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Posted (edited)

I'm posting these here, although I made them for the Stormlight: The Musical thread in the Oathbringer spoiler board. They're both from my favorite musical, Dogfight, which isn't that well known compared to Les Mis or Disney. I may or may not set the entire soundtrack to Stormlight themes and characters, because I really love it and there's enough similarities to use.

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It's about a group of marines shipping out to Vietnam who throw a Dogfight their last night in San Francisco. A Dogfight is where each contestant brings a date and the marine with the ugliest date wins the pot.

The first song is the marines setting up the Dogfight, which I've re-set to be Bridge 4 learning how to use stormlight.

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Quote

Some Kinda Light

You better call the spren and give ‘em warning
Sound the siren, bang the bell
A brand new squire begins his soaring
On his way to raise some hell
No sweepin’ us out, or keeping us quiet
Try it!

From Urithiru, among the mountains
See us as we hit the sky
Lock your door and hide your stormlight,
As we're learning how to fly
Going all in,
Suckin up stormlight to fight
Bridge Four is here, there's no need to fear
We’ll be breathing some kinda light

Some kinda light,
Livin’ it large
Makin’ noise because Bridge Four is now in charge
Some kinda light
Breathe in stormlight, we’ll be Knights for an evening
Gonna be breathing some kinda light.

(spoken)
I hear you guys are building a little bridge crew, Bridge Four. 
I want in.
You know the rules?
Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination.
You know about the spren?
Sure do.
Looks like an outstanding candidate to me

(sung)
We’re gonna fly the skies and find some trouble,
One more fight we won't forget
Breathe so deep we’re seeing double,
One more fight with no regret
Anything goes, weightless and cruisin'
Who's in?

A band of brothers you’ve been given,
Pride you never thought you’d feel
The storming life that you were living
Barely seems like it was real
Cause when it gets rough,
Your crew will pull you
Right through
You get that and more when you join Bridge Four
You’re in store for some kinda light
Some kinda light
Don’t think it through
Cause your spren will tell you when you’re nearly due
Some kinda light
Breathe in stormlight,
We’ll be knights for an evening
Don’t you miss out on some kinda light

Goodbye to where we die in blood and lies, and endless gore
No more being left behind, for them to find when stocks grow poor
Farewell to bridge runs, we're in the sun and we want more
Bridge down for you, come have some stew
So raise your cup and eat it up.
And eat it up (repeated)
A wild flight on my first breath of stormlight

The storming sky is ours to borrow
Nothing standing in our way
The storming world will change tomorrow
So we go for broke today
Makin it count, taking that one shot
We’ve got
You just don’t know when the light might go
Here’s to Dalinar and to Alethkar

Some kinda light
Take what we're owed
With a wam bam, thank you, ma’am
Bridge Four will glow
Some kinda light
Breathe in stormlight
We are knights for an evening
What do you say to some kinda light?

No, don’t mind a...
Gotta go find a...
Leave it behind a...

Gonna be breathing some kinda light

 

 

 

The other song is Highstorm/Last Night.

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The next song takes place after Eddie takes Rose (our two main characters) to the Dogfight and Rose finds out what that actually entails from another marine's date, who is a prostitute and in on it. Rose is crushed, and Eddie feels bad and tries to take her on an actual date. That's First Date/Last Night, but in our Stormlight version, it's Kaladin and Shallan returning to the warcamps through the chasms after being trapped there for the Highstorm.

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Shallan:
Stormlight, dun glow
The light that saves your life when power flows
Well, let it pour
Just cover up whatever came before

Kaladin:
Highstorm, whips through
And makes you do some crem you'd never do
Shardblade near: how the hell did it get here?

BOTH:
And we go

Bum bum bum
ba-da bum bum bum
ba-da bum bum bum
ba-da bum bum bum

Don't know how s/he survived the fall (x2)

Shallan:
I'll lead the way
Though how I do, to him, I'll never say.
What he saw?

