Name: Knightfall
Channel: Capers Simmons
Description: "Knightfall" is a song by Capers Simmons. Classical-style guitar that picks up into an orchestral/rock kind of sound

Knightfall

Capers Simmons

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Classical-style guitar that picks up into an orchestral/rock kind of sound

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Capers Simmons

Songwriter specializing in modern rock, country, easy listening and pop music.

I'm a songwriter with a wide variety of influences. I am currently seeking a publisher for one or more of my songs. Though I focus on commercially viable Country/Rock and Adult Contemporary, my wide range of infuences ensures that on any given CD of my work, there's something for all tastes in music.

Song Info

Genre

Rock • Rock Unplugged

Charts

Peak #2,031

Peak in subgenre #57

Author

Capers Simmons

Rights

2003

Uploaded

October 30, 2003

Track Files

MP3

MP3 3.2 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00

Story behind the song

I wrote this song to describe the story of the "black (evil) knight" in so many faerie tales.  I always imagined some tragedy in his past (in this song, he rescues the princess but she ends up with Prince Charming) jaded him to the whole "faerie tale" ideal. That disillusionment and fall from grace is the song's theme.

Lyrics

“Knightfall”
Music: Capers Simmons
Lyrics: Douglas Simmons

VERSE I
Don’t tell me that you’ve been waiting for me
Ask me to be what I cannot be
This will all end in catastrophe
I am just passing by

CHORUS I
Stay in your tower ‘til it falls from the sky
I’ll catch you and kiss you and that should suffice
I’ll slay your dragons and take you away from here 
I am the black knight, there’s no need to fear

VERSE III
I took a chance and went out on a limb
I saved your life and you left me for him
Stolen by charming and cunning and guile
I am just passing by

CHORUS II
Stay in your tower ‘til you rot and die
I’m the knight, not your prince, and that much should suffice
I won’t slay no dragons, so just get the hell out of here
I am the black knight – it’s me you should fear

BRIDGE
I am no hero; no savior am I
I won’t kill the villains, I can’t watch you cry
Don’t spend no sorrow on my soul, my dear
I’m saying that as if you care

VERSE III
It was my choice to be wand’ring like this
I never liked, or had a chance, in a relationship
Don’t shed no tears, no don’t pity me
I am just passing by

~ CHORUS I ~ CHORUS II ~

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