When Heroes Fall - Attika

When you came upon the land

To free our people

They followed you to reach

A higher glory

But when you tried to show them

How to break from their chains

They didn’t want to soil their hands

As you scarred your very own

You’re never forgiven

When you bare your frail humanity

For their flock must face

Their righteous vanity

Know the sign of their frustration

When you’ve overstayed your welcome

Beware the fear in their eyes

When Heroes Fall

In the beginning

You were held in high esteem

But then your words began

To fall on ears of stone

And when you force your ways

On the disenchanted

You become a scapegoat

For all the superstitions

And all these shattered people

Who pledged worship

Who seeked you out to

Pacify their void

For all the wealth of Truth

That’s cast upon them

It becomes a blinding light

When the magic is all gone

For now

You’re nothing to those people

They turn on you to only follow

Some other golden idol

Know the sign of their frustration

When you’ve overstayed your welcome

Know the fear in their eyes

When Heroes Fall

You left yourself

A vulnerable open wound

And they seized upon your

Power from within

You set yourself up for the fall

And when they feed on you

And drain your very being

And you’re left behind a

Noble empty shell

Then the roar of the crowd

Turns from cheer to jeer

When everyone has taken

Everything you have to offer

And now

You’re run out of the cities

You’re spurned and then forgotten

As you pass the torch of power

Hear the crash of the spirits

Of the foolish draped in darkness

Hear the decay of purity

When the real world calls

Understand that the masses

Have no need for tired truths

They’ll create another savior

That won’t shatter their illusions

Know the sign of their frustration

When you’ve overstayed your welcome

Beware the fear in their eyes

When Heroes Fall