Finity's End 05 - Mazianni [HQ]
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[book: Downbelow Station]
Lyrics.
We fought your fight and we died in droves
In a rearguard action with no reward
We spilled our guts to cover your butts
Spending ships and lives we could ill afford
And now Earthside says we can't win
Hell, we could have won if we'd gotten support!
Now they say pull back, now they say pull out
They say the war is over, mission abort.
But they're not here and they don't care
Our dead are just numbers on a page
For they only see how the money rolls out
And that war is a costly thing to wage
So the Union sneers, and Union laughs,
And the Merchanters turn and run away.
And the stations where we fought and died
If they could, would throw us out of their bays
Give up, give in, says Earthside now
You Merchanters sing the same refrain
But we won't stand this kind of defeat
And knowing our people died in vain
It was our blood spilled on the stars
Do you think you can deal it away?
Well, you merchant hogs better think again-
Mazian will make the Union pay!
You decry our fight, you deny our due
Well, we can learn from every mistake
You'll repay what we spent in blood
What you won't give us freely, we'll take
We'll contest each star Union wants
This is war, not some bureaucrat's game
So we hear you're calling us pirates now
Then screw you all, we'll earn the motherless name!
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You know a song is good when it makes you sympathize with pro-war pirates
Ok, this song made me want to read this series
@Ultrawup
3 жыл бұрын
All of them made me wanna read it lmao
@Jo-ys3qx
2 жыл бұрын
Whats the series called? Where can I read it?
@tyronetheterrible1901
2 жыл бұрын
@@Jo-ys3qx Alliance-Union series. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._J._Cherryh_bibliography#The_Alliance%E2%80%93Union_universe
@owenf5222
2 жыл бұрын
@@Jo-ys3qx Downbelow Station is the first one to read. I just read it recently because of this album and it's bloody great.
@glynrh8892
Жыл бұрын
@@owenf5222 Reading it now, also because of this album, and my god is it good!
“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.” -- H. L. Mencken Even a Quaker grandmother, evidently. Good job, C. J. Cherryh.
This part of the book was amazing to read, just the general Kameradery when Mazian, and then Mallory made the announcement that they were breaking from earth company. A wonderful feeling of standing in the face of the awesome power of the union, even if It is probably futile and would be better not to.
@IminLincolnWalterJosephG-el1vb
6 ай бұрын
People clinging on to hope of freedom can't see the fear and apprehension in some oneaking a stand against inequity and unrighteous dealings with our great nation's constitution and bill of rights
I have had this song stuck in my head for 2 solid months now, such a great album, thanks for uploading and keeping this type of music alive!
Make it a movie! Bust those lame SciFi makers! And give me a time machine to read all of them!
@glynrh8892
Жыл бұрын
They're findable with a bit of patience and a bit of luck! Just picked up Downbelow Station second hand and on the hunt for the rest.
@awhahoo
10 ай бұрын
Check your local/city public library! Mine had the omnibus version of merchanters luck and 40,000 in gehena. Sadly it only had the ebook of downbelow but oh well (And no I dont know why ebook versions are limited, probably some sort of money thing)
@npickle54
2 ай бұрын
I literally bought all on amazon?
You know what? I'm starting to think the union is really bad at their jobs .
@SongsfromtheStars
2 жыл бұрын
Hey, if “enslaving clones” counts as a job, Union is pretty great at it!
@Jaann1919
2 жыл бұрын
Union is based
@Marcus001
2 жыл бұрын
@@Jaann1919 ...based on the industrial revolution and its consequences
@superabdoking5372
Жыл бұрын
@@SongsfromtheStars so bacially, the galactic republic in the clone wars
@clostridiumtetani9947
Жыл бұрын
@@Marcus001 my brother in christ you are listening to music written 40 years ago that wouldn't have survived by word of mouth alone had it not been for tapes and the internet. you are in no place to complain about technology being bad. Ted Kacsynski is in prison right now begging modern medicine to save him from cancer.
We're living this tune, right now.
I wanna play LANCER..
@Karthage922
Жыл бұрын
All i'm saying is, Lancer BATTLEGROUP has some serious Alliance-Union vibes and you could totally run a campaign with similar themes in it. I got the book when it came out for public sale and its very good.
@nyarlathotep4889
Жыл бұрын
lancer is great!
Beware the fury of the legions.
Aah, makes we want to play Traveller.
@danielmcgillis270
6 ай бұрын
I am starting up a Pirates of Drenex campaign and this is my background music.
It annoys me that the whole thing with Mazian was never concluded. I love the merchanter books, their by far her most interesting parts of the universe but there's so many things that are just never concluded.
@graceygal2664
10 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure a new book to the series came out just last year so it may still be continuing
@TheRealHNA913
2 ай бұрын
Actually I like that it wasn't. Half of fantasy is potential.
How exactly attacking and killing the unarmed merchanter family in merchanter's luck makes the union bleed?
@Some_Really_Random_Dude.
Жыл бұрын
Money is the lifeblood of a nation.
@willparry530
11 ай бұрын
@@Some_Really_Random_Dude. indeed. It's a blow to their economy.
@victorlockwood5924
9 ай бұрын
COPE AND SEETH
@LaMarcheFutilé101
6 ай бұрын
It's almost as though a paramilitary force bent on revenge and convinced on their own righteousness might just be lashing out any targets they can find, rather than having any kind of actual plan to achieve their aims in a meaningful and realistic way. But, of course, there's no real-world examples of that so we can only speculate.
@omppusolttu5799
6 ай бұрын
@@victorlockwood5924 You do realize the Mazianni are the bad guys yeah?
t. Tyrannical overlord
The Mazianni did nothing wrong
revisited in 2024 Now that's a war song every soldier should know and sing! As a christian i feel deeply what horror is being spread. So let this song sing out the truth of our past and future and of present times! Sorry for my clumsy English, a German is writing here. The voicing is brilliant and fresh, the rhythm seems out of step but is peculiarly harmonious, this is a piece of music I can treasure.