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PART I
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There are worlds out there where the sky's burning
with the vivid green glow of Death
My home's in one of them
Like silent vultures, those snakes come upon us
engulfing everything in their sight
I can't do anything to stop their might
Nothing, nothing, nothing
My parents lie grey, blue and limp
A sadistic skull is blazing on the wall
So we run
Traversing cities
we run from Devon to Dublin
we run from Cardiff to Carlisle
and back again, round and round in triangles
"Farewell, home," my brother cries out
My heart aches
but I can't do nothing, nothing, nothing
So we run
I learn what it's like living from a suitcase
and be termed as a nutcase
There are posters out there
with a reward under our names and faces
and suddenly
we are wanted criminals
So we run
Hunger gets the best of us
How long could one survive on sluggish noodles
and mildewed biscuits, anyway?
We become conniving thieves
So we run
One day, the brutes catch up on us
while we're out in the forest
and they fall, fall, fall
as I get the guts to finally do something
My trembling hand kills them
in cold, cold blood
and they are gone in the blue sheen of Reducto
My brother looks at me with wide eyes
like I'm some monster
Perhaps I am
for this obsidian darkness in me holds only one thing:
revenge
And the roaring drums in my mind cry out
"Hey, young man
rest your head
You're breaking down inside
Armour's cracked, set to collapse
Damn you, don't you cry."
Now I've ended lives, ended worlds
Guess I've done it all
Fire and ice and rage inside
how long till I fall?
Somewhere all my darkest dreams are gathering
It's not enough to save the day
I can't escape my nightmares
Words and laughter wearing thin
breaking this disguise
Where do angels fear to dread?
How can I think to hide?
I shouldn't have ever been afraid
I am a bloody Gryffindor
not some sneaky coward
and they better be ready for what's coming their way
So we run
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PART II
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There are worlds out there where the sky's burning
with the iridescent orange glow of arson
and the red river's roaring;
people made of smoke
and cities made of song
Somewhere there's danger
somewhere there's injustice
and somewhere else a soul's getting cold
This is that world
This is war
and the time for trifle trivialities is over
I had tied my brother in a vice
and stupefied him thrice
I had followed the golden Galleon
and sneaked in twice
Now I am here, watching the burning sky
The ancient building has fallen
My lips are swollen
from the fist fight I just got in with Neville
He had been telling me to leave
Like hell I will
The clock is ticking
the seconds passing in a hurried mist
of shattered lives and broken bones
So I run
and run and run and run
Run headlong into the darkening day
towards the black crowd of Death
Can you hear them?
They are coming
They're in the air
They're in my head
This pounding in my head is calling me to fight, protect, kill
Can you hear the drums?
As I gaze into the vastness of the war field
I hear the sound of drums
Can you hear them?
They are coming
They're in the air
They're in my head
Taste the blood on the wind
for this is war
made up of two pinches of disbelief
four spoons of camaraderie
a quart of bravery
one cup of strength
and an enormous pail of loss
all mashed up together
There's this rapid thrum of energy
pouring out of my shivering body
I feel like I can run forever
smell the wind
feel the grass under my feet
and just run forever
My clothes are tattered
Many acquaintances of mine lie shattered
in memories all scattered
So I throw every hex, curse and jinx upon the enemy
I don't know how
but I find myself
on the entrance to the Castle
My mind's like a deadly disease
with that dreadful pounding
driving my ire
Suddenly
something sharply hits me in the spine
Suddenly
there's this lack of air in my lungs
Suddenly
there's this coppery tang in my mouth
Suddenly
I am dying
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PART III
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There are worlds out there where the sky's burning
with the ghostly grey glow of the past
They had always told you that there's a tunnel at the end
but I only see the white, white light
of stars shining bright
A ray of this starlight wraps itself around me
And I am flying, flying, flying
into the purple depths of that eternal night
-finis-