R/S, post-arrest: "Chris, Look What You've Missed"
Title: "Chris, Look What You've Missed"
From: Naked Boys Singing
Ship and fandom: R/S, Harry Potter
Hear it: Here (I do not vouch for this site or its contents. As always, download at your own risk.)
What a Moony song this is. "Chris, Look What You've Missed" from the (all gay, all male, all nude, surprisingly sensitive) play Naked Boys Singing is a layered, subtle letter from a man whose lover is no longer with him. Survivor's guilt is a theme in the song; at times, he is both regretful to betray his departed love, but resentful of this feeling. Remus knows that logically, he has no reason to be loyal to Sirius. Blame is also present: "look what *you* missed," and the first stanza laments the waste. As much as Remus misses him and feels guilty for moving on without him, Remus is angry that Sirius got himself arrested. Killing his friends is beside the point; Sirius is responsible for the lonely life that Remus is forced to live.
I see this song as Moony in his 20s because it isn't just about lost love, but also moving ahead while the other person is standing still. Sirius left at an important age, just when Remus was leaving late adolesence and coming of age as an independant adult.
I was naked, I was raw, and oh so vulnerable.
I got angry, I got lost. I loved you so much.
Such talent, such humor, so much to live for.
With passion, with fever, you were my life.
You're the one who left but there's nothing left of me.
Chris, look what you've missed.
I have more friends dead than I do here.
So many, so wasteful.
I try to forget.
I'm busy, I'm active, I have to survive.
I am empty, it's lonely, but I am alive.
I'm the one who's left and I want it to be we.
Chris, look what you've missed.
I miss you. I wonder how much you have changed.
Life goes on, I'm dating, I have a great job.
I love you, I laugh now remembering things.
You're with me. Part of me. We're growing up.
We are still as one, oh, but I'm becoming me.
Chris, look what you've missed.
Richard got fat. Then got bald. Then got thin.
And Michael is famous and Sam hasn't changed.
Young Neptune, he's married and Rover's on Mars.
There's hope now, we're living, I feel OK.
I am standing strong now here with my memories.
I met a man and he loves me so very much --
He's nothing like you -- and I love him too.
We're happy, we're one now, we have a good life;
I'm me now, I'm whole now, I'm a grown man.
Chris, look what you missed.
From: Naked Boys Singing
Ship and fandom: R/S, Harry Potter
Hear it: Here (I do not vouch for this site or its contents. As always, download at your own risk.)
What a Moony song this is. "Chris, Look What You've Missed" from the (all gay, all male, all nude, surprisingly sensitive) play Naked Boys Singing is a layered, subtle letter from a man whose lover is no longer with him. Survivor's guilt is a theme in the song; at times, he is both regretful to betray his departed love, but resentful of this feeling. Remus knows that logically, he has no reason to be loyal to Sirius. Blame is also present: "look what *you* missed," and the first stanza laments the waste. As much as Remus misses him and feels guilty for moving on without him, Remus is angry that Sirius got himself arrested. Killing his friends is beside the point; Sirius is responsible for the lonely life that Remus is forced to live.
I see this song as Moony in his 20s because it isn't just about lost love, but also moving ahead while the other person is standing still. Sirius left at an important age, just when Remus was leaving late adolesence and coming of age as an independant adult.
I was naked, I was raw, and oh so vulnerable.
I got angry, I got lost. I loved you so much.
Such talent, such humor, so much to live for.
With passion, with fever, you were my life.
You're the one who left but there's nothing left of me.
Chris, look what you've missed.
I have more friends dead than I do here.
So many, so wasteful.
I try to forget.
I'm busy, I'm active, I have to survive.
I am empty, it's lonely, but I am alive.
I'm the one who's left and I want it to be we.
Chris, look what you've missed.
I miss you. I wonder how much you have changed.
Life goes on, I'm dating, I have a great job.
I love you, I laugh now remembering things.
You're with me. Part of me. We're growing up.
We are still as one, oh, but I'm becoming me.
Chris, look what you've missed.
Richard got fat. Then got bald. Then got thin.
And Michael is famous and Sam hasn't changed.
Young Neptune, he's married and Rover's on Mars.
There's hope now, we're living, I feel OK.
I am standing strong now here with my memories.
I met a man and he loves me so very much --
He's nothing like you -- and I love him too.
We're happy, we're one now, we have a good life;
I'm me now, I'm whole now, I'm a grown man.
Chris, look what you missed.