Archive for the Lyrics category
Ashes to Ashes, lyrics to a song for FIN II
July 30: Ashes to Ashes, a song for FIN II...naturally. I can't seem to think about much else these days. There are other poems on the site that deal with this same theme, but the other poems don't really lend themselves to the song form. For the lyrics I cut it down to the bone, down to the barest...
Nowhere, a song for FIN II
Nowhere, a song for Gabrielle in the wake of FIN II, a song for a soul mate grieving. I continue to be haunted by the heartbroken bard. Listen to Nowhere: MP3 256kps, 128kps, 64kps. Listen to more songs.
You fought for the forty thousand,
look where it got you.
Look what they did to you.
You had...
On the Battlefield, lyrics, a song for the fallen
MP3 256kps, 128kps, 96kps, WMA 128kps. My favorite TV show is about a warrior who slaughtered innocent and not-so-innocent people by the thousands. She is my favorite character and the tales of her adventures, of her struggles, victories and defeats, fill my dreams and very nearly my every waking moment. Yet I remain ambivalent about war, about the use...
Read the full postWaves, lyrics for a song for The Debt I, audio added
Added July 1: Listen to Waves: MP3 256kps, 128kps, 96kps, 64kps. WMA 128kps, 48kps. Listen to more songs.
This scene from The Debt has haunted me since the moment I saw it back in 1997. The...
Read the full postA Warrior's Song, lyrics, formerly known as Last Waltz
A Warrior's Song: Dedicated in Loving Memory of Kevin Smith, March 16 1963 - February 15, 2002. Listen to A Warrior's Song: MP3 256kps, 128kps, 96kbs or WMA. More original XWP songs by bama. This is...
Rain in my face, a song for FIN II, lyrics
"With the rain in my face and a sword in my hand...", a new song for FIN II: MP3 256KBS, 128KBS, 96KBS, or WMA 128KBS. More audio. Read the lyrics. Visit Raq's World for...
Leather and Lace, original lyrics for a song for Return of Callisto
Leather and Lace: A song I wrote for Return of Callisto. I wrote this song using another penname, someone else's title, and someone else's image for someone else's characters to sing. And sorta ripped off, er, borrowed an idea from someone else's poem too. Gotta love it. *G* Sadly, the official canon did not allow X&G to grow old together, so this song, though very hopeful in itself, is always very sad to me. I...
Read the full postHoping Against Hope, a poem and song for SAC2
Hoping Against Hope is, yes, another poem/song for the XWP ep, SAC2. And it's a good thing there was such an ep as SAC2, or else I might never have written a frakkin' thing, donchaknow! *G* I've never recorded the tune for Hoping Against Hope, but I do have two versions of it in my head. The music for the first version, which I composed back in 1998,...
Flawless, a song for Lucy, Conquering
I wrote a song back in the fall when Lucy was on Celebrity Duets, entitled Flawless, a song For Lucy, Conquering. She might not have won the contest, but she certainly won the hearts of countless fans. As if she hadn't won them long before. And the truth is, I didn't actually write it, I sorta improvised it and recorded it while listening to the background music. Then I went back and recorded another vocal...
Read the full postRunaway, a song by bamaxena, for FIN2
Runaway: Lyrics for a song that was improvised, performed and recorded by bamaxena on the night of January 10 2007.
MP3 256mps, MP3 128mps, WMA 128mps.
Runaway, a song for FIN2
I'm gonna run away,
gonna run away today.
Oh, you said you'd never leave me,
I wanted to believe you.
You said you'd...
The Moment I Saw Her, a poem and song for SOTP
New audio version posted May 3 2007: MP3 256kps 128kps, 96kps, 64kps; WMA 128kps, 48kps.
"Love enters the noble heart through the eyes." -- Gerhard Hauptman. Quoted on numerous occasions by Joseph Campbell, author of Hero with a Thousand Faces.
Joseph Campbell was fond of quoting Gerhard Hauptman as saying: "Love...
Read the full postFriend, a poem and song for FIN2 and for a fan fiction in progress
Friend, a poemsong for FIN2. And for a tale of the Aftermath. Which at this rate will have to be a musical, cuz I haven't written much prose since I started writin' the music. *G*
Friend
I tried not to try to remember
nights of images, words
and laughter.
But my heart would not let my reeling mind forget.
And that sustained me through all that
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Darkest of dark nights my soul has ever known, a poem and song for SAC2
Darkest of dark nights is a poem and a song for SAC2. The look in Gabrielle's eyes as she defeated Hope haunted me the way I imagined that it haunted Xena during that long summer of not knowing. Not knowing whether Gabrielle lived or died. Not knowing whether she herself could live without her. I wrote several poems for...
Beloved, a poem and song for FIN2
Beloved is a poem and song for the XWP series finale, FIN2. New audio version: Listen to Beloved Jan 7 2008: MP3 256kps 128kps 64kps or WMA. Listen to the original version of Beloved: MP3 or WMA. More Music by bama....
Read the full postBallad for Bard & Warrior in G, for SAC2
Ballad for Bard & Warrior in G, a poem (and also lyrics of a song) for SAC2. Balld for B & W tells the tale of Gabrielle's sacrifice at the end of the episode Sacrifice II. I loved XWP already, but with this episode, my obsession climbed -- no, soared! -- to new heights. A lot of poems, songs and a story (unfinished) came out of this. I also lost most of the members of...
Read the full postRequiem, a poem for FIN2
(Aug 9: Corrected the link to the image) New, Aug 7 2007: The poem verses are now lyrics. Listen to Without A Trace.:MP3 256kps, 64kps. WMA 128kps. Read the lyrics. Listen to more songs.
Requiem is a poem for FIN2. As I've mentioned...
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