For space is wide and good friends are too few.
Cancel my salvation, give me leave to go
Back to the freedom of the snow
A Leslie Fish song about finding strength in the (temporary) absence of civilization, because the blogger behind the curtain is still desperate Mad Max trash.
And there’s a very nice flute part.
Lyrics available here
‘I have come in from the ocean
I have come in from the sea
And I’ll not go to the waves, love,
Lest ye come along with me.’
“The Maiden and the Selkie,” by Heather Dale
Since the only other selkie song is “The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry,” I’m not used to happy endings, but occasionally it seems to work out.
Lyrics available here
Cat Faber has a gift, and that gift is turning everyday objects unearthly and profound.
Lyrics, chords, and sheet music available here.
Unsurprisingly, I guess, the legendary (at least, I think she should be legendary) songwriter of “Everybody Hates Elves,” has another one about dwarves.
Filk is the music of SF fandom. Its subject matter ranges from “a detailed deconstruction of a weighty Asimov tome in 27 verses” to “stuff my cat did to my yarn last Friday.” There are a lot of puns. Some of the songs are completely original; others are parodies. A few are parodies of parodies. Then there are the parodies of parodies of parodies. I could go on.
A short (sorta spoilery) fansong for Nux from Mad Max: Fury Road. <3
Tried to make it sort of raw and harsh, but also gentle, to suit the character.
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Lyrics and ukulele chords under the cut.
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If you’re wondering whether you really need a peppy, upbeat ukulele rendition of Beowulf from Grendel’s perspective in your life, stop that. You need this.
As we were out a-hunting, one morning in the spring.
Both hounds and horses, running well, made the hills and the valleys ring.
But to our great misfortune, no fox there could be found.
Our huntsmen cursed and swore but still no fox moved over the ground.
Careful what you wish for, and all that.
“Black Fox,” by Heather Dale
Lyrics available here
USS Make Shit Up – Voltaire
Here you go, captaindeanwatson – this is the song I was talking about!
Probably the most accurate Star Trek song ever written.
Cat Faber writes:
Reddit is doing something cool: inspired by Terry Pratchett’s depiction of how the names of the dead were sent home by clacks along the Grand Trunk Line on Discworld, they are working out ways to do the same for Sir Terry here in the real world.
And that inspired this song: Send Him Home.A man’s not dead while his name is spoken
We will send him home
Down the line in a chain unbroken
We will send him home
Send him home, send him home
Hear the shutters clack and comb
Down the line his name will roam
Send him home
(Full lyrics here.)