The Knife by _inbetween_ (Shark-challenge)

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Title: Chondrichthyes The Knife
Obvious, yet complicated little snippet, akin to a fin sticking out of the water.
© B. Brecht (best read to Weill’s rhythm)*

…ooo000ooo…

Oh, the sharks here have sharp teeth, dear, and they show them, greenish-white.
Just his brain had old McKay, yeah, and he kept that out of sight.

When these sharks bite, with their teeth, dear, scarlet billows start to spread.
Fancy gloves, though, they don't need, dear, for it's through their hands you're bled.

In the West tower, Sunday morning, lie three bodies robbed of life.
Someone’s sneaking ’round the corner - will Steve get you, who will survive?

From a hive-ship above the ocean, shots and darts come raining down.
Yeah, those beams there aren't for show, dear, Bob is really going to town.

Looky here, Miss Emmagan, jumped some drones after drawing blood,
Weir stopped breathing, Lorne is broken, and the South pier sunk in the flood.

My man Sheppard disappeared, after leaving this corpse of mine.
The sharks are older than this city, and just following their lateral line.

And his guns blast and his eyes burn, will our boy do something rash?
Going heads-on against survivors, while our world is turned to ash.

Colonel Sumners, Hayes, Gall, Abrams, Grodin, Markham, and Smith too -
oh, the line forms in the morgue, dears, now the sharks have got a clue.

Hey, the line forms in the morgue, dear, now the Wraiths zoom in on you.


…ooo000ooo…



* This is a Moritat (bloodcurdling ballad) based on the song "Mac(k), the Knife" in the Brecht's "The Threepenny Opera" based on "The Beggar's Opera" by John Gay (yes *g*). Below is one of the more "conventional" and popular interpretations, as you might also know it from Frank Sinatra or Robbie Williams. Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Lotte Lenya, Louis Armstrong, ... they all used slightly different words, and a literal translation attempt of the Brecht/Weill song is yet another thing again.

mp3: Bobby Darrin's Mack the Knife

Comments

[thekatebeyond.livejournal.com]

Frelling brilliant! I couldn't imagine what folks were going to do with this challenge, but I guess the sparest of prompts gives the broadest room for creativity.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

Ta muchly!
I honestly couldn't imagine anything either. Then I started humming ...

[rokeon.livejournal.com]

o.O

I am never going to get "the line forms in the morgue, dear" out of my head.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

Is that bad? I'll better let it sing me to sleep now ...

[rokeon.livejournal.com]

No, not bad at all. Invasive in a good way.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

*g* Thanks, was teasing, sleepily. Now have dirty thoughts about "invasive".

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Wonderful reading. Thanks.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

Glad you liked, thank you :)

[ceitie.livejournal.com]

Cool, and somewhat macabre.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

Thank you; it's based on a "street ballad" in ye olde style.

[fairestcat]

OMG, Mack the Knife!!

I love you. Just... *adores*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

*g* Thank you! See, that's what I was crazily muttering about, now it makes all sense, right, right?

[flimpy.livejournal.com]

Nifty! I just imagined an entire Wraith fanvid while "singing" along to this in my head. :P

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

They are like sharks, and the humans are paddling in their pool now.


I think I don't actually have hers, gotta go through my partitions. It's actually fascinating how much and in what way people changed the lyrics.

[porntestpilot.livejournal.com]

I have nothing useful to say but I know you like getting comments so I did read this!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

........
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Clowns.

[porntestpilot.livejournal.com]

*cracks up* Oh Inbe. *glitter hearts*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

I am so not telling you what kind of comments are even worse than "I have nothing to say", coz I'm a fast learner, me *squinty look*


PS: do you guys really measure flower in "dl"?! I just wasted three perfectly good eggs (and all other ingredients) an a "cake" that's never gonna turn edible.

[porntestpilot.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what you are talking about other than hi...I like annoying you. Did I fail to make that clear somehow? *pondering face*

dl? flower? what? Do you mean flour?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

...

Oh dear, yes.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bettina_/]

Honk!

See? I didn't say "hee". And you mentioned Robbie Williams :-D.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

I hate you all and you are all not not not funny


I know, that one was just for you :) Although I expected you to know the original as well. Why are you online, Missy. Come and cheer me up, nobody wants to see Serenity with me.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bettina_/]

Hee! I was sneaking online from work, but I'm home now. You have to Serenity. It's so good!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

I don't get your comments! And I stopped checking back flists, just my own entries now :S


I AM IN SHOCK I SAW SERENITY I AM IN SHOCK MUST NOT DISCUSS IT HERE HAD WRITTEN FIREFLY POST DAYS AGO BUT SHOULD ADD SOME SERENITY DONT KNOW HOW MUCH OR LITTLE ARGH WIBBLE YES

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bettina_/]

I get some comments, but most of them I don't get. Bleh!

Write an email! Want to know what you thought! He's a leaf on the wind!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

HE IS HE IS OMG I scribbled in the cinema anyway, despite mf's admonishments to stop it, but I will delete 3/4 of what I wrote about Firefly because OMG ... I'll try to write an email or a post today, I'll try.

[nikej.livejournal.com]

*flails* This is absolutely marvellous! Darrin's 'Mack the Knife' is one of my all-time favs, and I studied the Threepenny and Beggar's Opera last year, so I have so much joy for this! And it's certainly an original answer to a challenge...;) I love it!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

Cool! I had actually forgotten that I once studied Gay's Beggar's Opera myself, until I thought I ought to add some background info.
Thank you :)

[torakowalski.livejournal.com]

OMG This is genius!!! *claps*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

Thank you :)

[rasmizar.livejournal.com]

Brilliant idea - I hadn't thought of the wraith this way, but they *are* like sharks; and you got the rythm and the moritat-y feeling down pat. :-)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

Their waters. Terrans are tourists :)
Glad it worked for you Wraith-fan.

Look out, old Mackie is back!

[very-improbable.livejournal.com]

That was totally awesome.

I was going to finish with "Look out" but decided that was too loud an end-note.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

Thank you kindly :)

[the-green-sheep.livejournal.com]

*stares wide-eyed*

I... oh, man. Your genius is of the scary kind. Whoa. Brrr.

*most resolutely will not think of this before sleeping tonight*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

XD
Thank you kindly.

I still keep thinking about it at night. It's oddly comforting, except when I cannot decide whether to rename it to Mack, the Wraith, or Wraith, the Knife ... plus, maybe John really is Mack ... mmmmh, teeth.

[iamsab.livejournal.com]

I award you five golden sharks, the highest ranking on the shark scale EVER. I looooove it.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

Oh don't encourage me, I already have to fight the urge to include the dunDUNdunDUN noises in the sex-scene I'm currently writing!

Thank you! XD

[turtlespeaks.livejournal.com]

A little late to reply, but this is just so awesome!!

*grins*

*hums Threepenny Opera"*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

Hey, it's never too late for comments :) esp. on the net, thank you.