Vid: Samson

[bop_radar]

Title: Samson
Artist: Regina Spektor
Fandom: Smallville
Description: Clark/Lana mood piece, spoilers to episode 7.04
Download: direct download (24 MB) or streaming at BAM or Blip (has been disabled on YouTube)
Credits: I had a lot of help with this one! The original concept is radioreverie's and huge thanks go to her for creative brainstorming as well. Profuse thanks to talitha78 for lifting my spirits with her wonderful feedback, and to supacat and brokenmnemonic for additional beta comments.
Notes: My aim was to capture the emotional tone of the Clana relationship, rather than take a literal or heavily meta approach, although I couldn't resist sprinkling a little meta in. Although it's in Lana's voice, it's not strictly Lana point-of-view--it was my intention to capture the ship as a whole. I'm passionate about neither the song nor the ship, but it was a satisfying experience vidding them nonetheless and I forced myself to practise transitions. And yes, I squeed crazily when they referenced the Samson/Delilah relationship in the episode last night. (My ep review is late because it spurred me to finish this first!)
Lyrics:

You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first, I loved you first
Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth
I have to go, I have to go
Your hair was long when we first met

Samson went back to bed
Not much hair left on his head
He ate a slice of wonder bread and went right back to bed
And history books forgot about us and the bible didnt mention us
The bible didnt mention us, not even once

You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first , I loved you first
Beneath the stars came falling on our heads
But they're just old light
They're just old light
Your hair was long when we first met

Samson came to my bed
Told me that my hair was red
Told me I was beautiful and came into my bed
I cut his hair myself one night
A pair of dull scissors and the yellow light
He told me that I'd done alright
and kissed me till the morning light the morning light
and he kissed me till the morning light

Samson went back to bed
Not much hair left on his head
Ate a slice of wonder bread
and went right back to bed
We couldn't break the columns down
No, we couldn't destroy a single one
and the history books forgot about us
and the bible didnt mention us
not even once

You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first

Feedback would be wonderful should any of you care to watch! :)

Comments

[daybreak777.livejournal.com]

Oh Bop, I've only watched it twice and I'm all misty. Emotional reaction first? At first it made me happy! All these little moments and history. No matter whatever happens, they will always hold a special place in each other's hearts. I still feel they are doomed but that knowing they will always love each other made me happy. But I still think that they should be apart. Lana needs some . . . space. So does Clark.

Vid reaction? What a lovely song choice! The Wonder Bread line got me. SV and Clark are so darn wholesome! One of my favorite moments was at minute 1:16 at the line "I loved you first" when both Chloe and Lois look back. It's like present, future, past, all in those three women that love him. Then I liked minute 2:24 at the line, "Sampson." The vid gave me sympathy, strangely enough, for Clark. Because she is his sweetest downfall too. And he loved her first. This vid showed me a bit of his pain in loving Lana and I really hadn't seen things from his point of view before.

It's all so romantic and beautiful and tragic and I love this video. Thank you.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Mistiness is good! :) And I'm glad there was some happiness in there for you because I think there's meant to be--there's a purity and innocence to their relationship that works really perfectly as the 'first love'. The memories should be sweet ones.

I'm glad the 'wonder bread' worked! And the Chloe&Lois shot--it was always a risk showing them at all in a vid about Clana, but I love that shot of them turning back to look at them.

VERY excited that it helped you see Clark's point of view a little more. Yay! The song definitely works for both of them.