Once and Future King-Gary Hughes

Once and future king (The Epilogue) Tears upon the coldness of my cheek Bathe this weary head in timeless sleep And the life, like the day slips away, Broken, laid to rest upon this field, Where the river flows the blood has stilled In the light that remains colours fade to grey They slay the man but not his heartbeat, For something more lies within They claim the day but a thousand echoes rain as the mountains rage, They've slain the man but not his heartbeat, His spirit soars on the wind They claim the day, but the fire inside remains For the lost, once and future king Echoes of a man that used to be Touching every soul who still believes That the fight and the fray was ordained Carving out the shapes of destiny Someday in the greatest time of need He'll return from the place where he sleeps in wait They slay the man but not his heartbeat, For something more lies within They claim the day but a thousand echoes rain as the mountains rage, They've slain the man but not his heartbeat, His spirit soars on the wind They claim the day, but the fire inside remains, While it burns his return begins The beloved, once and future king