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OK - just don't hit me if you don't like filks, OK? This is not me trying to pass off Pink Floyd's work as my own - just a humble tribute to two masterpieces instead of one:
SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND
Remember when you were young,
You shone like the sun:
Shine on, you crazy diamond!
Then came that look in your eyes
Weary, hunted and wise:
Shine on, you crazy diamond!
You were speared on a hilltop
In terror and combat,
Rode on a sea of pain.
Come on, you target for conspirers’ laughter!
Come on, you legend, you hero, you martyr, and shine!
You took up the gauntlet:
Fared forth in the dark
Shine on you crazy diamond!
Threatened by shadows at night
And tormented by light:
Shine on, you crazy diamond!
Well you wore out your heart’s strength
With deadly precision,
And broke on a mountain’s peak;
Come on, you quester, you seer of visions,
Come on, you vessel of light never darkling
And shine!
Where are you roaming tonight?
How near or how far?
Shine on, you crazy diamond!
Pile on many more years
And I’ll be joining you there:
Shine on, you crazy diamond!
And we’ll bask in the glory of yesterday’s triumph
And weep on Cormallen’s field!
Come on, you dreamer
You winner and loser!
Come on you deep one, you thinker, you muser
And shine!
SO -
Who might sing this?
To whom?
And what would the verses/lines refer to?
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"Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."
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