Skullgirls Poetry Corner

[LaCheshireZorua]

As a lyricist who has currently taken a poetry class at college, I've become quite curious about what kind of poets the rest of my fellow Skullheart forum-goers are. So, I decided to create a little place for everyone here - you, me and even Mr. Mike Z - to post up anything they would like to contribute to this little corner of the forum.

Is it a sonnet about your obsession with Annie? (pre-emptively anticipating it from DDB) POST IT.

Is it a villanelle about your distaste for Konami or Capcom DLC policies? POST IT.

Is it some set of lyrics you've written, whether you're in a band or not? (For my case, and many other cases that I know are here.) POST IT.

Is it something else entirely that I may have missed? POST THAT, TOO.

Please, contribute something, anything! I for one, if no one else, would love to see it! :)

 

[jam1220]

*snaps fingers jazzly in approval*

 

[LaCheshireZorua]

I'll kick things off, I guess. Straight from my DA account that I made last Christmas (or around then, I forgot :P), is "Double Life".

Spoiler

Double Life

Ever since you came to town
You've been beating us all down
Consuming everything around
Like an amoeba
You do it without a sound

The face of a loving nun
But inside you're a demon
This town's not where you belong
You toy with us
And keep your eyes closed all night long

How many different faces do you have?
How many personalities do you own?
How many more bleeding hearts will you break
Until you finally leave everyone alone?
How much more must be done?
How many more tithes in blood?

You keep acting like it's your right
You live all these double lives
Add to your collection all night
Give your heart away
To break everyone in sight

When will you be satisfied?
You change your face all the time
Copy catting through the night
Why don't you leave here
Or just look me in the eye?

How many different faces do you have?
How many personalities do you own?
How many more bleeding hearts will you break
Until you finally leave everyone alone?
How much more must be done?
How many more tithes in blood?

Ugly tokens make hearts broken
Your words do not have heart or soul
Candidates have been collected
For every one of your selfish goals
We're just playthings, ugly beings
We're how you spend your usual night
Maybe we are the real monsters
But that does and will not make it right

How many different faces do you have?
How many personalities do you own?
How many more bleeding hearts will you break
Until you finally leave everyone alone?
How much more must be done?
How many more tithes in blood?

How many different faces do you have?
How many personalities do you own?
How many more bleeding hearts will you break
Until you finally leave everyone alone?
How much more must be done?
How many more tithes in blood?

Can anyone guess who it's about? :)

 

[Denizen]

I keep my poetry to myself, but I'll be watching this thread closely...

 

[SHODAN]

well i have one, its not completely original, as it takes the beat of Californiacation from RHCP, and the lyrics are just heavy modified to go with the game, I threw a some references in there, some obvious , some a little more indirect. keep in mind it is "finished" per say, i just need to modify some parts since i dont know what would fit.
welp here we go. shoutout to @Beat for the beginning of the song.


Psychic spies of Renoir
Try to steal your mind's elation
And little girls from Rommelgrad
Dream of golden-age animation
And if you want these kinda dreams
It's Canopiacation


It's the center of the world
And all of civilization
The sun may rise in the East
At least it settled in a final location
It's understood that Canopolis
Sells Canopiacation


Pay your mob very well
To break the spell of living
Celebrity blood is this your pack
Or is that war you're waging


First born unicorn
Hard core soft porn
Dream of Canopiacation
Dream of Canopiacation


Annie me girl, be my fairy to the world
Be your very own constellation

A teenage girl with a forgetful mind
Getting high on information

And buy me a fish on the boulevard
It's Canopiacation


Space may be the final frontier
But it's made in a Canopolis basement
And, Contiello , can you hear the spheres
Singing songs off station to station
And its not that far away
It's Canopiacation


Born and raised by those who praise control of population
Well, everybody's been there and I don't mean on vacation


First born unicorn
Hard core soft porn
Dream of Canopiacation x4



Destruction leads to a very rough road
But it also breeds creation
And earthquakes are to a girl's Sax
They're just another good vibration
And tidal waves couldn't save the world
From Canopiacation


Pay your mob very well
To break the spell of living
Sicker than the rest
There is no test
But this is what you're craving


First born unicorn
Hard core soft porn
Dream of Canopiacation x4

ill update it as soon i come up with something to put in here. also ill probably make more lyrical modifications and some original things if i can think up something, any help or advice is welcome.

 

[Beat]

ill update it as soon i come up with something to put in here. also ill probably make more lyrical modifications and some original things if i can think up something, any help or advice is welcome.

I'll try putting it to music and seeing how well it really matches up, but the only thing I'd offhandedly suggest changing is

Destruction leads to a very rough road
But it also breeds creation
And earthquakes are to a girl's Sax

Even if you don't keep the rhyme, you should at least keep the syllable count.

 

[SHODAN]

well thank you for the tip, im still rocking my brain trying to figure something out. let me know how it goes with the music.

 

[LaCheshireZorua]

As an attempt to bump this thread, I'll post something else here as well, also from deviantArt. It's a response written to the work of The Protomen, specifically the first album, taking place sometime after Megaman abandons the city.

