I stand triumphant, I stand tall, Over the battlefield, o’er all. When finally my eyes start tearing, And though I stand here scarred and weary, My mind wanders to the life ive led, To thoughts of what may lie ahead, My dreams, my love and all, My dreams, my love and all, I’m finally back, When im handed my sack, And greeted with unwelcome arms Nothings the same, Your eyes, Were mine, Once upon a time, Once upon a time, A time ago, When all I ever asked for was I want my doormat laid, (Pause) I want my silver plate (Pause) I want my doormat laid, (Pause) I want my silver plate, Well see now here this is strange to me, How I don’t seem to remember a thing, Well I guess nonsense has a welcoming ring, Cuz heroes don’t come easy. No heroes don’t come easy, Well I don’t know what to see in an open door, I don’t know what to expect from before, I don’t know what im hungering for, I don’t even know who you are anymore, Eyes of compassion have turned their back, Hearts of gold have faded to black, My thought of salvation for the hardest of times, Was just an illusion, A dry oasis, a delusion Well now my ties to here have been severed, Broken in two, they’ve been shattered forever, I have to wonder if pain is forever, The distance from one, is too close to another, Time has now past, gone by unfettered, Ropes have bound me here, keep me tethered, And though my body may be occupied, My mind is always in the past, The only thing that everlasts, (Pause.) But with every whisper, Every waking hour, Im choosing what I want for me, Trying to keep an eye on you, Though you have snubbed me forever more, But now I’ve said too much, I couldn’t set it up, I thought that I saw you laughing, I swore that I saw you with him, I just wish I thought I saw you cry, For me, (Pause) Here I stand and here I go, I am a fallen hero, Held in high, Then skinned alive, Listen to the memories of mine, Listen to the memories of mine, A sad uneducated man, In a time where nothing reigns supreme, Cuz theirs a fire in the hemisphere, I love, And the fires everburning, Yeah the fires everburning, (Fade out.) The fires everburning (repeat till faded.)
Reason for writing:
A conversion of a few R.E.M songs with a lot of my own lyrics and converted tyo poetry.
Birth sign: Virgo
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