Sometimes songs come into your head in a more or less complete fashion: the title, the story, the chorus, and then it’s easy to build out the rest. This was one of those. On each song I’ve learned something, and on this one the computer just wanted to start this with a two-minute musical intro. After wrestling it to the ground, I got pretty close to what I wanted.
Note: not all endings are happy.
Behind The Music:
All the songs so far are here (LINK). I use that link when I’m working or driving to listen to tunes, but my plan (stress plan) is to have most of the songs available for sale at places like iTunes and Amazon and for streaming at places that do streaming (think Spotify and YouTube) before Christmas.
Knights of the Fallen Age
by John Wilder
The young knight ventures forth along the ancient Line
Guarding the river’s edge, where twilight shadows intertwine
Our people cling to life, a fragile bastion against the endless unknown
Defending us from the perils that lurk in the wilderness overgrown
A form emerges from the mist, an intruder swift and sly
It darts away as the knight’s arrow cleaves the sky
The shaft sails wide, a warning shot in the gloom
Vanishing into the void, silent as a tomb
He returns to the common house, where the hearth’s fire casts a weary light
The old man’s voice rises low, recounting visions from his memory’s sight
Tales of an age when humanity harnessed lightning in their very grasp
Whispered across the entire vast world, knowledge unfolding fast
Knights of the Fallen Age
We patrol the borders in this shadowed, endless stage
Sentinels of a flickering flame against the dark
In the grip of forgotten times, carrying humanity’s mark
Knights of the Fallen Age
Echoes of glory now deep in the sands of time
Seated by the embers, the elder shares his ancient, haunting lore
Of epochs when a wand in hand unlocked the world’s infinite store
A wand of power, summoning wisdom from the ether’s vast domain
Voices and visions across oceans and mountains, no barrier could restrain
The young knight laughs at the ramblings, those fevered, wild dreams
Leaves to tell his captain of the sighting by the river’s dark streams
The intruder evaded capture, but the threat lingers in the air so still
A harbinger of unrest, testing our vigilance and will
Yet the old one persists as the embers dwindle low into the cold, dark night
Speaking of colossal machines that ascended, eclipsing humanity’s might
Once we commanded the entire globe, from pole to pole in sovereign reign
Now reduced to mere curiosities, living in a mechanical domain
We patrol the borders in this shadowed, endless stage
Sentinels of a flickering flame against the dark
In the grip of forgotten times, carrying humanity’s mark
Knights of the Fallen Age
Echoes of glory now deep in the sands of time
The elder’s piercing gaze reveals the cracks in our peace
Humanity ensnared by greed, our dominion did cease
No divine hand guides us now, just circuits cold and vast
Exhibits in a zoo of steel, relics of the past
Flesh and blood enduring, unaware of the watchful gaze
Trapped in this enclosure, through the endless haze
Knights of the Fallen Age
Lost guardians in a river-bound stage
Whispers of our old power now silenced in the void
Humanity’s remnants, ruled by forces they avoid
Knights of the Fallen Age
Fading warriors on a scripted, tragic page
Beyond the Line, the true masters convene
The zoo’s inhabitants . . . forever unseen
Probe incursion logged; human response within parameters.
Exhibit integrity maintained. No awareness breach detected.
Sustain the experiment. Monitor the knight’s futile vigil.
Sounds as though you’ve been listening to Tore Maras.
Intriguing hypothesis.
Not familiar with Tore?
Looking forward to iTunes and other streaming services. I’d love to download from your page, but am a technological troglodyte. Thank you. Great tunes, Sir !
Thank you! More soon!