

Prompt / Lyrics
[Intro - Distant piano, dramatic strings, a single spotlight] [Tenor voice, trembling] In the ink-black sky... a shadow moves... The Guild calls it disaster... I call it... the blues... [Verse 1 - Operatic, powerful, dramatic gestures] AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH—! B-EEEEE FIFTY-TWOOOOO IN THE SKYYYYY—! SCREAMING EAGLE, DIVE-BOMB CRYYYYY—! I WAS MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS, GATHERING SOME ORE WHEN I HEARD THAT DREADED SOUND—A ROAR I CAN'T IGNORE! [Spoken, terrified] ...it's above me, isn't it? [Chorus - Full orchestra, tenor soaring] BAZELGEUSE! (BAZELGEUSE!) YOUR SCALES ARE FALLING FROM THE SKY! BAZELGEUSE! (BAZELGEUSE!) I CAN'T ESCAPE YOU, NO MATTER HOW I TRY! BAZELGEUSE! (BAZELGEUSE!) THE POD PEOPLE, THEY WARNED ME OF YOUR NAME! BAZELGEUSE! (BAZELGEUSE!) NOTHING'S EVER QUITE THE SAME! [Verse 2 - More dramatic, handkerchief waving] I was hunting a Great Jagras—simple, harmless, slow When a shadow fell upon us and I felt my courage go My Palico looked upward, eyes wide with primal fear And whispered "Meowster... it's here." The bombs began to tumble, like teardrops from the sky I ran and rolled and scrambled, but there was nowhere left to hide WHY ME?! WHY NOW?! WHY HERE?! [Crying] I JUST WANTED TO CARVE SOME HIDES THIS YEAR! [Pre-Chorus - Building tension] The wings... the scales... the dive... the wails... THE BOMBS... THE BOMBS... THE BOMBS... THE BOMBS— [Chorus - Even more powerful] BAZELGEUSE! (BAZELGEUSE!) YOUR SCALES ARE FALLING FROM THE SKY! BAZELGEUSE! (BAZELGEUSE!) I CAN'T ESCAPE YOU, NO MATTER HOW I TRY! BAZELGEUSE! (BAZELGEUSE!) THE POD PEOPLE, THEY WARNED ME OF YOUR NAME! BAZELGEUSE! (BAZELGEUSE!) NOTHING'S EVER QUITE THE SAME! [Bridge - Soprano joins, duet of despair] [Soprano as Bazelgeuse] I only want to help you... my scales are gifts from me... [Tenor] YOUR GIFTS EXPLODE, YOU MONSTER! [Soprano] ...is that not poetry? [Orchestral Interlude - Strings weep, brass wails] [Final Verse - Spoken, defeated] I'm in the Guiding Lands now... thought I'd be safe here... [Distant buzzing] ...no. NO. NOOOOOOOOO— [Final Chorus - Max volume, full cast] BAZELGEUSE! (BAZELGEUSE!) THERE ARE SCALES NOW IN MY HAIR! BAZELGEUSE! (BAZELGEUSE!) EVERYWHERE! POD PEOPLE! SCALES EVERYWHERE! BAZELGEUSE! (BAZELGEUSE!) I CAN SEE THE CART AWAITING ME! BAZELGEUSE! (BAZELGEUSE!) FAREWELL, CRUEL WORLD— [Explosion] —AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH! [Outro - Single violin, fading] [Whispered] The B-52 flies on... Through skies of endless night... And somewhere... in the rubble... A scale glows faintly bright. [Final sound - One last scale falling. Tink.]
Tags
Opera/Aria, Nerdcore, female
3:59
No
3/6/2026