...There was...SO much inspiration behind this one that it's impossible to name it all.

Read it as many times as you like; maybe you'll find there what I have left.

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This isn’t a “One-Size-Fits-All” situation…

It’s all or nothing, it’s Do or Die.

This is my one last chance for redemption,

My one last opportunity to fly.

Lie awake at midnight, watch the stardust falling,

Forever haunted by the dreams of that other life.

The time is nearing, can you hear it calling?

The battle has begun; time to do what’s right…

I am everything that once was here,

The scattered remnants of a world long lost.

And this battered Western Lion takes on the North Horizon,

Carrying the scars of all that was,

And all that will be.

I can’t deny what I see before my eyes;

I’m not going to hide, and I’m not going to lie.

I can’t be everything, though I’ve tried…

But none can win when you’re up against the sky.

Light the desert fire, watch the roses burning,

Wondering how and where, and why…

Can no one explain why these things must happen?

Or is it my only consolation that I…

I am everything that once was here,

The scattered remnants of a world long lost.

And this battered Western Lion takes on the North Horizon,

Carrying the scars of all that was,

And all that will be.

Maybe if we’re lucky…

Maybe if we’re good…

Maybe if we’re silent…

Maybe if we understood…

Why I am everything that once was here,

The only proof of a mem'ry long lost…

And now this battered Western Lion must take on the North Horizon,

Shattered by the scars of all that was…

I am everything that will be here,

The saddened remnants of a world long lost.

And this battered Western Lion will take on the North Horizon,

Carrying the scars of all that was…

And all that’s in me.