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The Tired Hero

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A lifetime of adventures lies in his past No more trails to face, he lives in peace at last When suddenly a large shadow slowly overcasts He knows what is about to come and what he'll be asked The colossal shape of a dragon stands And stomps before the town gates Demanding an epic battle with their hero Or they'll meet their fate On the door is a frantic knock and he knows it is the king Telling the hero they need him to take care of everything So far up high they see the colossal dragon fly The ending is nigh, the fires falling from the sky The stratosphere turns red, they all soon be dead Death from above, tomorrow the rise of the mourning dove The tired hero told the king to get lost The king refused, he would make him fight, no matter the cost The hero told his fighting days were over long ago The king threatened to kill his family, burying them in the snow He rode up to the dragon and proposed to take the fight away The dragon agreed, when they were out of sight He spat about the town's way The tyrant king, a weakling town, a complete nightmare Extorting him to do their bidding, but he could no longer care In disbelief he watched as the dragon started to cry The dragon council ordered him to kill or his family would die So far up high they see the colossal dragon fly The ending is nigh, the fires falling from the sky The stratosphere turns red, they all soon be dead Death from above, tomorrow the rise of the mourning dove Explaining through the stream of tears, what a dragon must do To become a true member of their culture, if only humans knew Fight a hero, eat his weapons, and burn his carcass too A suicide mission the elders deviced, Once beyond the gates none would come back through Together tired of all their cultural pressure they deviced a plan This day came to be known they teamed up, dragon and men He mounted the dragon and using its wingspan They took to the sky, as high as they can Petrified the town was waiting for their hero's return For the good news that the dragon was slayed they yearned But when they heard maniacal laughter it raised some concern Not knowing that soon all of them would burn A massive roar came rumbling from beyond the clouds What they saw ended all the citizens doubts Their hero came swooping down on the dragon's back Laughing at the scene of panic of their attack Screaming and howling it was time for payback The dragon fire turning them all coal black At long last they both would finally be left alone The tired hero and the dragon Throughout the land they were known So far up high they saw the colossal dragon fly The ending was nigh, the fires fell from the sky The stratosphere turned red, they all are now dead It was death from above, arise mourning dove So far up high they saw the colossal dragon fly The ending was nigh, the fires fell from the sky The stratosphere turned red, they all are now dead It was death from above, today the rise of the mourning dove