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Last Words (Ruin's Ride)

from Heavy Is The Head by Children of the Reptile

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This song is inspired by the Charge of the Rohirrim from Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien. Specifically it's from the viewpoint of a single rider in Theoden's small force coming to terms with his impending demise upon seeing the black host of Mordor arrayed in full before the white city of Gondor.
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LAST WORDS (RUIN'S RIDE)

I was holding my saddle as the moon rose in the sky
We will answer the call for aid and we ride out tonight
Some say it isn't our fight and I myself have a wife and son at home
For what business has my blade
With the beasts at the white city's gates

But I will ride to ruin
Death calls and I shake my spear
In its grinning face
I will ride on to world's end
Even if it means that I'll never see you again

Solo: Darden

But who will answer our own call
Once all are gone and we stand alone
Shall I die then at my own hearth
With my son in my arms
Though it pierces my heart to say
I must fight and die far away
I pray the axe won't fall
So we must heed the call

So I will ride to ruin
Death calls and I answer
With death of my own
I will ride on to world's end
Even if it means that I'll never see you again

[Recitation]
As the black host stretches endlessly before us
I feel my spear grip loosen, along with my resolve
I think of the stretching plains of home
And your face before them
I think then of our boy
Would that I could see him mount a steed himself
If you raise him as a rider, as I know you shall
He'll understand why I make my last charge
Here, on this
My final day

SOLO: Millard

I ride into ruin
Death calls to take me home
I ride unto my world's end
Against the dark

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from Heavy Is The Head, released April 7, 2023
Music and Lyrics by Ozzie Darden

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Ozzie Darden: Vocals, Guitars
Chris Millard: Guitars, Vocals
David "Pils" Hufham: Bass, Vocals
Chase Kelly: Drums

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