Listen Close

Distance clawing at my feet
I stumble blindly on
Miles in stifling summer heat
No cane to rest upon

Listen very close I'll only say this once
I have something here that everybody wants

Battle lines are stilled
Souls have long departed
Many graves are filled
Since on my way I started

Listen very close I'll only say this once
I have something here that everybody wants

A tale I never knew I'd begun
And still they make my run
Two thousand years and more
Gone by and I remain
A legend quite worth dying for
Worth all the doubt and pain

Message to be given them
I am honor bound
One sentence to be spoken then
And my own corpse be found

Let these words transform a human tragedy
Sound the dawn alarm, rejoice in victory