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Seventy-three
Months spent alone inside that dungeon—
Solitary,
A prince of a broken kingdom.
Seventy-three
Floors below, caught in iron trappings;
Lonely old me,
Waited for someone brave to come down.
Seventy-three
Heroes I dreamed would come to save me.
Never found peace.
That might explain the darkness falling...
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(- ...and I swore, "Never again!"
How dare you! -)
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...and then from my forest,
I hear them calling, calling:
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“My sweet prince, don't despair!A hero's come to free you!”♪
{I just wanted to help!Please, hear me out...!}
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Their eyes bleed hard with hope,
As I wave—smiling, smiling!
I fly away and laugh:
“My 'hero!' Save me, will you?”
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(- Adorable...
But you've done enough...
Now, leave! -)
{I know you're hurting...You were always hurting...weren't you?}
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My heart is pounding breathless,
To be your hero that's on the way;
Your knight in shining armor,
Whose courage joins your dark em—!
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(- Who, me?
HAH!
Good one—now SCRAM! -)
{It hurts me, too!Let me take her on!I would take on ANYTHING, for you...!}
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Seventy-three
Minutes that I've been watching them run—
Only for me!
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(- ...wait a minute...
What are you even...?! -)
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That fact, alone, is motivation.
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(- You can't be serious...
Enough, Quixote!
This isn't funny, anymore...! -)
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But it can't be!
They took a blow from that old Snow Queen!
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(-
OH, YOU STUPID CAT!
-)
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They're bleeding free!
Just counting time until they weaken.
Seventy-three
Fools, just like they, that fell before them.
Can't bear to see!
How did I become so crestfallen...?
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(- DAMNED FOOL...!
What do you even hope to gain from any of this?! -)
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...but then, I hear their voice!
They're even laughing, laughing!
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♪“Don't worry, my prince,Such a scratch could never stop me!”♪
{Everything...}
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They're rushing through my woods,
Their laughter ringing, ringing!
Its sound is my heaven
That sets my soul afire...!
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{I only want to see you happy...}
(- Stop that... -)
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My heart is pounding breathless,
To be your hero that's on the way;
Your knight in shining armor,
Whose courage joins your dark em-(brace)!
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{This is why I bare my soul...}
(- I said, "Stop that!"
Stop it now...!
...don't tempt me... -)
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...but then, I see them stumble
Onto the trap that marks their (end),
And whisper: “Thank you, my dearest
(FRIEND...!??!)”
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(- ...What...?! -)
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My face is flush with fear!
They somehow made it, made it!
They've gotten past my traps,
The monsters that I gathered!
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(- NO, THAT'S ENOUGH! -)
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They'll soon have returned here!
And then they'll realize that
This prince, that they so love,
Could never have been "the one"...!
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{I've got nothing to lose...remember?}
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They're rushing to me now!
They just don't get it, get it—
That if I'm "rescued," then
I'll lose all my final walls!
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(- FINE, THEN!
YOU ASKED FOR IT...FOOL! -)
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So I unsheathe my claws!
"One more dance, my foolish love...!"
They return to me, and my
Shadows shall make them
74!
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