Blackened Blue - Nothing But Flame

EDIT 06/09/2022: Featured on Horse Music Herald! https://horsemusicherald.com/2022/06/...

EDIT 06/01/2022: Featured on Equestria Daily (been a while, huh?)! https://www.equestriadaily.com/2022/0...

An anthem for how done Twilight is with Celestia and her constant nagging to write letters every single week. Can't a mare breathe?

Sorry for the long gap of no uploads! I've been extremely busy with lots of things. In between this and my last upload, I've performed at three different cons in three different countries, those being BABSCon, Griffish Isles and EponaFest! I've got a couple months of downtime so I should be good on my schedule again. Anyway, this song was originally written and recorded for the latest Ponies At Dawn compilation Zenith, but it unfortunately didn't make the cut. Doesn't mean I can't share it with you all though!

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Apple Music:   / nothing-but-flame-single  

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LYRICS:
So I guess I'm not quite faithful enough for you
Posing in shackles and chains is the best I can do
There's more to life than simply writing letters
Just let me go, and I'll make your life better

Like an animal trapped in a cage
I'm writing meaningless words down on every page
Call me a ghostwriter
The cover to your memoir reads "come find her"

The sun shines down to burn everything behind the curtain
I melt like a candle when there's nothing but your flame

Bound to the paper so I never fail
Away from the sun, this is beyond the pale
I wanna live in the words of the ancient
There's no worth in reports with no patience

This ink runs deeper than the blood you bear
And I'm the one with the knife
You're taking back a tiny fraction of innocence
And I'm taking back my life

You may be an alicorn
But were you born with wings or a horn?

If you've got magic down to the core
Then tell me what you're waiting for
I know you think you're mighty up above us all
But everything that flies has got to fall