Epitaph (The Wounded Cavalier Suite)

Listen to Epitaph by Richard Charles Stevens (The Wounded Cavalier Suite)

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Having applied required pressure to the wound
I had done all I could to stem the bleeding
Retreat had never been an option any less than obstinate and seldom ever dreadfully appealing
Misleading to concede
Impede
Remorselessly defeat
To leave my deep contusions bleeding and in need of a transfusion fast
.
Misleading to concede
Impede
Remorselessly defeat
To leave my deep contusions bleeding and in need of a transfusion fast
.
Every breath preceded last
Stood aghast
With tattered mast
Shattered dreams
And heart of glass
Scorn and slander unsurpassed
Demanding call of arms
As it made bargain of my foolish heart
.
(Epitaph)
.
Harbinger of sorrow
Harbouring spoiled harvest of the morrow
(Epitaph)
(Epitaph)
Begged the borrow of this vessel
Left me dressed down
Deathly hollow
Slain on home terrain
The perfect way to close a play
The curtain fell
In ode to knell
Its telling chime my hope dispelled
Faith in choking disarray
For even in plain light of day
The sun invited little ray
The moon had too soon gone away
Midst rumours of a bitter fate
Of doom
Of gloom
On one long constant loser loop
Reiterate
Reiterate
Reiterate
Reiterate
Reiterate
Reiterated
(Epitaph)
.
Heart exhumed
Obliterated
Just another tumoured plaything
Soon to be replaced
(Epitaph)
.
Having applied required pressure to the wound
I had done all I could to stem the bleeding
(Epitaph)
Another pint or so disposed and I would not be breathing
Yet still retreat did not appeal
For I would sooner overspill
My guts
In glory
Through the quill I clutch with will to view no kill
(Epitaph)
(Epitaph)
.
My sacrifice
The heart excised
Shall venture forth
With widened eyes
.
Would not deny the light behind the blinds to shine
With diamonds in the skies to prize
And time to make them mine
(Epitaph)
.
Diamonds in the skies to prize
And time to make them mine
(Mine)
Diamonds in the skies to prize
And time to make them mine
.
I stand defiantly with brave
No pride misplaced
No slight to faith
Too much to say
No time to waste
For every demon faced
Has bled me dear
(Epitaph)
.
Should the bleed be too severe
Then I will show no sign of fear
For I am True
Real
Clear
Sincere
Of love and soul composed
With hope and openly
Yours loyally and evermore devotedly
The wounded cavalier
(Epitaph)
.
Decline to cease until the final pint of me releases
(Epitaph)
Decline to cease until the final pint of me releases
(Epitaph)
.
My sacrifice
The heart excised
Shall venture forth
With widened eyes
.
My sacrifice
The heart excised
Shall venture forth
With widened eyes
.
Would not deny the light behind the blinds to shine
With diamonds in the skies to prize
And time to make them mine
.
Would not deny the light behind the blinds to shine
With diamonds in the skies to prize
And time to make them mine
(Epitaph)
.
My sacrifice
(Epitaph)
The heart excised
(Epitaph)
Shall venture forth
(Epitaph)
With widened eyes
(Epitaph)
.
My sacrifice
(Epitaph)
The heart excised
(Epitaph)
Shall venture forth
(Epitaph)
With widened eyes
.
My sacrifice
The heart excised
Shall venture forth
With widened eyes
.
My sacrifice
(My sacrifice)
The heart excised
(The heart excised)
Shall venture forth
(Shall venture forth)
With widened eyes
(With widened eyes)
.
My sacrifice
(My sacrifice)
The heart excised
(The heart excised)
Shall venture forth
(Shall venture forth)
With widened eyes
(With widened eyes)
.
My sacrifice
(My sacrifice)
The heart excised
(The heart excised)
Shall venture forth
(Shall venture forth)
With widened eyes
(With widened eyes)
.