Proto-filk in progress

[annathepiper]

This doesn't happen to me often; I don't write songs nearly as much as I write fiction. However, I've been known to generate a filk or two.

This one, however, appears to be storming up out of nowhere in my brain. Well, not nowhere--part of this is because of solarbird and I being at the Tall Ships festival in Tacoma yesterday. While we were there, I saw both magnificent tall sailing ships on the water, and military planes screaming by overhead. The contrast between archaic sailing vessels and modern aircraft was a potent one; it made me think of timelines colliding. I had the lyric "tall ships on the water, swift planes in the sky" pop into my head pretty much right then and there.

And on the way home, I thought, yeah, this is a Doctor filk. As of tonight I have a chorus, and I know what it's supposed to be about. It's from Rose's point of view, and if you haven't been keeping up with the current season, it'll be quite spoilery. I know it'll be in a minor key, though I don't have a melody line yet.

Here's the first bit:

Tall ships on the water, swift planes in the sky
Chariots rumble while rockets take flight
The past and the present and the future burn by
And the stars are dead lanterns no longer alight
Doctor, oh Doctor, oh come back to me
The walls between worlds, they are falling

This is the first chorus, I think. And I suspect that the chorus will change words after every verse.

Comments

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

ooh. I like this, and I don't generally like filk. I can't wait to see the rest of it!

[annathepiper]

Thanks! The first verse is trying to take shape in my brain now, but so far all I have for it is "the darkness is coming and I can't fight alone".

Also, the melody is trying to coalesce for the chorus, and I know it's kind of on the higher end of the song's range, and ideally, should be sung with harmonizing voices... and the "me" of the second to the last line is held out a few extra beats.

Hrmm. I think I need to go get my guitar.