Octavias Overture - SlyphStorm (reimagining The Living Tombstone)

  • 6 years ago
So after hearing Tysolins orchestral version of this, I tried something different on this cover. I tried to rewrite all the lyrics while telling the same story. Im pretty proud of how this came out for the most part, the mixing was a little weird but oh well. Didnt feel like messing with it anymore, sue me (please dont).\r
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Project time: 7h30m\r
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Look back to long ago\r
To a little town so calm and slow\r
The days and months and years just kinda slipped on by\r
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You learned to play those ancient strings\r
While the world listened to other things\r
Until you finally just sat down to cry\r
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So you packed a bag and said so long\r
And you didnt look back till you were long gone\r
Headed to the city to play your song\r
Cause thats where you belong\r
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Your parents worried bout you every day\r
All your friends said you chose wrong\r
But the promises of fame, success and fortune\r
Were just too strong\r
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Your only friend in the cold cruel city are your strings and bow\r
Keep walking through the rainy streets with your head down low\r
And as air gets colder and the rain turns to snow, whisper to yourself\r
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Im the type of pony everypony should know\r
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Octavia, chin up now, dont look so glum\r
Octavia, the time for you to shine has come\r
Octavia, straighten up your tie and rosin up your bow\r
And play the world an overture theyll remember for years to come\r
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Octavia, dont sell your dream so cheap\r
Octavia, this night is yours to keep\r
Octavia, just take a breath and reach down deep\r
And play the world a lullaby to send us off to sleep\r
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Youve grown to love this sleepless city\r
With the shows so bright, and the lights so pretty\r
You feel that this is where youre meant to be\r
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Your name and face are everywhere\r
When you walk by, they stop and stare\r
And you pretend like you just never see \r
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So you called a friend back from the past\r
A relationship thats meant to last\r
You wonder how shes been all these years\r
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Cant talk now, busy making a brand new song\r
Or is she faking, the conversation broke you down to tears\r
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Why did I forget about her for so long\r
I thought it wouldnt really matter but its all just gone so wrong\r
Im sorry, so sorry, Im trying to be strong\r
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Im the type of pony everypony should know\r
But who I am inside isnt what I show\r
And as I walk through the cold and snow\r
I feel so low \r
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Octavia, chin up now, dont look so glum\r
Octavia, the time for you to shine has come\r
Octavia, straighten up your tie and rosin up your bow\r
And play the world an overture theyll remember for years to come\r
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Octavia, dont sell your dream so cheap\r
Octavia, this night is yours to keep\r
Octavia, just take a breath and reach down deep\r
And play the world a lullaby to send us off to sleep\r
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Octavia, we all miss you here at home\r
Octavia, when you left us all to roam\r
Octavia, we never thought wed see you again\r
But the only thing we hear from you is you were right again\r
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Octavia, we all miss you here at home\r
Octavia, when you left us here to roam\r
Octavia, will you come back home to show\r
All of us whats become of the cellist we used to know

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