Kaladin:
*cough*

Shallan:
What?

Kaladin:
Huh?

Shallan:
Don't show him too much, just draw

Kaladin:
Bright eyes, frank stare
Yeah her eyes are light
Why do you care?
What took hold?
Look at her, she looks so... cold

BOTH:
And we go

Bum bum bum
ba-da bum bum bum
ba-da bum bum bum
ba-da bum bum bum

Don't know how s/he survived the fall (x2)

Shallan:
He protects me holding Pattern's blade
He'd be dying

Kaladin:
She'd be dead

BOTH:
If you had stayed
And you might miss
Any good that could come
After this

Shallan:
Highstorm

Kaladin:
Last night

BOTH:
Almost was revealed, but not quite

Kaladin:
So get her out

Shallan:
Give him a shot

BOTH:
Cause people can surprise you... or not

And we go

Bum bum bum
ba-da bum bum bum
ba-da bum bum bum
ba-da bum bum bum

Bum bah

Edited by Rainier
Posted

I have a new Les Mis/Stormlight parody:

WoR spoilers

Spoiler

Szeth's Suicide (to the tune of Javert's Suicide from Les Miserable)

Who is this man?
What sort of voidspren is he
To be binding surges
When Truthless they called me?
Is this hour my last
Does this news seal my fate?
Can I even last
Against his living shardblade?
All it will take
Is a flick of his spear.
I am Truthless
Yet there’s a Surgebinder here!

Damned for my crimes as the tool of a thief!
Damned for my loyalty to the Shin race
I walked on stone, but the stone is not walked.
I'll spit their punishment back in their face
They sentenced me because they don’t care
And now I see my oaths were just air!

And my thoughts fly apart
Can this man be believed?
Was my slaughter unbidden?
Was I really deceived?

And must I now begin to doubt,
Who never doubted all these years?
My heart is stone and still it trembles
The world…

And must I now begin to doubt,
Who never doubted all these years?
My heart is stone and still it trembles
The world I have known is lost in shadow.
Is he from Ashyn or from Braize?
And does he know
That while he proved me right today
This man has killed me even so?

I am reaching, but I fall
And the storms are black and cold
As I stare into the void
Of a world that cannot hold
I'll escape now from that world
From the world that called me wrong.
There is nowhere I can turn
There is no way to go on!

 

 

Posted (edited)

Mistborn HoA Spoilers:

Spoiler

Losing My Religion (Sung by Sazed, he is sort of singing to Tindwyl and the concept of religion at the same time, while also deeply regretting his actions which led to the release of Ruin in WoA)

Life is bitter
It's bitter
And doom, doom is around me
The lengths that I will go to
see if all gods are lies
Oh no, I've done too much
I set it up

That's me in the corner
That's me in the lime-light
Losing my religion
Trying to prove there’s god too
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no I've done too much
I haven't done enough

I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

Every whisper
Of every waking hour
I'm choosing my confessions
Trying to find the lie in you
Like a hurt lost and blinded fool
Oh no, I've done too much
I set it up

Consider this
The hint of the century
Consider this
The slip that brought me
To my knees failed
What if all these prophecies
Come flailing around
Now I've done too much

I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

But that was just a dream
That was just a dream

That's me in the corner
That's me in the lime-light
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no I've done too much
I haven't done enough

I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

But that was just a dream, try, cry, why, try
That was just a dream, just a dream, just a dream
Dream

 

 

Edited by Personification
Posted (edited)
4 hours ago, Personification said:

@LewsTherinTalamon, that was great. Two things: I believe Sarene is pronounced sar-en-ne and we do have confirmation of Hoid on Nalthis, he was a storyteller in the court of the gods. 

To be perfectly honest, I meant whatever the world in the forests of hell is. I'll edit it, hold on... It's Threnody, apparently, and it's the one world we don't have confirmation of him on. But we think he visited it anyway, and if he didn't, I had an alternate version. As for Sarene... I think it rhymes with "serene", but if it doesn't it actually makes it better because the next line can be something besides what I had. Not sure what yet though.

