This is for all my housemates over at Pottermore. Like our Welsh house founder, we seem to have a fondness for singing and I know there was a "Born This Way" cover that had great success on YouTube. We'll I don't have the equipment or the know-how to make a cover video myself, but this is my contribution to the Badger repertoire: a parody of ROYALS by Lorde.
Learn it here, then sing it in the common room to lift morale (But please don't change any of the lyrics, because I worked really hard on these. If you have a suggestion of a better word or line, please leave a comment on this post.)
LOYAL
We've never seen a quidditch cup in the flesh...
We get called dimwits and losers... in the hallways
But we're still proud of our address...
In the basements down, next to the kitchens...
But every song is like: Quick wits, bold deeds, achievers on a mission
Broad minds, brave hearts, slithering ambition
We don't care - we're riding Firebolts in our dreams
And everybody's like: Bronze birds, silver snakes, lions set in gold leaf
Statues, prestige*, gold and silver trophies
We don't care - We aren't caught up in your love affair
(Chorus)
And we'll always be Loyal (loyal)
It just runs in our blood
Renown and lux just aint for us,
We crave a different kind of buzz
Let us be your mentors (mentors)
We'll make Helga proud, you'll see
And baby we'll duel, we'll duel, we'll duel*...
'Til we live that fantasy...
We Hufflepuffs have cracked the code...
We earn house points every day... instead of party
And everyone who knows us knows...
That we're fine with this... we didn't come for glory
But every song is like: Quick wits, bold deeds, achievers on a mission
Broad minds, brave Hearts, slithering ambition
We don't care - We're riding Firebolts in our dreams
And everybody's like: Bronze birds, silver snakes, lions set in gold leaf
Statues, prestige, gold and silver trophies
We don't care - We aren't caught up in your love affair
(Chorus)
And we'll always be Loyal (loyal)
It just runs in our blood
Renown and lux just aint for us,
We crave a different kind of buzz
Let us be your mentors (mentors)
We'll make Helga proud, you'll see
And baby we'll duel, we'll duel, we'll duel...
'Til we live that fantasy...
(Bridge)
Ohhh... oh
It's better without all that stuff
And we're in love with being Puffs
Ohhh... oh
Life's great in the Badger lair
We aren't caught up in your love affair
(Chorus)
And we'll always be Loyal (loyal)
It just runs in our blood
Renown and lux just aint for us,
We crave a different kind of buzz
Let us be your mentors (mentors)
We'll make Helga proud, you'll see
And baby we'll duel, we'll duel, we'll duel...
'Til we live that fantasy...
Footnotes_________________________________________________________________
* You can substitute "Brew" in that line if that is your preferred method of earning points.
* for whatever bizarre reason, the Pottermore moderators don't allow for the word "prestige" so to help you out I'll provide this workaround: {Prest.i.ge} Additionally, you'll have to spell "Lux" with a ck since the mods don't recognize "lux" as a word. (Example: Lucks)
