Bloodline (song)

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Title: Bloodline

Author: Talinvor

BLOODLINE

(lyrics)

Life is a blur

The Arkati laugh, we’re amateur

So we defer

Our love and our lives for favor

So time and again, we’re shattered and tattered

Drown sorrow in liquor

It’s quicker

And we’re sicker

But sane

(chorus)

Blood in my veins

My heart and my brain

No guilt, ‘cuz it stains

Despite all the pain

Yet here I remain

…yet here I remain

Once I believed in what I was told

To fit in the mold

Be part of the fold

But it felt so controlled

Fire in my blood, lost passion and ashen

Fueled it again with pride

I defied

And terrified

Like a hurricane

I left home for a time

Sailed, flew, walked and climbed

Then across the Spine

Whether fate or by design

Lifting my voice with story and rhyme

The bardic life – sublime

Fingers wrapped around some wine

…or champagne

(chorus)

Blood in my veins

My heart and my brain

No guilt, ‘cuz it stains

Despite all the pain

Yet here I remain

…yet here I remain

(fast)

I started to see

Eventually

Falsity and fallacy

Hard to trust entirely

All of my serenity

Bottled up with my mentality

Exploded exponentially

I reconsidered destiny

Embraced my devilry

Began my *own* melody

(slow)

People think that they know me

By color and category

Inflammatory or flattery

Listen well, that is key

Once you know my story

I rather the respect

…and the glory