Disclaimer: The original song is by Jim Steinman. Animorphs is by K. A. Applegate. The opening and
closing quotes are from Animorphs #45: The Revelation (ghostwritten by Ellen Geroux).
Author's Note: This is supposed to be sung by Visser One (Edriss 562) just before her death, while
she's falling apart from Kandrona starvation. The original song fit so well that I hardly changed any words
(so I really shouldn't be posting this as my filk...), and I felt it was best if I left the chorus alone
completely. So this is a little like a songfic, with the verses as the fic and the chorus (in
*asterisks*, without punctuation) as the actual song.
"The visser thrashed madly and screamed incomprehensible words at the
crowd."
Tell the twins, every now and then I get a little bit lonely and I miss their watchful eyes,
Tell the twins, every now and then I get a little bit tired of fearing for their lives from afar --
Tell the twins, every now and then I get a little bit nervous that the best of all the years have gone
by,
Tell the twins, every now and then I get a little bit terrified that I've done wrong that can't be made
right --
Tell the twins, Eva, every now and then I fall apart,
Tell the twins, Eva, every now and then I fall apart...
Tell the twins, every now and then I get a little bit restless and I dream of power plans,
Tell the twins, every now and then I get a little bit helpless and I'm lying in the hands of a child --
Tell the twins, every now and then I get a little bit angry and I almost wish our love to be through,
Tell the twins, every now and then I get a little bit terrified at the thought of my wish coming
true --
Tell the twins, Eva, every now and then I fall apart,
Tell the twins, Eva, every now and then I fall apart --
And I need them now, tonight,
And I need them more than ever,
And if I could just hold them tight,
I'd be holding on forever,
And at last I'd be making it right,
'Cause I know we belong together...
They are the two I could never have killed --
My love keeps drowning out my rage and raising my guilt...
With our lives in a contest, all three of us would lose,
So, now that it's too late, I know it's theirs I must choose --
I really need them tonight,
Forever's gonna start tonight,
Forever's gonna start tonight --
*Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart*
Tell the twins, Eva,
Tell the twins, Eva,
Tell the twins, every now and then I know I'll never be the mother I should always have been,
Tell the twins, every now and then I know they'll always be my children, and they can love me the way
that I am --
Tell the twins, every now and then I know there's no one in the universe as important to me as those
two,
Tell the twins, every now and then I know that nothing could be better and there's nothing that I just
wouldn't do --
Tell the twins, Eva, every now and then I fall apart,
Tell the twins, Eva, every now and then I fall apart --
And I need them now, tonight...
*Once upon a time...*
"And it was clear...
...it was clear that Visser One's journey had ended."
closing quotes are from Animorphs #45: The Revelation (ghostwritten by Ellen Geroux).
Author's Note: This is supposed to be sung by Visser One (Edriss 562) just before her death, while
she's falling apart from Kandrona starvation. The original song fit so well that I hardly changed any words
(so I really shouldn't be posting this as my filk...), and I felt it was best if I left the chorus alone
completely. So this is a little like a songfic, with the verses as the fic and the chorus (in
*asterisks*, without punctuation) as the actual song.
"The visser thrashed madly and screamed incomprehensible words at the
crowd."
Tell the twins, every now and then I get a little bit lonely and I miss their watchful eyes,
Tell the twins, every now and then I get a little bit tired of fearing for their lives from afar --
Tell the twins, every now and then I get a little bit nervous that the best of all the years have gone
by,
Tell the twins, every now and then I get a little bit terrified that I've done wrong that can't be made
right --
Tell the twins, Eva, every now and then I fall apart,
Tell the twins, Eva, every now and then I fall apart...
Tell the twins, every now and then I get a little bit restless and I dream of power plans,
Tell the twins, every now and then I get a little bit helpless and I'm lying in the hands of a child --
Tell the twins, every now and then I get a little bit angry and I almost wish our love to be through,
Tell the twins, every now and then I get a little bit terrified at the thought of my wish coming
true --
Tell the twins, Eva, every now and then I fall apart,
Tell the twins, Eva, every now and then I fall apart --
And I need them now, tonight,
And I need them more than ever,
And if I could just hold them tight,
I'd be holding on forever,
And at last I'd be making it right,
'Cause I know we belong together...
They are the two I could never have killed --
My love keeps drowning out my rage and raising my guilt...
With our lives in a contest, all three of us would lose,
So, now that it's too late, I know it's theirs I must choose --
I really need them tonight,
Forever's gonna start tonight,
Forever's gonna start tonight --
*Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart*
Tell the twins, Eva,
Tell the twins, Eva,
Tell the twins, every now and then I know I'll never be the mother I should always have been,
Tell the twins, every now and then I know they'll always be my children, and they can love me the way
that I am --
Tell the twins, every now and then I know there's no one in the universe as important to me as those
two,
Tell the twins, every now and then I know that nothing could be better and there's nothing that I just
wouldn't do --
Tell the twins, Eva, every now and then I fall apart,
Tell the twins, Eva, every now and then I fall apart --
And I need them now, tonight...
*Once upon a time...*
"And it was clear...
...it was clear that Visser One's journey had ended."