"Hector!"

I know.

I'm shivering.

I cannot let him see it.

This is too early for me

Yet it is much too late

There's too much left unwon

There's nothing to be done

"Hector!"

Achilles, does the noose of fear

Ever crush your throat

Like it tightens onto mine?

Do you know the day you die?

"Hector!"

Death walks with glory hand in hand

For me, for you, for any man

With my death my name will live

And yours, in killing me, will grow

But is ambition your only plan?

Or has unquelled grief taken a hand?

"Hector!"

That boy I killed

Who gasped up blood

What did I do?

What had he done?

Achilles, I thought I killed you

Am I less guilty for the crime?

Even killers have to die sometime.

"Hector!"

Fear will be the death of me this time.

Is this fight a fight of blame?

A fight of grief, a fight of hate?

Or are we only fighting fate?

But there is too much left undone

Yet there is nothing to be won

"Hector!"

Andromache, Father, Paris

Can you keep me safe in your embraces?

These are my last protected places.

I love you more then death can take

Catch my heart, keep it safe

I give you my grief, my last goodbyes

You've given me more then a heart could keep

My love is all I have to share

You'll need it now, so let it stay

Death will steal it all away

"Hector!"

I'm coming, do not rush me now

I've seen this moment in my dreams

Death is such a long, long time

But warrior, you cannot wait

Let me be warm one more time

Let me love before I hate

Life is so short, so sweet

Let me stay behind the gate

"Hector!"

I promise you, I did not know

I never thought men could hate me so

You saw the death in that boy's eyes

The one I killed, I thought was you

With him died something in you too

I did not see death's great disguise

Until I saw the coldness in your eyes

When I peirced his heart, did I kill yours?

Has another death torn out your youth?

I saw you laugh, but you have cried

Has the flickering boy in your eyes died?

"Hector!"

The gates have spat me out, averse

I won't return to their warm home

Only cold awaits me now

Even blood can't warm my veins

The land is barren, flat and wide

No place for newfound fear to hide

Old earth, as far as eye can see

Nothing here but you and me.