CROWLEY’S LAMENT | A Good Omens Rock Opera
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Published 2024-04-12
Special thanks to @holmee on Tumblr for the GORGEOUS thumbnail art- I asked for Crowley dramatically sprawled out on a piano and she couldn’t have possibly delivered finer results.
My favorite songs in musicals have always been epic character-driven pieces that swing wildly between musical textures and emotions, such as Dust and Ashes, Epiphany or The Ballad of Jane Doe. Additionally, I’ve always adored the passion and grandeur of rock opera, and there is perhaps no character that fits this style better than Crowley. The minute the title and opening chords of this song popped into my head, I knew I had to write the piece our favorite dramatic demon deserved. I wrote the first draft of the lyrics in about a week in September, and I’ve worked off and on on the arrangement for nearly eight months. I like to consider this piece the culmination of the first two years of my music degree, as it incorporates everything I’ve learned about musical theatre, classical, and rock music. I drew inspiration from musicals like Jesus Christ Superstar, Ride the Cyclone and Sweeney Todd, composers like Brahms and Rachmaninoff (and David Arnold), and bands like Queen, ABBA and My Chemical Romance, with a dash of Argentinean tango. At the risk of patting myself on the back, it’s quite possibly the best song I’ve ever written- CERTAINLY my most ambitious. It has challenged me so much as both a composer and a performer (no song has pushed the limits of my low range quite like this one), and I am so excited to finally share it with all of you.
All Comments (21)
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I would step on Lego bricks to hear this song for the first time again
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"I'm immortal but that doesn't mean alive" fucking WOW
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‘Trapped in the seventh circle of goodbye’ DAMNN
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these Good Omens artists have been REALLY cooking recently
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I saw the words “rock opera” and was IMMEDIATELY ALL IN
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"One you asked if I was lonely, being on my own side, Well, if I said it wasn’t, I’M A DEMON! I LIED!" THAT TOOK ME OUT IN THE FORM OF CARDIAC ARREST THAT IS FUCKING POETRY
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We making it out of the final fifteen depression with this one boys 🔥🔥🔥
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Can I hear a Wahooo? What a dramatic nice lovely demon
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LYRICS: Pleased to meet you, charmed, I’m sure Hope your thoughts aren’t too impure You don’t know me, but you surely will I’m the snake who tempted Eve, And I’ve got mischief up my sleeve, And minor inconveniences that kill… I’ll stall your wi-fi, give you ticks, Or make you step on lego bricks I even made the damn M-25! But true evil’s gotten tired… And I’m feeling uninspired… I’m immortal, but that doesn’t mean alive… What’s the point of it all? I didn’t even meant to fall As much as I just sauntered vaguely downward I once believed in starry skies But now it all evades my eyes How quickly God’s opinion of me soured! All I did was ask some questions, just a couple of suggestions What could possibly go wrong? Next thing I’m being thrown into a pool of boiling sulfur And now I’m pouring out my heart in song- (cringing at the realization) oh, God! spoken Did I just say “oh, God?!” What the heaven’s wrong with me?! Hell’s got no ideas, and heaven’s got no taste! You couldn’t ask for two more boring, idiotic realms Make a world just to destroy it, now come on, that’s just a waste! Besides, all the really evil stuff, the humans do themselves! Six thousand years of the same pathetic story You’d think my life was hellish but it’s more like purgatory And every day a certain fear of mine begins to worsen, What if deep down I’ve always been a bit of a…(cringing) nice person?! Oh, WHO AM I KIDDING?! Nice- NICE?! I’m a demon, I’m not NICE!!! Nice is a four letter word… I’m on my OWN SIDE, I don’t need anyone! Just try and make me repent for my sins! You weren’t made for peace and love and light, You’re blood and fire and torment! You’ve been slacking lately, Go eat babies or burn down a convent! I’m the stuff of nightmares, I’m not meant to have dreams! So why do I get no enjoyment from the sound of screams?! Forged out of ashes and snakeskin and stardust, Fearfully, woefully, wretchedly made I carved myself only in