For space is wide and good friends are too few.
Leslie Fish’s “Polaris/Recall” based on a fragment of verse in the story by H.P. Lovecraft, “Polaris”
(the story is good except for the racism, which is a pretty good summary of a lot of Lovecraft)
Do you have any idea how hard it is to find serious Lovecraft filk? Do you?
Several weeks ago dog-of-ulthar reblogged this post about the warning message of the nuclear waste facilities at Yucca Mountain. He also tagged it with ‘I need this filked STAT’.
…well, it took me a few weeks to get around to it, but today I wrote some filk! The tune is Cold Iron, because it felt right and also because Kipling. The lyrics are written by me and obviously quoting heavily from the warning message itself. It is also sung by me and recorded on my cellphone, so I apologize for the low quality that comes from both of those things.
LYRICS:
Honor is for the hero – tributes for the bold –
But this is not an altar to bear our sacred gold.
This place is a message, hear it if you will:
The danger is below us, and the danger can kill.We considered ourselves mighty, and we thought ourselves right.
We made what repulsed us, and we hid it out of sight.
This message is a warning about danger that is here:
The danger is below us, and the danger can kill.The danger has a center we buried deep below,
The danger just increases as towards the core you go.
The danger was in our time and it is present still.
The danger is below us, and the danger can kill.The form is insubstantial – a release of energy.
The danger is unleashed if you disturb this place physically.
This place is best left shunned, let no one live upon this hill:
The danger is below us, and the danger can kill.
The danger still below us is a danger that can kill.
This is the only song I’ve ever heard that my mother waited until the end of the song before turning the car off to go inside.
so some of you know that I often rant about how there are TOO MANY SILLY LOVECRAFT ADAPTATIONS and NOT ENOUGH SERIOUS ONES and then I REFUSE TO INTERACT with the silly ones on PRINCIPLE
…but today I found a parody of the Most (in)Famous Filk Song Ever about getting kicked out of Arkham for causing a small apocalypse
it’s by a filker from Singapore called Terence Chua
and he’s adorable
I love him
just listen
“The Ballad of Transport 18,” by Leslie Fish
…I just love that “songs about getting hella drunk in space” is its own genre
Leslie Fish’s “Sam Jones” – one of those songs half about space travel, and half about filkers
“Chickasaw Mountain,” Leslie Fish’s somewhat…unconventional tribute to Phil Ochs (one of the greatest protest singers ever to live, though if you didn’t know that I am so sorry and would be happy to recommend some songs)
Lyrics and chords available here
Leslie Fish’s song sometimes called “Thor,” sometimes called “Lord of Thunders,” and sometimes called “White Man’s Rain Chant.” All are pretty accurate.
Chords available here, lyrics in a more printable format here, and a totally legal download available here!
“Some Kind of Hero,” by Leslie Fish
Another one of those sad songs about dead people in space, which are my favorite songs.
Leslie Fish’s setting of Rudyard Kipling’s “The Palace”
Everything I know about Masons comes from this song, Assassin’s Creed 3, and my grandfather, who is a Mason, but all he’s said is that they hired strippers once.