"Ballad of Regret"

To the song "I Hung My Head" by Sting,
Lyrics by Patrick Toman

(as sung by Demona)

Early one evening
with time to kill
I woke from my slumber
the night deathly still
I saw the old castle
the smoke and the flame
I made my way upward
to survey my claim
"Come brothers, sisters -
our time is at hand."
but no sound came
across the land
the stones they lay shattered
my siblings were dead
I hung my head
I hung my head

I took of flying
to wake from the dream
I saw him returning
I heard his sad scream
but I kept on gliding
over the salt lands
and he never found me
my head in my hands
still I swore he asked me
why had I run
and then it came to me
just what I had done
and all for no reason
what more could be said
I hung my head
I hung my head

(instrumental break)

Here in the present
the memory still there
I see my child
rise up from her chair
"Explain to me, mother,
what went through your mind
and my understanding
you'll hopefully find"
I said "I felt the power
of change for our life
An end to the hatred
Relief for our strife
Our kind won't find peace here
until they're all dead"
She shook her head
She shook her head
She shook her head
She shook her head

(instrumental break)

Early one morning with
time to kill
I see the castle
all quiet and still
and out in the distance
a trick of the brain
I see my young daughter
crossing the plain
she's come to fetch me -
forgive what I've done -
and we'll glide together
til kingdom come
Is she dreaming of me
or wishing me dead?
I hung my head
I hung my head
I hung my head
I hung my head

(repeat and fade)