1. Forum
  2. Usenet
  3. REC.MUSIC.FILK

  • New filk: (yet another) Reavers

    From Arthur T.@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 19 19:15:53 2021
    Yes, it's been done a couple of times before, but my muse didn't care
    about that. I think this is sufficiently different.

    Also, Firefly/Serenity spoilers.

    Titles: Reavers
    ttto: Leave Her, Johnny, Leave Her

    Have you seen those ships that are full of fiends
    Reavers, they are reavers
    The scariest things I've seen since I weaned
    Are those ships chock-full of reavers

    (Chorus:)
    B'lieve me, there are reavers
    Believe me, there are reavers
    They are not just myth and they fill their ships
    And you must beware of reavers

    They'll rape and kill and take your skin
    Reavers, they are reavers
    And that is why we can't let them win
    All those ships chock-full of reavers

    (chorus)

    Are they people who have seen the void?
    Reavers, they are reavers
    Just like you and I, but their minds destroyed?
    All those ships chock-full of reavers

    (chorus)

    One tenth percent who received that Pax
    Reavers, they are reavers
    They turned mindless brutes and did not relax
    All those ships chock-full of reavers

    (chorus)

    In the most fraught flight of Serenity
    Reavers, to the reavers
    They discovered, aired the obscenity
    That Alliance made the reavers

    (last chorus:)
    Now all know there are reavers
    The Alliance made the reavers
    Through their horrors braved, we have all been saved
    Now we know the truth of reavers


    My lyrics copyright 2021 by Arthur Tansky. License granted for
    non-commercial, non-political archiving and performance as long as:
    1. copyright notice is maintained, and
    2. no money changes hands.

    --
    Arthur T. - ar23hur "at" pobox "dot" com

    Guessing a lyricist's opinions from his songs is as futile as
    guessing an author's opinions from his novels.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Jeff Urs@21:1/5 to Arthur T. on Sat Mar 20 01:17:54 2021
    Arthur T. <[email protected]d> wrote:
    Yes, it's been done a couple of times before, but my muse didn't care
    about that. I think this is sufficiently different.

    Also, Firefly/Serenity spoilers.

    Titles: Reavers
    ttto: Leave Her, Johnny, Leave Her

    Have you seen those ships that are full of fiends
    Reavers, they are reavers
    The scariest things I've seen since I weaned
    Are those ships chock-full of reavers

    Neatly done! Have a follower.

    "Pain Grows Where Insanity Goes"
    ttto "Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes"
    New lyrics by Jeff Urs 2006

    People say we're crazy
    Because out there in space we
    Gazed upon eternity,
    And now pain grows
    Where insanity goes,
    And nobody knows
    Like me.

    But I'll tell ya, fella,
    It's 'cause we had a smell o'
    Gas supposed to bring us peace
    That the pain grows
    Where insanity goes,
    And nobody knows
    Like me.

    There's something about that mind-bending drug,
    Making people just shrug
    Till they've wasted away,
    But me it's making madder than hell,
    Till I shriek and I yell
    And I just want to slay.

    Now we've caught you, baby,
    It seems to me that maybe
    You'll be screaming endlessly,
    Because pain grows
    Where insanity goes,
    And nobody knows
    Like me.

    Yes, the pain grows
    Till your sanity goes,
    And nobody knows
    Like me.

    --
    Jeff

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Arthur T.@21:1/5 to Jeff Urs on Fri Mar 19 23:29:46 2021
    In Message-ID:<s33ig1$tdi$[email protected]>,
    Jeff Urs <[email protected]> wrote:

    Neatly done! Have a follower.

    "Pain Grows Where Insanity Goes"
    ttto "Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes"
    New lyrics by Jeff Urs 2006

    Also nice, though it's been years (decades?) since I heard that
    original. And it's good to see that not everyone used the same
    obvious tune I did.

    --
    Arthur T. - ar23hur "at" pobox "dot" com

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Gary McGath@21:1/5 to Arthur T. on Sat Mar 20 11:07:07 2021
    On 3/19/21 7:15 PM, Arthur T. wrote:
    Just like you and I, but their minds destroyed?

    Grammatical note: The preposition "like" takes the objective case, so it
    should be "like you and me."

    --
    Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Arthur T.@21:1/5 to Gary McGath on Sat Mar 20 16:48:19 2021
    In Message-ID:<s3532r$elp$[email protected]>,
    Gary McGath <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 3/19/21 7:15 PM, Arthur T. wrote:
    Just like you and I, but their minds destroyed?

    Grammatical note: The preposition "like" takes the objective case, so it >should be "like you and me."

    I was fairly sure that was the case, but I liked the sound of "I"
    better. But if it's obvious enough to point out, it's obvious enough
    that it should be changed. Thank you.

    And you even managed to get your comment in before Dr. Whom did.

    --
    Arthur T. - ar23hur "at" pobox "dot" com

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)