Sunday, March 29, 2020

Gravemind

Gravemind, gravemind, gravemind, gravemind
I'm begging of you please don't take my man
Gravemind, gravemind, gravemind, gravemind
Please don't take him just because you can

Your fungal growths, beyond compare
With crystal nodes on rhizomes bare
With rotting, flesh enough to make you scream
Your roots run deeper than the mines
Infection through our soul entwined
And I cannot compete with you,
Gravemind...

He hears the whispers of the dead
Afflictions that haunt all graveheads
I fear his mind you shall unbind
Gravemind...

Gravemind, gravemind, gravemind, gravemind
I'm begging of you please don't take my man
Gravemind, gravemind, gravemind, gravemind
Please don't take him just because you can

(To the tune of Jolene, with apologies to Dolly Parton)

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Glory to Savannah (The Civil Corps marching song)

Mine eyes have seen the glory
of the Church of Darwin's cause;
they have opened the lead boxes
where they've works of SCIENCE! stored;
they're breaking out their armories --
irradiated swords;
Civil Corps is marching on!

Glory, glory to Savannah!
Glory, glory to Savannah!
Glory, glory to Savannah!
Civil Corps is marching on!

I have seen the Glow that radiates,
from shrapnel from the Fall;
we've crafted from it altars
that shine with the evening's pall;
we chant the countdown's cadence
as we march upon the sprawl;
Civil Corps is marching on!

Glory, glory to Savannah!
Glory, glory to Savannah!
Glory, glory to Savannah!
Civil Corps is marching on


To the tune of the Battle Hymn of the Republic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VsE9T4Sr30

Maxy The Remnant


Max-y, the Remnant,
Was an engineer and jones,
With a clubbing pipe,
And a glowing fish,
And some camo on his clothes.

Max Cap a-city is a Darwinist they say,
He loves the Glow, but the Braves all know,
He repairs for near no pay!

There must have been some rads in that old workbench they found,
For when he sat down at its bench,
He began to laugh aloud!

O Max-y the Remnant,
Would repair all of the day,
And the Braves all say he could chop and slay,
Just the same as you and me!
Bangity bang bang
Bangity bang bang
Look at Max-y go
Bangity bang bang
Bangity bang bang
O'er your armor with holes!


To the tune of Frosty the Snowman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCjrcjFGQCA

Number Four, Number Four

Dashing through the snow,
Pursued by Barons' men
Into Bravo we go,
To all be free again!

Brass from shoots ring,
Kiva's porch in sight,
What joy it'll be,
To finally see,
The slavers killed tonight!

Ohhh Number Four,
Number Four,
Tiny Iron Slave!
Oh what fun
To drink some hooch
And pass out free tonight!

A month or two ago,
The generator blew,
And soon the slaves all knew,
Bravo was on our side!
The masters cruel and cold,
Misfortune seemed our lot,
We heard of Number Four,
To freedom our hearts set!

Oh, Do-rit-o,
Sal in snow,
John Henry laid an egg!
So many ask,
And hold to task,
Just who is Number Four?



To the tune of Jingle Bells:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQYa2epnTdo

What Babe Is This?

What child is this, who, laid to rest,
On Outside's lap is sleeping?
Whom Thursday feeds with milk so sweet,
While Bravosi watch are keeping?
This, this is Joseph,
Whom Braves all guard and King's Court sing;
Haste, haste to bring him laud,
The babe, the son of Tilly.

So bring him scraps, herb, and brass,
Come, slave, baron, to own him.
The child hope to Bravo brings,
Let Lou's two bats protect him.
Raise, raise the child on high,
Lest Gravemind shriek a lullabye,
Joy, joy, for Joey born,
The babe, the son of Tilly.


To the tune of What Child Is This:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC9cbEHjvPs

Rover Bloom Got Dragged Off By The Gravemind



Rover Bloom got dragged off by the Gravemind,
Walking 'round that old haunted Boot Hill,
Some may say the Gravemind Shard is harmless,
But that green bitch always gives me the chills.

He'd been talking with Slink too long,
And we begged him not to go,
But the need to know consumed him,
And he walked on down that road towards old Boot Hill.

When the sun arose next morning,
Nowhere was Bloom to be found,
Scarves were gathered, laid upon wood,
Memorial to a man we all called friend.

Rover Bloom got dragged off by the Gravemind,
Walking 'round that old haunted Boot Hill,
Some may say the Gravemind Shard is harmless,
But that green bitch always gives me the chills.

It's not Tent City without Bloom now,
'Bend and Family, dressed in black,
So many heads that go un-Shrunken,
We pray one day the bitch will give him back.

Rover Bloom got dragged off by the Gravemind,
Walking 'round that old haunted Boot Hill,
Some may say the Gravemind Shard is harmless,
But that green bitch always gives me the chills...


To the tune of Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzV9DIL_vrM

Green Lady Went Down To Bravo

Green Lady went down to Bravo, she was lookin' for some lives to steal,
She was in a bind, 'cuz she was way behind, and she was lookin' to make a deal.
When she came across this Yorker lad, shufflin' his cards and chips,
Green Lady came up with her Bonehead guards, and said boy let me tell you what--
I bet you didn't know it, but I'm a poker player too,
And if you care to make a dare, I'll make a bet with you,
Now you've a pretty good poker face, but give the Gravemind her due,
I'll bet Tilly's soul against your own, 'cause I think I'm better than you.
The Yorker said: "My name's Cadence, and it might be a sin,
"But I'll take your bet, you're gonna regret, 'cause I'm the best there's ever been!"



To the tune of The Devil Came Down To Georgia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6RUg-NkjY4