Here’s a filk for the first day of tazladyweek​, an ode to my favorite blazingly humanist undead robot daughter Noelle!

Opening audio from episode 37 of The Adventure Zone; vocals and guitar by me; viola by Ford (astriiformes​ on tumblr)

Lyrics:

The world is still here.
The world is still living.
I think this is the best gift I’ve ever been given.
I was sure it all stopped,
That they’d all disappeared
But now I’ve got life in my circuits and soul
And the world is still here!

The world is still here.
The world is still going
And the harvests keep coming and children keep growing
And the growing don’t stop
It comes year after year
And even if life leaves my circuits and soul
The world is still here!

The world is still here.
The world is still turning.
And I know there’s still places and lives that are burning
Well I’ll make the flames stop
So you don’t live in fear
I’ll fight with each spark in my circuits and soul
As long as there’s life in my circuits and soul
And even if live leaves my circuits and soul
The world is still here!
The world is still here.

The World Is Still Here

This is a cover of the song Ravens Roost, originally written and performed by Love Patrol Beta. 

Check out the original here: 
https://soundcloud.com/user-628290807/ravens-roost

Thank you so much to her for letting me cover this absolutely gorgeous song! I've been in love with it since I heard it a few months ago, and I finally got around to doing a cover of it. 

Lyrics:

So high on the windy grey cliffside
And under the mountains’ tall crest
As evening falls over the country
The ravens roost safe in their nest.
The ravens roost safe in their nest
The ravens roost safe in their nest
As evening falls over the country
The ravens roost safe in their nest.

Yet under a false-hearted hunter
The ravens were sorely oppressed
He chased them with hounds and with arrows
And took what he would from their nest.
And took what he would from their nest
And took what he would from their nest
He chased them with hounds and with arrows
And took what he would from their nest

Then up spoke a canny young raven
“My friends, we must rise and protest
We must drive off this false-hearted hunter
Till the ravens roost safe in their nest.”
The ravens roost safe in their nest.
The ravens roost safe in their nest.
We must drive off this false-hearted hunter
Till the ravens roost safe in their nest.

The ravens swooped down on the hunter
They plucked the gold chain from his breast
His hawks and his hounds were all scattered
So far from the ravens’ tall nest.
So far from the ravens’ tall nest.
So far from the ravens’ tall nest.
His hawks and his hounds were all scattered
So far from the ravens’ tall nest.

And now that the battle is over
So sweetly I’ll lay you to rest
And with the soft sky as your blanket
The ravens roost safe in their nest.
The ravens roost safe in their nest.
The ravens roost safe in their nest.
And with the soft sky as their blanket
The ravens roost safe in their nest.

The earlier version is the most common. It was penned by an unknown bard in the city of Raven’s Roost and spread to the surrounding countryside. Most bards who perform the song now are unaware of its origins. Less well-known is Variation B, which dates to shortly after the city fell. It never gained the popularity of the original ballad, and nowadays is very seldom sung.

But hunters, my darling, are cowards
Of this I can easily attest
So under the cover of darkness
He toppled the ravens’ tall nest.
He toppled the ravens’ tall nest.
He toppled the ravens’ tall nest.
So under the cover of darkness
He toppled the ravens’ tall nest.

And now that the battle is over
So sweetly I’ll lay you to rest
And with the soft earth as your blanket
The ravens sleep safe in their nest.
The ravens sleep safe in their nest.
The ravens sleep safe in their nest.
And with the soft earth as your blanket
The ravens sleep safe in their nest.

The World Is Still Here

Love Patrol Beta

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