Edited by LewsTherinTalamon
Posted
On 12/1/2017 at 2:57 PM, Herowannabe said:

“Fixer upper” was thought up by @Oudeis, if anyone does it it ought to be him, or at least with with his blessing. 

 

BUT, here’s a little diddy I’ve been working on for a while. When I first stumbled across this thread my initial thought was “someone really needs to do a parody to the song ‘Gaston’ from Beauty and the Beast.’”

Well, now I present to you:

”Lightsong”

enjoy :)

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The scene: Llarimar enters the bed chambers to find Lightsong still in bed, pretending to be sick 

Llarimar: 
Colors it grieves me to see you, Lightsong
Sitting in bed like a lump
Ev’ry priest here’d love to be you, Lightsong
So quit acting like such a chump
There’s no one in court as admired as you
You’re everyone’s favorite god
Ev'ryone's awed and inspired by you
Ev’n if you are kind of odd…

No one lays like Lightsong
Doubts his faith like Lightsong
No one else hears petitions all day like Lightsong

But please trust when I say you’re a deity
Perfect, a pure paragon!
So could you please try to demonstrate piety
And perhaps emulate our God King, Susebron?

Llarimar and Priests:
No one’s sunk as Lightsong
In a funk like Lightsong
Llarimar:
No one tries quite as hard to get drunk as Lightsong
Lightsong:
I pretend that my wine is intoxicating!
Priests:
My what a god, that Lightsong!

Give five "hurrahs!"
Give twelve "hip-hips!"
Llarimar:
Lightsong is the best
Always quick with a quip!

Priests:
No one jests like Lightsong
No one rests like Lightsong
Llarimar:
No one else resists Blushweaver’s breasts like Lightsong!

Blushweaver:
For there’s no god I’d rather be dating
Lightsong:
As you see I’ve got charisma to spare 
Blushweaver: 
But at times he can be so frustrating 
Lightsong:
That’s right!
When it comes to politics I just really don’t care!

Priests:
No one’s cool as Lightsong
Ridicules like Lightsong
Lifeblesser:
No one makes a god feel like a fool like Lightsong
Lightsong:
I’m especially good at humiliating!
*tosses a reversal sphere over his shoulder*
Priests:
Five hundred points for Lightsong!

Lightsong:
When I was alive I did so many things
Like juggling and sailing and stuff
But since I died I can’t remember a thing
And I simply have had quite enough...!

Priests:
No one’s swell as Lightsong
Nonpareil as Lightsong
Llarimar:
No one gets a guy thrown into jail like Lightsong!
Lightsong:
I see war scenes in all of my tribute paintings!
Priests:
My what a god...
Lightsong…!

 

"I'm especially good at humiliating!"

"Five hundred points for Lightsong!"

 

This is absolutely amazing.

Posted (edited)

Song: Deliver us, from Prince of Egypt

Sung by: the Bridgemen

Bridge up!!

Run!

Drop!!

Push!!!

Faster!!!

Cross!

And lift

Run!

And Drop!

Push!

And cross!

Lift! (Die)

Faster!

 

With the weight of the bridge on my shoulder

With my blood and my sweat on my brow

Talanelat'Elin

Will you bear our agonies?

Take us now

In this hour...

 

Deliver us!

Take us now -

Deliver us!

Almighty,

Remember us, have you abandoned us?

Deliver us!

There’s a rest that is promised us!!!

Deliver us – free us from…this…life!!!

Edited by Doc12
Posted (edited)
2 hours ago, Doc12 said:

Song: Deliver us, from Prince of Egypt

Sung by: the Bridgemen

Bridge up!!

Run!

Drop!!

Push!!!

Faster!!!

Cross!

And lift

Run!

And Drop!

Push!

And cross!

Lift! (Die)

Faster!

