I took a fatal step in all the wrong directions-
At least that's what he wrote down in these tomes.
I saw it all, I knew it well,
I watched as kingdoms rose and fell,
But never found a thing to call my own.
He wrote that we were friends unlike any other.
There's water damage stained across these words.
He has me underground,
I want to call out-
But any time I try I don't return.
I caught a taste of what it means to be an equal-
Be a human, be a person, flesh and bone.
You told me that it's power,
It's fear, and it's respect,
Though I can't help but to think that you're wrong.
I'd take the blame but I can't rearrange my face.
I'd keep you safe or else you'd leave me alone.
I'm sorry if I screwed up,
I tried to listen well,
I don't remember this place but it feels like home.
'Cause I'm standing alone, waiting in the darkness.
You feed me these songs, tales of what I started.
My legacy,
My memory,
Could burn up with these stories,
And all that I could do is stand and watch.
I'd do it all again if that's the cost
To keep my legacy from being lost.
You kept me out of sight when it was easy,
And left me on display when it was not.
I get it, but it hurts,
Though I know you softened first,
That maybe you'd have left me there to rot.
You told me to be human was to suffer,
To agonize and yearn for revenge.
To struggle for power,
And never trust another,
But told me it was fine 'cause we were friends
I once asked you
Is it worth it?
Your time and your anger,
Your burning of bridges and friends?
To run away past the snow, and plot your revenge?
Is it worth all that?
And you said
No.
Will you live well?
Will you let go?
Will you leave me and die young?
Will you see me as a memory?
Someone you used to know?
Is it worth it?
All the hard work?
Do you even know??
What if I come back and I've lost it?
What then???
What then???
'Cause I'm standing alone,
Waiting in the darkness,
You feed me these songs,
Tales of what I started,
But I'm losing,
I'm fading,
I'm falling from the surface.
Forgetting your face, forgetting my purpose.
My legacy,
My memory,
Could burn up with these stories,
And all that I could do is stand and watch.
I'd do it all again if that's the cost
To keep my legacy from being lost.
I'd take the blame if that was all that I was good for.
I'd keep you safe in case you leave me alone.
I'm sorry if I screwed up, I tried to listen well.
I don't remember this place, but it feels like home.
I don't remember this place, but it feels like home.