A little while back i was fiddling with my LIVE profile trying to make it a little more ODST. I decided a Marine or ODST cadence(marching song) would be a nice touch but after hours of searching around i still couldn't find one. Whether this is because ones never been wrote, or because of my abysmal search engine skills is unknown but i resolved to write one myself. I based it off the Airbourne infantry cadence used in the TV series Band of Brothers(partly because i always found it catchy and partly because of the similarities between ODSTs and paratroopers). In case no one here knows that particular cadence here it is:
We pull upon the risers,
We fall upon the grass.
We never land upon our feet,
We always hit our ass!
Highty tighty, Christ almighty! Who the hell are we?
Zim-Zam god damn! We're Airborne Infantry!
And now heres my version, i kept the "highty tighty" line intact because i always liked it:
We rack up our M7s,
We board out HEV.
We pop the hatch and clear our path
and get back in time for tea.
Highty tighty Christ almighty who the hell are we?
Zim-zam God damn pride of the UNSC!
I admit it may be lacking a little but i kinda liked it so i figured why stop there?. My next undertaking was slightly bigger. I decided to write an ODST version of the song "Blood Upon the Risers"(another paratrooper cadence). For anyone not familiar with the original go here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWgsdexkv18
Now for your pleasure, my version entitled "Digging Your Own Grave":
He was the rookie of the squad and as green as you could get.
The combat drop had him shakin' cause he hadn't done one yet.
And as he heard the siren wailin' it seemed to scream and shout.
you ain't gonna jump no more.
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die.
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die.
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die.
He ain't gonna jump no more.
The hatch came down across his eyes and sealed his coffin tight.
The sergeant on the COMMS told him he would be alright.
But as the pod began to drop he felt a chill from fright.
He ain't gonna jump no more.
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die.
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die.
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die.
He ain't gonna jump no more.
The vehicle gathered speed as it hurtled toward the ground.
The trooper was still shakin' when he heard an awful sound.
The lead had peeled away and the 'A' had took a pound.
He ain't gonna jump no more.
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die.
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die.
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die.
He ain't gonna jump no more.
The temperature was rising as the flames licked at his feet.
He started writhing round cause he couldn't take the heat.
His skin began to boil as it slowly cooked his meat.
He ain't gonna jump no more.
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die.
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die.
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die.
He ain't gonna jump no more.
Then the alt's hit 3-k feet he knew what happened next.
The upper panels fold away the drag chute then ejects.
But the chute never launched never slowed the rapidness.
He ain't gonna jump no more.
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die.
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die.
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die.
He ain't gonna jump no more.
He looked outside his pod and watched as the ground grew close.
He closed his eyes and thought of all the things he'd miss the most.
The girl he left his family and his mothers sunday roast.
He ain't gonna jump no more.
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die.
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die.
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die.
He ain't gonna jump no more.
The hole he left behind was as deep as it was wide.
Dark and black and filled with blood and strewn with his insides.
The medic who came runnin' cracked a smile as he sighed.
He ain't gonna jump no more.
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die.
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die.
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die.
He ain't gonna jump no more.
A letter of condolence was wrote up and then gave.
To the rookies parents to tell them of there boy so brave.
And how he wouldn't need a funeral cause he'd dug himself a grave.
He ain't gonna jump no more.
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die.
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die.
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die.
He ain't gonna jump no more.
Well i hope you like it, Unfortunatly i don't get chance to visit these forums an awful lot but if you leave your comments i will try and get back to you when i can. Thanks.