Ladies and gentlemen, all who are present, I present "Hope (Doesn't) Ride Alone".

Spoiler

Hope (Doesn't) Ride Alone

Why are you like that?
I don't understand
Why're you acting so sad?
Don't be so down
It isn't that bad
Don't walk away when they need you
You're acting like a child
If there aren't any heroes
Why don't you just fix that starting today?
Be a hero of your own among none and save the day

Stop
Stop running
Look me in the eye
Life's not as simple as you believe
You're letting your anger run through your head
Making you leave them all for dead

So take a deep breath
Give your mind a rest
If you do, you'll see you're being a fool
And understand what to do
And understand what I'm saying

Why are you like that?
I don't understand
Why're you acting so sad?
Don't be so down
It isn't that bad
Don't walk away when they need you
You're acting like a child
If there aren't any heroes
Why don't you just fix that starting today?
Be a hero of your own among none and save the day

They are not the dead
Not if we can help it
I'll stand with you, so stand for them

Your actions will motivate them
And then, if and when you fall
You'll see them rise
To stop your demise
So don't give up hope on them

Why are you like that?
I don't understand
Why're you acting so sad?
Don't be so down
It isn't that bad
Don't walk away when they need you
You're acting like a child
If there aren't any heroes
Why don't you just fix that starting today?
Be a hero of your own among none and save the day

Turn back now
There's still time, it's not too late
If we run back now
We can still be there to save the day
The city, them all

Because
We can't just give up
There's still hope for man
You just won't see it, but you can

Let's go back home
Hand in hand and fight off the man
I'll show you, my friend

Hope doesn't ride alone in the end

 

[CapnWTF]

I still cannot find
myself hope for the future
WHEN IS XBOX PATCH?

 

[agent13]

peacock makes me cry
I will start using big band
peacock will now cry

 

[LaCheshireZorua]

I'm back, and I've come with more lyrics. :) This one is called "Diamonds Are Forever".

Spoiler

Diamonds Are Forever

So you came to me
You explained to me
And I understand
And if its my special talents you need
Then I will do all that I can

I'll fight your battles, stay on the attack
So I can get you to love me back
You are like a diamond to me
And diamonds are forever you see

I am your leg breaker, I am your toy
Here to do your work for you to enjoy
I'll stab my morals in the back for you
I will do anything you want me to

I fought my way here
Now the line is clear
Deciding is the hardest part
Should I finish what I came here to do?
Should I make a wish upon the heart?

Crushing them with my powerful hands
To help you accomplish all of your plans
Just to see you happy as can be
Even though the guilt lives with me

Because if a diamond is a star
Shining on us from afar
The our bond, to me, is the brightest star in the sky

I am your leg breaker, I am your toy
Here to do your work for you to enjoy
I'll stab my morals in the back for you
I will do anything you want me to
I'm the acrobat, performing the feats
You're in the audience in the good seats
That was all for you to see
I really hope you were watching me

So you came to me
You explained to me
I understand that its a fact
That once I do this, I can never take it back

I am your leg breaker, I am your toy
Here to do your work for you to enjoy
I'll stab my morals in the back for you
I will do anything you want me to
I'm the acrobat, performing the feats
You're in the audience in the good seats
That was all for you to see
I really hope you were watching me

 

[Viro Veteruscy]

 

[CaioLugon]

That reminds me of a poem by Carlos Drummond de Andrade:

In the middle of the way

In the middle of the way there was a rock
There was a rock in the middle of the way
There was a rock
In the middle of the way there was a rock.

I'll never forget this event
In the life of my retinas so fatigued.
I'll never forget that in the middle of the way
There was a rock
There was a rock in the middle of the way
In the middle of the way there was a rock.


(please excuse my translation)

 

[Stuff]

Poems are stupid
I don't know why this is here
But I did one too

(I think that follows haiku format)

 

[LaCheshireZorua]

Poems are stupid
I don't know why this is here
But I did one too

Haiku that don't mention season count: 3.

:3

 

[LaCheshireZorua]

As yet another attempt to bump this thread, I'm going to post something I'm still working on, but so far I'm rather proud of.

Spoiler: Moon Cutter [UNFINISHED VERSION

]

Moon Cutter (The Promise) [UNFINISHED]

I remember the moment my human life had changed
You appeared before me suddenly like a ghost that day
You turned my my whole life on its heel
You taught me about a world I didn't know was real

You had saved me from defeat
You gave all of your power to protect me
So even if the world and your family turns against you
They will all have to cut me down, too

I will defy all of their society
And rocket high above and past the walls
Just to come to your rescue
I'm more than able to beat this army
And all because you made me strong
This is the debt I owe to you

If fate's a millstone, then we are the grist
Since that's how it is, then for strength is all I wish
If I cannot stop the wheel and make it break
Then give me a blade strong enough to cut the moon and shatter fate

I broke the chain and tamed the beast within
And gained the power needed to beat them
So do not worry, just hold on tight
For what you've done for me, I will be your blackened knight