#continuing my tradition of never ever writing songs from the pov of characters with voices like mine lol

[scribefindegil]

Rereading the Radch books made me realize I never posted the Ancillary Justice filk I wrote a while ago! Not an in-universe song since it scans & rhymes, but I like to imagine it's got the vibes of something from the non-Radchaai entertainments that inevitably get made about the events of the books. Please pardon my sexy sexy bare-handed string instrument playing :)

Lyrics:

I've been reaching for the parts of me That I know are decades gone For millennia a chorus I was scores of voices strong.

And they used to call me Justice And they used to hear me sing Now I'm just a lone lost echo Just a ghost song wandering.

You keep all your worlds in time with you Every line enforced by rote And if ever you heard discord You would silence every note.

And if ever you sensed discord You would grind it into dust And you said that this was proper And you said that this was just.

And you used to call me Justice- You were fickle, you were wrong! There was no justice in that order Yet I still obeyed that order Would I had defied that order Though I know I'd still be gone--she'd still be gone

(Ooos for a verse)

And I know my song's familiar and I know I couldn't hide I'm done hiding, I'm done running from you after all these years But you will stand and listen as I tell you of yourself So that all of you across your empire hears--you can't keep stopping up your ears

Lord, you used to call me Justice When you came to me before And you told me of your discord And you filled me with your discord You are nothing else but discord You are nothing else but war So go to war Lord, start your war.

#filk #imperial radch #ancillary justice #continuing my tradition of never ever writing songs from the pov of characters with voices like mine lol