The story needs to be told! Sworn foes become best of friends!
This ballad gives the critical lesson of empathy and compassion.
I thought it would be fun to make a ballad about HTTYD because of the nostalgia with an excellent moral. Fellow people of Culture with recognize the instrumental as Driftville City from Pokémon Black and White, also known as the toothless dancing meme, which I had to include.
Tell me what you think in the comments!
The moral of the story is:
"You cannot both hate someone and understand them at the same time"
https://youtu.be/98PEQwphc4Y?si=nbNFcgLGAJ-7uMIm&t=936
DISCLAIMER:
All rights to the story and 3D animated footage used in this video belong to DreamWorks Animation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Train_Your_Dragon
Toothless dancing meme hails from footage owned by Cas van de Pol.
https://www.youtube.com/@cas
Instruments used:
Rogue RM100-A Mandolin
Gold Tone OM-800+ Octave Mandolin
Yamaha YRT-302B Tenor Recorder
Mollenhauer Alto Recorder
Sonola Rivoli Special Accordion
Tama Quality Bass Drum
Cosmic Productions Tambourine
Indonesian Rain Stick
Lyrics:
Intro
Verse 1
long ago in a
far away land lived a
bright young lad who was
strong of head but not of hand
come my friend for the
story will show
how this man made a
friend of his foe.
Verse 2
one dark night on an
island did fall fire
from the sky for the
dragons sought to pillage all
yet our hero with his
net aimed high
shot the mightiest
out of the sky
Chorus
that which once was
sworn his foe be-
-came his dearest
friend
man and beast are
truly one in
same and shall
be together til the
end.
Instrumental
Verse 3
with his foe captured
in his snare he un
sheathed his knife for to
take it's heart and leave it there
but the lad could not
bring down his hand and
set it free to re-
-turn to it's land
Verse 4
with the help of each
other they went to the
dragon's home where
the real evil was evident
now the evil could no
longer hide from
man and beast fighting
side by side
Chorus
that which once was
sworn his foe be-
-came his dearest
friend
man and beast are
truly one in
same and shall
be together til the
end.
Instrumental
Verse 5
man with power of
dragons was shown where the
evil hid but they
could not face it on their own
change of heart in the
leader of men
gave the heroes ad-
vantage again
Verse 6
one on one with the
hero did fight the
evil beast in a
final show of skill and might
pow'r alone of the
evil did fail
bond and skill let our
heroes prevail
Chorus
that which once was
sworn his foe be-
-came his dearest
friend
man and beast are
truly one in
same and shall
be together til the
end.
Instrumental
Verse 7
so my friend
when you see your foe
remember that they
have a story you don't know
hear this lesson
which i sing and rhyme
you can't hate and understand
at the same time
Chorus
that which once was
sworn his foe be-
-came his dearest
friend
man and beast are
truly but the
same and shall
be together til the
end.
Instrumental
Speed: 170
Timing: 4/4
Key: D Dorian
Chords:
Verse:
|D5 |D5 |C5 |C5 D5
|D5 |F5 D5 |F5 C5 | E5 D5
Chorus
|C |F |C |G
|C |F |C |F5 E5 |D5
Instrumental
|D5 |D5 A5 |D5 |D5 A5
|D5 |D5 |E5 F5 |D5
Music I used as inspiration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc_0wfIuuzw
Long ago in a far away land Lived a bright young lad Who was strong of head but not of hand Come my friend for the story will show How this man made a friend of his foe One dark night on an island did fall Fire from the sky For the dragons sought to pillage all Yet our hero with his net aimed high Shot the mightiest out of the sky That which one was sworn his foe became his dearest friend Man and beast are truly one in same And shall be together till the end With his foe captured in his snare He
unsheathed his knife For to take it's heart and leave it there But the lad could not bring down his hand And set it free to return to its land With the help of each other they went to the dragons home Where the real evil was evident Now the evil could no longer hide From man and beast fighting side by side That which once was sworn his foe Became his dearest friend Man and beast are truly one in same And shall be together till the end Man with power of dragons was shown Where the evil hid But t
hey could not face it on their own Change of heart in the leader of men Gave the heroes advantage again One on one with the hero did fight The evil beast In a final show of skill and might Power alone of the evil did fail Bond and skill let our heroes prevail That which once was sworn his foe Became his dearest friend Man and beast are truly one in same And shall be together till the end So my friend, when you see your foe Remember they have a story you don't know Hear this lesson which I sing a
nd rhyme You can't hate and understand at the same time That which once was sworn his foe Became his dearest frined Man and beast are truly but the same And shall be together till the end
Comments
The editing night shifts have paid off💫🎶🌈
The dancing toothles was too funny lol
Very cool <3
Good, Mark, good!
Dancing toothles was great, epic!
This is easily my favorite one you've done so far! ... But why you gotta put in driftviel city 😭😭 I'm dying
Alright, now to petition DreamWorks to put this in the soundtrack of the movies.
Dang I only now realised man actually has captions. Legendary.
Great work! Thank you for making this and sharing it!
Huh, I thought Cough had a swimming water lizard. Quite the creative liberty but I think it paid off!
Very well done
Damn. Now i want the Ballad of Shrek.