...and Taketh

I watched them fall upon the sword Succumb to their own maladies I've watched my heroes die Every empowering word or song A poor successor to the epitaph Those of us still here Unarmed and reveling the embers' scent Recall the names of those melodies we lost Death by a thousand cuts Survived by a thousand words May stories where heroes die captivate us most How can I find comfort How do I reconcile If the ones who most inspired triumph Were also just flesh and blood? Death by a thousand cuts Survived by a thousand words May stories where the heroes die at the end captivate us most