Author note: What a song! HAHA! Songfic contest to "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" by Tears for Fears…one of my favorite bands of the 80's, I might add! ...A Death Eater begins to show the signs of remorse. Up to you to read and find out who.
"Welcome to your life.
There's no turning back."
Those were the infamous words Voldemort as the brand burned into my forearm. I asked what happenedto anyone if they tried to run. His response:
"Even while we sleep
We will find you."
So, it was that fateful night I found myself running. Running from what could have been the single biggest mistake of my life. Make that the second biggest mistake. I haven't a clue what came over me. I knew there was nowhere to hide. He told the truth. He would find me. And he did have the power to find me in my sleep.
Acting on your best behavior
Turn your back on mother nature
Everybody wants to rule the world
I am the one that chose to follow the path. I am the one that bowed at his feet, kissed his hems, and extended my arm. I wasn't under the Imperius curse. I wasn't even drunk from Fairy Meade. I simply became a willing servant to a cruel and undeserving master. It's my fault this is happening to me.
It's my own design
It's my own remorse
I think of the people who I've now disappointed. Even Dumbledore knew of my regrets. I could see it in his eyes before he died. Things will never be the same. It happened. I was involved. And now, I am a wanted man. I am wanted by both sides.
Help me to decide
Help me make the most
Of freedom and of pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world
I find myself now huddled in a corner of a silent room far away from anything I've ever known. I am alone except for the torture that burns upon my skin. My soul cowers into the recesses of my mind. My future is hopeless. My life is void. It's dark here.
There's a room where the light won't find you
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they do I'll be right behind you
So glad we've almost made it
So sad they had to fade it
Everybody wants to rule the world
Darkness. That's what it's been. He would reward us for following our orders, but never did I realize that our victory was futile. He just wanted to prove that he could control us. He just wanted to rule the world.
I hate myself. I hate everything about me. I sit and think about what I can do to finish it. To become free of his tyranny. There is but one question, yet two answers. Who should do it? Allow him the pleasure or take it upon myself?
I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision
Everybody wants to rule the world
This mark is a true marriage with a lack of vision. I won't allow him to control me any further. My wand is only a few mere inches from my reach.
Say that you'll never never never need it
One headline why believe it ?
Everybody wants to rule the world
Who would anyone believe the Daily Prophet? Who would care when the headlines read "Death Eater kills himself"? Who would care that I died? My family? Never. My friends? What friends? I suppose the decision is made then.
"All for freedom and for pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever.
I suppose my life is no different."
Everybody wants to rule the world
The Daily Prophet landed on the table with a thud as the residents of the house continued with their normal routines. No one noticed the headline that read: "Draco Malfoy dies by own hand."
Author note: Yeah, I realize that I've killed off Draco in a songfic before, but actually its not about hate.. It's about respect for the character as a Shakespearean Tragedy. I love Draco bunches. Just for the record.