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And they said it couldn't be done....

Post by BishounenStalker » Sun Jul 13, 2003 3:48 pm

Yet another One Piece idea from me ::collective groan::

I guess I just happen to like doing genre videos for series they really don't seem to fit. Like Eva comedies. But even those are starting to get popular. However, not many people seem to have tried a dramatic video to side-splittingly funny series. I think VicBond's "Requiem for Excel" is the ONLY one I've seen that tried to do that.

So here goes. A One Piece Sanji/Nami profile using Billy Joel's "An Innocent Man." The thought struck me on the way to CompUSA, because my dad had the CD going. The song fits extremely well for anyone who knows the story and characters.

Unfortunately, I won't have the resources to pull it off until Funimation releases the series DVDs here in the States. Damn them. Damn them to Hell :evil:

But for anyone out there who's familiar with the series (which is a comedy for the most part, although it's got some GREAT angst fodder), whatcha think? Lyrics posted for your benefit:

"An Innocent Man"

Some people stay far away from the door
If there's a chance of it opening up
They hear a voice in the hall outside
And hope that it just passes by

Some people live with the fear of a touch
And the anger of having been a fool
They will not listen to anyone
So nobody tells them a lie

I know you're only protecting yourself
I know you're thinking of somebody else
Someone who hurt you
But I'm not above
Making up for the love
You've been denying you could ever feel
I'm not above doing anything
To restore your faith if I can
Some people see through the eyes of the old
Before they ever get a look at the young
I'm only willing to hear you cry
Because I am an innocent man
I am an innocent man
Oh yes I am

Some people say they will never believe
Another promise they hear in the dark
Because they only remember too well
They heard somebody tell them before

Some people sleep all alone every night
Instead of taking a lover to bed
Some people find that it's easier to hate
Than to wait anymore

I know you don't want to hear what I say
I know you're gonna keep turning away
But I've been there and if I can survive
I can keep you alive
I'm not above going through it again
I've not above being cool for a while
If you're cruel to me I'll understand

Some people run from a possible fight
Some people figure they can never win
And although this is a fight I can lose
The accused is an innocent man
I am an innocent man
Oh yes I am
An innocent man

You know you only hurt yourself out of spite
I guess you'd rather be a martyr tonight
That's your decision
But I'm not below
Anybody I know
If there's a chance of resurrecting a love
I'm not above going back to the start
To find out where the heartache began

Some people hope for a miracle cure
Some people just accept the world as it is
But I'm not willing to lay down and die
Because I am an innocent man

I am an innocent man
Oh yes I am
An innocent man
-- Rachel the Demon, Resident Quoter of Obscure Nostalgia
"Great. He can pick his teeth when he's done with us!" - Marina, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
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