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
I had a similar idea to this! A hopeless fight where escape and life seems out of reach, but in that despair, a lone soldier, the best of them stood in between the enemy, and the friends. A suicide mission, to buy enough time for everyone to escape. On that day a hero was born. On that day they saved everyone. But no one came when they needed a hero, and there was no saving them.
About 10 years ago at Gen Con I listened to Michael Stackpole read one of his short stories. It was about a desperate army sallying forth against impossible odds of monsters that had steadily crushed the kingdom. They sallied forth at sundown and fought an impossible army at night. They had lost all their heroes long before the battle and only had themselves. But in their desperation they found a way to protect everyone they cared about. For it was not an army of human heroes that sallied forth against the monsters, but an army of vampires.
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 usually worldbuild for D&D but this has made me create a paladin. A man that survives against all odds, the heroic rescue comes half an hour too late for his beloved so he takes his beloved's oath hoping against all hope his service will be enough to curry favor with the god(s) she swore an oath to. He will serve, he will honor their codes and laws and all they stand for, he just wants the woman he cares for back. A lifetime of servitude for a moment of happiness.
"Mayday, Mayday, the Western Front has been breached! Repeat, the Western Front has been breached! Requesting immediate reinforcements!" ( Explosion ) "Battlefield Status Report: no further message received. All quiet on Western Front..."
IF you grew up in the 80s then you would understand that a one night stand is not the desire. The desire is have the hero that will stand by them long term. That was the thinking in the 80s.
@@sgt_s4und3r54don’t waste your breath on these young lost causes lol they think they’re so woke because they’re eyes are “open” to the misogynistic patriarchy around them. Meanwhile everything was built by men, everything was invented by men, & to this day 80% of the world’s infrastructure is maintained & kept suitable for living thanks to men.
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
Exactly, this just needs a cinematic to go with the song. Weather conditions to match the song's settings. Maybe multiple survivors of the battle, each of which are singing this song at different intervals.
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.
Wow... just wow... if I'm 100% honest, english is not my first language, so I don't get everything perfectly, as it is pretty elaborate, yet I still find it really beautiful. You have talent, dude!
They are unrelenting, a crushing tide of flesh and bone that rush forward overwhelming us after a few hours of combat. I fall, surrounded by my friends, but find no comfort in their dead eyes. I scream in anger and rage and I rise, turning to the nearest enemy. A young man dressed in blue holding a pike that is way to long to serve him any good. All the better, I dart past it and consume his force and he joins us. Then... Horror as I realized what I did. But I quickly shake it and return to the fight until... LIGHT over takes me. Light painful... But cleansing. The heroes have arrived
‘The time for speeches is done,’ said Dorn. ‘The first great test is here. My order to you all is simple, yet heed it well, and exert yourselves to see it done.’ ‘They are coming. Kill them all.’ Or...... We do not know what our chances of survival are, so we fight as if they were zero. We do not know what we are facing, so we fight as if it was the dark gods themselves. No one will remember us now and we may never be buried beneath Titan, so we will build our own memorial here. The Chapter might lose us and the Imperium might never know we existed, but the Enemy - the Enemy will know. The Enemy will remember. We will hurt it so badly that it will never forget us until the stars burn out and the Emperor vanquishes it at the end of time. When Chaos is dying, its last thought will be of us. That is our memorial -carved into the heart of Chaos. We cannot lose, Grey Knights. We have already won.
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 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
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.
Epic music refers to a modern type of classical orchestral music, with or without hybrid elements added to it. Example: adding an electric guitar into the orchestra. And the word orchestral means that it has been written for an orchestra to play. 🤓👆
More? Bonnie Tyler will *NEVER* be lacking in the realm of Epic... but this is a different kind of Epic that is no less potent. Bonnie prayed for Love. This Hero prayed for rescue... and such a rescue came, but the only comfort in the end was that she and her Love would perish together and thus face Eternity as one.
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.
I was grooving out and singing along and you pulling a "Lydia" and changing up the lyrics near the end to fit the narrative of the story, threw me off guard but gave me goosebumps as most of your covers you "rewrite" or add onto! Beautifully done as usual!
THE BETRAYAL AT 4:10 OH MY GOD THIS COVER IS EVERYTHING. I know you have a story in the description but I picture this as soilders with some sort of magic trying to keep some dark force from entering the castle, and the captain of the guard lets go as he says that, allowing the dark force in, and it chooses to kill all those who stand in it's path, starting with out main character. (Sorry got carried away there, my thoughts thought thoughtily) So I may or may not be working on a story inspired by this
It says something about the versatility of an original, when not one, not two, but THREE covers manage to live up to the original. (The other two covers are the medieval cover, and of course the one in Shrek 2). Lydia, you've done it again, amazing!
I just love the fact D&D, Lord of the Rings, and other stories decades ago, gave birth to epic fantasy. And in turn, inspired generations of creators to craft such wonderful art. Imagination, community, creativity, fun. That’s the heart of Dungeons and Dragons.
