bironic

Title: When I Go (AO3)
Fandom: American Gods (TV)
Characters: The old gods, the new gods, Shadow Moon, Salim, Mrs. Fadil, Essie MacGowan, Laura Moon
Music: by Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer
Length: 4:04
Summary: And the wind will long recount the story, reverence and glory when I go
Content notes: Death and dying. There are also briefly spiders (1:13-:17), sex (1:29-:32), a noose (2:28-:31), and fights/beatings (:41-:45, 2:37-:39).
Physical notes: Flashing lightning (:53-:56)
A/N: A treat for

bonibaru for Fall Equinox 2017. This vid was originally going to focus on Anubis & Thoth, but it quickly grew as I realized I wanted to tell more of the old gods' stories along with this beautiful song. I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed making it.

I'm not sure how much sense this will make if you're not familiar with the canon (book or show). Here is a quick, spoilery guide if you'd like one.

Thanks: to

revolutionaryjo for beta,

bessyboo for putting us in touch, and

cinco for giving this a look despite not having seen the show.

"When I Go" (Watch on Vimeo)

When I Go from bironic on Vimeo.

Download at Mediafire.

LYRICS

Come, lonely hunter, chieftain and king, I will fly like the falcon when I go
Bear me, my brother, under your wing, I will strike fell like lightning when I go

I will bellow like the thunder drum, invoke the storm of war
A twistin' pillar spun of dust and blood up from the prairie floor
I will sweep the foe before me like a gale out on the snow
And the wind will long recount the story, reverence and glory when I go

Spring, spirit dancer, nimble and thin, I will leap like coyote when I go
Tireless entrancer, lend me your skin, I will run like the gray wolf when I go

I will climb the rise at daybreak, I will kiss the sky at noon
Raise my yearning voice at midnight to my mother in the moon
I will make the lay of long defeat and draw the chorus slow
I'll send this message down the wire and hope that someone wise is listenin' when I go

And when the sun comes trumpets from his red house in the east
He will find a standin' stone where long I chanted my release
He will send his morning messenger to strike the hammer blow
And I will crumble down uncountable in showers of crimson rubies when I go

Sigh, mournful sister, whisper and turn, I will rattle like dry leaves when I go
Stand in the mist where my fire used to burn, I will camp on the night breeze when I go

And should you glimpse my wandering form out on the borderline
Between death and resurrection and the council of the pines
Do not worry for my comfort, do not sorrow for me so
All your diamond tears will rise up and adorn the sky beside me when I go