just a wierd fic, nothing special...well, it means alot to me, cause it's one of my fav songs...
time for disclaimers, cause i always forget! i no owns Star Ocean, or that lovely song 'Believe' by the one and only...Yellowcard! they rock! wooh! yeah...was listening to it, and i started writing...it was like i was possessed. sorry no alnel...forgive? great thing is that the song fits exactly with the story, so read! bye! and review!
I run on, stumbling, crying, the pain tearing through me as I fall again and again, tripping over the bodies. Black faces stare up at me, faces I knew.
(Think about the love inside the strength of heart
Think about the heroes saving life in the dark
Climbing higher through the fire
Time was running out
Never knowing you weren't going to be coming down alive)
My foot snags, ankle held in the cold grip of some lifeless hand, and I crash to the ground, the breath knocked from my lungs. Despair floods through me, numbing, making my limbs limp and heavy as I realise that it was all in vain. There was no way I could have survived without you. As I close my eyes, I can see it again.
(But you still came back for me
You were strong and you believed)
I lie there, cowering, playing your words over and over again in my head. I can hear them, those words you whispered as you fell before me.
(Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Be strong believe)
I never got the chance to say it. It was all over so quickly.
(Think about the chance I never had to say
Thank you for giving up your life that day
Never feeling only hearing voices calling out
Let it all go the life that you know
Just to bring them down alive)
It was all so hopeless. You should have left me there to die. Yet even so…
(And you still came back for me
You were strong and you believed)
I hear those words again and again, and with each repeat, I feel just that little bit stronger, as if you're still there, crouching over me, whispering those words.
(Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Be strong believe
Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Be strong believe)
And I realise that I can't die. I can't! There are so many things still left to do, to say…I can't die. Not now. I want to see them, see their faces, I want to hold them, to tell her over and over again that I love her, and will never leave her, never again…I have to make you sacrifice mean something.
(Wanna hold my wife when I get home
Wanna tell the kids they'll never know
How much I love to see them smile
Wanna make a change right here right now
Wanna live a life like you somehow
Wanna make your sacrifice worthwhile)
A shadow falls over me, and I look up, eyes fearful. Is it time? Will it really all be in vain? A hand reaches down, pulling me to my feet, dragging me through the battlefield. But my legs buckle, collapse. I crash once more, but hands grip once more, jerking me up with a grim determination. I wince as the vibrations jar my already battered body. It's becoming too much, but still I stumble behind my saviour. Faces float in front of my vision: a young boy eager to be accepted in the army, a beautiful woman whispering the words of marriage, two children, twins, laughing and playing, a brave face as you jump in front of me, the katana blade piercing your heart, the shock in your eyes as you fall…Finally we reach the safe point, and I am gently laid onto the floor. A cloak is rolled up and slipped beneath my weary head. I try to sit up, but a fire flares inside me, burning, the pain growing with each tiny movement. So much pain…and before I fall, before the darkness swallows me up completely, I see a pair of emerald eyes…and I smile. Maybe you're right. Maybe everything is going to be alright…Be strong, believe…
(Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Be strong believe
Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Be strong believe
Think about the love inside the strength of heart
Think about the heroes saving life in the dark
Think about the chance I never had to say
Thank you for giving up your life that day)
-----The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here-----