It was a pleasure to work with you on the artwork illustrating this cover! ⚔💚⚔ You absolutely killed it with this one, the animatic opportunities and fantasy feel are off the charts. Epic is a great way to describe it, I got chills,,
This reminds me of all the times where in a story a problem could possibly be solved with the help of a character previously established as some sort of guardian, like maybe they even gave some sort of promise that applies to the situation. And we, the reader/viewer wonder if they will show up or if that promise is now in the past. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. I do like that wondering phase, especially if the characters themselves don't think the help will come. Really tugs on the heartstrings.
Oh my gods thank you so much for this. I once played in a D&D campaign as a Bard, and we were in the middle of the war the losing side mind you. My bard was mortally wounded and the healer wasnt around us so he was going to die. The DM let me use modern song equivalents for his bardic music and since he wanted to do one last thing for his friends sang to the God of music this very song. This was exactly how i heard it in my head (cause i can sing a bit), and the DM was so moved by how i described his final moments the god of music granted a super version of bardic inspiration to the entire army. Thank you for giving his final moments form, i can never repay you for this.
It's epic but in a better way than my expectation of epic, if that makes sense. There is battle, but the music and scenario are sad and emotionally epic. Your voice conveys the sadness of the situation really well. I can't wait to hear what else you all come up with!
This is great! It feels like the start of a villians story, that waited for a hero, but when they didn't came she needed to make sure they would make it. And for that she needed to become the villian. Thanks for this beautifull cover!
Wow, this moved me, first time in this channel and didn't expect to have these many feelings. I play a lot of Pathfinder (D&D basically for those that don't know) and this really puts the perspective of the NPCs that know they can't win, but fight anyway with the hope that the heroes will get there on time, or at least that they'll save their country, their friends, their families. Also applies for the times the hero doesn't make it on time. I'm SO going to use this song at some point in my current campaign.
I like the voice of this girl, it's so sweet and yet so epic! Thanks, Lydia, this was a great cover (especially since it comes from one of my favorite childhood movies) Have a happy saturday afternoon and God bless you, take care and greetings from Colombia to you as well.
Everytime i get really sad i come back to listen one more time me and my ex fiancé would listen to this song a lot, she had past away to cancer 2 years ago and this song fits her so well she was fighter and i miss her so much ❤️❤️ thank you for this amazing cover
I came into this expecting a fairly standard variation of a song I knew well and liked. _I did not expect for the new lyrics to make me CRY, goddammit!!_ 😭
This...this made me cry within the first minute. As a man raised on "men don't cry" and "suck it up", I don't have words for how impactful that is. This was BEAUTIFUL
Sadly the original is so over played on radio and other media that it takes away the masterfully crafted lyrics. This cover shows just how amazing the song actually is! Super weell done!! Love the epic feeling you put back into it. Love it love it love it 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤌🤌🤌
I only clicked on this to make a comment to the effect that Holding Out for a Hero was already epic, but after listening...wow. That's dark. And amazing. Well done.
Man this fits so well with an event that happened in my DnD setting, basically a Gateway to the Abyss was opened resulting in a massive war between demons and what ever remained of the Elven Empire, the gateway was made by one of the elven emperor's, and what ever allys they could find amongst the Humans and Dwarves. It was not enough as the Demons had push to the last few remaining cities of the empire, basically almost 2/3 of the Elven empire was razed, which at its peak the empire stretched to about 1/2 of the continent. Then the dragons came and was able to help hold the line until they found out how to seal the portal shut. Suffice to say there was a lot of hopeless last stands that happened during the war. The Dragons were nearly wiped to the brink of extinction from the war, so they left far away to try and rebuild thier population. And as a result kf the war, basically the area that the demon army had razed had became desolate, rain would no longer fall, the ground perpetually stained ashen grey, trees became petrified husks, and any water there became poisonous. Essentially making a large chunk of the continent uninhabitable.
three things 1. THIS IS EPIC!!! ALSO HE KILLS HER?! WHAT?! 2. HAZBIN COVER NEXT WEEK LET’S GO!! 3. pls cover Killer Queen by Mad Tsai if u havent already :3 UR AMAZING LYDIA
@@davidvaldezjr5546 "Before she knows it he lunges forward and a sword has been plunged into her side, her knees buckle beneath her and her love guides her to the ground. He had been fighting for the other side all along." Seems pretty obvious that he killed her.
Me, a healer main, through sobbing tears: I KEEP TRYING TO CAST CURE BUT THE WOUNDS ARE EMOTIONAL, THE SONG IGNORES MITIGATION, AND RESCUE IS ON CD FOR THE NEXT MINUTE
I see why Epic was fully capitalized. This cover stands toe to toe with both the original and the version from Shrek 2 by putting a different spin on it. So good.
You said Epic... And yet somehow you still undersold it. Surrounding it in a short narrative to ease us into this masterpiece was a solid touch. I suspect there will be many replays of this number in my near future.
