I'm Just A Lonely Bard - ArlenaZara
The tavern lights are low and dim tonight
The fire's dying, losing all its light
I tune the strings upon my old guitar
Staring at the ceiling, chasing a distant star
They fill my cup with ale, they clap for me to start
They think they want a tune to mend a broken heart
They ask for stories of kingdoms, brave and bold
But all I have is a simple tale to be told
Here is a song based on a query
I'm just a lonely bard
Singing for my pay, playing songs of yesterday
My fingers move across these strings of steel
Telling tales of pain I try to conceal
They cheer the hero's journey, the ending that is grand
But I just play the sorrow no one understands
I'm just a lonely bard
A minstrel in the crowd, playing my heartbreak
Just a little bit too loud
I sing of nights in armor, true love's first kiss
A fantasy of things my own soul starts to miss
I weave a magic with the words I choose to say
To help the weary patrons fade their blues away
But when the last coin's dropped into the jar
And I'm alone beneath the winter star
I pack my instrument, I face the empty air
My own love story is a silent, sad affair
I'm just a lonely bard
Singing for my pay, playing songs of yesterday
My fingers move across these strings of steel
Telling tales of pain I try to conceal
They cheer the hero's journey, the ending that is grand
But I just play the sorrow no one understands
I'm just a lonely bard
A minstrel in the crowd, playing my heartbreak
Just a little bit too loud
My ballads make them weep, my sonnets make them sigh
They feel the feeling and they never ask me why
They don't know the ache behind the melody
That every single word is torn from inside of me
The hero in the song is the man I wish I'd been
The love I sing about is the love I couldn't win
I'm just a lonely bard
Singing for my pay, playing songs of yesterday
My fingers move across these strings of steel
Telling tales of pain I try to conceal
They cheer the hero's journey, the ending that is grand
But I just play the sorrow no one understands
I'm just a lonely bard
A minstrel in the crowd, playing my heartbreak
Just a little bit too loud
I'm just a lonely bard, walking through the snow
With stories I can't keep, and feelings I can't show
Just a bard singing low to let the whole world know
I had to let you go