Not the One

[bnewman]

In the memorable Babylon 5 episode "War Without End" (for which spoiler alert but I will, like the character who sings this song, try to keep them vague), the alien Zathras is assigned by Cmdr. Sinclair to a time travel mission in which he is taken prisoner by Sinclair at an earlier point in the timeline. To avoid, well, spoilers, at first all Zathras will say to the earlier Sinclair is "Not the One!"

lyrics by Benjamin Newman

ttto: "Still the One" by Johanna Hall and John Hall

 

listen to this song

 

/ D - - - / / G - A - / /

 

We've fought together, war without end

Someday you'll remember when you see me again

But until you go back a thousand years

You're not the One I'm reporting to here

 

/ D G / Bm E / G A D - /

 

You're not the One, I can't say no more

Not the One that I'm working for

This war has just begun, and you're not the One

 

Well I looked at your face yesterday

And you told me some things that I shouldn't say

Just why we're here, and just where we'll go

But you're not that you, and you don't need to know

 

You're not the One, at least not today

Not the One who'll chase the Shadows away

This war is never won, and you're not the One

 

If you stay here you'll end up unstuck in time

Now are you stuck in here with me, or is it that I'm

Stuck in here, while it's war out there?

Hey, Zathras warn, but nobody care

 

You're not the One, not for a thousand years

Not the One, now get out of here

You all had better run, and you're not the One

 

You're not the One, not the One Who Was

Not the One, I can't say because

Your tale's has just begun, and you're not the One