Taking up the Masamune

A Final Fantasy VII Poem - by Manaphy (a.k.a Mana)

Disclaimer --- I do not own Final Fantasy VII, Square Enix or any of its characters.

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A piercing scream erupted from the building up ahead,

When the terrible sound stopped it was clear that he was dead.

I was too stunned to make a move - or stop one,

But Tifa, she was quick, she raced up with my gun.

What was she doing! That's all I could think,

But then I realised, and it made me shrink.

That was Sephiroth, and she was going in,

That couldn't have been him, it's too great a sin!

I was dizzy and weak when I ran up inside,

He couldn't have - Sephiroth - couldn't have lied!

He said we were going to the reactor to check,

To fix the reactor, not to break someone's neck!

Taking up the Masamune, Masamune, Masamune,

It makes all other swords look as bendy as a spoon..

Taking up the Masamune, Masamune, Masamune,

It's the thing you will see when it's time for your doom..

I felt like destroying, destroying the world,

Sephiroth's madness had finally unfurled.

I had always looked up to him, always had respect,

I suppose he was too strong, what could you expect?

Taking up the Masamune, Masamune, Masamune,

It makes all other swords look as bendy as a spoon..

Taking up the Masamune, Masamune, Masamune,

It's the thing you will see when it's time for your doom..

There she was, leaning over the dead bloke,

What will happen to the others, the other townfolk!

The Masamune lay next to him, as though laughing at its murder,

This is just getting worse and worse, crazier and absurder!

Taking up the Masamune, Masamune, Masamune,

It makes all other swords look as bendy as a spoon..

Taking up the Masamune, Masamune, Masamune,

It's the thing you will see when it's time for your doom..

I ran through the door, expecting to see Tifa hurt and dead -

Even Zack lay injured, and this is what he said:

He asked me to kill Sephiroth, and anger welled up inside,

I took up the Masamune, I was in for a bad ride..

Taking up the Masamune, Masamune, Masamune,

It makes all other swords look as bendy as a spoon..

Taking up the Masamune, Masamune, Masamune,

It's the thing you will see when it's time for your doom..

They were both hurt, Zack and Tifa,

But I guess that me and Sephiroth, we don't really differ -

Our sadness is the same, why can't he just see that?

I'm going to go after him, but I promise I'll come back.