Stricken By a Fool

He danced along the edge of sound
Where silence breaks, and steel is crowned
The world stood still to watch him fly
A streak of will across the sky
But fate is clumsy, blind, and cruel
And gods can fall by hands of fools

No thunder roared, no warning cry
Just gears that turned, and then, goodbye
No guilt at all, no mastermind
Sad destiny, we all will find

He carved his name into the wind
A fire too fierce to be pinned

Stricken by a fool
Even kings can bleed
Even those who rule
Can fall with lightning speed

No armor, no escape
No wisdom to unspool
Even legends break
Stricken by a fool

Can I be stricken?
Striken by a foll

Oh, my friend
Where are you now?
In my mind, I hear that sound
Please, tell me your soul is now unbound

It wasn't fate, it wasn't war
Just one mistake, and nothing more
The sharpest blade, the brightest mind
Undone by what was left behind
But glory sleeps on hollow ground
When greatness hears a hollow sound

Stricken by a fool
Even kings can bleed
Even those who rule
Can fall with lightning speed
No armor, no escape
No wisdom to unspool
Even legends break
Stricken by a fool

Stricken by a fool
Even kings can bleed
Even those who rule
Can fall with lightning speed

Oh, my friend
Where are you now?
In my mind, I hear that sound
Please, tell me your soul is now unbound

Stricken by a fool
No angels came to weep
No justice in the rule
That drags the brave to sleep

They cheered, they cried, they knew
Even gods aren't bulletproof
He rose, and then he fell
Stricken by a fool