A Menace To The Planet
by Rob Morris
(Set to the tune of Kenny Rogers 'Coward Of The County')
Everyone considered her
A menace to the planet
She'd rarely done a single thing to prove the people wrong
Her mama named her Kaede
But folks called her Lucy The Devil
I gambled part of my heart
They were reading Kaede wrong
She wasn't even ten years old
When the bullies got what they pushed for
I became her friend cause she looked like she needed one
What went wrong I still don't know
but my family lay in pieces
"You shouldn't be a liar" she said
I just said "You have to stop."
And inside her, a voice said :
"Promise me, Lucy, not to
let the bastards live;
Kill them all
or make their kids like us
Eliminate the weak,
and then you won't be the freak;
Now is the time we make our stand
There's no place for us in the world of man."
Time follows a funny path; And again I saw Kaede;
Each with eyes that didn't recall just how things fell apart
But despite just trying to live our lives
Kakuzawa's forces came calling
They burst in through our doors
And there was an army of them
Kaede gave me to Yuka; the house she left on Nana
I know she heard my hateful words when my memories returned
Though she's the one got captured; The Kakuzawas got some schoolin'
But as the old man made his foolish God-pitch, she heard these words again :
"Promise me, Lucy, not to
let the bastards live;
Kill them all
or make their kids like us
Eliminate the weak,
and then you won't be the freak;
Now is the time we make our stand
There's no place for us in the world of man."
The Special Ops just laughed at her and readied their attack craft
But her sights were straight on me as I stared with hateful eyes
That old attack craft shriveled up; and so did part of Kaede
You see I told her very flatly, that I could not forgive
Two gunshot wounds on me; and all the hurt she'd suffered
She decided to end this world; to draw this veil of tears
But instead she chose to heal me
Though it took all she had from her
She said 'Leave My Family Alone!' as the final soldier fell
And then she told off someone else :
"I promised myself,
not to let the monsters live;
Kill them all even if they're deep inside
I found the place I seek
where we're all a bunch of freaks;
Now, Kouta, keep your promise, as we planned
and come back to see me, cause you're still my man."
Everyone considered her a menace to the planet...
