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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEjRHFom1Kk First of May]
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEjRHFom1Kk First of May]
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EiBzMB39qc First of May / Sweet Caroline Live with JoCo in Dallas]
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EiBzMB39qc First of May / Sweet Caroline Live with JoCo in Dallas]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQYjZc7gKXc Re: Your Brains]
  
 
==ASL Song Glosses==
 
==ASL Song Glosses==

Revision as of 11:56, 19 May 2009

Introduction

CaptainValor is an avid Jonathan Coulton fan best known for his American Sign Language interpretations. He has performed one of them live with JoCo on stage, at a concert in Dallas on May 13th, 2009. You can check them out either on his YouTube channel or via the links below!

ASL Songs

Here's a condensed list of the songs that CaptainValor has done in ASL:

ASL Song Glosses

Under each song below is a transcript of the Signs that he used alongside the song's lyrics.


Still Alive

This was a triumph.
HERE TRIUMPH
I'm making a note here:
I WRITE
HUGE SUCCESS.
BIG SUCCESS
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.
HARD EXPRESS MY SATISFIED

Aperture Science.
{APERTURE} SCIENCE
We do what we must because we can.
DO WHY? WE CAN
For the good of all of us
HELP-(all)
Except the ones who are dead.
BUT NOT PEOPLE DEAD

But there's no sense crying over every mistake.
BUT YOU NOT CRY ABOUT MISTAKE+++
You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
YOU TRY+++ UNTIL CAKE GONE
And the science gets done and you make a neat gun.
SCIENCE FINISH, YOU MAKE COOL GUN
For the people who are still alive.
FOR PEOPLE STILL ALIVE

I'm not even angry.
I NOT ANGRY
I'm being so sincere right now.
I TELL TRUE
Even though you broke my heart and killed me.
NO-MATTER YOU BREAK HEART, KILL-(me)
And tore me to pieces.
TEAR-(me)+++
And threw every piece into a fire.
THROW-(me)-(at)+++ FIRE
And as they burned it hurt because
AS BURN HURT WHY?
I was so happy for you!
I HAPPY FOR-(you)

Now these points of data make a beautiful line.
NOW POINTS {DATA} MAKE BEAUTIFUL LINE
And we're out of beta, we're releasing on time.
NOW FINISH, LEAVE ON-TIME
So I'm GLaD I got burned.
I HAPPY I BURN
Think of all the things we learned
THINK-(about) ALL LEARN
For the people who are still alive.
FOR PEOPLE STILL ALIVE

Go ahead and leave me.
YOU LEAVE-(me)
I think I prefer to stay inside.
I PREFER STAY INSIDE
Maybe you'll find someone else to help you.
MAYBE YOU FIND OTHER PERSON, HELP-(you)
Maybe Black Mesa...
MAYBE BLACK TABLE
THAT WAS A JOKE. Haha. FAT CHANCE.
THAT JOKE, FUNNY, FAT MAYBE
Anyway, this cake is great.
AND CAKE AWESOME
It's so delicious and moist.
DELICIOUS, MOIST

Look at me still talking when there's science to do.
LOOK-(at me) TALK++, SCIENCE NOT FINISH
When I look out there it makes me GLaD I'm not you.
I LOOK-OUT, HAPPY NOT YOU
I've experiments to run there is research to be done
HAVE EXPERIMENTS, RESEARCH
On the people who are still alive
ON PEOPLE STILL ALIVE

And believe me I am still alive.
BELIEVE-(me) I STILL ALIVE
I'm doing science and I'm still alive.
I DO SCIENCE, I STILL ALIVE
I feel FANTASTIC and I'm still alive.
I FEEL AWESOME, I STILL ALIVE
While you're dying I'll be still alive.
AS YOU DETERIORATE, I STILL ALIVE
And when you're dead I will be still alive.
WHEN YOU DEAD, I STILL ALIVE

Still alive
STILL ALIVE
Still alive
STILL ALIVE

Blue Sunny Day

Early light that burns my eyes,
Morning light eyes-hurt
A minute more the sun will rise
Future soon sun-rising
And paint the bright blue sky with yellow gold
Paint-sky gold
I'll be dead asleep by then,
I future sleep
Shut up in this box again
(This BOX) I shut
Until it's gone
Until sun leave
Outside I can hear it
Outside I hear
Birds are singing, bees are buzzing, sun shines overhead
Bird music, bee [flying], sun [shining]
I'd be there to see it but I can't get out of bed
I go outside but can’t get-up
Since the day you left the weather always feels this way
Since you leave me weather always same
One more blue sunny day
1-more blue sun-shining day


