| "The Thorn That Split My Wheel" | |
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| Song by Hungry Lights from the album Heavy Is The Crown | |
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"The Thorn That Split My Wheel" is track four on the Hungry Lights studio album "Heavy Is The Crown." Remember that this is a summary, not the entire story! It is like 1-10% of what is actually going on—just the skeleton.
Story[]
In this chapter, Prill is reprimanding himself for his act of murder because the dead man's brother is a wicked, cut-throat pirate named, "Reflaugh" who was very upset about his brother's untimely death. He is so upset that he kidnaps Abalone as an eye for an eye. Prill blames the entire situation on his failure to catch Fothcrah, then decides that getting his daughter back from this man will be the redemption quest he has been looking for.
Lyrics[]
O' how my actions turned me to a snarling beast!
The very essence of what I had left behind
-Back in the churning ocean
The thorn that split my wheel was gnawing at my heel-side
When did I learn to wield those fangs?
I lost my mind, back in the sea
And the wondering still frustrates me
Of all the pawns my wrath could reap,
It was one that hid forbidden shackles
They twisted in and coiled up my arm
Until they reached my rib-cage
My heart displayed a quickset bolt
-A lock for one who chose to compliment my rage
An albatross is soaring high
-The one I had admired from before
Before my kettle boiled over
To envy it’s not weighed down by my guilt
Easier to forgive than it is to forget
But my fate had come from a brother who's in ire
Will my revered burn as I walk the coals?
Where had I gone wrong?
For you had paid for my misstep
I walk a path I cannot see
How the wandering does frustrate me!
Revenge was sought and full of holes
I know it so, for I had felt that emptiness
And you were gone, and so my tears…
They fell so sweet
O' even autumn was pushed aside!
Was I the snake that ate its own tail?
A hungry light that did not think before it struck the fruit
Could I find you?
For in that corner, I chose to turn away
You couldn't stand me
The man that you had loved has died
I’ve gone away
O’ even if you called for me, I wouldn't change!
I need a reason for peace in my mind
Alone, I would trace it all backwards
If a hand is tied, I’ll grow two more!
How the loss of what glimmered
Can help a lowly man back to height!
My awry ascent of delusion,
I had dismissed it as a nightmare
I am not settled in the crotales,
For I’m not tuned for that score
Cut in between the lines of who I was and am now
My hands were soaked in blood
My hands are soaked in blood
-The ink to draw the map to lead me back to your side
And there was nothing in the universe to keep me from you
Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie
So I approached it with caution
Watch my hands for the cue,
And I'll show you that I can't ever miss!
I reminisce of a time I didn't half-walk on a thread so fine
So connect the dots for me—one at a time
Until this picture's clear
‘Cause I'm unsure if I can find where I lay in the design
Cut in between the lines of who I was and am now
My hands were soaked in blood
My hands are soaked in blood
-The ink to draw the map to lead me back to your side
And there was nothing in the universe to keep me from you
Trivia[]
- An earlier conceptualized name for this song was "The Thorn That Split The Wheel."