That Gorge is too fat to fly

TechercizerTechercizer 7th Player Join Date: 2011-06-11 Member: 103832Members
edited November 2012 in Artwork Forum
<div class="IPBDescription">Continuing the tradition of making NS2 songs</div>In keeping with NS1's vast legacy of re-purposed songs, I wanted to take a crack at getting the ball rolling for NS2. I've written some alternative lyrics to Roger Alan Wade's classic <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NU8nwkPOdM" target="_blank">Too fat to fly</a>. I've also done some preliminary recordings for a version of the song with the new lyrics, but lacking access to a band or an instrumental version of the song, I haven't been able to get a clean track to work with. Below, I post my lyrics; both for your enjoyment, and to pique your interest in case I manage get the instrumentals I need.

<i>
There ain't no wings on an Onos' Butt, you're too fat to fly
There ain't no wings on a Exosuit, you're too fat to fly
And there ain't no wings on your big ass and there ain't no wonder why
If you get on I'm gettin' off, you're too fat to fly

Bellyslide will get you there, you're too fat to fly
Hope they reinforced those stairs, you're too fat to fly
Good luck changing direction; let's all kiss our ass goodbye
Ol' butterball's heading right for a wall, you're too fat to fly

There's a Shift built down in Drill Repair, you're too fat to fly
That'll fix you up if you make it there, you're too fat to fly
There's an Onos waiting for you to help, I pity that poor guy
Them Marine guns gonna shoot your butt, you're too fat to fly

If that don't work, sit in your hive, you're too fat to fly
Tell 'im when your Kham asks "why?", you're too fat to fly
Crawl on down into Cavern, big ol' ham with a crosshair on your thigh
Till the Lerks get jets and some cargo nets, you're too fat to fly</i>

Comments

  • thefonzthefonz Join Date: 2011-06-22 Member: 105847Members
    edited November 2012
    Well, I think the inspiration for this little <i>space</i>shanty is fairly obvious.

    <i>
    What shall we do at The Thirsty Onos?
    What shall we do at The Thirsty Onos?
    What shall we do at The Thirsty Onos?
    Early in the battle.

    Build that phase gate! Drop those mines!
    Build that phase gate! Drop those mines!
    Build that phase gate! Drop those mines!
    Early in the battle.

    Heads up! Shoot that Fade!
    Heads up! Shoot that Fade!
    Heads up! Shoot that Fade!
    Early in the battle.

    Weld the Exo, keep him fighting!
    Weld the Exo, keep him fighting!
    Weld the Exo, keep him fighting!
    Later in the battle.

    Cover those ARCs and push that Hive!
    Cover those ARCs and push that Hive!
    Cover those ARCs and push that Hive!
    Later in the battle.

    Heads up! Shoot that Fade!
    Heads up! Shoot that Fade!
    Heads up! Shoot that Fade!
    Later in the battle.

    What shall we do at The Thirsty Onos?
    What shall we do at The Thirsty Onos?
    What shall we do at The Thirsty Onos?
    Later in the battle.

    Grab a beer and drink it down!
    Grab a beer and drink it down!
    Grab a beer and drink it down!
    Victory in the battle.
    </i>
  • TechercizerTechercizer 7th Player Join Date: 2011-06-11 Member: 103832Members
    ^Pretty good, TheFonz. You'd probably need a lot of people to dub that over if you want to do it true pub-shanty justice!
  • SwiftSwift Lost Keys Join Date: 2005-02-19 Member: 41683Members, Constellation
    I'm interested in alternative NS-related alternative lyrics, and especially interested in original NS-related song lyrics. Keep it alive
  • immronimmron Join Date: 2012-11-17 Member: 171998Members
    Nice songwriting guys! I'll join in with a remake of Sabatons "Panzer Batallion", thought it fitting for that late game multi-onos steamroller.
    Please disregard spelling and other grammatical errors, English is not my native language.

    Now, if Unknown Worlds would only hire themselves a band...

    <i>Under this roof, no flashlights will fall
    Piercing our eyes as we charge
    An armoured battalion on course to their base
    Closing the end of its march

    This time we’re here to finish a job
    Started ten minutes ago
    Driving the frontiersmen out of their holes
    To bury them six feet below

    Armoured Oni of mass destruction
    Killers up in space
    Men who dare to stand before us
    Feel us stomp you down.

    Death in the shape of an Onos battalion
    Intruders of terror don’t jetpack, face your fate like a man
    Cannot outrun our Onos battalion.

    Thousands of tons of armour and horns
    Goring its way through your band
    Our Onos battalion is back for revenge
    Bile bombs are melting the land

    First strike is ours no mercy is shown
    There’s rivers of blood in our track
    Breaking their lines of defence, we are tanks!
    Skulks and Fades watching our backs

    Blow their sentry sites clear for Lerk strike
    Ready for the storm
    Minefields swept there’s no surrender
    Feel our Spores burn.

    Under this roof, no flashlights will fall
    Piercing our eyes as we charge
    An armoured battalion on course to their base
    Has reached the end of its march
    </i>
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