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Hamildresden, Track Fourteen: Cold Days ("You're Still Here")

Summary:

You're scared
The Mantle you asked for's a mantle you don't want to bear
You tried
To be dead down deep on the lake bed when I bid you comply
Why so blue?
Remember we had an agreement and you sealed the deal
So I made you pull through
Remember, despite inconvenience, I'm Queen Mab

 

Part fourteen of my inexplicable quest to adapt a different song from Hamilton for every book of The Dresden Files. We'll... come back to part thirteen.

Notes:

To the tune of "You'll Be Back." Try it out with the music!

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Work Text:

[QUEEN MAB]
You're scared
The Mantle you asked for's a mantle you don't want to bear
You tried
To be dead down deep on the lake bed when I bid you comply
Why so blue?
Remember we had an agreement and you sealed the deal
So I made you pull through
Remember, despite inconvenience, I'm Queen Mab
You're still here, you can see
Now remember you belong to me
You're still here, though you strayed
And despite that little trick you played
Knights may rise, or may fall
I will train you 'till you're standing tall
For to keep you alive
I will send you swarms of snakes and spiders to remind you to survive!

Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da
Da da dat dat da ya da!
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da
Da da dat dat da…

And so you're all done healing, you're not even sore
That means there's no concealing you anymore…
And so, you'll party tonight
Cause you've a lot to do, Knight
My sweet, suspicious new Knight
My gotta-get-a-clue Knight
Forever and ever and ever and ever and ever…

Your first job is first-class
You will fight this fight and kick her ass
She is cruel, and depraved
Cuz you're gonna kill my daughter, Maeve
If I'm gone, she'll be Queen
And the things she'll do will be obscene
So that's your first test drive
You will kill my closest family and remember to survive!

Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da
Da da dat dat da ya da!
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da
Da da dat--
Everybody!

[WINTER SIDHE]
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da
Da da dat dat da ya da!
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da da da da
Dat dat da ya da!

Notes:

I've gotta say, this might be my favorite out of the bunch. Partly because it was surprisingly easy to write without having to torture too much syntax, partly because I always dig the funny songs, and partly because a gleefully threatening Queen Mab delights me.

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