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by David Rood
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Skaith, The Dying Planet
Story
This is from the books by Leigh Brackett, mentioned in Golden Age Love Affair. It particular, this is from The Book of Skaith, which comprises The Ginger Star, The Hounds of Skaith, and The Reavers of Skaith.
Lyrics
The land is desert--a childless planet
In the setting of the ginger star
All of it managed in the watchful eyes
Of the withered Lords Protector
The life of a Farer has no cares
Free food, free love, free dirt
But they have no dreams; all they do it seems
Is mob, destroy, pervert
Each tribe was bound to a part of Skaith
Once it was science; now, religion
And the only flame of life in the world
Was the Sun-Colored Woman
Eric was an animal deep inside
He only came to find his friend
But all who trod on the dying world
Must stay until the end
Must stay until the end
When the Lamp of the North shines on the mountains
The Children of Our Mother call it Witchfire
Deep in caverns, they tend the forges
The smoke grows ever higher
Ancient relics and the smell
Of oil and dust and depth
Their movements are slow and their eyes aglow
As they wait for their Mother’s death
(chorus)
In the Place of the Winds the Chained live
They speak with the wayward breeze
Their wings cannot lift them but they can
Command the winds as they please
The Children of the Sea are beasts
With mouths of predators
A travesty of humanity
The others hunt them for their furs
(chorus)
All quests to the top of the world will fail
For the hell-hounds guard it well
Tall as a man and white as the snow
Their eyes burn red as coal
Eric felt the crush of fear
The civilized man was shredded fast
Then deep within N’Chaka stirred
And the hell-hound breathed its last
(chorus)
In the city of Irnan, generations of
Wise women made their prophesies
She was the last; there would be no more
Sun-Colored children on Skaith
In the twilight of the world came gods,
My Lady Cold, My Lord Darkness
The wise woman left Eric’s arms and cleaved
To Their Daughter Hunger as Old Sun set
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