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In Its Day

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FAWM 2014 - Inevitability doesn’t necessarily make a situation less painful (A Babylon 5 song, inspired by the episode “Rumors, Bargains, and Lies”).

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Primary beacon’s not transmitting anymore
We’ve got some pictures from a relay.
Warriors breaking down the temple walls
Workers fleeing from the meleé
This is my city, this is my home, this is the world I know
And the fire started burning, days ago.

Never dreamed that the home-world could fall
We’ve no enemy so savage.
Throughout history not one force has come
To ruin, vandalize, and ravage.
We built the strong walls, we built in pride, we built for peace and good.
In the streets, cracks are showing where I’ve stood.

My father took me there when
I rode upon his shoulders
And I saw unending grandeur built
To meet eternity.
The buildings formed from crystal showed
A path into the blue sky
While breezes played the spires like harp strings,
Light and joyfully.

Grey council, thousand years of peace
And I broke it as predicted.
I had reasons, I had all my faith
Now feelings, each conflicted.
Ash on the landscape, soot in the air, smoke drives the glow away
But my city shone with beauty, in its day.

It was a beautiful city, wasn’t it.

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from Every Season Passes, released December 16, 2024

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Phil Mills Toronto, Ontario

Phil Mills writes songs of science fiction and fantasy fandom: filk.

He released the CD "Rain on the Sand" in 2009, containing all original material, mixing funny and serious treatments. That approach has continued, as does his writing.

He has become an avid promoter of the FAWM and 50/90 online song-writing communities, using those as inspiration sources for yet more songs. ... more

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