The Pilot's Eyes - Bill Sutton

[@wanderingsailor-sh6mi]

This is the child of an artist, a work of art, not to be forgotten

[@sebastianmeid681]

This channel makes me happy. It preserved music that otherwise would've faded into the graveyard of lost music.

[@cyqry]

There is another channel who always puts something in the description of all filk music they upload "Its not piracy, its salvaging"

[@primarybufferpanel4468]

@@cyqry "Legitimate Salvage"

[@JohnDoe-su8vx]

Grrr

[@williamwontiam3166]

Yeah, it’s nice.

[@gabrielstrong2186]

Damn straight!! Legitimate salvage. Or possibly even Search and Rescue!

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

**Sniff** There is some space dust in my eyes...

[@kerolosmich]

Turns out the blind man was never actually blind.

[@PeterBoddy]

They never found the blind man in the rubble of the bar They dug a cave, an empty grave For a soldier of the stars.. They then forgot the blind man, but I won’t forget that night... I was a child alone who saw his father’s final flight....

[@nickwalker4936]

Seeing as no one else has done this, I decided I would. Inaccuracies will be present for sure but I tried. He couldn’t see the moons and suns, Couldn’t see the stars, He couldn’t see the docking lights So he hangs around the bars, Though in the life he left behind, he lives beyond the sky, He’s grounded, useless, hopeless, for a blind man cannot fly. Now, a man who flies a starship’s drive is a god to other men, No flaws has he that they perceive, No thoughts that they may ken, But should his body fail him or his senses let him down, They all ignore his time at war, Alone he stalks the town. Now the blind man sits and dreams of ships In the foam of another beer, A pilot sneers, the blind man hears, and he sheds a ductless tear, For once he was a soldier in a war to save his race... Two laser knives wiped out his eyes and left him half a face. Now the starfleet’s free with liberty except in times of war, So comes the day the blind man’s bearings lie with space no more, The fleet is called, The ships head out, The battle cry is blown... Left behind to drink his wine, The blind man sits alone. Well suddenly, pulse fire breaks free Among the space port buzz, Enemy signs behind the lines Destroying home fleet stars, The blind man leaps to safety As the laser heat burns through... He alone can save his home, He knows what he must do. . . Through the sounds of war That blast him o’er the memories true He finds a ship, a shuttle slip abandoned by its crew, He waits until the scanners sound, The battle is above... With a prayer to gods of air, He gives the jets a shove....... Some say it was a stroke of luck, That shuttle’s engine’s blew. They say it was the hand of God, Who aimed it straight and true. They say it was the fate of war, That saved their world that day... That downed the rebel leader and so Chased his force away. They never found the blind man in the rubble of the bar They dug a cave, an empty grave For a soldier of the stars.. They then forgot the blind man, but I won’t forget that night... I was a child alone who saw his father’s final flight.... No, he couldn’t see the moons or suns... Couldn’t see the stars... He couldn’t see the docking lights so he hangs around the bars.. But in the life he left behind, he lived beyond the sky.... He was grounded, useless, hopeless, For a blind man cannot fly. ... no a blind man cannot fly.

[@b.rogers8452]

This is pretty good, thanks for doing it. I'm pretty sure that "No thoughts that they make him" is actually "No faults that they may ken," They sound pretty similar so I can see why it got mixed up.

[@nickwalker4936]

Buck Rogers yeah, thanks, i didn’t understand that part and I think it makes more sense.

[@reynaoneill1322]

I know I’m late but I’m like 300% sure it’s the battle is above not abuzz

[@missouribob7850]

Thanks! I have a hard time hearing music. ??? So I like lyrics.

[@Jess-rt6kk]

Thanks for the lyrics, another correction, I am pretty sure the line "A pilot sees the blind man here and he sheds a ductless tear" is actually "A pilot sneers, the blind man hears, and he sheds a ductless tear" (as he has no eyes and thus no tear ducts)

[@allencajah1140]

Oh, I've listened to this song many times over the years, but tonight is the first time that I've 'heard' the violin. Such magic hands to play this instrument so very well.

