Athens of the Stars
a fanmix for the republic
1. Fallen ~ Sarah McLachlan
Heaven bend to take my hand
Nowhere left to turn
I'm lost to those I thought were friends
To everyone I know
Oh they turn their heads embarrassed
Pretend that they don't see
But it's one missed step
One slip before you know it
And there doesn't seem a way to be redeemed...
2. God Help the Outcasts ~ Bette Midler
God help the outcasts, the tattered and torn
Seeking an answer to why they were born
Winds of misfortune have blown them about
You made the outcasts - don't cast them out...
3. Elegy for Dunkirk ~ Dario Marianelli
Breathe through the heats of our desire
Thy coolness and thy balm;
Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire;
Speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire,
O still small voice of calm!
4. Crash and Burn ~ Lifehouse
Silence just keeps screaming back at me
The ones I love are lost in memories
And I wish that I could take back what was done
You can only change the person you've become...
5. Fix You ~ Coldplay
Tears stream down your face
I promise you I will learn from my mistakes
Tears stream down your face
And I...
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you...
6. Shattered ~ Trading Yesterday
Let me go and I will run, I will not be silent
All this time spent in vain, wasted years, wasted gain
All is lost, hope remains, and this war's not over
There's a light, there's the sun, taking all shattered ones
To the place we belong, and his love will conquer all...
7. Battlecry ~ Skillet
Let it rise like a prayer in the night
Shout for love, shout for hope, let them hear us
I believe we can’t lose, even mountains will move
It’s our faith, it’s our life, this is our battle cry
They can’t take us down if we stand our ground
If we live, if we die, we will shout out
Our battle cry!
8. À la Volonté du Peuple ~ Les Misérables
À la volonté du peuple
Je fais don de ma volonté
S’il faut mourir pour elle
Moi, je veux être le premier
Le premier nom gravé au marbre
Du monument d’espoir!
9. Diaspora Oratorio ~ Bear McCreary
(instrumental)
10. Heart of Courage ~ Two Steps From Hell
(instrumental)
11. For Such A Time As This ~ JAC Redford
(instrumental)
12. Homeland ~ Hans Zimmer
(instrumental)
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Mixer's Notes:
This fanmix has been in conception for... a long time. A long, long, long time.
It's no secret that I love the Republic of Haven. Perhaps in some way I see, reflected back at me, my own tortuous, volatile, bittersweet relationship with the country of my birth... and with that reflection, I see hope. And because of that, my heart is Haven's. Now and always. That "drunk-rolling whore," the star nation who thrashed its death throes only to be reborn from hope and love and far too much blood, is in its broken imperfection the greatest beacon of hope in the Honorverse. Because if Haven can be saved, after two long, painful centuries of sliding down the path to oblivion, what cannot?
From the ashes, we will rise.
And so this fanmix is a reflection of Her journey. From darkness and despair to hope and triumph and light, this stands for all those who gave their lives that their nation might live.
It is for Alfredo Yu and Warner Caslet, whose greatest act of patriotism will forever be called 'treason'.
It is for Robert Stanton Pierre and Oscar Saint-Just, who found themselves trapped on a collision course they could not avoid, never knowing that their mistakes paved the way to their nation's rebirth.
It is for Joanna Hall and all those like her, who did everything they could to serve the nation they loved even as that very nation fettered them almost to the point of breaking.
It is for Oliver Diamato, Jennifer Bellefeuille, Sabrina Longmont, and Shannon Foraker, who proved again and again that the hope of Haven was those who clung to honor before reason, because they are Haven's heart.
It is for Javier Giscard, Lester Tourville, Denis LePic, and Everard Honeker, who forever shaped what the nation they loved would become for all its future days.
And it is for Thomas Theisman and Eloise Pritchart, the pillars of the nation they saved, who surrendered themselves utterly to the revolution Haven so badly needed, bringing at last the dawn of the new Republic.
This is for the Athens of the Stars.
Do you hear the people sing, lost in the valley of the night?
It is the music of a people who are climbing to the light
For the wretched of the earth, there is a flame that never dies
Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise....!
Will you join in our crusade? Who will be strong and stand with me?
Somewhere beyond the barricade, is there a world you long to see?
Do you hear the people sing? Say, do you hear the distant drums?
It is the future that we bring when tomorrow comes!
