//------------------------------// // Song of Homecomings // Story: Racing Thoughts // by ambion //------------------------------// Stood the king on his throne as the monsters attacked Great crystals erupted in crimson and black Cutting off exits and cutting off heads The earth opened up and swallowed the dead “Hail to the king!” With joy and with fear The castle is tall, even from here Sombra had people, he put them to work First pulleys, and pay! then pulling (no perks) He didn’t forgive, gave no time to rest The chains weighed us down, we stood all abreast Our eyes did not move, we stared at the ground We tried not to hear familiar sounds. He stole in our minds, a siege in the dark With present and past, the future looked stark Our hearts hid away and minds all locked up: This is how we expected to die. But then came the war, with fire, and night! And fury descended, luminous, bright! Our good king was burned, his shadow survived it fled to the ice, near mindless, it writhed. Passed many a year in a magical spell The king was away, but the kingdom? Still hell. We lived in a fugue awaiting new pain But then, not just one, but two ponies came Not fire and night, as we’d witnessed before But courage, and heart, they knocked at the door Far away concepts of love and of hope Bravery? Faith? A slippery slope. We stayed in our holes like good little slaves Despite our own faults, they took to the fray The battle was long; attrition; a ghost In struggles for life the living lose most. Away in their land a dragon arose Volcanic, his soul, the story, it goes On the highest tower he duelled with the king Growing and shattered, the crystals would sing Noble, enraged, he’d come all the way here For us, with new eyes, we saw crystal clear Our saviours alone could not save ourselves Our courage, our heart, we plucked from the shelves Eyes facing forwards, not fell to the floor Blinding; the light, there was something in store Deliverance came, the darkness cast down And rebuilding our world? Two shiny new crowns.