Holy shit, amazing job as usual! I admit I had my doubts about this one but you really did manage to turn it into something epic! I love this take on it, a dying soldier calling out for a hero to come save them. Not because she is helpless or can't defend herself, she is strong and brave, but this enemy is not one that any mortal alone can face. Plus I admit I love lady knight archetypes. It reminds me a bit of the Lord of the Rings actually, when Gondor calls for aid. 😭I especially love the changed lines reflecting this lady chevalier's point of view, "I'm holding on the best I can but the end is in sight/This pull is so strong and the light's fading fast/And each breath is a battle to fight". They're just, I can't even, they're so good! They really capture that desperate struggle of clinging to life, hoping against hope someone will come to save you. I especially love "each breath is a battle to fight" like you could've just said "I'm breathing heavily" but "each breath is a bttle to fight" really captures that sense of labored breathing, gasping, strugging for breath. Brava, Lydia the Bard. You have done it once again, you truly are a modern-day bard!
Forward, the Light Brigade!” Was there a man dismayed? Not though the soldier knew Someone had blundered. Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die. Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. Charge of The Light Brigade vibes. Giving me all kinds of campaign ideas.
Lovely cover!! Also I just think it's kinda funny the difference in the names. Like "Lydia the Bard wow extremely epic" and "Alex :) ". Kinda like "this is Williams Reverend the Third and this is his friend Bob"
I won't lie, I was waiting for the beat to drop with and epic drum solo, but this is an epic cover....no, transformation of this song. Like, I hold Little V's cover as the measuring stick, but this is something entirely different yet with the same impact. Just got yourself a new fan! Subscribed!
This isn't just epic, it's cinematic. I can hear this in the back of a melancholic battle sequence at the end of a film/ tv show. The villain watches on, realising they've taken it too far but they can't go back now. They watch as their people die. As the enemies people die.
This is the best cover i've ever heard in my entire life. One of the best songs, definitely one of my favourites. Tears went quickly. Definitely a masterclass which deserves millions of views, and likes.
This transforms a somewhat cheesy song into something haunting. You can imagine yourself in a battlefield where line after line has crumbled before enemy. The last line is under assault and there is both fear of death and of defeat. Completely changing the tone in such a way you can actually feel and experience the despair mingled with only the tiniest ray of hope. Amazing. I can’t way to hear more from this artist.
An amazing job, I love what she did with the song, the desperation, and the melancholic sound. She's pulled off a trick here, and I love it. 5 stars. But, the power and range of Bonnie Tyler are unmatched, and it's hard to cover a song written with a specific person's vocals in mind, especially when that person is one of the GOATs. While that may sound like a detractor, it only sounds that way. She's done what is hard and made it her own. No Carbon copy here, well played ma'am, well played.
This is just purely phenomenal! Especially at the start, because I felt like I'm sitting down and watching something similar to Hamilton, I mean the way the characters emphasize their words, the way they USE their words, and the drumbeat that lingered in the background. That's the vibe the intro gave off for me! I have nothing more to say except pointing out at the introduction, now THIS is art!
0:48 my brothers I rather fight along side you then any army of thousands let’s make them not forget that we are lions out there beyond that beach it’s immortality TAKE IT ITS YOU’RES!!!!
This song made me feel things that I really have tried to avoid for months. It's like those sad and lonely nights when you make up scenarios in your head while singing out a new song of how you're feeling. I can definitely say it reassured me of 2 things but one of them definitely was not hope...
So i am running curse of strahd, this songs original version is the main theme song for the campain. This will be used in the boss fight at the end. Love the song, keep it up.
Your songs are literally living rent free in my mind and I won't complain Another amazing cover and the way I was searching for a POV in the comments made me feel soo stupid when I finally remembered to take a look at the Description and I got what I wanted and more; Couldn't have thought the song and the story would both be soo epic Thanks for blessing my ears with a masterpiece as always
Aye Not every story has a good ending there isn't always a hero. This is realistic tragic but real Oh how I do wish we see a part two some necromance is in order
This gave me chills. . . And then it gave me an idea to flip the script of the original song myself "I see the hero I'm facing down the hero on this shining night I feel that he's strong, I see that he's fast And I can tell that he is fresh for this fight"
Ugh the fact this makes me think of my fantasy novel I'm writing. The scenario in mind is two of the main characters who get married. They're the king and queen of their land. The queen gives birth to twins while her king and husband dies on the field. If i could animate, in the climax of the song it would fluctuate between the two star-crossed lovers. She gives birth to healthy twins upon her husband's dying breath - and she feels it
The thing I love about the song the most is the bit between 2:40 - 3:15. The change of lyrics really helps sell that the one singing is in a real bad spot, and desperately needs a hero to come and save them. While obviously this song is more somber, I could imagine a version that starts off like the Shrek 2 version - with just the main vocalist singing, then it picks up and upbeat for the first half of the song as the singer fights a battle. Then when they get wounded, the music slows down and becomes somber - then we add in the lines you put in here - but after that, then things get more upbeet as reinforcements arrive, or the Hero in question shows up to save the day and the rest of the song goes much like it does in Shrek 2. Just a personal thought - I'm not exactly a musical genius or anything, its just a little idea I had but I lack the musical talent to make it a reality.
