Swish and Filk – Potter Style Filks and such

I Will Survive

artwork by Hito76

Listen here: I Will Survive

Written and performed by DJ Rae, to the tune “I Will Survive” by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris.

At first I was afraid
I was terrified
Kept wonderin’ how I’d lived
With you inside my mind
Travelled all those many nights
With Hermione and Ron
And we grew strong
And we learned how to get along
So now we’re back
From outer space
I just walked in to find you here
That snakey look upon your face
You could’ve changed your stupid schlock
And let your guilt help set you free
If I have known that from the start
You’d made a horcrux outta me

Go on now go…can’t take no more
Thought you were such a badass
That time Snape killed Dumbledore
Well, have I got news for you–old Albus planned his own demise
You assumed we’d crumble
And thought we’d lay down and die
Oh no, not I
I’m still alive
Because of all my mother’s love
Now your time has arrived
I’ve got all my life to live
I’ve got all my love to give
And I’ll survive
I will survive (hey hey)

It took all the strength we had
Not to fall apart
In the hunt for Hallows
Then we didn’t know where to start
We spent oh so many nights
Just feeling sorry for ourselves
I nearly cried
But now I hold my head up high
And you see me
Somebody new
I’m not that frightened little kid
Who tries to hide from you
So you felt like swooping in
To use me as your trophy
Now you see what happens
When you kill my friends and family

Go on now go…don’t want no more
Disapparate now
‘Cause I won’t tell you anymore
Weren’t you the evil one who tried to break apart my mind
And at first I stumbled
Yet never gave up and died
Oh no, not I
I have arrived
Because of all of my friends’ love
I know we’ll stay alive
I’ve got all my life to live
I’ve got all my love to give
And I’ll survive
I will survive (oh)

Go on now go, won’t take no more
Just Splinch yourself now
‘Cause you can’t kill us anymore
You and your horrid Death Eaters had best say your goodbyes
As we’ll never crumble
Let alone just lay down and die
And not just I
We will survive
The weapon that we have is love
Its memories stay alive
We’ve got all our lives to live
We’ve got all our love to give
And we’ll survive
We will survive
We will survive!