A hero he was, in the eyes of a child

A hero he was, in the eyes of a child

His father so wise

It seemed like nothing could bring him down

But the years went on

Thing started to change

The hero was no longer quite the same

Later and later he did stay away at night

In that place with those stones, lifeless and cold

Less and less time the man did spend at home

Conversions with thin air, echoed in the silent halls

More and more value placed in those stones

The boy, growing to be a man, yearned for the days of old

When his father would see him, love him

And not those pieces of rock

It seemed that those days were gone for forever

Seeking freedom, the man set fly

Turning his back on the one he loved most

Could no longer stand

Seeing the hero he once knew die a little more each day

Time did pass, it would never pause

That boy soon found himself facing that man

A pirate he was, aid he did give

To the ones against the country, his land

He watched as the shadow of the man he once knew

Fade from their world

As a man he did not cry

As the child inside did

The man simply kept running, he could never stop now