This is particularly resonating for the idea of a undead Paladin who comes back from death not through necromancy or an unholy pact. No nothing like that, just because they said four simple words before they died "I need a hero."
Chills. I remember the moment in my life when it clicked that there wouldn't be a hero coming to save the day. This brought it all back but I love it. ❤️
@@thegreatandterrible4508 I mean, same, definitely get you are saying. But since the lyrics use masculine terms ("Where have all the good MEN gone", "HE's gotta be strong, and HE's gotta be fast") it's clear the song is about a male-aligned hero. And I want a version that is either 100% gender neutral or about a female-aligned hero for my own personal needs LOL.
Villain looks at the battlefield with a smirk. "Do you really think hero is gonna come here? What a joke." "He will come." Wounded warrior let out deafening cry as he died. "What a pity. He died in delusion. He is going for exacaliber for battle. It will need more than 3 days " villain said while getting little impatient with progress of battle. "Look, you told me he is gonna come. He is thinking about us and he will come." Heroine laughed and said. Soon her face became pale. "Yes, it will take him three days." Villain looked at her. "Ask for my help." "NEVER!" Heroine was on the verge of death but still refused to take his help. "Fuck it." Villain cursed under his breath and cut the person aiming for heroine. "Why do you care for that bastard more than your brother." Villain let out those words. And almost cried for her indifference.
This has been one of my favorite songs since I was a kid. And Lydia only made it better. I love the whole thing. Thank you for sharing this Lydia you're beyond epic.
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
😂 Bro u are amazing 😊
I hope u and Alex are having a good day😊
Do "When She Loved Me" from Toy Story 2 as Jessie's villain song.
still hoping for esmeralda´s villain song
I’d read / watch anything based on your story ideas, especially this one!
3 AM is where the best ideas are made and this one payed off.
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."
That is UNBELIEVABLY GENIUS!!!
@@DestronGamingThank you.
I had a similar idea to this! A hopeless fight where escape and life seems out of reach, but in that despair, a lone soldier, the best of them stood in between the enemy, and the friends. A suicide mission, to buy enough time for everyone to escape. On that day a hero was born. On that day they saved everyone. But no one came when they needed a hero, and there was no saving them.
About 10 years ago at Gen Con I listened to Michael Stackpole read one of his short stories. It was about a desperate army sallying forth against impossible odds of monsters that had steadily crushed the kingdom. They sallied forth at sundown and fought an impossible army at night. They had lost all their heroes long before the battle and only had themselves. But in their desperation they found a way to protect everyone they cared about. For it was not an army of human heroes that sallied forth against the monsters, but an army of vampires.
Or a Death Knight
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 usually worldbuild for D&D but this has made me create a paladin. A man that survives against all odds, the heroic rescue comes half an hour too late for his beloved so he takes his beloved's oath hoping against all hope his service will be enough to curry favor with the god(s) she swore an oath to. He will serve, he will honor their codes and laws and all they stand for, he just wants the woman he cares for back. A lifetime of servitude for a moment of happiness.
You forgot “Short Circuit,” chase scene.
Saints Row 3: Motivates you to tear absolute ass across the city to save your friend
Have you watched Footloose? A movie about a community, especially teens, who need someone to come and change what is happening in that community.
You forgot it's classic usage in Short Circuit
Guy, calm down. This is a different flavour of epic.
This one will make you sob.
YES!!!
So a Greek epic
It's good, but calling it "ballad" would have been more accurate as well as fitting for a bard.
@@Alpostpone1000% agreed
@@Zerpderp0👌👌👌
This brings us to the age old saying you either die a hero or live to see yoursellf become a villian
Love this saying
Pov my paladin of Tír after discovering there is no justice
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I have a 5e Sorcerer that is on track for both but hasn't quite reached either.
Being a coward is a third option.
This makes me imagine fictional scenarios that make me sad
Real
Write them down friend. Who knows, maybe you have a thing for writing!
Try watching Short Circuit 2. Johnny 5 fits this song well.
Yes, I find the song very evocative!
I use songs like this for my fictional characters in last stands and I cry every time
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.
"Mayday, Mayday, the Western Front has been breached! Repeat, the Western Front has been breached! Requesting immediate reinforcements!"
( Explosion )
"Battlefield Status Report: no further message received. All quiet on Western Front..."
"Houston, we need a hero."
"It's gonna take a miracle to get out of this alive"
*The most majestic, rugged, courageous knight, who won't lose anyone else if he can help it.* 😡
IF you grew up in the 80s then you would understand that a one night stand is not the desire. The desire is have the hero that will stand by them long term. That was the thinking in the 80s.
@@sgt_s4und3r54don’t waste your breath on these young lost causes lol they think they’re so woke because they’re eyes are “open” to the misogynistic patriarchy around them. Meanwhile everything was built by men, everything was invented by men, & to this day 80% of the world’s infrastructure is maintained & kept suitable for living thanks to men.
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
Exactly, this just needs a cinematic to go with the song. Weather conditions to match the song's settings.
