Dying in a Moment of Splendor

I am a hero

I am an actor

I'm a violent shade of blue

I am newly discovered tension

Still confused by yesterday

I'm a hero

On a mission

Staking claims

And yielding none

I am an artist

With a vision

Seeing hell

His destiny

I know the simple sting of a tear

Sends the star crashing to earth

And dying

In a moment of splendor

For a moment the glory

And the death

Are one the same

I'm an actor

So unfeeling

Then a flower

I am crushed

I am a villain

Unstable and anguished

Than an angel

You trust

The heartless echo of memory

Sends the actor whirling twirling

Falling to his knees

And dying

In a moment of splendor

For a moment the glory

And the death

Are one the same

I am a bubble

Almost to bursting

Swollen by unrelinquishing pride

I am the shrinking

Remains of potential

Never growing as I should

I know the simple sting of a tear

I know the simple sting of a tear

I know the simple sting of a tear

And I'm dying

In a moment of splendor

For a moment the glory

And the death

Are one the same