Howling:Son of God Goes Forth to War
User:Blopington mentioned the similarity between "A Good Man Goes to War," and the title of a hymn, "The Son of God Goes Forth to War." See that thread (which is largely unrelated to this one... OR IS IT!!!) here.
Now that I read the lyrics again, I'm struck by some lines that seem to connect directly to episodes. Didn't want to derail that thread with something relatively off-topic, so here goes:
The Son of God goes forth to war, A kingly crown to gain;
--Unknown episode
His blood-red banner streams afar: Who follows in His train?
--The Doctor's Wife (Amy's vision of crimson)
Who best can drink his cup of woe, Triumphant over pain,
--Unknown episode
Who patient bears his cross below, He follows in His train.
--The Beast Below
The martyr first, whose eagle eye Could pierce beyond the grave,
--The Impossible Astronaut
Who saw his Master in the sky, And called to Him to save:
--Last of the Time Lords
Like Him, with pardon on his tongue, In midst of mortal pain,
--Unknown episode
He prayed for them that did the wrong: Who follows in his train?
--Unknown episode
A glorious band, the chosen few On whom the Spirit came,
--Journey's End
Twelve valiant saints, their hope they knew, And mocked the cross and flame.
--Unknown episode*
They met the tyrant's brandished steel, The lion's gory mane,
--The King's Demon?!?
They bowed their necks, the death to feel: Who follows in their train?
--The Stolen Earth
A noble army, men and boys, The matron and the maid,
--A Good Man Goes to War (?)
Around the Savior's throne rejoice, In robes of light arrayed.
--Unknown episode
They climbed by strength divine from heaven, Through peril, toil, and pain:
--Unknown episode**
O God, to us may grace be given To follow in their train.
--Unknown episode
A couple of the un-starred "unknowns" seem to me like generalities; typical sentiments a companion or group of companions might say at a difficult time. The first one I starred, about Twelve valiant saints, could be the Doctor's first twelve regenerations. The second I starred, about climing by strength divine from heaven, sounds potentially like a re-emergence of Gallifrey.
Anyway... it struck me, so I had to put it out there. Thoughts?
PS: A couple faults with my format; I took the rhythm pattern strictly rather than using punctuation or a "whatever works" approach; some of the episodes were pre-Moff, which seems a touch unlikely from some POVs; and, I'm human... always seeing patterns in things that aren't there. Agonaga 19:23, June 2, 2011 (UTC)
PPS: The etymology of the word "good" is just an elongated form of the word God, see [1], as in Goodbye being a shortened form of "God by ye." Agonaga 19:30, June 2, 2011 (UTC)