Maybe multiple survivors of the battle, each of which are singing this song at different intervals.
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.
Wow... just wow... if I'm 100% honest, english is not my first language, so I don't get everything perfectly, as it is pretty elaborate, yet I still find it really beautiful. You have talent, dude!
You'll really this one from Ludo: "Save Our City." It's about a zombie invasion.
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This one simple paragraph just inspired my own story in anew way. Thank you for your insight and melodic imagery.
They are unrelenting, a crushing tide of flesh and bone that rush forward overwhelming us after a few hours of combat. I fall, surrounded by my friends, but find no comfort in their dead eyes. I scream in anger and rage and I rise, turning to the nearest enemy. A young man dressed in blue holding a pike that is way to long to serve him any good. All the better, I dart past it and consume his force and he joins us. Then... Horror as I realized what I did. But I quickly shake it and return to the fight until... LIGHT over takes me. Light painful... But cleansing. The heroes have arrived
Cool story bro.
Now imagine hearing reving motors and chainswords approaching menacingly and shouting
"FOR OUR COMRADES, FOR THE EMPEROR!!!"
COURAGE AND HONOR BROTHERS!
‘The time for speeches is done,’ said Dorn. ‘The first great test is here. My order to you all is simple, yet heed it well, and exert yourselves to see it done.’
‘They are coming. Kill them all.’
Or......
We do not know what our chances of survival are, so we fight as if they were zero. We do not know what we are facing, so we fight as if it was the dark gods themselves. No one will remember us now and we may never be buried beneath Titan, so we will build our own memorial here. The Chapter might lose us and the Imperium might never know we existed, but the Enemy - the Enemy will know. The Enemy will remember. We will hurt it so badly that it will never forget us until the stars burn out and the Emperor vanquishes it at the end of time. When Chaos is dying, its last thought will be of us. That is our memorial -carved into the heart of Chaos. We cannot lose, Grey Knights. We have already won.
Blood for the Blood God!!!!!!
@@jonusmansonfor the Emperor, for the golden throne. Faith is my shield, retribution is my sword.
@@ballard508heretic!!!
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 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
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.
What I’ve learned from this song is that it will only grow more epic
Epic music refers to a modern type of classical orchestral music, with or without hybrid elements added to it. Example: adding an electric guitar into the orchestra. And the word orchestral means that it has been written for an orchestra to play. 🤓👆
Honestly almost EVERY version of this song is Epic!
Its more epic sped up 2x
More? Bonnie Tyler will *NEVER* be lacking in the realm of Epic... but this is a different kind of Epic that is no less potent. Bonnie prayed for Love. This Hero prayed for rescue... and such a rescue came, but the only comfort in the end was that she and her Love would perish together and thus face Eternity as one.
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.
**Orbit above Malevelon Creek**
"This is Spartan Team Omega. If they want war, we'll give 'em war."
"I Need A Weapon."
*Remember Reach*
*Remember Malevelon Creek*
*Remember Cadia*
@@samzorn4656"Even the planet broke before the Guard"
@@samzorn4656 *Remember Umbara*
@@samzorn4656*remember mandalore*
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.
I was grooving out and singing along and you pulling a "Lydia" and changing up the lyrics near the end to fit the narrative of the story, threw me off guard but gave me goosebumps as most of your covers you "rewrite" or add onto! Beautifully done as usual!
THE BETRAYAL AT 4:10 OH MY GOD THIS COVER IS EVERYTHING. I know you have a story in the description but I picture this as soilders with some sort of magic trying to keep some dark force from entering the castle, and the captain of the guard lets go as he says that, allowing the dark force in, and it chooses to kill all those who stand in it's path, starting with out main character.
(Sorry got carried away there, my thoughts thought thoughtily)
So I may or may not be working on a story inspired by this
If you do, post it here please!
Yes, I second that
It says something about the versatility of an original, when not one, not two, but THREE covers manage to live up to the original. (The other two covers are the medieval cover, and of course the one in Shrek 2). Lydia, you've done it again, amazing!
This is amazing. Like seriously. The vocals? The melody? The background noises? The art?
STUNNING.
Hotel?
I just love the fact D&D, Lord of the Rings, and other stories decades ago, gave birth to epic fantasy. And in turn, inspired generations of creators to craft such wonderful art. Imagination, community, creativity, fun. That’s the heart of Dungeons and Dragons.
LYDIA!! So fun to make this song with you, you are truly incredible 💕
YOU ARE AN ANGEL I LOVE YOU THANK YOU FOR WORKING ON THIS WITH ME!!
I don't know how.... but she has such an eerie and airie voice it makes everything she sings.... so beautifully otherworldly
I did not expect to be on the verge of tears but here we are
That so absolutely gorgeous!!!
