Holding out for a Hero BUT ITS EPIC - Cover by Lydia the Bard feat Alex

Title should be ‘Holding out for a hero but Lydia got carried away with an idea at 3am and ran with it’ Stream this song here! ffm.to/holdingoutforaheroepic.OYD

See this. This is how you get an undead vengeance paladin. "Even in death I needed a hero. And the only hero around was myself."

This brings us to the age old saying you either die a hero or live to see yoursellf become a villian

This makes me imagine fictional scenarios that make me sad

Guy, calm down. This is a different flavour of epic. This one will make you sob.

Huh, very versatile song. Original: a lighthearted song about wanting a man. Shrek: the backdrop to a climatic action scene. This: a dramatic tragic end.

I love that it makes this song sound like they are actually waiting for a hero to save them instead of just waiting for a man to sleep with.

I LOVE lydia videos so much because it is so obvious that in addition to being a beautiful singer, she is a storyteller. her videos are the perfect things to inspire others, they're like writing prompts with hauntingly angellic chords

The rough panting, the soaking blood dripping from the brow. Lingering memories of duty, of orders among the chaos of her mind. "72 hours... just hold out for 3 days." roaring over and over, for motivation? Desperation? No, survival. Clenching, a slippery grasp on the hilt of her steel. An unwavering horde bellowing forth. The ever dark night, a fortnight spent lost without light. The remaining time lost among the never rising sun. Brothers and Sister lost, only to rise up in arms once again under the beckoning everlasting night. The shattered steel of comrades strewn about, coated in glistening starlit crimson drool. The shambles and clanking of bones risen again. They claw, they scream... they eat.

This could definitely be used in a musical, and Lydia’s character is the main one that dies in the last scene. And the “I need a hero”s after Alex’s line (until the last one) are sung by the narrator as we watch the dramatic death scene

The sounds the way a lone soldier would feel in the middle of a seemingly pointless battle Trying to cling to hope Another great song Lydia! 💚

With the way the art is drawn it really looks as if she looks at us, the audience. Pleading to send someone with her dying breath, but we can do nothing but helplessly witness everything.

I didn't remember the Fairy Godmother to be this touching and sad...

Now imagine hearing reving motors and chainswords approaching menacingly and shouting "FOR OUR COMRADES, FOR THE EMPEROR!!!"

*Orbit above Malevelon Creek* "This is Spartan Team Omega. If they want war, we'll give 'em war."

Animatic Ideas go brrrr

Very unique take to a song thats almost always been interpreted as one for helpless damsels in distress. This one sounded like an honorable final stand. A final hope, a final cry for survival. Truly grimdark.

This is amazing. Like seriously. The vocals? The melody? The background noises? The art? STUNNING.

Music speaks many languages at once: when you're happy, you dance with it; when angry, if fuels the fire; sadness makes you feel it. This was amazing.

I don't know how a cover can be more epic than the original, but I'm here for it Edit: I said this before it came out. The original and this are both epic but in different ways.