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A Crown of Ashes

by Principium

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1.
Snowdrifts mold the land, carve it apart Survey the carnage Don’t look behind you No use to dwell on the loss, carry on A crown that burns, blazing red Until the crown glows, burns you to ash Falling down through the void, reaching out My fingertips inches away from this crown Straining just to brush it Closer and then fall back into the black A crown that burns, blazing red I place both hands beside it A sacrifice to claim (you know the crown) Devours all who don, burns you to ash The choice has been made It was made from the start Free will illusion You know what you are You know what you’ll do Burns you to ash I give myself to the flames
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Feel the heat Feel the warmth of the starlight Glorious Glorious is my inheritance I walk the streets at night and gaze above Ivory structures hanging from the void I want to walk this earth like it is mine I want to run like I am in a dream I yearn for more Fearing the dark behind the door Feel the warmth Feel the heat of the sunshine Thunderous Thunderous is the river’s roar And yet I’m pinned here in a dim lit room Sentenced to live with it just out of reach Cancerous growth inside inactive mind Pressing against the skull within I watch it all from deep inside, and wish To see the flora rise and bloom, unfold I yearn for more To live before I open the door A spark of life To bring him back around A spark of life To pull him off the ground Stained glass will crack Pierced by the burning sunrise The stones will crumble And we will all fall asleep again (Feel free to sing along with me on this the second time through) Breathing smoke Feel the sear in your breathing lungs Stepping through the wreckage The buildings have all crumbled down around Leaving you free to walk the rubble A gentle breeze will blow away the smoke And pave the way for sunshine’s healing ray And now I walk this earth like it is mine Running like I am in a dream, dream on I have it all No door for me to even consider A spark of life To bring him back around A spark of life To pull him off the ground A sign of life From something not alive A sign of breath From crusted, twitching mounds
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Waken from your slumber Dreams will have to wait Close off your weary mind Shoulder the weight All that you wanted once, negotiated away All that you thought you could reach, pushed back another day Gone is the day As the stars begin to yawn Gone is the day So far away, the dawn Shaken and deafened by the ticking clock I trusted in my heart and now I see I’m blind The weary journey from void to void Filled in with memories, a constant growth through time I squint through angry tears, comforting myself My image of my ego splinters and decays I cringe in the light Blinded by the holy image I cringe in the light To my dying breath, I’ll dig I cringe at the light Til I reach the inner ceiling We cringe at the light Fall into the endless void Waken to the morning sun Through milky eyes Until my dying day My mediocrity shall suffice
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I’ve killed my brother with blood magic The last Baratheon alive A chilly breeze is singing, the stag is wounded Flames die on the water Wildfire unleashed in the river Frantic screams, and helpless am I to save their lives or turn back the time Even still, we only go forward The walls belch fire and iron Arrows stream, piercing the darkness Crashing galleys upon the shore Storm the beach, the worst is done No price too high To seat the throne, to wash clean the kingdom No price too high For justice to reign, to wash clean the land of its filth Howling night, hours of bloodshed Carnage reigns, gore on the sand Come with and take this city! Press my claim, we’ve nearly won The prophecy has become true The ghost of Renly confuses the soldiers Panic and fear sweep through the ranks Stand firm against the deception No price too high To seat the throne, to wash clean the kingdom No price too high For justice to reign, to wash clean the land of its filth
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released September 3, 2016

Art by Bo Bradshaw

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