It was a pleasure to work with you on the artwork illustrating this cover! ⚔💚⚔ You absolutely killed it with this one, the animatic opportunities and fantasy feel are off the charts. Epic is a great way to describe it, I got chills,,
as the emotionally unstable person i am, i was not ready for this today lol
I now need a version of this where the hero actually shows up halfway through and completely demolishes the hopless tone
This reminds me of all the times where in a story a problem could possibly be solved with the help of a character previously established as some sort of guardian, like maybe they even gave some sort of promise that applies to the situation. And we, the reader/viewer wonder if they will show up or if that promise is now in the past. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. I do like that wondering phase, especially if the characters themselves don't think the help will come. Really tugs on the heartstrings.
Oh my gods thank you so much for this. I once played in a D&D campaign as a Bard, and we were in the middle of the war the losing side mind you. My bard was mortally wounded and the healer wasnt around us so he was going to die. The DM let me use modern song equivalents for his bardic music and since he wanted to do one last thing for his friends sang to the God of music this very song. This was exactly how i heard it in my head (cause i can sing a bit), and the DM was so moved by how i described his final moments the god of music granted a super version of bardic inspiration to the entire army. Thank you for giving his final moments form, i can never repay you for this.
It's epic but in a better way than my expectation of epic, if that makes sense. There is battle, but the music and scenario are sad and emotionally epic. Your voice conveys the sadness of the situation really well. I can't wait to hear what else you all come up with!
*Animatic Ideas go brrrr*
If you make any, _PLEASE_ post us all a link or two. :3.
@@hannahmetzger4880
I WILL- If I do it-
This is great! It feels like the start of a villians story, that waited for a hero, but when they didn't came she needed to make sure they would make it. And for that she needed to become the villian.
Thanks for this beautifull cover!
No she is clearly dying and is betrayed by the villain who made it so they would lose.
Thanks! A breathtaking version that makes the hair on my arms stand up straight.
Wow, this moved me, first time in this channel and didn't expect to have these many feelings.
I play a lot of Pathfinder (D&D basically for those that don't know) and this really puts the perspective of the NPCs that know they can't win, but fight anyway with the hope that the heroes will get there on time, or at least that they'll save their country, their friends, their families.
Also applies for the times the hero doesn't make it on time.
I'm SO going to use this song at some point in my current campaign.
I like the voice of this girl, it's so sweet and yet so epic! Thanks, Lydia, this was a great cover (especially since it comes from one of my favorite childhood movies) Have a happy saturday afternoon and God bless you, take care and greetings from Colombia to you as well.
It's insane how much a song can change by changing the notes. Lydia The Bard shows us that, no matter what, changing a song can make it better.
Lydia thought she could drop one of the best covers of this song and we wouldn’t notice. 15/10!
This is such a sad yet powerful version of this song, I’m obsessed! 🙌🏻
I saw the title and thought that songs already pretty epic how much better can it get. Well its absolutely epic, extraordinaire and amazing
Everytime i get really sad i come back to listen one more time me and my ex fiancé would listen to this song a lot, she had past away to cancer 2 years ago and this song fits her so well she was fighter and i miss her so much ❤️❤️ thank you for this amazing cover
I came into this expecting a fairly standard variation of a song I knew well and liked. _I did not expect for the new lyrics to make me CRY, goddammit!!_ 😭
This has such a different energy to the Fairy Godmother version.
This...this made me cry within the first minute. As a man raised on "men don't cry" and "suck it up", I don't have words for how impactful that is.
This was BEAUTIFUL
Sadly the original is so over played on radio and other media that it takes away the masterfully crafted lyrics. This cover shows just how amazing the song actually is! Super weell done!! Love the epic feeling you put back into it. Love it love it love it 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤌🤌🤌
Well, that was not what I wanted, but was definitely what I needed. Thank you for this. Beautiful voice, epic atmosphere.
Oh wow! This song reminds me of a horror game idea I been thinking about. Another beautiful made song again
I only clicked on this to make a comment to the effect that Holding Out for a Hero was already epic, but after listening...wow. That's dark. And amazing. Well done.
I absolutely love it!! The dialogues at the beginning bring a great context, and the song is so good! 🤩
Man this fits so well with an event that happened in my DnD setting, basically a Gateway to the Abyss was opened resulting in a massive war between demons and what ever remained of the Elven Empire, the gateway was made by one of the elven emperor's, and what ever allys they could find amongst the Humans and Dwarves. It was not enough as the Demons had push to the last few remaining cities of the empire, basically almost 2/3 of the Elven empire was razed, which at its peak the empire stretched to about 1/2 of the continent. Then the dragons came and was able to help hold the line until they found out how to seal the portal shut. Suffice to say there was a lot of hopeless last stands that happened during the war. The Dragons were nearly wiped to the brink of extinction from the war, so they left far away to try and rebuild thier population. And as a result kf the war, basically the area that the demon army had razed had became desolate, rain would no longer fall, the ground perpetually stained ashen grey, trees became petrified husks, and any water there became poisonous. Essentially making a large chunk of the continent uninhabitable.
three things
1. THIS IS EPIC!!! ALSO HE KILLS HER?! WHAT?!
2. HAZBIN COVER NEXT WEEK LET’S GO!!
3. pls cover Killer Queen by Mad Tsai if u havent already :3
UR AMAZING LYDIA
No, I think he leaves her for dead.
