Alex Ratner, Chris Dwan - All a Knight Should Be Lyrics

“He's just a boy,” she says
Just a boy!
Joffrey's a beast
Spoiled little brat, wicked little shit
He'd mutilate a cat for the fun of it
“He's just a boy,” she says
Very well
She's just a girl
Practicing the harp, caring for the poor
But Margaery is sharp, how could she ignore
So she wants to be the queen, all right
But I won't back down without a fight
I'll protect my sister
Just like Aemon the Dragonknight
He had royal blood, Targaryen blood
A Kingsguard at seventeen
He was true as steel, Valyrian steel
And lived to protect his sister, the queen
All a knight should be
Faithful, fearless
All a knight should be
He defined
He's remembered as a champion
I wonder if he felt like one
Being all a knight should be
Still, his memory will never get left behind
Then from House Tyrell came Leo Tyrell
Highgarden's very own
He could couch a lance, a fourteen-foot lance
Throughout the Reach, Leo Longthorn is known as
All a knight should be
Gallant, gracious
All a knight should be
Leo was
But when he wasn't risking life and limb
There must have been much more to him
Than “all a knight should be”
Winning valiantly
Is that all a true knight does?
Because I've won the contests
I've won the tourneys
The Knight of Flowers triumphs over all
I've taken bruisings
And I've taken journeys
Yet when I close my eyes, I can't recall
The trumpets or the trophies
Or the pigeon pies
All the prizes, all that pretense
When I close my eyes
I see that sunset at Storm's End
Over Shipbreaker Bay
That sunset with Renly
After sparring all day
I have to say
That was all a night should be
Tranquil, tender
All a night should be
And ours to share
And the history books might leave us out
So what? I've learned beyond a doubt
That all a knight can work his whole life to be
Is a fantasy
But the man that Renly made of me
Let the challengers beware!

“He's just a boy,” she says
Just a boy!
Joffrey's a beast
Spoiled little brat, wicked little shit
He'd mutilate a cat for the fun of it
“He's just a boy,” she says
Very well
She's just a girl
Practicing the harp, caring for the poor
But Margaery is sharp, how could she ignore
So she wants to be the queen, all right
But I won't back down without a fight
I'll protect my sister
Just like Aemon the Dragonknight
He had royal blood, Targaryen blood
A Kingsguard at seventeen
He was true as steel, Valyrian steel
And lived to protect his sister, the queen
All a knight should be
Faithful, fearless
All a knight should be
He defined
He's remembered as a champion
I wonder if he felt like one
Being all a knight should be
Still, his memory will never get left behind
Then from House Tyrell came Leo Tyrell
Highgarden's very own
He could couch a lance, a fourteen-foot lance
Throughout the Reach, Leo Longthorn is known as
All a knight should be
Gallant, gracious
All a knight should be
Leo was
But when he wasn't risking life and limb
There must have been much more to him
Than “all a knight should be”
Winning valiantly
Is that all a true knight does?
Because I've won the contests
I've won the tourneys
The Knight of Flowers triumphs over all
I've taken bruisings
And I've taken journeys
Yet when I close my eyes, I can't recall
The trumpets or the trophies
Or the pigeon pies
All the prizes, all that pretense
When I close my eyes
I see that sunset at Storm's End
Over Shipbreaker Bay
That sunset with Renly
After sparring all day
I have to say
That was all a night should be
Tranquil, tender
All a night should be
And ours to share
And the history books might leave us out
So what? I've learned beyond a doubt
That all a knight can work his whole life to be
Is a fantasy
But the man that Renly made of me
Let the challengers beware!