Act II: The Fall into Darkness plunges the listener into the shadowed heart of the journey. From the oppressive descent into Moria to the fiery battle with the Balrog, this chapter of The Burden & The Fire explores loss, danger, and the rising of hope against overwhelming odds. With tribal rhythms, haunting slide guitar, and Hammond organs roaring like ancient fires, each track carries the weight of myth and the tension of a world on the edge of ruin.

4. The White Rider Returns

by-Matthew F. Blowers III


In that
summer that
wasn't anymore
due to the mode of her exit,
in a Ford  I could not afford
My love took a back seat
right side for her,
but so wrong for me.
in gut wrenching,
love benching pain
Her name was Janet
she was a magnet
Attracting me to
the love she granted
she was from Pittsburgh
I lived in shits urg
too many miles apart to visit
I was far too young
to make such trips
that my parents would prohibit
so she became a passenger
northbound
her sad face bathed
in the August sun,
time has no rain checks
no refunds it leaves
Summer loves undone
but I'm Happy for
the times we shared
in that long lost summer sun
the taste of her petulant lips,
still fresh on my own,
they still left me breathless
as she headed home
she couldn't look at me
without tears welling up,
in her lovely, sky blue eyes.
so she sat chin down
with tear moistened cheeks
that dampened the Paradise
where we had spent
our summer love
sharing all that we'd
been dreaming of.
And as the tail lights vanished
down that long dirt road
she turned back once
with a sad wave,
and a sweet kiss blown
and then she was gone.

I never saw her again
but sometimes when I am
lost in the vast
extremes of lonely
I am back on that dirt road,
just under the shade of the trees,
that shared our last kiss so tender.
our eyes closed and our hearts aching
for far more than fate could ever comprehend
and I get lost in happy memories
knowing sometimes she still thinks of me
two hearts sharing cherished blends
of all their love that time set free
somewhere back around the bend

In that Summer that wasn't

Holding Heaven


There’s a full moon on the rise
And as the stars begin their dance across the sky
Your name is whispered softly on the evening breeze
If I held control of time, this is the moment I would freeze 

I’m holding heaven right here in my arms tonight
Girl, we’ve nothing to fear, we’ll hide no secrets from the moon tonight
Because it’s perfectly clear, that my heaven is here in your arms tonight
I’m holding heaven when I’m holding you tight

Everything is coming clear
The whole world fades away and only you and I are here
So if I try to speak and no words will come my way
just hold me tight and let the silence show
I love you more than words can say 

I’m holding heaven right here in my arms tonight
Girl, we’ve nothing to fear, we’ll hide no secrets from the moon tonight
Because it’s perfectly clear, that my heaven is here in your arms tonight
I’m holding heaven when I’m holding you tight

Now that you’ve come into my life oh darlin’ 
I’ve left my heartaches in the past 
There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for you baby, you come first and last

I’m holding heaven right here in my arms tonight
Girl, we’ve nothing to fear, we’ll hide no secrets from the moon tonight
Because it’s perfectly clear, that my heaven is here in your arms tonight
I’m holding heaven when I’m holding you tight

©2016 WillieBoyMusic
Revised 2025
Willie Knowles



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