Omg yes she'd do Killer Queen so good
@@davidvaldezjr5546 "Before she knows it he lunges forward and a sword has been plunged into her side, her knees buckle beneath her and her love guides her to the ground. He had been fighting for the other side all along."
Seems pretty obvious that he killed her.
@@foxanard Where did you read that?!
@@davidvaldezjr5546 It's in the description.
Me, a healer main, through sobbing tears: I KEEP TRYING TO CAST CURE BUT THE WOUNDS ARE EMOTIONAL, THE SONG IGNORES MITIGATION, AND RESCUE IS ON CD FOR THE NEXT MINUTE
Breathtaking. I got completely immersed. Amazing job!
beautiful tempo to this version. The slight haunting voice takes an ethereal light to it. Well done
I see why Epic was fully capitalized. This cover stands toe to toe with both the original and the version from Shrek 2 by putting a different spin on it. So good.
This...this was so moving😢; the vocals, delivery, composition (I know nothing about critiquing music, but) this is awesome.
You said Epic... And yet somehow you still undersold it.
Surrounding it in a short narrative to ease us into this masterpiece was a solid touch. I suspect there will be many replays of this number in my near future.
LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT! This is by far my favorite song to see covered because everyone does it differently and it's always amazing.
What do ya mean "but it's epic"? This song was always epic!
"awesome" and "epic" are not exactly synonyms.
That is legitimately what I typed into my RUclips search bar
"Look to my coming on the first light of the fifth day, at dawn look to the east." Gandalf
You mean "and it continues to be Epic"
Holy shit, amazing job as usual! I admit I had my doubts about this one but you really did manage to turn it into something epic! I love this take on it, a dying soldier calling out for a hero to come save them. Not because she is helpless or can't defend herself, she is strong and brave, but this enemy is not one that any mortal alone can face. Plus I admit I love lady knight archetypes. It reminds me a bit of the Lord of the Rings actually, when Gondor calls for aid. 😭I especially love the changed lines reflecting this lady chevalier's point of view, "I'm holding on the best I can but the end is in sight/This pull is so strong and the light's fading fast/And each breath is a battle to fight". They're just, I can't even, they're so good! They really capture that desperate struggle of clinging to life, hoping against hope someone will come to save you. I especially love "each breath is a battle to fight" like you could've just said "I'm breathing heavily" but "each breath is a bttle to fight" really captures that sense of labored breathing, gasping, strugging for breath. Brava, Lydia the Bard. You have done it once again, you truly are a modern-day bard!
I hear She-Ra vibes from this. Good job! 👏
ure absolutely amazing i cant express how much i love the emotion, voice, mix, scenery everything
Forward, the Light Brigade!”
Was there a man dismayed?
Not though the soldier knew
Someone had blundered.
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die.
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
Charge of The Light Brigade vibes. Giving me all kinds of campaign ideas.
That repetition at the end is absolutely heart wrenching. Such an amazing cover
Lovely cover!! Also I just think it's kinda funny the difference in the names.
Like "Lydia the Bard wow extremely epic" and "Alex :) ". Kinda like "this is Williams Reverend the Third and this is his friend Bob"
I won't lie, I was waiting for the beat to drop with and epic drum solo, but this is an epic cover....no, transformation of this song. Like, I hold Little V's cover as the measuring stick, but this is something entirely different yet with the same impact.
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This isn't just epic, it's cinematic. I can hear this in the back of a melancholic battle sequence at the end of a film/ tv show. The villain watches on, realising they've taken it too far but they can't go back now. They watch as their people die. As the enemies people die.
This is the best cover i've ever heard in my entire life. One of the best songs, definitely one of my favourites. Tears went quickly. Definitely a masterclass which deserves millions of views, and likes.
This is giving me a similar vibe to a DnD session where I saved a nation from some parasitic plant and the continent from Tiamat at the same time.
This transforms a somewhat cheesy song into something haunting. You can imagine yourself in a battlefield where line after line has crumbled before enemy. The last line is under assault and there is both fear of death and of defeat. Completely changing the tone in such a way you can actually feel and experience the despair mingled with only the tiniest ray of hope. Amazing. I can’t way to hear more from this artist.
Wow Lydia!
Your vocals are amazing 😊💚
An amazing job, I love what she did with the song, the desperation, and the melancholic sound. She's pulled off a trick here, and I love it. 5 stars.
But, the power and range of Bonnie Tyler are unmatched, and it's hard to cover a song written with a specific person's vocals in mind, especially when that person is one of the GOATs. While that may sound like a detractor, it only sounds that way. She's done what is hard and made it her own. No Carbon copy here, well played ma'am, well played.
Qué triste historia que tu propio amor te quité la vida es algo de lo más doloroso 😢
Buen trabajo como siempre Lydia💚👍
This is just purely phenomenal! Especially at the start, because I felt like I'm sitting down and watching something similar to Hamilton, I mean the way the characters emphasize their words, the way they USE their words, and the drumbeat that lingered in the background. That's the vibe the intro gave off for me!
