Forefather

from Nomads by Vita Versus

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9TH OCT 2014

Vita Versus
—Forefather (Track 8)

I am a legacy of every dream you ever breathed

and though you gave them up for me

I won’t stop until I reach infinity

If it’s not by design

Then I’ll force these stars to align

I’ll be the difference

I just hope one day you’ll see this

Prey awaits it’s fate

and I will not simply fade away

From the pages of history

When those nights turn grey

While they twist and change

and I get that you’re torn

But just stop.

Where our forefathers lie

I tried to stand out from the crowd

to make you proud

But it seems that there is too much left unknown

But I realize that this is home

I’m just an eternal gazer

My vision trained on Eternity

But those broken dreams I had

Fuel the flame that burns in me

The best thing you ever taught me

Is that cowards give up

and I’m not giving up

When the world closes in

and the road gets too tough

and I will see that I am just enough

Let the fire put an ire

In their hearts

Pull down these structures made of iron

That kept us apart

This is the start of something great

A throne for us to take

Where our forefathers lie

I tried to stand out from the crowd

to make you proud

But it seems that there is too much left unknown

But I realize that this is home

I’m just an eternal gazer

My vision trained on Eternity

But those broken dreams I had

Fuel the flame that burns in me

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from Nomads, released April 20, 2015
Mixed, mastered and engineered by Shawn Christmas.

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