Blue Sun Room FICTION - GENERAL

Serenity - The Rock Opera: Act 1

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Inspired by The Who's Tommy, Pink Floyd's The Wall and Jesus Christ Superstar.

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Act I

1. Civil War

(Officer): Welcome to the army; what is your story?/A farm boy sent to fight for their hometown’s rights;/Or perhaps you are an innocent whose parents lost their lives;/Or maybe lover boys sent to be soldiers for their wives;/In this Civil War.

Well, it don’t matter in these troubled times./We need every man even if they committed crimes./Your job is to hold the line./From those who still wave their sign,/In this Civil War.

(Mal): A long time has passed since I heard those words./And it now it comes down to who can hold this world./They said that they would waltz through, that we wouldn’t fight./They said we couldn’t do it, but we showed them our might./And now we need to last just a bit longer./‘Til our planes come and shower them in thunder./Just keep them back, that is your goal./So, you all you need to do is … HOLD!!!

Solo

(Mal): Listen to those angels, they’re almost here./And the purple guys, they cower in fear./ (Zoë): They’re not coming, they’ve turned around./They’re gonna leave us on this God-forsaken ground.

(Mal): How can they do that to us?/They are blasting us into dust./ (Zoë): In the end, we gave it our all./That’s just what happens in a “Civil” War.

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2. Serenity (Part 1)

You’re trapped in Serenity.

Now, the future don’t look too bright./You never run from a fight./Now, you’ll head up into space./To try and find your own place.

Chorus: This will be our home./A ship of our own./A place we can be free./We shall call it Serenity.

Now you gather up the pieces./Of what you lost in the sieges./You’re trying to replace parts of you./By creating a strange, new crew.

Chorus

Breakdown:

Your innocence, your humour./Your faith and your rigour./Have all been swept away./And that’s the way it’s gonna stay.

Chorus

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3. Welcome Aboard (What Should We Do?)

Comments
Saturday, 29 August 2009 12:02
This looks like it was a tremendous amount of work to write, but it sure was fun to read. Well done and truly imaginative. The Heart of Gold sequence was particularly poignant.
BODYISMYTEMPLE
Sunday, 30 August 2009 08:42
Okay, great stuff. You obviously put in a lot of work into this!

The no.7 Honour sequence made me giggle. Mal... always with the honour-defending...

And no.8, funny as it was, definitely sounded ominous & earth-shaking because I imagine Book to be a baritone.

Very original piece.

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