Burn, Burn Brightly

I've got nowhere to lay my armor down,

Too many years I've stood on guard.

Pack my things and leave without a sound,

Where every road fades into one.

 

And sink this iron in the sea,

Then laugh like a fool at last.

Burn, burn brightly,

Soon you'll disappear.

Burn, burn brightly,

Nothing was in vain.

Anxiety hides in salted spray,

While the wind drifts on the edge of sleep.

I ask the sun above the waves,

"Do you still see me?"

 

No reply comes back to me,

I leave my mark behind.

Burn, burn brightly,

Soon you'll disappear.

Burn, burn brightly,

Was it all in vain?

This borrowed role has grown too small,

There's no one left for me to save.

Bury what's left of my will in sand,

And burn the book of promises.

 

But the waves keep cursing under breath,

And push me from the shore again.

Burn, burn brightly,

Soon you'll disappear.

Burn, burn brightly,

Tell me…

not in vain?