In the Dark of the Night

Once more, my boon companion and I
Fought side by side, to hell and back
Once more, I followed him into battle
For good or for evil, I would do it all again
Again and again and again and again
Until I had nothing left to go over again
If I had the strength to stand, I would be at his side
If I had the power to fight, my sword would be his
Yet I lay here, feeling me life drain away
I had finally given him everything he would take from me
He had even more of me that he didn't know
Could exist in one such as me

I am a cold shiver racing down the priest's back
I am that dark corner that just seem to be not right
I am death and blood and fear and pain
I am a vampire

Once more, I watch the clouds part and the sun glare down
At this broken body that has housed a half soul
I was only ever allowed to be one thing
Yet, I always wanted to be something he wanted
What he needed though, was something I could never be
He needed light, especially when he became
Something of mere nightmare that lurked within
Friends of old, I understood what he was
Long before he ever grasped at what it could be
I loved him with everything I could ever love
But, at the end of the day, I knew… as I always knew
He would choose her

She was that warmth of home in the storm
She was that gentle deer drinking from a pond
She was life and energy and love and happiness
She was his

Once more, I felt the soft kiss of sunlight and
I knew, he had done it, something I could have never done
He had freed us from what we had become
The master of us both was no more
Brought to his doom by his hand
Clasping a dagger drenched in my blood
What has killed me has freed us both
Never have one of us fallen when the other was near
But this was one war that death had started it
I can see him now, rushing toward my fallen figure
Her hand clasped tightly in his as he leads from the night
But, they will be too late; I am already dead

He is a pounding heart full of love
He is everything a woman could love
He is strong and brave and loving and regal
He is and always shall be my prince

Once more, and for the last time, I see his eyes
Those eyes that have seen the horrors of the world
Those eyes that cried but once when the pain was too much
Those eyes, swollen with years of living a lie, now swell for me
I touch his face and feel his warmth against my dying skin
I cannot tell him I love him, he wouldn't understand
He's only seen my brutality, my monster bright as light
With him, on that battlefield of so long ago
When a forest of red rose up by his hand
I was beside him, hoisting those trees with him
Through war and terror, blood and death, we were us
And, finally, one of us is being called home

We were the best of the best
We were ruthless and mercy filled
We were monsters and swords and reapers and death
We were… human