You fight the master and you die
You fight the master and you die
You fight the master
The story’s all been told, there’s no room for mistakes
One way or another, this won’t take long
They tell me it’s my fate and words just can’t be wrong
And I’m the one who’ll pay the price
And I know the end is very nigh
And I know my time as come
But when it does
I won’t cry
I will fight
I won’t take this lying down
And I won’t die
If fate is all pre-warned, and no-one’s free to try
Makes you wonder why we even try to fight
But I reject my fate, I’ll fight til my last breath
One way or another, this won’t take long
And I know the end is very nigh
And I know my time as come
But when it does
I won’t cry
I will fight
I won’t take this lying down
And I won’t die
Read me the signs
Tell me my fortune
You’re so useful sitting there with all your books
I am sixteen years old and I don’t want to die
I defy prophecy
There’s nothing you can do to change my mind
And I know the end is very nigh
And I know my time as come
But when it does
I won’t cry
I will fight
I won’t take this lying down
And I won’t die
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