A/N: You know that scene in DOBS part 2 where every Zuko fan is jumping up and down and screaming "Flamio, Zuko!" at the top of their lungs? (Or something like that...) Well, if you answered yes, and if you meant the same scene i do, which is the one where he finally confronts his father (for which i am sooo proud of him!) then you know what this next song is about. (It's from Zuko's POV, btw.) And now i have a few notes on the text. ;) The chorus has a line that echoes the "What an amazing lie that was" statement, but uses it in a slightly different way--i'll let you find out how exactly it does that. The reason is actually that I found out about that line before having seen the episode, so i didn't know exactly in what context Zuko used it. But i liked that line, and inspiration started coming for this song, so I started writing some of it (tho i wrote a lot of it after seeing the episode as well), and the last part of the chorus was one of the parts i began composing at that time. So i just guessed what Zuko was talking about when he said that, and i've found that my guess was slightly off. I like how it turned out, tho--it puts a neat new spin on the line (or so i hope), which i like to do.

Speaking of lines that echo an actual line in the show, the chorus starts out with the words "It's over," and that reminds me of what Roku said to Sozin in The Avatar and the Fire Lord, which i thought was fitting (tho i'm not sure i was consciously thinking of that while writing the song). And one last thing is that in case you start wondering, the "someone" mentioned in the first line is supposed to be referring to Zhao in episode 3 of season 1--keep in mind what he said to Zuko in that episode, as it will come up in the first verse. Btw, "ire" is an old word meaning "anger," and which conveniently rhymes with "fire"! So i use it a lot. lol Anyway, here you go. Hope you like it, and please review. I currently have three reviews for seven songs, and it would make my day to get a few more. ;) No pressure, tho--i don't always review, either. And no, I am not being ironic. Well...mostly not, anyway...lol In all earnestness, I do hope you enjoy this song, tho.

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It's Over
Once someone told me

That if you really wanted

Me back from the cold sea,

You'd have bade me return by now:

Though I long disbelieved them,

By those words I was haunted--

I thought pride had deceived him,

But you once said I'd learn to bow

And you gave me a burning brow...

-

No more I"ll submit to fall

Beneath your blazing ire--

For mercy you heard me call,

And you answered me with fire!

I cannot please you, Father,

And to myself be true:

All I wanted was your love--

'Twas the only purpose of

Those years I would have died to hear

I meant anything at all to you!

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It's over, my Lord--

I'm leaving today:

By a child adored,

You cast him away!

With humble devotion I can't set this right,

So I'm standing up now and I'm ready to fight!

All my life, only anguish to me you've been giving,

Never heeding my heart's lonely call:

What an amazing lie we've been living--

That you ever loved me at all!

-

Forsaken and lonely,

I still called it justice

That you should disown me--

That I suffered your smoke-wreathed art:

Though I wandered in longing,

I was saved by his kindness,

And under his strong wing

I sheltered my broken heart--

So with flames to stoke, we part.

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'Twas my place, I long believed

To be wounded and exiled--

But your cruelty I've perceived,

To duel an innocent child!

To me you've been no father,

And to take you down I choose:

I'm another's son by love,

And I'll beg forgiveness of

The one who wiped away my tears,

And whose wisdom I have grieved to lose!

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It's over, my Lord--

I'm leaving today:

By a child adored,

You cast him away!

With humble devotion I can't set this right,

So I'm standing up now and I'm ready to fight!

All my life, only anguish to me you've been giving,

Never heeding my heart's lonely call:

What an amazing lie we've been living--

That you ever loved me at all!

-

It's been such a long time coming,

But at last I've been shown

My honor is my own--

And though even the Sun is dimming,

I understand my destiny:

I refuse to be your sacrifice--

For allegiance I take back the price,

And I'll join your greatest enemy!

-

Devotion dies so hard,

But perhaps there's a love that dies still harder--

The child that you scarred

Still bids my heart remember

A time when my greatest joy

Was to gain acceptance from you, Father--

And nothing can destroy

Those sweeter days on Ember...

-

Though you've had no mercy on me,

May Agni have pity on thee!

-

It's over, my Lord--

I'm leaving today:

By a child adored,

You cast him away!

With humble devotion I can't set this right,

So I'm standing up now and I'm ready to fight!

All my life, only anguish to me you've been giving,

Never heeding my heart's lonely call:

What an amazing lie we've been living--

That you ever loved me at all!