 

With the weight of the bridge on my shoulder

With my blood and my sweat on my brow

Talanelat'Elin

Will you bear our agonies?

Take us now

In this hour...

 

Deliver us!

Take us now -

Deliver us!

Almighty,

Remember us, have you abandoned us?

Deliver us!

There’s a rest that is promised us!!!

Deliver us – free us from…this…life!!!

Fantastic! But don’t stop there, keep going and finish the song (including the solo by Queen Navani praying that Dalinar will return again) :)

 

EDIT:

Navani: 

My love, I have nowhere left to turn

So this glyph I now will burn

I pray we’ll meet again, if he will 

Deliver us!

Edited by Herowannabe
Posted

Mistborn WoA spoilers

Spoiler

The Hero of Ages (to the tune of "the Hero of Canton")

Vin!

The girl they call Vin!

She toppled the rich and she gave to the poor.

Stood up to the man and she gave him what for.

Our love for her now, is not mistaken,

The Hero of the Ages, the girl they call Vin!

Now Vin saw the skaa’s backs breakin'.

She saw the skaa getting whipped.

And she saw that Ministry takin'

Every boxing and leavin' five chips.

So she said, "You can't do that to my people!"

"You can't crush them under your heel."

Vin strapped on her cloak,

And in a puff of smoke,

Killed their god just by burning her steel.

She toppled the rich and she gave to the poor.

Stood up to the Man and she gave him what for.

Our love for her now, is not mistaken,

The Hero of Ages, the girl they call Vin.

Now here is what separates heroes

From common folk like you and I.

The girl they call Vin,

Burned pewter and tin,

And with steel she owned the sky.

She toppled all the noble houses.

She toppled all the noble farms.

The girl they call Vin

At well, ascension,

Is going to rise to the stars.

Here we go!

She toppled the rich and she gave to the poor.

Stood up to the man and she gave him what for.

Our love for her now, is not mistaken,

The Hero of the Ages, the girl they call Vin!

 

Posted (edited)

In honor of Koloss Head Munching day, I would like to present you with a seasonal classic on Scadrial:

Mistborn era 1 spoilers:

Spoiler

Let it Fall! Let it Fall! Let it Fall! (to the tune of  "Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!")

 

Oh the koloss outside are frightful
But the empire is so delightful
And since we're safe Luthadel’s walls
Let it fall! Let it fall! Let it fall!

 

The rebels koloss are punching,
But I've brought some heads for munching
As the enemy breaches the wall
Let it fall! Let it fall! Let it fall!

 

When we finally kiss goodnight
How I'll hate going out in the mist!
But if you'll really hold me tight
All that I feel will be bliss

 

The empire is slowly dying
And, my dear, we're still goodbying
But as long as we survive it all
Let it fall! Let it fall! Let it fall!

In addition, a seasonal equivalent from Roshar:

Very minor WoR/WoK spoilers:

Spoiler

Let it rain! Let it rain! Let it rain! (sung by Dalinar to Navani to the tune of "Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!")

 

Oh the weeping outside is frightful
But the heatrial is delightful
And since we've no place to train
Let it rain! Let it rain! Let it rain!

 

It doesn't show signs of stopping
But at least there’s no crem dropping
The stormlight is all beginning to wane
Let it rain! Let it rain! Let it rain!

 

When we finally kiss goodnight
How I'll hate going out as it pours!
But if you'll really hold me tight
Then I will always be yours

 

The heatrial’s slowly dying
And, my dear, we're still goodbying
But as long as I’m not insane
Let it rain! Let it rain! Let it rain!

Trappers on First of the Sun always sing this when Three-Hundred-Fifty-Third of the Year arrives:

Spoiler

Oh the shadows beneath are frightful
But the aviar are so delightful
And since the Pantheon’s where they grow
Let us row! Let us row! Let us row!

 

It doesn't show signs of breaching
And the Pantheon we now are reaching
As we don’t have much further to go
Let us row! Let us row! Let us row!

