here it is the knock knock knock of your own heart that matters

[kaydeefalls]

Level Up
edited by kaydee falls
fandom: Sleepy Hollow
characters: Abbie (+Ichabod, Jenny, Katrina, Corbin)
music: "Level Up", by Vienna Teng
summary: You have been waiting long enough. An Abbie vid.
download: Mediafire (.mov, 56 MB)
disclaimer: not mine, no profit, don't sue.
warnings: violence, horror, a couple of rapid cuts.
notes: Created as part of the Aims Vid Album, a collaborative vidding project based around Vienna Teng's new album, with thanks to silly_cleo for organizing!

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LYRICS:
so come out.
you have been waiting long enough.
you’re done with all the talk talk talk with nothing on the table.
it’s time to come on out.
there will be no sign from above.
you’ll only hear the knock knock knock of your own heart as signal.

if you are afraid, come out.
if you are awake, come out.
come out and level up.

begin again.
dynamite the dam on the flow.
your body feels the tock tock tock of time as it hammers.
lord we are all cinders
from a fire burning long ago,
but here it is the knock knock knock of your own heart that matters.

if you are afraid, come forth.
if you are alone, come forth now.
everybody here has loved and lost,
so level up and love again.

call it any name you need.
call it your 2.0, your rebirth, whatever –
so long as you can feel it all,
so long as all your doors are flung wide.
call it your day #1 in the rest of forever.

if you are afraid, give more.
if you are alive, give more now.
everybody here has seams and scars.
so what. level up.

let your faith die.
bring your wonder.
yes, you are only one.
no, it is not enough
but if you lift your eyes, I am your brother.
and this is all we need.
and this is where we start.
this is the day we greet.
this is the day, no other.

Comments

[fiercynn]

okay, I keep watching this over and over, so I thought I should probably come back and tell you exactly what I love so much about this, because my initial reaction was too full of squee and ABBIEEEEEEE to be coherent.

I think my favorite parts, unsurprisingly, are everything with the Mills sisters, their relationship and history. I love the cutting back and forth between their pasts and presents, them in the woods and now. Plus the parallel at "everybody here has loved and lost" between Abbie looking at a picture of Corbin with Jenny, then Jenny looking at a newspaper clipping of Corbin and Abbie - AUGH.

But then there's also the Ichabod/Abbie that is totally wonderful, the fun silly stuff alongside the caring for each other, the fighting together, the deep poignant looks between them. I love theeeeeem.

Okay, in retrospect this wasn't terribly coherent either, oops. Basically, this is fantastic. And also ow, that was my heart, thanks. ♥

[kaydeefalls]

I wanted to use more Jenny, but most of her interactions with Abbie thus far have been very talky-face and not ideal for vidding. But I'm so glad it worked for you. ♥ And there were SO MANY MORE deep poignant looks between Ichabod/Abbie that I couldn't manage to work in, you have no idea, I should make a whole vid just consisting of them looking at each other.