99 Puffer Spores
Atrus, you must hear my song
About what your two sons did wrong,
About 99 puffer spores
Gone away and seen no more.
Did you never think of us?
Then listen to this song you must,
About 99 puffer spores
And the horrors of the war.
99 puffer spores
Gone away and seen no more.
They cut them off the lattice tree
As part of general anarchy.
The Elders climbed up very high
To see what traveled through the sky.
They did not know they'd see no more
Those 99 puffer spores.
99 villagers
Went to meet the pillagers,
Thought that reasoning might work:
The protesters went berserk.
They said "You do not understand!
Atrus's sons have something planned!"
Yes, they had planned to start a war
With 99 puffer spores.
99 Council Elders
Went to meet the protesters,
Told them they would have to pay
For cutting puffer spores away.
That was the excuse they needed:
Shouting "Repression!", war proceeded.
Our unity apart they tore
For 99 puffer spores.
99 weeks of war.
The brothers don't care anymore.
They left Narayan far behind,
Left us to painfully restore.
Now I'm stuck in these four ages,
To my world I say good-bye
Unless you help me from my cage,
Then with the puffer spores I'd fly.