 

When we lock the safecamp tonight
How I'd hate to be caught unawares!
So I'll hold me symbol of ignorance tight
And set roughly three thousand snares

 

So this trip I won’t be dying
but the islands were certainly trying
Now it’s time to make the boat trip home
Let us row! Let us row! Let us row!

On Threnody, when the holidays come around, they sing this song:

Spoiler

Oh the shades’ eyes outside are frightful
But the waystop is so delightful
And since we've no place to go
Let them glow! Let them glow! Let them glow!

 

Those stupid ghosts are really gory
Buy me a drink and I’ll tell you a story
Now you’re in for a real good show
Let them glow! Let them glow! Let them glow!

 

When we finally kiss goodnight
How I'll hate going out in the woods!
But if you'll really hold me tight
All the way home I'll be good

 

Those who break the rules are dying
And, my dear, we're still goodbying
Because we fear the eyes of those ghosts
Let them glow! Let them glow! Let them glow!

 

Edited by Personification
Posted
8 hours ago, Personification said:

 

In honor of Koloss Head Munching day, I would like to present you with a seasonal classic on Scadrial:

 

Very nice @Personification

 

Speaking of Holiday Cosmere songs, the “Mystery Project” thread took an interesting twist several weeks back, and somehow ended up spawning several holiday songs, such as “Frosty the Snow Dragon,” “Santa Rayse is Coming to Town,” and “Kaladin the Angsty Bridgeboy.”

To get the full effect you really need to read the posts in order, starting with this post:)

Posted

Thanks @Herowannabe, also if you check I just added a new one to the list (I am keeping them together to a: avoid double posting (which I know I did anyway but still) b: keep it together so that it is easy to find (I like the idea, despite it probably not being true, that people are seeking out my parodies) and c: so that I don't have to edit my sig again).

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Posted

This is my sister's and my attempt. It is just the first verse because we couldn't think of anything more than that.

Do you want to kill some evil? (Warbreaker)

Spoiler

Nightblood: Vasher?

Do you wanna kill some evil?
Come on, let's go and slay!
I never see you anymore
Come out the door
It's like you've gone away

We used to have an army
And now we don't.
I wish you would tell me why!

Do you wanna find some evil?
Then we can kill some evil...

Vasher: Go away, Nightblood.

Nightblood: Okay, die.

The last line might not fit Nightblood in respect to his opinion of Vasher, but it rhymed with 'bye'

Posted

@The Harp Lady, that is very good. For some reason I feel like there is a version of this somewhere on the forum already, but I might be misremembering. Also, I actually think that "okay bye" works in the parody without needing to be changed, because (WoR spoilers)

Spoiler

Nightblood appears on Roshar separated from Vasher, and it is implied that they have been separate from each other for a long time. I also believe that there is a WoB somewhere that says that they had a falling out, but I might be making that up.

 

Posted

OB Spoilers

Spoiler

"Fire and Rain" (as sung by Dalinar) To the tune of the song with the same title by James Taylor

Just yesterday morning, they let me know that you were gone.
Evi, the plans we made put an end to you.
I walked out this morning and I thought up this song,
I just can't remember who to sing it to.

 

I've seen fire and I've seen rain.
I've seen battle craze that I thought would never end.
I've seen lonely times when I had no one to rend,
But I always thought that I'd see you again.

 

Won't you look down upon me, Honor,
You've got to help me make a stand.
You've just got to see me through another day.
My body's aching and my time is at hand
And I won't make it any other way.

 

Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain.
I've seen battle craze that I thought would never end.
I've seen lonely times when I had no one to rend,
But I always thought that I'd see you again.

 

Been walking my mind to an easy time, my back turned towards the sun.
Lord knows when the stormwind blows it'll turn your head around.
Well, there's hours of time on this spanreed of mine to talk about things to come.
Sweet dreams and war machines in pieces on the ground.

