A Song for the Fallen (original)

I know it's not perfect, but hey.

You were born into this world to a legacy of pain. Those who were meant to care for you gave you nothing but a name. But their names were haunted, your name was haunted by the past that rises up. Their madness it filled you, your madness it killed you, as it seeped into your heart.

And you waited so long for someone to hear your voice, but no one ever came. There were a thousand names with a thousand different faces and they all wanted the same thing: they just wanted to take you, they just wanted to remake you, and fill their hungry hearts. Yeah, they stuffed their mouths, and you drank from them, too, saying "Is this what you want?"

You're falling down now, just like you always knew you would. You fought this war, but love is never taken, ripped and torn. No, you can't fight for blessings bathed in light. So let go now, and you will rise above this battlefield that fills your eyes. Light will shine down, and take you away from this never-ending fight. Release your grip, let go of your anger, say good-bye to this dark night...

'Cause you've waited so long for someone to see your pain and try to help you rise. Well I know someone who did, they could have never done enough to wipe the violence from your eyes. No one can undo what those people did to you; they took what wasn't theirs. Baby, no one can save you, their love would only blind you; you run when it comes near...

So go to sleep now, just like you always knew you would. You've lost this war, but now you have what you were searching for. In sleep you rise and finally rest your weary eyes. I know one day you'll find your way back home.

*This song does not condone suicide. It's about letting go of the parts of you that cannot be healed, no matter how sorrowful it is to do.

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Music

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• song
• for
• the
• fallen
• acoustic
• guitar
• amateur
• female
• vocalist
• singer
• songwriter
• original song
• unsigned
• folk