LÚTZEN! THE MUSICAL - 5. WITHOUT YOU (MARY ELEANOR)

 Today is the eve of battle and this Rammstein filk I imagine being sung by Mary Eleanor, her mind still on that prophetic dream, after Gustavus Adolphus has left...

WITHOUT YOU

I'd like to go into the wood

where you last were ere you were gone for good

Yet the evening throws its purple cloak

upon the paths on th'edge of pine and oak

And the forest is so dark, it's o'er

oh i'm so sore

and no songbird sings evermore

**^^^^^^

Without you I can't exist, without you

with you I know what I missed, without you

without you I count the hours, without you

with you I feel like no powers within me, without you

*************

On the branches in the trenches

all is still, all is lifeless

and my breathing is so hard and sore

oh i'm so sore

and no songbird sings evermore

**^^^^^^

Without you I can't exist, without you

with you I know what I missed, without you

without you I count the hours, without you

with you I feel like no powers within me, without you

LÜTZEN! THE MUSICAL - 4. THE STRINGS OF POWER

 THE STRINGS OF POWER

(Die Fäden in der Hand)

sung by Albrecht von Wallenstein

Here in Friedland life is lively, bright, and grand;

see the wealth of the realm,

how it blesses all this land...

Our golden future puts all Friedland up in light;

preserving the status quo

is our duty and our right... 

So please think of this as the occasion

for a little more subordination...

Look at these gentlemen,

how devoted they're to me!

Yes they're always at my service,

I decide, they think they're free...

Even though lots of rage

and resentment overflow,

I hold the strings of power in my hand!!

Great unrest still haunts our hinterlands for sure,

they are restless, defiant...

ah, but oh so immature!

With quick action of these threats we'll soon be free,

all remains as it is

and so will it ever be...

We can't see the future that lies ahead,

therefore we must follow His Lordship's plans instead!

Should they boldly protest

and demand that they be free,

I just snap my fingers once, and

all their hearts belong to me!

Should they wildly protest,

all that fussing makes me cold!

I hold the strings of power in my hand!!

If I lift a fingertip, a favour is bestowed;

just a flick of the wrist, and another favour's owed...

Lean but slightly left to make the Liberals elated;

then flip right, et voilà! Tories feel intoxicated...

Make or break a promise, I don't care!

The one hanging on the line is left with nothing!

Let them shout, let them roar,

let them pounce to right and left,

when I wish them to be silent,

they're as if of life bereft!

Is our course clear at last?

Violence makes everyone bend,

I hold the strings of power in my hand...

'Tis an ancient noble art

to preserve one's influence

with a mind for consequence;

ne'er outdated...

One is never planless having power in their thrall,

nor thoughtlessly let them all

just be strangulated...

Who holds power every hour 

in hands thoughtful and discrete 

can pull anybody's strings just

as they please, control complete...

Rationality's key

in this art old as the land,

I hold the strings of power in my hand!

(Chorus of courtiers)

Come and sing, come and dance

as this courtly life demands!

If he says we should be laughing,

we are cheerful and we're grand!

Merrily we await,

we will do whate'er he tells...

He holds the strings of power in his hand!!

He is bright, he is strong,

he's always been a righteous man...

With charisma binds the people,

we're under his spell, he can...

What he says is the law,

he's seducer of the world,

he holds the strings of power in his hand!!

He holds the reins of power in his hand!!

He holds dominion in his hand!!

LÜTZEN - THE MUSICAL! 3 - The Foretelling

 3rd) KODOU-KIZUNA 30YW 

This filk is also a song meant to be sung as as Greek chorus of villagers, like the past one.

(KODOU)

When darkness and violence threaten the land, 

there is whispered a foretelling, 

that someone will come forth 

from the snows of the North 

to free all the oppressed

For a thousand times this prophecy rang

and developed in the telling,

though we wavered, we kept such a light of hope glow

to free us from our distress... // 

(KIZUNA)

From the streets of Leipzig to the Northern Sea, 

this autumn of 31 is for revelry! 

Hear the drinking song they sing, 

come and dance with us in ring, 

raise a tankard to Sweden and the Hero King 

Now that at Breitenfeld we're shown the light,

the future of freedom looks so definitely bright,

we know that he will succeed

that he'll show the way indeed,

show the way towards love and freedom,

towards our creed...//

LÜTZEN - THE MUSICAL! Starts tomorrow...

  So I had a number of filks about Gustavus Adolphus and the 30YW and I thought, why not make this countdown of this year an opera/musical with brand new filk opera? (The bunny I had for 2020, but due to unforeseen circumstances, including the pandemic, I had delayed it until this year)

The songs will be:

2nd of Nov) The War Still Goes On-Show Must Go On -- Dark tradition...to conform is law; the Inquisition... wounds they inflict still raw... On and on, does anybody want to take it anymore? Catholicism is mandatory now; forced conformism... who'll tell our story now? On and on, does anybody want to take it anymore? The war still goes on... Our homes and minds are breaking, the world we know still quaking from the war... that goes on...

3rd) KODOU-KIZUNA 30YW When darkness and violence threaten the land, there is whispered a foretelling, that someone will come forth from the snows of the North to free all the oppressed // From the streets of Leipzig to the Northern Sea, this autumn of 31 is for revelry! Hear the drinking song they sing, come and dance with us in ring, raise a tankard to Sweden and the Hero King //

4th) The Strings of Power (also from the upcoming Lannister musical)-Die Fäden in der Hand Who holds power every hour in hands thoughtful and discrete can pull anybody's strings just as they please, control complete...

5th) Without You-Ohne dich Oh, I'm so sore... and no songbird sings evermore...

6th IN MEMORIAM) Shiseru Eiyuutachi no Tatakai (Dermark, on this blog)+Hero King-Mithrandir Through kingdoms of starlight and realms of the sun...

Lützen - The Musical! (TRAILER)

 So I had a number of filks about Gustavus Adolphus and the 30YW and I thought, why not make this countdown of this year an opera/musical with brand new filk opera? (The bunny I had for 2020, but due to unforeseen circumstances, including the pandemic, I had delayed it until this year)

The songs will be:

2nd of Nov) The War Still Goes On-Show Must Go On -- Dark tradition...to conform is law; the Inquisition... wounds they inflict still raw... On and on, does anybody want to take it anymore? Catholicism is mandatory now; forced conformism... who'll tell our story now? On and on, does anybody want to take it anymore? The war still goes on... Our homes and minds are breaking, the world we know still quaking from the war... that goes on...

3rd) KODOU-KIZUNA 30YW When darkness and violence threaten the land, there is whispered a foretelling, that someone will come forth from the snows of the North to free all the oppressed // From the streets of Leipzig to the Northern Sea, this autumn of 31 is for revelry! Hear the drinking song they sing, come and dance with us in ring, raise a tankard to Sweden and the Hero King //

4th) The Strings of Power (also from the upcoming Lannister musical)-Die Fäden in der Hand Who holds power every hour in hands thoughtful and discrete can pull anybody's strings just as they please, control complete...

5th) Without You-Ohne dich Oh, I'm so sore... and no songbird sings evermore...

6th IN MEMORIAM) Shiseru Eiyuutachi no Tatakai (Dermark, on this blog)+Hero King-Mithrandir Through kingdoms of starlight and realms of the sun...