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<blockquote data-quote="Scarbonac" data-source="post: 2087159" data-attributes="member: 9129"><p>Here's a Moorcock-inspired song from BOC -- Black Blade:</p><p></p><p></p><p>I have this feeling that my luck is none too good</p><p>This sword here at my side don't act the way it should</p><p>Keeps calling me its master, but I feel like its slave</p><p>Hauling me faster and faster to an early, early grave</p><p>And it howls, it howls like hell</p><p></p><p>I'm told it's my duty to fight against the law</p><p>That wizardry's my trade and I was born to wade through gore</p><p>I just want to be a lover, not a red-eyed screaming ghoul</p><p>I wish it'd picked another to be its killing tool</p><p></p><p>Black blade! Black blade!</p><p>Forged a billion years ago</p><p>Black blade! Black blade!</p><p>Killing so its power can grow</p><p></p><p>There's death from the beginning to the end of time</p><p>And I'm the cosmic champion and I hold a mystic sign</p><p>And the whole world's dying and the burdens mine</p><p>And the black sword keeps on killing 'til the end of time</p><p></p><p>Black blade! Black blade!</p><p>Bringing chaos to the world we know</p><p>Black blade! Black blade!</p><p>And its using me to kill my friends</p><p>Black blade! Black blade!</p><p>Getting stronger so the world will end</p><p>Black blade! Black blade!</p><p>Forcing my mind to bend and bend</p><p></p><p>The black blade</p><p>Forged a million billion years ago</p><p>My cosmic sword goes on for eternity</p><p>Carving out destiny</p><p>Bringing in the lords of chaos</p><p>Bringing up the beasts of Hades</p><p>Sucking out the souls of heroes</p><p>Laying waste to knights and ladies</p><p></p><p><em>My master is my slave</em></p><p><em>Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha</em>!</p><p></p><p></p><p>This one from Dire Straits always makes me think of what might go on in the mind of the Evil Overlord in the post-BBEG-overthrow part of a campaign-length adventure, and the things he might say as justice is rendered:</p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm just and ageing drummer boy</p><p>And in the wars I used to play</p><p>And I've called the tune</p><p>To many a torture session</p><p>Now they say I am a war criminal</p><p>And I'm fading away</p><p>Father please hear my confession</p><p></p><p>I have legalised robbery</p><p>Called it a belief</p><p>I have run with the money</p><p>And hid like a thief</p><p>I have re-written history</p><p>With my armies and my crooks</p><p>Invented memories</p><p>I did burn all the books</p><p></p><p>And I can still hear his laughter</p><p>And I can still hear his song</p><p><em>The man's too big</em></p><p><em>The man's too strong</em></p><p></p><p>Well I have tried to be meek</p><p>And I have tried to be mild</p><p>But I spat like a woman</p><p>And sulked like a child</p><p>I have lived behind walls</p><p>That have made me alone</p><p>Striven for peace</p><p>Which I have never known</p><p></p><p>And I can still hear his laughter</p><p>And I can still hear his song</p><p><em>The man's too big</em></p><p><em>The man's too strong</em></p><p></p><p>Well the sun rose on the courtyard</p><p>And they all did hear him say:</p><p></p><p>'You always were a Judas</p><p>But I got you anyway</p><p>You may have got your silver</p><p>But I swear upon my life</p><p>Your sister gave me diamonds</p><p>And I lay down with your wife (live version)'</p><p></p><p>Oh father please help me</p><p>For I have done wrong</p><p><em>The man's too big</em></p><p><em>The man's too strong</em></p><p></p><p></p><p>This one's included just for <em>awesome</em>: Brothers in Arms -- Dire Straits</p><p></p><p></p><p>These mist covered mountains</p><p>are a home now for me</p><p>but my home is the lowlands</p><p>and always will be</p><p>some day you'll return to</p><p>your valleys and your farms</p><p>and you'll no longer burn </p><p>to be brothers in arms</p><p></p><p>Through these fields of destruction</p><p>baptisms of fire</p><p>I've withnessed your suffering </p><p>as the battles raged higher</p><p>and though they did hurt me so bad </p><p>in the fear and alarm</p><p>you did not desert me </p><p>my brothers in arms</p><p></p><p>There're so many different worlds </p><p>so many different suns </p><p>and we have just one world </p><p>but we live in different ones</p><p></p><p>Now the sun's gone to hell</p><p>and the moon's riding high </p><p>let me bid you farewell</p><p>every man has to die </p><p>but it's written in the starlight </p><p>and every line on your palm</p><p>we are fools to make war </p><p>on our brothers in arms</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scarbonac, post: 2087159, member: 9129"] Here's a Moorcock-inspired song from BOC -- Black Blade: I have this feeling that my luck is none too good This sword here at my side don't act the way it should Keeps calling me its master, but I feel like its slave Hauling me faster and faster to an early, early grave And it howls, it howls like hell I'm told it's my duty to fight against the law That wizardry's my trade and I was born to wade through gore I just want to be a lover, not a red-eyed screaming ghoul I wish it'd picked another to be its killing tool Black blade! Black blade! Forged a billion years ago Black blade! Black blade! Killing so its power can grow There's death from the beginning to the end of time And I'm the cosmic champion and I hold a mystic sign And the whole world's dying and the burdens mine And the black sword keeps on killing 'til the end of time Black blade! Black blade! Bringing chaos to the world we know Black blade! Black blade! And its using me to kill my friends Black blade! Black blade! Getting stronger so the world will end Black blade! Black blade! Forcing my mind to bend and bend The black blade Forged a million billion years ago My cosmic sword goes on for eternity Carving out destiny Bringing in the lords of chaos Bringing up the beasts of Hades Sucking out the souls of heroes Laying waste to knights and ladies [I]My master is my slave Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha[/I]! This one from Dire Straits always makes me think of what might go on in the mind of the Evil Overlord in the post-BBEG-overthrow part of a campaign-length adventure, and the things he might say as justice is rendered: I'm just and ageing drummer boy And in the wars I used to play And I've called the tune To many a torture session Now they say I am a war criminal And I'm fading away Father please hear my confession I have legalised robbery Called it a belief I have run with the money And hid like a thief I have re-written history With my armies and my crooks Invented memories I did burn all the books And I can still hear his laughter And I can still hear his song [I]The man's too big The man's too strong[/I] Well I have tried to be meek And I have tried to be mild But I spat like a woman And sulked like a child I have lived behind walls That have made me alone Striven for peace Which I have never known And I can still hear his laughter And I can still hear his song [I]The man's too big The man's too strong[/I] Well the sun rose on the courtyard And they all did hear him say: 'You always were a Judas But I got you anyway You may have got your silver But I swear upon my life Your sister gave me diamonds And I lay down with your wife (live version)' Oh father please help me For I have done wrong [I]The man's too big The man's too strong[/I] This one's included just for [i]awesome[/i]: Brothers in Arms -- Dire Straits These mist covered mountains are a home now for me but my home is the lowlands and always will be some day you'll return to your valleys and your farms and you'll no longer burn to be brothers in arms Through these fields of destruction baptisms of fire I've withnessed your suffering as the battles raged higher and though they did hurt me so bad in the fear and alarm you did not desert me my brothers in arms There're so many different worlds so many different suns and we have just one world but we live in different ones Now the sun's gone to hell and the moon's riding high let me bid you farewell every man has to die but it's written in the starlight and every line on your palm we are fools to make war on our brothers in arms [/QUOTE]
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