(I'm dead) So you've risen up to glory So you say you've etched your story So you think you need not worry That its end would end up gory Your achievements, all your foes defeating Fade to dust within a moment fleeting Won't know when death's reaping Till that fateful meeting (I'm dead) I have been long dead The one who climbed the apex of two regions Stained with red You who battled gods and demons Clawing for the gold alone Will someday soon Face down your doom Your life will fade to monochrome You could be there Gazing down from up on high Time marchеs on You will someday fall forgotten from the sky All men die Hear the clock run down From the count of three Its song before you perish Fear its melody The way of fate claims all who walk upon this world Conquered legends, faced two champions Saved the world from rising shadows What was the reward for blood and sweat shed by those Reaching to God Just one moment Gone so fast, it lingers Heroes fall, rent down to shreds And swallowed by a dark oblivion's maw (I'm dead) Winds of change blow ever on Erasing all you've done until the ash is gone And future generations will forget the deeds You've done In the visions Of the rubies, sapphires Promising the light Even brilliant diamonds, shining pearls Will drain away to black-and-white So you think your story's different So you hear, but will not listen Know that when your life has fizzled All that's gold no longer glistens Your achievements, all the songs you're singing Drowned by funerary knells a-ringing As the dust to which you're clinging Crumbles, thinning (No more) What can we do when our lives fade? Legacies beyond our control As wheels of time bring our decay Foolish pride begat our fall Bearers of torches That long burned away No trace at all Histories hung by the strings Of a present That defies the lessons of the past Those passed They say: Be remembered Memories all twist and shatter They won't recognize Who you were What matters never lasts Everything will be forgotten! Champions crossed off, split in twain The Sun and Moon will dim and wane Oh, swords and shields will rust away All legends shall be slain Scarlet blood and violet flesh Are all that remain Of the valiant children Doomed to hang in future's chains All stories twist An illusion of heroes in vain! There's nothing that lies at the end Those who mourn and honor you Will join you hand-in-hand Friends and partners Loved ones, foes All crumbled one-by-one Waves of nil and sands of time Erode them till it's done And yet you fight on Knowing every trace of you Will be gone? It's too late for me To rage against the dying light But for stubborn ones like you Perhaps there's purpose in your fight There's stories left to write So go not silent in the night!