Arm Cannon

[bnewman]

Another perspective on Metroid heroine Samus Aran.

lyrics by Benjamin Newman

ttto: "Wings" by Cat Faber

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/ D A G A / G - D A / 1st / G A D - /

 

Small on the planet there lands a lone ship

The pilot looks out with a frown on her lip

Death and destruction, O won't this be fun?

One of her arms is a gun

 

She knows very well she can never go home

The pirate invader has shattered the dome

We searched for survivors, we found only one

One of her arms is a gun

 

/ D A / Bm F#m / G A / G A /

 

Once the invader nearly killed her

Angel of vengeance we rebuilt her

Deadly as any hunter's reckon'd

Molded into the perfect weapon

 

This is the mission for which she prepared

Her armor is on, there's no cause to be scared

In just a few hours her work will be done

One of her arms is a gun

 

Grim is the role that fate has dealt her

Space pirates scatter helter-skelter

Arm cannon rapid-fire thrumming

Can she not see what she's becoming?

 

When the dust settles, a hunter at last

Death is her future and lost is her past

She can never go home when the battle is won

And one of her arms is a gun