[@triplesixsmokey8840]

This isn't just music its magic it's a blessing from the God of music

[@rachel_doe]

I cannot believe it took me this long in life to find music this beautiful. Ill need a few tissues for this one.

[@HiWayLady49]

Seriously!!! I have literally stopped watching television, and no longer go to the movies. There's just no imagination left in Hollywood, and no freedom or guts to produce what could be some really great movies. Just look at the many sci-fi books and fantasy books online and in the book stores. THEN... there's FILK. Oh My Goodness!! What an epic movie this one song could make. And just look to the right, here, with that list of filk songs.... some of these came from old books, some are just songs to be sung at a Filker's Convention. Any one of them could make a movie --or three. The Wizard of Mackeytown is one of my favorites. The Horse Tamer's Daughter would be an epic fantasy/sci-fi movie. Carmen Miranda's Ghost and 9 to 5 Barbarian would be comedies that we could all give a hoot about. LOL And Dawson's Christian would be the one I'd applaud the most. Yeah. I listen to these old tapes and 'dream'. But this one, and a few others like it would bring tears to the eyes of movie goers .... if someone would just make it for the big silver screen. What happened to the Sci-Fi channel? Oh, yeah. They changed their name. smh SyFy. But, it's okay. Those of us who enjoy Filk can sit back and listen to these amazing adventures and dream them into the sky.

[@TheKhopesh]

I think "Some Kind of Hero" would make a GREAT movie! Or at least an epic Sci-Fi mini-series.

[@matthewshaffer9377]

all of his songs could be awesome movies.

[@simonhrusovsky7892]

Well yes, but then (at least for me) would die big portion of these songs that is imagination. Your ship that captain starts proabebly looks diffrent than mine and that is the magic of these songs for me. It would be cool, but I like it his wway more. (sorry for my english it is not my native language)

[@Mutos4]

@seriousdudeserious Like Folk but with a "i" for "imaginary" ^-^

[@localscissors4036]

@seriousdudeserious it’s a genre of music for sci fi music

[@missouribob7850]

Oh my God! My first time hearing this. Terrific song. It goes on my Filk list fast.

[@dirgesinger1382]

The only song I have found in all my years that has made me shed tears.

[@FourOfClubs]

What a beautiful yet sad song.

[@purplealice]

"We pray for one last landing, on the globe that gave us birth..."

[@sloppyfondler6750]

I really wish some of his music was on spotify but I haven't been able to find it any where except here and his website

[@barragethree5047]

There's a cover of "Dawson's Christian" on Spotify, plus "We All Lift Together" from Warframe and "Space Shanty" by The Senate, but that's it.

[@Siptom369]

Bill Sutton is someone you really need to hear

[@doctorpsycho1960]

Here's another vote for the movie version -- or maybe an audio drama (appropriate for a story about a blind man, right?).

[@gabrielstrong2186]

Radio Play FTW

[@zakalwe01]

Sweet Jesus, this song is pure american epic. I can't stop listening to it!

[@paxnerdvana8287]

A hauntingly beautiful song

[@discordinmymind6565]

Thank you wryrd for this music and the other tapes you saved with that digitizer of yours. Hope you are doing alright in these fucked times. If you are gone, then thank you, for all of this

[@plantlord3266]

bill and brenda can do it all sad songs like this, funny one my late brother loved his starsong and sang it at a con while he was undergoing chemo...super nice couple too

[@tompeck5495]

Blessed be his wings.

[@djomega8462]

This showed up in my recommended. I couldn't be happier!

[@Bowfin567]

This one goes to my playlist. What an amazing song.

[@NICEFINENEWROBOT]

Best voice for that kind of song...

[@JohnSmith-wolandworld]

beautiful just beautiful

[@Dad76]

This is so goddamn sad, amazing

[@JokeeGA5]

What a ballad!

[@masterAlastar]

Thanks for posting. I had been looking for this song.

[@kerolosmich]

N.

