The Ballad of the Idiot
May 15 2002 at 6:26 PM The Village Idiot (no login)
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(adapted from a song originally written by Robert Earl Keen.)
The War goes on Forever...
Si?anelle was a damsel of the lady of the lake.
She used the lore of heavens, just for heaven?s sake.
In her tower after midnight, looking at a scroll,
The world laid out before her, some heads are going to roll.
She rides down to the river, fortifies it with her friends.
The war goes on forever and the battle never ends.
The Idiot was a loner, dumber than the rest.
He was going to join the army, but couldn't pass the test.
So he hung around town, he drank and stole and fought.
Abbot Rhoderic caught wind of the Idiot and one day he got caught.
But he was right back into business when they set him free again.
The war goes on forever and the battle never ends.
The Idiot is sitting in the mud, watching Si?anelle help build the works.
When he spots a chaos scout, near the perimeter as he lurks.
The Idiot snatched up a pointy stick, and the scout is now no more.
Says ?I want to be a knight, but the Nobles say I?m poor.?
Si?anelle runs right up behind him, reaches for his hand.
The war goes on forever and the battle never ends.
The Idiot jumps up onto Gertrude, his maddened battle cow.
He?s going to defeat Chaos, but don?t know where or how.
The stars were high above him, the moon was in the east.
The sun was setting on him when he reached the Quenelle?s Breach.
He tried to join their defenders, but he was rebuked again.
The war goes on forever and the battle never ends.
He soon ran out of money, but the Idiot knew a man,
who knew some Empire refugees, who dealt in contraband.
Idiot met the Emperials in a house just off the route,
with a pouch empty of money and a sharp stick in his boot.
The cards were on the table when the Abbot came bustin' in.
The war goes on forever and the battle never ends.
The Idiot grabbed the money, and a piece of Monterrey Jack,
He broke the bathroom window and climbed on out the back.
Si?anelle came out of the shadows, her eyes dancing in the lights.
when a lawman tackled the Idiot and began reading him his rights.
She cast second sign of Amul, and the Idiot rolled a ten.
The war goes on forever and the battle never ends.
They left the lawman stunned, they made their getaway.
Got back to the defenses just before the break of day.
The Idiot gave her all the money, he blew a little kiss.
?If they ask you how this happened say I forced you into this.?
She watched him as Gertrude?s backside disappeared around the bend.
The war goes on forever and the battle never ends.
Si?anelle is in her tower after midnight, just like she was before,
twenty-one months later, the Nobles are still fighting the war.
She has financed a new army, to send up to the front.
Composed entirely from commoners, men who know just how to hunt.
They gain victory in battle, despite the derision of her ?Noble? friends.
This war cannot go on forever, and here and now it ends.
The Village Idiot
Jetzt wissts warumm ich so ne Menge Gemeine hab......
May 15 2002 at 6:26 PM The Village Idiot (no login)
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(adapted from a song originally written by Robert Earl Keen.)
The War goes on Forever...
Si?anelle was a damsel of the lady of the lake.
She used the lore of heavens, just for heaven?s sake.
In her tower after midnight, looking at a scroll,
The world laid out before her, some heads are going to roll.
She rides down to the river, fortifies it with her friends.
The war goes on forever and the battle never ends.
The Idiot was a loner, dumber than the rest.
He was going to join the army, but couldn't pass the test.
So he hung around town, he drank and stole and fought.
Abbot Rhoderic caught wind of the Idiot and one day he got caught.
But he was right back into business when they set him free again.
The war goes on forever and the battle never ends.
The Idiot is sitting in the mud, watching Si?anelle help build the works.
When he spots a chaos scout, near the perimeter as he lurks.
The Idiot snatched up a pointy stick, and the scout is now no more.
Says ?I want to be a knight, but the Nobles say I?m poor.?
Si?anelle runs right up behind him, reaches for his hand.
The war goes on forever and the battle never ends.
The Idiot jumps up onto Gertrude, his maddened battle cow.
He?s going to defeat Chaos, but don?t know where or how.
The stars were high above him, the moon was in the east.
The sun was setting on him when he reached the Quenelle?s Breach.
He tried to join their defenders, but he was rebuked again.
The war goes on forever and the battle never ends.
He soon ran out of money, but the Idiot knew a man,
who knew some Empire refugees, who dealt in contraband.
Idiot met the Emperials in a house just off the route,
with a pouch empty of money and a sharp stick in his boot.
The cards were on the table when the Abbot came bustin' in.
The war goes on forever and the battle never ends.
The Idiot grabbed the money, and a piece of Monterrey Jack,
He broke the bathroom window and climbed on out the back.
Si?anelle came out of the shadows, her eyes dancing in the lights.
when a lawman tackled the Idiot and began reading him his rights.
She cast second sign of Amul, and the Idiot rolled a ten.
The war goes on forever and the battle never ends.
They left the lawman stunned, they made their getaway.
Got back to the defenses just before the break of day.
The Idiot gave her all the money, he blew a little kiss.
?If they ask you how this happened say I forced you into this.?
She watched him as Gertrude?s backside disappeared around the bend.
The war goes on forever and the battle never ends.
Si?anelle is in her tower after midnight, just like she was before,
twenty-one months later, the Nobles are still fighting the war.
She has financed a new army, to send up to the front.
Composed entirely from commoners, men who know just how to hunt.
They gain victory in battle, despite the derision of her ?Noble? friends.
This war cannot go on forever, and here and now it ends.
The Village Idiot
Jetzt wissts warumm ich so ne Menge Gemeine hab......
