resurrected
Mitochondrial mothers, paternal lines that break
Facial reconstruction shows what science can unmake
The code reveals the truth that history tried to hide
Three paths of proof to solve who lived and how they died
[Verse 2]
They took the DNA from ancient bone
Matched it to descendants they had known
A furniture maker in Canada's land
Shares the same maternal strand
Sister's bloodline through the centuries flows
Mitochondrial evidence that glows
[Chorus]
DNA matching, isotopes, and faces reconstructed
Three algorithms working where the past gets resurrected
Mitochondrial mothers, paternal lines that break
Facial reconstruction shows what science can unmake
The code reveals the truth that history tried to hide
Three paths of proof to solve who lived and how they died
[Bridge]
Y chromosome told a different tale
Paternal line began to fail
Someone strayed along the way
Infidelity from yesterday
But mother's line stayed true and strong
Proving where these bones belong
[Verse 3]
Isotope analysis of the teeth
Revealed the childhood underneath
Eastern England's chemical trace
Matched the king's recorded place
Elements absorbed in youth
Became five centuries of proof
[Verse 4]
Facial reconstruction algorithms ran
Built the image of this man
Skull measurements and tissue depth
Digital artists carefully kept
Every detail, every line
Matched the portraits from that time
[Chorus]
DNA matching, isotopes, and faces reconstructed
Three algorithms working where the past gets resurrected
Mitochondrial mothers, paternal lines that break
Facial reconstruction shows what science can unmake
The code reveals the truth that history tried to hide
Three paths of proof to solve who lived and how they died
[Outro]
From parking lot to rightful throne
Science claimed these royal bones
Richard Third, the mystery solved
Three algorithms got involved