Banner/Songs/The Shadow's Tale

The Shadow's Tale, written by Banner Targonian and first performed at "Zoluren Arts: A Concert Showcase, hosted by the White Gladiolus Society."

Intro

You say, "Boasts are bright, but brittle."

You say, "They hide what really happened, what songs leave out."

You say, "Just like our cheers in the middle of the song might have made it hard for some of us to hear the tune."

You say, "For every impossible victory claimed, there are debts no chorus ever sings."

You say, "The shadow remembers what the song forgets."

You ask, "Let's revisit those stories told, shall we?"

You say, "This next song is called 'The Shadow's Tale'."

Song Log

You sing in a tenor voice:

    "They sang of giants brought to their knees,

     Of mountains bowed and the storm at ease.

     But the giants fell and their children wept,

     In the shadowed graves where their stories slept."

You sing in a tenor voice:

    "The shadow remembers what the song forgets,

     Every debt unpaid, every sun that sets.

     The louder the triumph, the darker the trail,

     For the hero's song hides the shadow's tale."

You sing in a tenor voice:

    "They sang of ships by a hero drawn,

     Ten sails ripped through the breaking dawn.

     But the sea still keeps what the waves concealed,

     And the names of the drowned are the wounds unhealed."

You sing in a tenor voice:

    "The shadow remembers what the song forgets,

     Every debt unpaid, every sun that sets.

     The louder the triumph, the darker the trail,

     For the hero's song hides the shadow's tale."

You sing in a tenor voice:

    "They sang of ravens caught by song,

     Of storms made still and the hero strong.

     But the carrion feeds where the bodies lay,

     And the wings still circle to mark the grave."

You sing in a tenor voice:

    "The shadow remembers what the song forgets,

     Every debt unpaid, every sun that sets.

     The louder the triumph, the darker the trail,

     For the hero's song hides the shadow's tale."

You sing in a tenor voice:

    "So sing if you must of the crowns and cheers,

     But let's walk the road of forgotten years.

     For every boast there's a nameless grave,

     And a shadowed debt no song can save."

You sing in a tenor voice:

    "The shadow remembers what the song forgets,

     Every debt unpaid, every sun that sets.

     The louder the triumph, the darker the trail,

     So remember the truth in the shadow's tale."