A Love Accursed | Medieval Fantasy Bard Song

Two brothers once bound by love are driven apart by jealousy, rivalry and manipulation. When steel is finally drawn, remorse comes too late to undo what has been lost. A tragic medieval-fantasy ballad from Tales of the Broken Lute, told through music and illustrated cinematic scenes. Subscribe for more stories from the broken lute. LYRICS VERSE 1 We shared one roof through wind and rain, We walked the fields from dawn till night, If one fell down, we'd rise again, And side by side we faced each fight. We knew each scar, each foolish dream, Each road the other longed to roam, Two shadows walking by one stream, Two hearts that called one hearth our home. CHORUS A love accursed, so fair, so bright, Can lead the truest heart astray; We follow fire into the night, And learn too late what love can take away. VERSE 2 Then came a face the summer praised, A smile that set the hall aflame; We both were caught beneath her gaze, And neither heart remained the same. She gave me words he never said, To him, she twisted words of mine; She laid small thorns in daily bread, And watched them twist like creeping vine. CHORUS A love accursed, so fair, so bright, Can lead the truest heart astray; We follow fire into the night, And learn too late what love can take away. VERSE 3 We measured every word with doubt, And searched for meaning in her eyes; The trust between us hollowed out On half-told truths and polished lies. What once was jest became a slight, What once was trust became a test; We slept beneath the selfsame night, But anger settled in each chest. CHORUS A love accursed, so fair, so bright, Can lead the truest heart astray; We follow fire into the night, And learn too late what love can take away. VERSE 4 One night the ale had flowed too long, One word became a wound of pride; We named each other false and wrong, Then steel was drawn from either side. I saw my fury in his eyes, He saw the same in mine that night; Between us stood her whispered lies, And neither one would leave the fight. INSTRUMENTAL BREAK VERSE 5 The first blow rang against the wall, The next struck true, too hard, too fast; I watched my brother start to fall, And knew we'd broken what should last. CONFESSION / CLIMAX Accursed the love that came between Two brothers bound by blood as one; I chased the fairest face I'd seen, And woke to see what I had done. Her beauty shone like summer gold, Her sweetest words were edged with lies; I was too proud to see the cold That waited quietly in her eyes. Brother, stay—don't leave me now, No love is worth your final breath; I'd cast my every promise down If I could call you back from death. I thought her love was worth the fight, I never asked what it might cost; Now you are fading in my sight, And I can name the world I've lost. He held my hand as once before, When storms had shaken us as boys; Then breathed one word—and nothing more: “Brother”—in that fading voice. FINAL CHORUS A love accursed, so fair, so bright, Can lead the truest heart astray; We follow fire into the night, And learn too late what love can take away. OUTRO No gold, no kiss, no summer flame Could buy one hour of what is gone; I carry still my brother's name And walk the road I made alone. #MedievalFantasy #BardSong #FantasyMusic