 

Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain.
I've seen battle craze that I thought would never end.
I've seen lonely times when I had no one to rend,
But I always thought that I'd see you baby, one more time again, now.

Thought I'd see you one more time again.
There's just a few things coming my way this time around, now.
Thought I'd see you, thought I'd see you, fire and rain, now.

 

Posted
16 hours ago, The Harp Lady said:

This is my sister's and my attempt. It is just the first verse because we couldn't think of anything more than that.

Do you want to kill some evil? (Warbreaker)

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Nightblood: Vasher?

Do you wanna kill some evil?
Come on, let's go and slay!
I never see you anymore
Come out the door
It's like you've gone away

We used to have an army
And now we don't.
I wish you would tell me why!

Do you wanna find some evil?
Then we can kill some evil...

Vasher: Go away, Nightblood.

Nightblood: Okay, die.

The last line might not fit Nightblood in respect to his opinion of Vasher, but it rhymed with 'bye'

 

15 hours ago, Personification said:

@The Harp Lady, that is very good. For some reason I feel like there is a version of this somewhere on the forum already, but I might be misremembering. Also, I actually think that "okay bye" works in the parody without needing to be changed, because (WoR spoilers)

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Nightblood appears on Roshar separated from Vasher, and it is implied that they have been separate from each other for a long time. I also believe that there is a WoB somewhere that says that they had a falling out, but I might be making that up.

 

Not to toot my own horn or to steal your thunder @The Harp Lady, but... link;)

It’s funny how similar our lyrics ended up. 

Posted (edited)

This has OB spoilers, it's a bluesy number sung by Dalinar BB King of Urithiru:

Spoiler

Dalinar BB King of Urithiru just had some major rust go down in Thaylen City. Being the soulful man that he is, he wrote a little number about it:

Spoiler

There are a lot of different lyrics to this song, the following is synched to this particular version (which is rad by the way). The best way to appreciate this is to have the video playing while you read the modified lyrics:

 

THE THRILL IS GONE
The thrill is gone
The thrill is gone away
The thrill is gone Evi
The thrill is gone away
You know I used a perfect gem
And I trapped—that Un-made

The thrill is gone
The thirll's gone away for good
The thrill is gone Evi
The thirll's gone away for good
I knew I'd deal with it all one day Evi
Like I know a good man should


The thrill is gone
The thrill has gone away from me
The thrill is gone Evi
The thrill has gone away from me
Though I was still a beast
Now not bro-o-oken I will be

I'm free Evi
I'm free and you can tell
Free, Free Free now
I'm free and you can tell
Now that I'm for'given
All I can do—is wish you well

Thanks @Personification for the heads up about the OB spoilers.


 

 

Edited by hoiditthroughthegrapevine
OB Spoilered
Posted
On 12/7/2017 at 7:48 PM, John203 said:

Anyone ever heard the highwayman by the highwaymen? I think of Kelsier every time.

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Brilliant Idea @John203! This is the perfect song for Kelsier!

Here it is, spoilered because it has major Mistborn Spoilers:
Highwayman sung by Kelsier:

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I was a Highwayman
Along the coach roads I did ride
With metals burning deep inside
Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade
Many a noble shed his lifeblood on my blade
The bastards threw me in the pits of Ha-thsin
But I was born again

I was a Savior
I made the factions choose a side
And with the Skaa I did abide
I nailed a Steel Inquisitor to a wall
I burned Malatium but it didn't help at all
And when He threw his spear they say that I got killed
But I am living Still

I was a Shadow
An idea that never died
To Survive I did decide
In the veiled mists of Scad–rial's sub astral
I had to wait until the Well was almost full
When I got out I grabbed God's power that I found
So I am still around
I'll always be around, and around and around and around and around...

I'll fly a Starship
Across the Cosmere's deep divide
And when I reach the other side
I'll find a place to grab some power if I can
Perhaps I may become a Highwayman again
And start robbing all the gods so in the end
I just might Ascend
And I'll be back again, and again and again and again and again
 

 

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