So I was reading Red Rising from cover to cover one night, and when I came across the song (i was quite excited, I LOVE music) and came up with this in my head. I found the online audio book copy, and it..... didn't quite match the folk-tune idea that I thought it would emulate, soooooo I made my own version. This is roughly what I came up with, and I just wanted to share! Fandom has always been quite fun especially for this reason. Anyway, thought someone other than myself would enjoy it! Enjoy, haha.
I did not create the lyrics (those belong to Pierce Brown), but I did create the melody!
Lyrics:
Listen, listen
Remember the wane
Of sun’s fury and waving grain
We fell and fell
And danced along
To croon a knell
Of rights and wrongs
And
My son, my son
Remember the burn
When leaves were fire and seasons turned
We fell and fell
And sang a song
To weave a cell
All autumn long
And
Down in the vale
Hear the reaper swing, the reaper swing
the reaper swing
Down in the vale
Hear the reaper sing
A tale of winter long
My girl, my girl
Remember the chill
When rains froze and snows did kill
We fell and fell
And danced along
Through icy hell
To their winter song
My love, my love
Remember the cries
When winter died for spring skies
They roared and roared
But we grabbed our seed
And sowed a song
Against their greed
My son, my son
Remember the chains
When gold ruled with iron reins
We roared and roared
And twisted and screamed
For ours, a vale
of better dreams
And
Down in the vale
Hear the reaper swing, the reaper swing
the reaper swing
Down in the vale
Hear the reaper sing
A tale of winter done.
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