my own image, From heaven’s and hell’s beaten paths I’ve strayed I don’t want praise, or pity, just answers! But GOD doesn’t have them, they just sit there on high Making all of creation question their judgment Like some great big emotional abuser in the sky!!! How much more of this am I meant to take!? For heavens, for Satan’s, for somebody’s sake?! GOD, ARE YOU LISTENING?! SHOW ME A GREAT BLASTED PLAN!!! But perhaps that plan came in the form of shelter Under the wing of a pair of pale blue eyes And a soul doomed to fall evermore into the abyss Now flies… I may be the demon, but you’re the one who’s tempted me With your smile and your style and your faith and your joy And your humanity Just enough of a bastard to be worth knowing, And yet somehow the purest soul I’ve met In you I can see everything that I’m not And all that I could be I thought hope was foolish, Thought trust was naive, But I’ve finally found something in which to believe (With a simmering, sinful passion) I watch you with hunger ablaze in my eyes, My blackened heart burns at the sound of your sighs, The things I would do to be graced by your glance, I’d make you my altar if I had the chance… Run away with me, I’ll take you anywhere you want to go! We won’t need heaven, or hell, just us We could be an us… So they’ve asked you back to heaven… You say we can both be angels… Just like old times… And you told them just where they could stick it… right? (With a sense of denial and dawning horror) Tell me you said no… Tell me you said no… We’re better than that! YOU’RE better than that! The whole system’s fucked and you know that’s a fact They’ll never want me, they’ve never liked you They’ll never l- (quickly stopping himself from saying “love”) KNOW you the way that I do Well of course I said no to hell, we’re the bad guys! Isn’t that what you think? But heaven’s no better, I’ve seen their design, And what they’ll do to those who won’t toe the damn line, (Seething in ⅞) I thought you were different I thought you were the piece that fits me But you’re just like everyone Else who thinks they can fix me! I don’t belong anywhere Not above or below, and you don’t even care! One you asked if I was lonely, being on my own side, Well, if I said it wasn’t, I’M A DEMON! I LIED! (Exhausted and aching, on the verge of tears) The nightingale stopped singing Now all that’s left’s a ringing in my Ear, ‘cause you’re not here The sky could fall, the world could end They’re nothing without my best friend Who made it all so precious and so dear ( You “forgive” me? Well DON’T BOTHER! It’s clear that you would rather be where You were told to “shut your mouth and die!” My angel, farewell I’m condemned to something worse than hell Trapped in the seventh circle of goodbye
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Screaming, crying, throwing up. Going to be listening on repeat for hours. The lines?! Trapped in the seventh circle of goodby?! Immortal doesn’t mean I’m alive?!” Immaculate The art is gorgeous! The vocals?! You have a beautiful voice I’m dying Thank you for gracing this fandom with such artistry
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My mouth is still open in shocked anguish, I’m SOBBING 😭
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Somebody check on Crowley because that piano is on FIRE! 🔥🔥🔥
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7:56 YES GIRL HOLD THAT NOTE
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okay so who is going to send this to Neil and David and Michael and everyone else? This was amazing! I'm honestly in awe at the everything of it as someone who knows little of singing and less of music. I was fine until the violin kicked in when Crowley mentioned Aziraphale, that's always going to get me lol. That play on words in the last line too, just amazing!
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lauren holy shit this is incredible i love the ballad of jane doe vibes 😭😭😭
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I hadn’t realized during the premiere that the song is nearly 9 minutes long??? And every single minute is amazing omg, i cannot imagine the work and skill this must have taken you !! It’s so awesome !!
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WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEASON 3 WITH THIS🗣🗣🗣💥💥💥
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“I’d make you my alter if I had the chance.” IT HURTSSSS‼️🗣️😭
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When you are sad a song ends after 9 whole minutes, you know it‘s REALLY FREAKING GREAT! This was everything I could have hoped for and more! A true masterpiece!
