No Blaze of Glory

Written by Zelda

 

Kinda had an Evanescence bit of feel to this piece when I thought about how it would sound in song. Haven’t heard too much of their music, so I wouldn’t quite know, but that influence really kicks in with the bridge.

 

 

And she can feel her spirit breaking

As the blood runs down her face

And her body’s hollow aching

For anything to take the place

Of the crushing vise of failure

And she can’t get out of this bind

Of the task that seems to tail her

And the burden grows with time

 

And her heart is growing weary

And its beating and beating it’s beating (her down)

And its gaze is on her nearly

While the claws of defeat and denial swing ‘round

Yet she can’t lead herself to dodge over

With no will and no reason to treason her on

And no victory serves to console her

Win or lose she will cease to see the new dawn

 

Well it all falls down

Dust to dust

It’s only time

It all falls down

Slowly faltering beneath the fault of the mind

 

And there wil be no blaze of glory

As your blood falls to the floor

And no one to sing your story

Dust to dust and nothing more

Only time

And decay

Failure ends at the jaws of your grave

 

And the bones are cracking, the muscle is giving (up)

As it’s feeding on all of the will to survive

And the power of spirit that’s barely living (up)

Rises like bile to keep her alive

To take eye for eye, red in tooth and in claw

Wings spread wide as the limbs of a matriarch tree

And the vise is crushed in by a far stronger maw

The grave staved off by sacrifice of victory

 

 

 

 

You know the drill. This is my stuff, don’t steal it. Or else. Copyright Zelda 2004.