Nathan Wagner - The Villain

#nathanwagner #thevillain #thehero

Song written recorded and produced by Nathan Wagner
Artwork by Landscape Hero

Lyrics:
I swear my time is coming soon
These visions fill my head
Can’t play with darkness pay no dues
It gets you in the end

I see the bloody path I walked
It tears me up inside
Just a kid who wanted a normal life
That fell into the night
Wish that I could make it right

May the weary and burdened
Lay it down
Let darkest of hearts be found
To the guilty the sinners
Turn around
Let the light guide us home
May the light guide us home

This Solitudes no way to grow
Was crying out alone
No one ever listened ever showed
This fragile heart grew cold

So tired of being invisible
Feared felt better than ignored
‘nother idiot who got some power
I made sure I was heard
Now all I can feel’s remorse

May the weary and burdened
Lay it down
Let darkest of hearts be found
To the guilty the sinners
Turn around
Let the light guide us home
May the light guide us home

I know you feel your destiny
Is tied within these memories
I promise if you let me we can turn around

There’s good in you it’s clear to see
Ignore all the deceit
It don’t have to take you down

Everybody’s got their pain
The hatred trying to take their reigns
You know we really are the same
Just broken souls

The difference is the side you take
The choice is yours to make
We can let this anger go
Send the demons back to sheoul
Let the light come guide you home

Let there be
Let there be
Let there be light
Let there be light

May the weary and burdened
Lay it down
Let darkest of hearts be found
To the guilty the sinners
Turn around
Let the light guide us home
May the light guide us home

I’ll take back may life
Take back my life
I’m sorry
So sorry
Swear I’ll make it right

[nathanwagner]

Here's another song to go with "The Hero" and "The Antihero." Y'alls comments inspire these songs more than you'd know. Really hope you like it. Gave it everything I had. Love you all.

[motionblurr]

Not what I expected given the title, but I absolutely adore the unique take on the Villain! Instead of a man who justifies his otherwise heinous actions, it’s someone who expresses active guilt and remorse, and the longing to be found and saved. Beautiful song!

[simonkennedy]

"No one is the villain of their story". Another cracking song, the western lietmotif brings a subtle vulnerability which gets blown away by the end. Excellent piece

[methewaitingmoon]

How do you always come up with the most heartwrenching words?

"May the light guide us home"

[snetworkproductions]

The Hero: *beat until he became an Antihero, *
Antihero: *Cracked until he became a villain, *
The villain: *Beats and cracks everyone.*

[jonathangoodwin]

So instead of an unrepentant monster, its the story of a villain who acted out of fear or anger, regrets the life he lived, and resolves to become a better person.

[A]

I love how its become a trio. Also obsessed with how it shows the other side of what a "villain" sees. I listen to these songs too much lmfao

[Dimunda]

Something about you going hardcore and screaming “Let there be light” just gets me every time in your songs.

[KnudAutlermann]

I love this song. It shows that even Villains are humans, they're not monsters. Everyone deserves grace and mercy, a second chance, no matter what wrongs you have done.
Thanos thought what he was doing was right. He thought he was walking down the path. When he refused to admit his wrongs, he was killed for it.
Anakin Skywalker was trying to save his wife. He loved her dearly, and would do anything for her. Luke gave him another chance, and he took it. Anakin was redeemed and eventually died for all the wrongs he committed anyways.
I could go on and on but I think you get the point.

[Captain_Morgan]

This song is one you can imagine with the action of bonding enemies, righting of wrongs, and coming to terms with collective mistakes, and the powerful chorus is one where in a fantasy world hundreds of people would be singing. Absolutely love it!!❤

[itsthegrmatt]

The Trilogy is complete let's goooo 🙌🙌

Edit: Yooo the transition to Light is amazing!

[kk]

Now we still need a Healer character. A person who doesn't care whether you are good or bad, but at any cost tries to keep you alive.

[InfiniteEscuro]

Man I do not normally get emotional over music, but I after the awesomeness of antihero and the confidence of hero, I didn't expected villain to be so uplifting. He may have been a villain, but he wants nothing more than to go back and move on. And the throwback to Light at 4:30, "LET THERE BE!" god that made me happy.

[R.J.Lenore]

This is amazing. Honestly it reminds me of a character I'm writing. She once let her pain get to her and fell to the shadows an is struggling to redeem herself from her past. When she's able, she tries to use that to help others who made the same mistakes she did. I love this. I am such a fan of your work, they are relatable and they resonate with the Christian soul.

[drogan]

Amazing song! Perfect addition to "The Hero" and "The Antihero" and I loved the reference to "Light." That's long been one of my favorite songs, so I loved that.

[artistnaruto]

The basic theme of my book is that we take up our opressors swords, and continue their work without realizing it. Sometimes when you face a villain for so long, when you lose, for so long, you can become him without realizing it. I cried listening to this because it feels like this song understands that, and it feels like that is an important thing to know.

[RashedAlmarzooqi-enhw]

The villain will always be a villain if the hero tells the story

[mivabricks]

The callback to “Light” at the end had me grinning lol. Yet another banger song!

[dracothedrangonful]

I love the choice of instruments for this. It has such a mournful tone to it, yet one of triumph at the same time for the first part. And the second is more determined as it reaches the climax, and then one of redemption as the end draws to a close.

[confloashton]

Either you die a hero or you live long enough to become a villain. Either you die a villain, or you live long enough to become a hero without realizing it.