Molly’s Wake Song – Drake Meed

 

Say it once, say it
twice, say it so you won’t forget
Live a life, live it
hard, live each day without regret

“Molly’s Wake Song,” written and performed by Drake Meed (@makingcosplay on Twitter) at the Hour of Honor Critical Role meetup at GenCon 2019.  A touching tribute to a fallen friend, and Drake left an equally poignant comment on the video:

“Thank you all, so incredibly much, for listening and allowing me to
share this. And, more importantly, sing this. Share it. Pass it forward
with anyone who will listen, if you feel so compelled. It was written as
a bardic and in the spirit of being carried on.”

In the spirit of that, full lyrics are under the cut, as are the chords Alvaro Alemparte figured out and put in the YouTube comments.  The transcription is mine, so take it with some salt.

T’was a cursed
trip, they heard him say before they started off
And as the moon
began to wane, his colors he did doff
He was once a
friend, he can’t be mend, like multicolored cloth
His life he gave for
friends he’d made, and regained what he’d lost

CHORUS:
Say it once, say it
twice, say it so you won’t forget
Live a life, live it
hard, live each day without regret
Be the chaos that
you want to see, be everything you want to be
And never dare you
ere forget, of Mollymauk the Cock

Though only two and
half a year lived in his memories
He’d filled that
time with friends and beer and seen all he could see
One good thing he’ll
surely please, his past he’ll never meet
Remember well the
bravery of who he chose to be

CHORUS

The mark he made was
brighter still than ever he would know
And those he left
who loved him well are better having him known
Be true to self, and
bear no ill, no matter where you go
Give everything you
have until the ending of the show

LAST CHORUS:
Say it once, say it
twice, say it so you won’t forget
Live a life, live it
hard, live each day without regret
Be the chaos that
you want to see, be everything you want to be
And never dare you
ere forget
And never dare you
ere forget
Of Mollymauk the
Cock

Verse:

Em|Em|D|D

Em|Em|G|G

G|D/F#|Em|Em

Em|Em|D|D

Chorus:

G|D/F#|Em|Em

G|D/F#|Em|Em

G|D/F#|Em|Bm

Am|C|G|G/F#|Em

Last Chorus:

G|D/F#|Em|Em

G|D/F#|Em|Em

G|D/F#|Em|Bm

Am|C
Am|B7

C|Em

 

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