Shadow of a Hero

In the ashes of a shattered night A broken man begins to fight Lost in whispers, bound by chains A soul reborn through love and pain They wrote his name into the fire But here he stand, burned by desire A thousand lives he's left behind Yet fate won't free this heart of his He is the shadow of a hero Falling through the flames Caught between tomorrow And the scars he cannot name The world may never know him But still he bears the crown A ghost within the silence He'll never lay it down Through the darkness, a fragile light Her voice remains his guiding line A fragile love, a fleeting face The cost of hope he can't erase Each step he take, he walk alone But every road still leads him home Her eyes, her touch, a life once his Now lost within the sands of time He is the shadow of a hero Falling through the flames Caught between tomorrow And the scars he cannot name The world may never know him But still he bears the crown A ghost within the silence He'll never lay it down In the mirror of his soul He sees the lines of all he stole A love too great, a life too small The weight of duty claims it all If he could turn and walk away Would the night still know his name Or would the stars begin to fade And light the price he's left unpaid He is the shadow of a hero Rising from the flames Caught between tomorrow And the scars he can't reclaim The world may try to break him But still he'll take the crown A ghost within the silence He'll never lay it down He'll never lay it down The shadow of a hero Still standing in the sound