Written for the Spintunes songwriting challenge to be based on a scene from a book or movie (this is both).
lyrics
I never expected the man in black
Would get the best of me
I was just following my destiny
Above the cliffs of insanity
I search for the six fingered man
Alas this man has only five
I hate to kill him
I’m sure he hates to die
It’s good at last to be tested
It can be lonely at the top
But what if I were bested
I supposed I’d have to stop
And there’d be nowhere to go, but back to the beginning
No reason or rhyme - only losing no winning
To have failed on my quest, for my soul there’d be no ointment
I would go back to the beginning
And get used to disappointment
Our battling blades go snicker snack
As I battle this mystery man
But I know something he doesn’t
I don’t fence with my left hand
No I am not left handed
I go on a thrusting spree
But he knows something I don’t know
Neither is he
Who is this man in black?
Another lover of the foil?
I will never know
He strikes me with his fist and down I go
And where will I go
Except back to the beginning
No reason or rhyme
Only losing, no winning
I have failed on my quest
For my soul there is no ointment
I ‘ll just go back to the beginning
And get used to disappointment
credits
from Spintunes 16,
track released January 1, 2020
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