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After ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} fleetfootmike and I did some surgery...It's the End of the Age as we know it ===================================== TTTO REM, It's the end of the world as we know it That's great, it ends with an earthquake, Eagles take an airlift And all the hobbits are afraid. Eye of a hurricane, listen to Mount Doom churn – Small folk serve the world’s needs, Others serve their own needs. Boromir is too weak, can't hold out; Small stones start to clatter with Fear, Fire, Foes! And - Wraiths of old Kings, looking for the One Ring, Some Uruk-hai for hire and a combat site. From the East they’re coming in a hurry with the Nazgul breathing Down their neck. Town by town the Orc-hosts conquer, slash, slaughter, burn. Look at Uruks playing! Fine, then. Uh oh, overflow, population, last alliance, it'll do. Save yourself, serve yourself. World serves its own needs, Listen to your heart bleed, Fight the long defeat now And the Elves are in the right – right? Aragorn’s patriotic, stand, fight, star-light, Frodo’s - pretty - psyched. It's the end of the Age as we know it, It's the end of the Age as we know it – It's the end of the Age as we know it And I feel fine. Third Age – zero hour. Don't get caught in wizards’ towers. Moria, Balrog burns, Gandalf in a shock return. Lorien, elvish visions, Shire burning, blood letting. Every motive escalates. Helm’s Deep floodgates. Light a candle, Hunters, hunt on. Isengard crushed, crushed. Uh oh, we fear Dead Men here. Oathbreakers steer clear! And Saruman, Saruman, and Saruman tells lies. Offer me solutions, Offer me alternatives And I’ll decline. It's the end of the Age as we know it, It's the end of the Age as we know it – It's the end of the Age as we know it And I feel fine. Failing Frodo dreams of knives, Morgul-blades and death arrives. Beacons lit in a line, Last Heir of the Dunedain! Shelob stings, Gollum sneaks and Sam picks up; Birthday present, precious, wants it, RING! Denethor and Pelennor and we’re OK, right? Right. It's the end of the Age as we know it, It's the end of the Age as we know it – It's the end of the Age as we know it And I feel fine – fine... (It's time I headed West alone) [Editor's Notes: I think it almost fits; I've tried to tell the story in APPROXIMATELY the right order while being faithful to MOST of the internal rhymes. Very challenging linguistic exercise, and I'm not sure I've got it quite right. Comments and re-wording suggestions welcome.] | ||||||||
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A Superintelligent(?) Cuddly Toy in The Studio of Profound(?) Discernment - Beta filk - comments welcome.
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April 28th, 2004
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| Oh. My. God. ::thunderous applause!:: | ||||||
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| whoa - colour me thoroughly impressed! | ||||||
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| Followed filkerdave's link. Wow and wow. That's fantastic. *applauds wildly* | ||||||
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| Now, all I have to do is convince Great Big Sea to sing those lyrics the next time they come to town... ttyl | ||||||
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| fleetfootmike and Phoenix have first dibs on it - he's the sub-editor after all... | ||||||
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| singing it as i type! | ||||||||
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A Superintelligent(?) Cuddly Toy in The Studio of Profound(?) Discernment - Beta filk - comments welcome.
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