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• Member: Valanne
• Title: The Bard's Song
• Premiered: 2004-12-23
• Categories:
  • Other
  • Serious
• Song:
  • Blind Guardian The Bard's Song
• Anime:
  • Kiki's Delivery Service
  • Laputa, Castle in the Sky
  • My Neighbor Totoro
  • Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
  • Princess Mononoke
  • Spirited Away
  • Whisper of the Heart
• Comments: The most difficult thing to do choosing this song was to decide what "the bard's song" is. Mainly, it's Nausicaa's prophecy, but soon you'll realize that the Bard is Miyazaki himself, the greatest storyteller of our times in my opinion, while his stories are so wonderful they really look like they've always existed, and they've always be sung by someone. So this video is a tribute to Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's works! There's no plot in this video, I chose all the clips paying great attention to the mood, letting the song flow through my mind. The "main plot" is "storytelling", I might say.
  
  This song was originally created thinking of Lord of the Rings, and in fact they mention "hobbits, dwarves, men and elves". In my video, they simply are all the magical creatures (I chose Kodomas, because to me they're the best creatures ever invented in a Miyazaki's movie!) and heroes that fight and live through these movies.
  
  THE BARD'S SONG
  
  Now you all know
  The bards and their songs
  When hours have gone by
  I'll close my eyes
  In a world far away
  We may meet again
  But now hear my song
  About the dawn of the night
  Let's sing the bards' song
  
  Tomorrow will take us away
  Far from home
  Noone will ever know our names
  But the bards' songs will remain
  Tomorrow will take it away
  The fear of today
  It will be gone
  Due to our magic songs
  
  There's only one song
  Left in my mind
  Tales of a brave man
  Who lived far from here
  Now the bards' songs are over
  And it's time to leave
  No one should ask you for the name
  Of the one
  Who tells the story
  
  Tomorrow will take us away
  Far from home
  No one will ever know our names
  But the bards' songs will remain
  Tomorrow all will be known
  And you're not alone
  So don't be afraid
  In the dark and cold
  'Cause the bards' songs will remain
  They all will remain
  
  In my thoughts and in my dreams
  They're always in my mind
  These songs of hobbits, dwarves and men
  And elves come close your eyes
  You can see them too
  
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  Feedback is always appreciated.