[@bjlewis5431]

Maybe some of these guys should collab with Gordon Lightfoot.. His song of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is one that lingers & haunts too.. Can you imagine his take on Dawson's christian? I'd certainly like to hear that someday!

[@annawing770]

Oh, ta know another way tha world could'a gone.

[@simondenny7801]

There is in fact a version of the Edmund fitzgerald! It's called the ballad of apollo 13.😊

[@jkrogsgaard8739]

Thanks Rimmy.

[@jackrambit9637]

what video was this in?

[@Baba-yv6ml]

I don't really like Rimmy anymore but I also want to know where he included this.

[@Grey-ps3pu]

@@jackrambit9637 "existence is not enough" is a topic in the video

[@GrigoriZhukov]

@doctorpsycho1960 OH hella yeah! Done right...there wont be a dry eye in the house when the lights go up.

[@ssnaut1871]

Thank God i found it . Came from xenophobia fun to tears

[@allencajah1140]

Riseling (?) from The Green Hills of Earth was a blind man who rescued a ship. Is this song 'sort of' about him?

[@RKBrumbelow]

+Molly Denam In as much as it is about any one of our literary heroes who having answered a call and doing his duty he is cast aside because of his sacrifice and then while unable to fulfill the calling of his youth he once more dares to step into the breech and saves his people once again as a final act of duty. It is a common theme throughout literature, but not a popular one today.

[@allencajah1140]

Robert Brumbelow Riseling from the Green Hills of Earth was one of my childhood heroes. This song sort of reminded me of him so I naturally thought it might be about him. But I understand the theme behind this song. And I disagree about it not being a popular theme today. While there is some weird stuff going on in movies, books, and even real life, there are those heroes who move to action when they are needed.

[@whateveryhhfskppl9365]

For those of you who like bill Sutton. Here's him singing 9 to 5 barbarian in 2017 I don't know what he's been doing since then but it seems it was in Illinois kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIbYiJhpp7eqbqs

[@weeksey49]

is the tune the silky?

[@Ironfist85hu1]

Omg, who is this man?

[@GrigoriZhukov]

Yep.

[@ChillGamerLad]

im sure all the filk fans would love to have a drink with the blind man, including me.

[@quizzlie]

I'm not crying, *you're crying!* Shut up!

[@darianchristie3260]

Yes, yes I am, and you should be too.

[@NICEFINENEWROBOT]

Can anyone explain "he sheds a ductless tear", pleeze? And "the blind man's bay Rings loud with space no more"?

[@CanOfSodah]

He sheds a ductless tear because his eye sockets are empty. He doesn't have tearducts anymore, but he would cry if he could. The second line is just reinforcing that he's no longer allowed to go to space.

[@NICEFINENEWROBOT]

@@CanOfSodah So these are not real valid English expressions - ductless tears makes no sense. Does the blind man own a bay that can ring? Ring with space makes no sense either. When does a bay ring with space? When it's empty? If it rings with space no more - how does that mean he's not allowed to go to space any more? This is playing with words, poetry, O.K. And "I Am The Walrus" is an extreme example of nonsensical poetry. I understand in a way what the singer/poet is trying to say, but I cannot understand how a native English speaker deducts this special meaning from so strange an expression. I want to eperience the native speaker's thoughts.

[@janehrahan5116]

@@NICEFINENEWROBOT Git gud.

[@NICEFINENEWROBOT]

@@janehrahan5116 "Git gud." What does that mean, pleeze?

[@janehrahan5116]

My mom is non native English and she got this no problem. Git gud

[@jackrambit9637]

Man this is fucking sad.

[@seamussmyth1928]

Not that impressed. It's just blind luck.

[@GandalftheMotorised]

god dammt it take my like

[@NICEFINENEWROBOT]

No poetry in your veins?

[@stollstoll1691]

@@NICEFINENEWROBOT Only puns.

[@theycantinterpretthelastda6260]

Repent ur sins people. They messiah is here finally. In uganda. Africa. Jesus is here. Revelations 19:11-21

[@platypipope328]

sir this is a filk ballad about a blind man saving a space station

[@annawing770]

Even if He is, what does that have to do with this song?