Xurré
10-31-2007, 09:22 AM
Seeing as it’s Death Ni… I mean Halloween, the night of blood and death and evil things (colloquially referred to as children) roaming the streets trying to break into your home unless you bribe them with a payment of sacrificial slav… I mean candy, I thought I’d post a nice little ditty along similar lines.
Actually, that’s not quite true. I’ve been (enjoying) listening to a fair amount of Blackmore’s Night lately. And for one of their songs, Home Again (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlQRfotrImk), I kept hearing alternate lyrics in my head, particularly during the refrains. So I thought I’d try to write them up, see if I could fill in the blanks, and post them for your pleasure.
I think it works best with opening the video I linked above (just listen to the music and ignore the video itself), following along as you read the text. I did a pretty much syllable-by-syllable replacement so it should be easy enough to follow.
The music isn’t perhaps particularly dark elf-y or Witch Elf-y, but it’s more about the lyrics and having some fun than about capturing a certain particular atmosphere.
Oh, and I’ve got a challenge for you at the end. :)
But first, start the music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlQRfotrImk) and enjoy:
Good to Be
Music by Blackmore’s Night
Alternate lyrics by Xurré
I’ve killed many races
I’ve murdered ‘round the world
Always on the search for victims new
And all of it matters
Since all the blood I’ve spilled
Always serves to glorify you…
Cutting off the faces
Of everyone I meet
Ripping out their throats with my hand
Pikes with their dead bodies
Lining every street
Telling that I praised you again
Dancing with the asur
Hacking them in twain
Oh, it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine
Worshipping a blood god
Bringing death and pain
Oh, it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine
Oh, it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine
When I play with daggers
Sometimes I get cut
It happens when I make a slice or two
But blood is never wasted
Be it theirs or mine
And in time it all enhances you…
Cutting off the faces
Of everyone I meet
Ripping out their throats with my hand
Pikes with their dead bodies
Lining every street
Telling that I praised you again
Slaughtering my victims
Showing no restrain’
Oh, it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine
Opening their art’ries
Making the blood rain
Oh, it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine
Oh, it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine
La la la la la la
La la la la la
Oh, it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine
And when death gets blurry
I’ll sit a while and rest
Blood-visions invading my mind
All the folks I’ll slaughter
The ones I’ll kill the best
Are the ones who’ll fight for mankind…
Cutting off the faces
Of everyone I meet
Ripping out their throats with my hand
Pikes with their dead bodies
Lining every street
Telling that I praised you again
Drinking my elixirs
Frying up my brain
Oh, it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine
Bathing in the Cauldron
Letting youth remain
Oh, it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine
La la la la la la
La la la la la
Oh, it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine
La la la la la la
La la la la la
Oh, it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine
Partying on Death Night
No need to explain
Oh, it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine
Flirting with my team-mates
Making them abstain
Oh, it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine
Singing silly songs which
Prove that I’m insane
Oh, it’s good to be… a Bride of Khaine
I hope you enjoyed that. :mrgreen:
As for the challenge: come up with other reasons for why “it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine”. Of course they’ll have to fit the pattern. That means one line with six syllables, then one with five and the last one rhyming with “Khaine”. Better yet if you can start both sentences with a two-syllable present continuous tense verb (the “-ing” verbs), but I’ve broken that a few times myself. Those two lines are then to be followed by “Oh, it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine”.
As some examples, here are a few other possibilities I considered, but ultimately rejected for the lyrics above:
Cutting up your slavestock
Making a big stain
(Rejected because I felt it didn’t quite have it)
Wearing a Bikini
Acting proud and vain
(Rejected because it doesn’t seem that vile)
Singing deadly curses
Vulgar and profane
(Rejected since it didn’t seem that much of a Witch Elf thing)
Playing in this WAR game
Being Order’s bane
(Rejected because that could go for every Destruction class)
Well, you do better. Good luck. :D
- Xurré
Actually, that’s not quite true. I’ve been (enjoying) listening to a fair amount of Blackmore’s Night lately. And for one of their songs, Home Again (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlQRfotrImk), I kept hearing alternate lyrics in my head, particularly during the refrains. So I thought I’d try to write them up, see if I could fill in the blanks, and post them for your pleasure.
I think it works best with opening the video I linked above (just listen to the music and ignore the video itself), following along as you read the text. I did a pretty much syllable-by-syllable replacement so it should be easy enough to follow.
The music isn’t perhaps particularly dark elf-y or Witch Elf-y, but it’s more about the lyrics and having some fun than about capturing a certain particular atmosphere.
Oh, and I’ve got a challenge for you at the end. :)
But first, start the music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlQRfotrImk) and enjoy:
Good to Be
Music by Blackmore’s Night
Alternate lyrics by Xurré
I’ve killed many races
I’ve murdered ‘round the world
Always on the search for victims new
And all of it matters
Since all the blood I’ve spilled
Always serves to glorify you…
Cutting off the faces
Of everyone I meet
Ripping out their throats with my hand
Pikes with their dead bodies
Lining every street
Telling that I praised you again
Dancing with the asur
Hacking them in twain
Oh, it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine
Worshipping a blood god
Bringing death and pain
Oh, it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine
Oh, it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine
When I play with daggers
Sometimes I get cut
It happens when I make a slice or two
But blood is never wasted
Be it theirs or mine
And in time it all enhances you…
Cutting off the faces
Of everyone I meet
Ripping out their throats with my hand
Pikes with their dead bodies
Lining every street
Telling that I praised you again
Slaughtering my victims
Showing no restrain’
Oh, it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine
Opening their art’ries
Making the blood rain
Oh, it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine
Oh, it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine
La la la la la la
La la la la la
Oh, it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine
And when death gets blurry
I’ll sit a while and rest
Blood-visions invading my mind
All the folks I’ll slaughter
The ones I’ll kill the best
Are the ones who’ll fight for mankind…
Cutting off the faces
Of everyone I meet
Ripping out their throats with my hand
Pikes with their dead bodies
Lining every street
Telling that I praised you again
Drinking my elixirs
Frying up my brain
Oh, it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine
Bathing in the Cauldron
Letting youth remain
Oh, it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine
La la la la la la
La la la la la
Oh, it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine
La la la la la la
La la la la la
Oh, it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine
Partying on Death Night
No need to explain
Oh, it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine
Flirting with my team-mates
Making them abstain
Oh, it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine
Singing silly songs which
Prove that I’m insane
Oh, it’s good to be… a Bride of Khaine
I hope you enjoyed that. :mrgreen:
As for the challenge: come up with other reasons for why “it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine”. Of course they’ll have to fit the pattern. That means one line with six syllables, then one with five and the last one rhyming with “Khaine”. Better yet if you can start both sentences with a two-syllable present continuous tense verb (the “-ing” verbs), but I’ve broken that a few times myself. Those two lines are then to be followed by “Oh, it’s good to be a Bride of Khaine”.
As some examples, here are a few other possibilities I considered, but ultimately rejected for the lyrics above:
Cutting up your slavestock
Making a big stain
(Rejected because I felt it didn’t quite have it)
Wearing a Bikini
Acting proud and vain
(Rejected because it doesn’t seem that vile)
Singing deadly curses
Vulgar and profane
(Rejected since it didn’t seem that much of a Witch Elf thing)
Playing in this WAR game
Being Order’s bane
(Rejected because that could go for every Destruction class)
Well, you do better. Good luck. :D
- Xurré