Interestingly, my original Music to Write Realmgard to post about the Byzantine-era Kontakion of the Mother of God is has been one of my best-performing posts ever, and the subsequent reposts I've done of it have also done disproportionately well. In fact, that original post is currently sitting at my number-two post for the year [...]
About as good an adaptation of the original novel as this post is…
"I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can Perhaps I may become a highwayman again Or I may simply be a single drop of rain But I will remain."
Fight. Farm. Fall in love. Wonder where the factory is…
"No matter what her mother says As it's time to dance around."
Delivers what it promises…
"I followed a girl who showed me the way, an incantation of the shimmering haze. And high upon the hill appeared the nameless field I'd yearned for."
Everything, Junior Illustrated Edition.
And, of course, because the most common lyrics are "Oh" and "Amadeus", it's really easy to sing along with, even if you don't speak German…
I'd said that's not how you spell "tale", but people got REALLY mad at me the last time I made that joke…
