I wanted to write another filk about the SCA, particularly about the somewhat lax standards it allows. I started out trying to filk the theme from Kimba the White Lion, something about “TSCA the (something) (something)” but I got stuck: “Who’s got purple kittens on his coat of arms / Who wears jeans and Adidas in court …” and then nothing. Then Celsa posted her filk and my angle changed. This is much less cynical. It’s to the tune of Mad World, either the Tears For Fears version or the Gary Jules version; you pick.
[September 2008]
All around me are a hundred faces
Swords and maces, courtly graces
Brightly flicker in the candle’s traces
Going Dreaming, going Dreaming
They cheer now, raising up their tankards
No evasion, no evasion
Hide my smile, I want to say it’s crazy,
Far too hazy, even lazy
But I find it right and proper, I find it just the thing
We learned our way of living from The Once and Future King
It’s written on the cover, and it’s there for you to see:
“To dream the Middle Ages just exactly as they
Should be, should be”
Children learning even though they hate school
This is still cool, this is still cool
Play at being king and queen of misrule,
Bright eyes glisten, bright eyes glisten
When I started I was very nervous
Just a newbie, just a newbie
Found a way to figure what’s my talent
Now just watch me, now just watch me
But I find it right and proper, I find it just the thing
We learned our way of living from The Once and Future King
It’s written on the cover, and it’s there for you to see:
“To dream the Middle Ages just exactly as they
Should be, should be”