The Mechanisms - Once Upon a Time [in Space] - 08 Cinders' Song

An ANCIENT BALLAD, reclaimed and modified for CINDERS' HEART-BREAKING QUEST to discover the LOCATION of ROSE.
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[@olliemalvarroza]

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When I was a little girl, my mother always told me
“Someday your prince will come, my love”
But as I grew, I knew it was a princess who would hold me.
I looked to the stars for you, my love.
Oh my love, as the cannons were a-blazing
I looked to the stars for you, my love
Oh my love, as the cities you were razing
I looked to the stars for you, my love
My world was left a-burning and my royal house a-bleeding
I looked to the stars for you, my love
My stepmother and sisters betrayed our world, conceding
I looked to the stars for you, my love
Oh my love, as they took me to the prison
I looked through the bars and saw you, my love
Oh my love, my soul was then arisen
I looked through the scars to you, my love
A godmother in white, she came, and took me to your crimson
I held you at last in my arms, my love
Together now, we longed to hear the matrimonial hymn sung
Eternally bound to you, my love
Oh my love, as the soldiers opened fire
On our wedding day, I ran, my love
Forgive me, my love, as I fled ever higher
I ran to the stars without you, my love
Years have passed, yet still I search, I know they cannot hide you
I look through the stars for you, my love
The ring will take me to you and the life they have denied you
I look through the stars for you, my love
Oh my love, and we'll finally be together
I look through the stars for you, my love
Oh my love, laid in my arms forever
Your princess will come for you, my love
Oh my love, oh my love,
Your Cinders will come for you, my love.

[@Ari-yupokaysuremhm]

What a legend, making it so I don't have to look up the lyrics

[@samlueke2855]

wow i started listening to TMA a few months ago and now i'm here listening to a story about warrior space lesbians and i honestly couldn't have hoped for better

[@foxwing42]

whose not?

[@dfastillo]

Indeed same

[@LeyCarnifex]

Lesbian Space Princess, fuck yeah

[@jadelinmcleod9693]

Space Lesbians!!

[@meeblemoo565]

"When I was a little girl my mother always told me 'someday your prince will come, my love.' But as I grew I knew it was a princess who would hold me"
What a beautiful line :)

[@SI-nx3fo]

I know I teared up 😭

[@ElainaTheDragonGirl]

Thanks, I'm gayer now

[@flowerperson581]

this comment is underrated

[@melodiefisher8615]

this song really said gay rights huh

[@supersargassosea7404]

gay rights

[@actualsatan7033]

I like this song even more when hear that it seems to be based off of Haul Away Joe

[@trashedeggnog3858]

every time i listen to the first 3 lines i get overwhelmed with emotions,, and love,

[@marmo20]

gay rights,,, 🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@pheo4156]

The talent........ Immense.............. Doing the call AND response of a sea shanty............ Ms. Law I love you

[@fandomshuzzah1907]

What was the original folk tune this was based on (if there was one, most of the rest of the album was based on actual songs like Bella ciao pump shanty etc)

[@Amelthon]

it's based on haul away joe

[@Companion92]

And I thought that I knew this melodies from somewhere

[@rainbowdiamond6039]

so we got trans Mordred and space lesbian cinder...any other i should know about

[@FH-rp6zs]

One of the seven dwarves mentions a male sweetheart in Pump Shanty.

[@FH-rp6zs]

I have since listened to more, and I can confirm that Tales to Be Told volume 1 has trans Iphis, vol. 2 has Hereward the Wake who "loved his servant Martin", and High Noon Over Camelot's Arthur and Lancelot are just as much in love with each other as they are with Guinevere in their polycule. I haven't gotten to the Bifrost Incident yet.

[@mediocrio]

@@FH-rp6zs loki, who is genderfluid in norse mythos, presents as a woman in the bifrost incident; her wife sigyn and their marriage are pivotal entities in the narrative. lyfrassir, an inspector investigating the events, has no canonically specified gender - they’re resultantly widely headcanoned as nonbinary in the fandom. ulysses as they appear in ulysses dies in dawn Also has no specified gender, though the narrative explicitly points out that this is because no one alive can attest to what it was; nonetheless, they _are_ consistently referred to with they/them pronouns, which is Very sexy

[@SingingSealRiana]

@@mediocrio well loki gave birth literaly birth to an 8 legged horse so yeah, it is very safe to say, that they are not as clearly a "he" as most interpretations make them out to be ^^

[@greyflash77]

Ulysses could be man, woman, both or neither. And I believe Arthur, Lancelot and Guinevere are in a polyamorous relationship.

[@teddyan863]

WAIT HOLD ON IS THIS HAUL AWAY JOE

[@cryptticrow]

it is lol

[@klbzplb]

im so glad the mechanisms invented lesbians

[@salihanazir2353]

Wow! This really needs more attention. Thank you random Pinterest post that introduced me to this

[@Dani-it9vc]

they really said lesbian rights huh 🥺
im emotional ok

[@SchneeflockeMonsoon]

My question: how did they fall in love? Red was the one leading the assault on Cinders’ planet, evidently, so…?

[@ying-y-y9566]

I don’t think Cinder know that…? I think it’s because Rose got Cinder out of the prison

[@Bobslays]

LETS GO LESBIANS

[@egrith2127]

Yay space lesbians

[@saym0.0]

oh my god i can't believe this is a mechanisms song