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Far Away Boys

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Dark Muse
, 01-06-2010 at 01:46 AM (1651 Views)
Inspired by the song Far Away Boys by Flogging Molly

Far Away Boys

He remembers a pair of eyes
green as the Emerald Isle,
her smile, morning sunshine
sweet gentle warmth,

as they fade away
into the dust and dirt,
the vast land of endless
beige sand and a sun
that was not a lover nor a friend.

Far away boys
Far away boys

In a stolen scrap of shade
he will drift away
to the taste of her lips,
never to forget her
precious scent

but awakened to gun smoke
and only blood upon
cracked lips which haven't
been touched in longer
then he can recall.

Far away boys
Far away boys

The seasons pass unnoticed here
as they tell him when Summer
slid into Winter and Spring
waits upon the crest,
but instead of life he finds
only more death and a growing
will to die.

Beneath the heart and
relentless pain, again
he'll close his eyes
to slip away into her
waiting arms, and there
she glows an angle to
set him free.

Far away boys
Far away boys

He knows this vision
of her face is the last
he'll ever see as her
image disappears into sand

"I'll see you in Hell boys"

the last words he ever hears
and he will die within her arms
to whisper sweet good-bye
upon the burning winds,
he won't come home again.

Far
away
boys

far away.......
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  1. qimissung's Avatar
    Are you or have you set it to music? It would make a lovely sad ballad, I think.
  2. Dark Muse's Avatar
    I acutally haven't any real musical talent of my own.
  3. applepie's Avatar
    Very nice:) I agree with qimissung, it would be a lovely song, but having been inspired by a song it makes a bit of sense. I'm going to have to dig out my Flogging Molly on my iPod to see if I have this song now. I'm curious about the inspiration. ~ Meg
  4. qimissung's Avatar
    Can you write and publish a song that's based on another song, I wonder? Anyway, it has a quality to it. I can hear it with a sort of blusey, folk melody.
  5. Dark Muse's Avatar
    Yeah I am not sure what the legality of that would be.
    Updated 01-08-2010 at 01:05 AM by Dark Muse
  6. qimissung's Avatar
    I think you could as long as you acknowledge it's origins.
  7. Dark Muse's Avatar
    Yes that would make since, and while the theme/story of the poem is simillar, and I use the same concept, the words are still my own, the only thing I would not be sure about is the refrain I use, is the first line of thier chorus.

    But I don't think they can acutally own the phrase "far away boys"
  8. qimissung's Avatar
    Are the rest of the lines in the refrain different? I'm assuming they are. If you got really serious about this you could probably check with a copyright attorney. I'm sure they would have the answer.
  9. Dark Muse's Avatar
    This is the original chorus of the song:

    Far away boys, far away boys
    Away from ya now
    I'm lyin' with my sweetheart
    In her arms I'll be found

    So I just took the "far away boys" to use as my refrain, and the rest of the words in my poem are all my own.
  10. qimissung's Avatar
    I just don't think that'll be a problem! What's playing on your ipod?
  11. Dark Muse's Avatar
    I didn't think that should present a problem, hehe right now nothing.
  12. qimissung's Avatar
    But maybe someday a song by Dark Muse...
  13. Dark Muse's Avatar
    LOL I would just need to find someone who was talented with music to be willing to put my verse into a song.
  14. qimissung's Avatar
    Ay, there's the rub. However, now you've thought of it, a solution might present itself sooner than you think.