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The Chronicles of Bren: Captured
Words & Music: Dennis Jernigan
May 25, 2012
Song History
When my children were young, my mother told them many stories. One of those stories was about a little Native American boy called Falling Rocks. This story began when my mom and dad took my nephew and niece on a trip to Utah. Being very young at the time, my niece and nephew asked why there were so many signs that said ‘Watch For Falling Rocks’ along the mountainside roads. My mom came up with this story: there is a little lost boy named Falling Rocks and his mother has placed those signs there so she can get the public to help her find her little lost son. Not but a few minutes after she came up with this story meant to entertain the children than a little Native American boy in full Native American dress was standing on the roadside. My niece burst into tears and asked her grandparents to stop and help him. My mom told the children that she would stop at the next rest area and call the boy’s mother. The children were beside themselves in panic over helping this boy. At the next stop, my mom made a ‘phone call’ to the boy’s mother, relieving the children of this great burden to help Falling Rocks. As my children heard the story from my mother, the legend only grew! To this day, whenever we see a sign warning of ‘Falling Rocks’ we all laugh and enjoy the memory all over again! I had to use the name Falling Rocks for a character in my book. It seemed appropriate to call the leader of the mountainous dwelling creatures, the Chiroptera, Falling Rocks.
Dennis Jernigan
Verse
Wings like a bat
Face half human
Talons like a bird of prey
Making their abode in the heights of the mountains
Hunt by night
Sleep by day
Chorus
Chiroptera! Chiroptera!
Shadow in the sky overhead!
Chiroptera! Chiroptera!
See them coming, hope they’re well fed!
Like a cloud in the sky on a moonless night
You’re never really sure if you’ve seen one!
Like a storm in the night, you’d better hope it passes by
‘Cause you’re always better off if you never meet one!
Chiroptera! Chiroptera!
Phantom of the air on high!
Chiroptera! Chiroptera!
Better hope they just pass by!
Verse
Preying through the night on owls and fairies
Any creature small and weak
Waiting in the shadows for their unsuspecting victims
Sinking in their jagged teeth!
Chorus
Chiroptera! Chiroptera!
Shadow in the sky overhead!
Chiroptera! Chiroptera!
See them coming, hope they’re well fed!
Like a cloud in the sky on a moonless night
You’re never really sure if you’ve seen one!
Like a storm in the night, you’d better hope it passes by
‘Cause you’re always better off if you never meet one!
Chiroptera! Chiroptera!
Phantom of the air on high!
Chiroptera! Chiroptera!
Better hope they just pass by!
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