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Part 15 of Nonplussed's filks , Part 4 of Group 3 (Narrative) ~ Filk Broken Telephone 2025
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2025-09-07
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[Filk] Golden

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Summary:

Up, up, up
With arms open
Lifting each other and holdin'
Gonna be, gonna be golden

A Broken Telephone filk written by irrationalpie and performed by nonplussed

Notes:

irrationalpie's notes:
This work was created for Filk Broken Telephone 2025, specifically inspired by Sunny Afternoon? by mahons_ondine. I also ended up drawing some inspiration from Learning to Breathe by Alasse_Irena--I guess making one filk for that fic wasn't enough for me 😂

Thank you so much to nonplussed for agreeing to sing this filk for me! I didn't think I could commit to both writing a filk and performing it this year, but I still wanted to participate. I had a great time working with you, and you had some great suggestions for fixing my first draft of the lyrics ❤️

The cover art is by me. The gold texture of the text is from a photo on Unsplash by Lucas K

nonplussed's notes:
Thank you so much to irrationalpie for having me as a filk partner this year; I also didn't think I could commit to both writing and performing a filk this year for broken telephone (even though...I then went on to make...two more filks for pod together......) and I had so much fun getting to just focus on the singing! Thank you for not calling me out on my hubris when I cavalierly agreed to sing a filk based on Golden, and then giving me such great beta to make the best of my (many, many, MANY) attempts at this song! I had a great time working with you too!!

(See the end of the work for other works inspired by this one.)

Work Text:

Cover art. Title and credits in dappled gold text on a black background.

Download the filk by right-clicking this link here (7.4 MB) and clicking save-as.

[Verse 1]
I was a ghost, I was alone (Hah)
Haunted by pain, hurt once again (Hah)
Up on tip-toe, I didn't know how to believe (Hah)
I was the woman I'm meant to be (Ah)
A shooting star, 'til I crashed down hard
Oh I couldn't find my own place (Oh, oh)
Called a problem child 'cause I got too wild
But now that's how I'm getting paid
Dancing center-stage

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm done hidin', now I'm shinin'
Like I'm born to be
We're dreamin' hard, we came so far
Now I believe

[Chorus]
We're goin' up, up, up
It's our moment
You know together we're glowin'
Gonna be, gonna be golden
Oh, up, up, up
With arms open
Lifting each other and holdin'
Gonna be, gonna be golden

[Post-Chorus]
Oh, I'm done hidin', now I'm shinin'
Like I'm born to be
Oh, our time, no fears, no lies
That's who we're born to be

[Verse 2]
Waited so long to break these walls down
To feel joy that's not a fantasy
Put these patterns all in the past now
And finally breathe like I'm living free

[Pre-Chorus]
No more hiding, I'll be shining
Like I'm born to be
'Cause we are dancers, bodies strong
And I know I believe

[Chorus]
We're goin' up, up, up
It's our moment
You know together we're glowing
Gonna be, gonna be golden
Oh, up, up, up
With arms open
Lifting each other and holdin'
Gonna be, gonna be golden

[Post-Chorus]
Oh, I'm done hidin', now I'm shining
Like I'm born to be
Oh, our time, no fears, no lies
That's who we're born to be

[Outro]
You know we're gonna be, gonna be golden (Oh)
We're gonna be, gonna be (Oh)
Born to be, born to be glowin' (Oh)
We make our own family
You know that it's our time, no fears, no lies (Oh, oh)
That's who we're born to be