Second Best

from Three Gods & Me by Hungry Lights

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In this chapter, Prill fights "Arilayah," The Second God (not an actual god, just a champion). Arilayah is a fast, nimble, deadly, akulite woman who is a spitting image of Atah'xia. Prill learns that an old acquaintance is watching him this fight, and he uses the match to prove how much he has changed since they last met. It makes him angry that she does not believe in him, and he uses that for fuel as he swiftly defeats The Second God.

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Ladies and gentlemen, I’ve had enough secrets
I been open-handed, and I got nothing to lose
But what’s left to gain?
-Is it worth all that shame?
My dreams became intangible
-Not tethered to reality
Brushing the mirror that had taken my place before now
It was glinting so clear, every star I saw was full
How churlish of me not to ask permission
Been preoccupied with wishing
Someone would take existence from me

You couldn’t let me walk away
You watched from a distance
For you didn’t trust that I could change
Shall I show you again?

More times than I realized,
I was left unfinished—diminished
I still didn’t get it yet
And I gave my everything,
But it seems even you didn’t have my back
I was left in the corner, pushing harder—a martyr!
-The promised fracture
No, I couldn’t step forward
I done lost all of my nerve
Before my innocence splintered
And then blew away,
I was dreaming better days
But no, that’s something I cannot relate to
No pain—couldn’t feel anyway
My turn to escape was a rat in a small, dark maze
With an exit braced,
This time... there was nowhere for me to go

You couldn’t let me walk away
You watched from a distance
For you didn’t trust that I could change
Shall I show you again?
Well, here I go...
The catastrophe’s set on the front of the stage
Where will you sit?

Now, I planned the way this would shoot
Flirt with a lie, man—that’s what I do
If I don’t see it, then I won’t fear it
And if I owned it, I could just tear it down
Instead of staring me down,
Why don’t you help me by clearing this out?
If I can’t see, then I won’t fear it

I never thought she would be here with me
It was nice to finally hear a friendly voice just like my own
I shouldn’t be ashamed…
Her loss is just the price of power
And if my gods fall one by one,
Maybe I won’t remember the truth
I want to forget
I want to forget
I want to forget
I want to forget

It’s ending—pretending that we are not the same
Don’t try to justify—there is no better lie
And we're all frightened of fighting—of dying

You couldn’t let me walk away
You watched from a distance
For you didn’t trust that I could change
Shall I show you again?
Well, here I go...
The catastrophe’s set on the front of the stage
Where will you sit?

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from Three Gods & Me, released December 31, 2017

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Hungry Lights

Hungry Lights is my solo music project. The plan is to release five concept albums all surrounding a character named, "Prill," who is a plesiosaur hunter on a quest to better his life, but everything he does just adds to his own delusion and lack of self-worth. The music is the musical interpretation of a book series I have been writing called, "From Windfall To Hell." ... more

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