I have nothing more to say except pointing out at the introduction, now THIS is art!
0:48 my brothers I rather fight along side you then any army of thousands let’s make them not forget that we are lions out there beyond that beach it’s immortality TAKE IT ITS YOU’RES!!!!
You ares? Yours is the word
This song made me feel things that I really have tried to avoid for months. It's like those sad and lonely nights when you make up scenarios in your head while singing out a new song of how you're feeling. I can definitely say it reassured me of 2 things but one of them definitely was not hope...
Idk why, but this version makes me feel like they are begging for a hero to save them, without realizing that they were that hero the entire time. :)
God damn it. Even when I thought you can't do something better than your last song, you proove me I'm wrong. What a MASTERPIECE
So i am running curse of strahd, this songs original version is the main theme song for the campain. This will be used in the boss fight at the end. Love the song, keep it up.
Your songs are literally living rent free in my mind and I won't complain
Another amazing cover and the way I was searching for a POV in the comments made me feel soo stupid when I finally remembered to take a look at the Description and I got what I wanted and more; Couldn't have thought the song and the story would both be soo epic
Thanks for blessing my ears with a masterpiece as always
Incredible vocal performance! I love your covers, you should make more covers :)
This somber approach is far different, and it hits differently.
well done.
Shrek 2 would be proud this is awesome
"Where are all the Gods?"
Bro they're trying to strike you down right now.
Damn , Cold Chills! Oorah Semper Fi, Carry On & Beyond 👍💥😳✌️🤟💯💯‼️‼️
I just love how you make stories to go along with your covers as well as originals!
You made a already epic song more epic, good job
I love the tone of your voice. So magical and emotional.
Aye Not every story has a good ending there isn't always a hero.
This is realistic tragic but real Oh how I do wish we see a part two some necromance is in order
This gave me chills. . . And then it gave me an idea to flip the script of the original song myself
"I see the hero
I'm facing down the hero on this shining night
I feel that he's strong, I see that he's fast
And I can tell that he is fresh for this fight"
Ugh the fact this makes me think of my fantasy novel I'm writing. The scenario in mind is two of the main characters who get married. They're the king and queen of their land. The queen gives birth to twins while her king and husband dies on the field. If i could animate, in the climax of the song it would fluctuate between the two star-crossed lovers. She gives birth to healthy twins upon her husband's dying breath - and she feels it
What's it called?
The thing I love about the song the most is the bit between 2:40 - 3:15. The change of lyrics really helps sell that the one singing is in a real bad spot, and desperately needs a hero to come and save them.
While obviously this song is more somber, I could imagine a version that starts off like the Shrek 2 version - with just the main vocalist singing, then it picks up and upbeat for the first half of the song as the singer fights a battle. Then when they get wounded, the music slows down and becomes somber - then we add in the lines you put in here - but after that, then things get more upbeet as reinforcements arrive, or the Hero in question shows up to save the day and the rest of the song goes much like it does in Shrek 2.
Just a personal thought - I'm not exactly a musical genius or anything, its just a little idea I had but I lack the musical talent to make it a reality.
This is particularly resonating for the idea of a undead Paladin who comes back from death not through necromancy or an unholy pact. No nothing like that, just because they said four simple words before they died "I need a hero."
Chills. I remember the moment in my life when it clicked that there wouldn't be a hero coming to save the day. This brought it all back but I love it. ❤️
Praying to the gods she is calling for a heroine because I need a cover of this song singing about a female aligned hero so hard.
I've never liked the words heroine or goddess or similar such words, because it implies a male default for those things
@@thegreatandterrible4508 I mean, same, definitely get you are saying.
But since the lyrics use masculine terms ("Where have all the good MEN gone", "HE's gotta be strong, and HE's gotta be fast") it's clear the song is about a male-aligned hero. And I want a version that is either 100% gender neutral or about a female-aligned hero for my own personal needs LOL.
@@Kahvinporo That is an excellent point. What would be the Sapphic equivalent for Hercules?
@@thegreatandterrible4508 Atalanta,
Damn, the slow but mounting building of tension and power is insane. Truly epic
Villain looks at the battlefield with a smirk. "Do you really think hero is gonna come here? What a joke."
"He will come." Wounded warrior let out deafening cry as he died.
"What a pity. He died in delusion. He is going for exacaliber for battle. It will need more than 3 days " villain said while getting little impatient with progress of battle.
"Look, you told me he is gonna come. He is thinking about us and he will come." Heroine laughed and said. Soon her face became pale.
"Yes, it will take him three days." Villain looked at her. "Ask for my help."
"NEVER!" Heroine was on the verge of death but still refused to take his help.
"Fuck it." Villain cursed under his breath and cut the person aiming for heroine.
"Why do you care for that bastard more than your brother." Villain let out those words. And almost cried for her indifference.
"My brother would never hurt innocent people!"
This has been one of my favorite songs since I was a kid. And Lydia only made it better. I love the whole thing. Thank you for sharing this Lydia you're beyond epic.