Looking for an easy mark
Look-for easy meal
I hit the Denny's after dark
Night go-to DENNYS
And take a lonely waitress home to drink,
Bring lonesome waiter girl home neck-bite drink
She's sincere, but halfway through
She honest, but half
I find I'm wishing she was you
I wish she-you [IX-same]
My blood goes cold
My blood become cold
I guess this date is over
Now this date finish
Several hours later I'm the only one awake
Several hour later I alone awake
All these streets are empty, it's just me and my mistake
All street empty, I alone with my mistake
One by one the stars go out as black sky turns to gray
Stars one-by-one covered, sky black become gray
One more blue sunny day
1-more blue sun-shining day


Sometimes I see how long I can wait (getting pretty late, getting pretty late, pretty late)
Sometime I see how-long can wait
Tempting disaster by my garden gate
Invite death beside my gate
My trembling hand's on the cellar door (just a little more, just a little more, little more)
Hands-shaking grip [upward] (little more, more++)
Trying not to think of what it is I'm waiting for
Try not ponder you


All at once I've had enough
Sudden-hit I decide
As if I'm made of sterner stuff
Pretend I strong
I take a breath and open up the door
[Breathe deep] open-door
Dawn breaks hard and falls on me
Light hurt-me [close eyes, crouch]
For just one moment I can see
[Squint] Look out
The pale blue sky
Sky
I close my eyes because
[close eyes] Why?
The world's so bright and beautiful I have to look away
World [emphasis] bright, beautiful, must look away
Braced against the beauty of another perfect day
Resist other beautiful, perfect day
As I go to pieces and the breeze blows me away
I deteriorate, wind blow-me-away
One more blue sunny day
1-more blue sun-shining day

Re: Your Brains

Heya Tom, it’s Bob from the office down the hall
HI I BOB, OFFICE HALL [location-mid] FROM-[there]
Good to see you buddy, how’ve you been?
GOOD SEE-[you] FRIEND, HOW ARE YOU?
Thing have been OK for me except that I’m a zombie now
I GET-THROUGH OK, BUT I BECOME [ZOMBIE]
I really wish you’d let us in
PAST I WISH YOU INVITE-[us]
I think I speak for all of us when I say I understand
I THINK WE AGREE WE UNDERSTAND
Why you folks might hesitate to submit to our demand
WHY YOU NOT WANT OBEY US
But here’s an FYI: you’re all gonna die screaming
BUT I SEND {FYI} FUTURE YOU-[all] DIE, SCREAM

All we want to do is eat your brains
WE WANT DO-WHAT? YOUR BRAIN EAT
We’re not unreasonable, I mean, no one’s gonna eat your eyes
WE NOT CRAZY, NOT EYES EAT
All we want to do is eat your brains
WE WANT DO-WHAT? YOUR BRAIN EAT
We’re at an impasse here, maybe we should compromise:
TWO-OF-US NOT GET-ALONG, MAYBE TWO-OF-US NEGOTIATE
If you open up the doors
IF YOU OPEN
We’ll all come inside and eat your brains
WE ENTER, YOUR BRAIN EAT

I don’t want to nitpick, Tom, but is this really your plan?
I KNOW I PICK-ON-[you] BUT YOUR PLAN WHAT?
To spend your whole life locked inside a mall?
LIVE ALONE INSIDE MALL?
Maybe that’s OK for now but someday you’ll be out of food and guns
MAYBE OK NOW, BUT FUTURE GUN, FOOD FINISH
And then you’ll have to make the call
YOU MUST DECIDE
I’m not surprised to see you haven’t thought it through enough
I NOT SURPRISE YOU NOT PONDER ENOUGH
You never had the head for all that bigger picture stuff
PAST YOU NOT UNDERSTAND-ALL
But Tom, that’s what I do, and I plan on eating you slowly
BUT I UNDERSTAND, PLAN EAT-[you] SLOW

[chorus]

I’d like to help you Tom, in any way I can
TOM, I WANT HELP-[you]
I sure appreciate the way you’re working with me
TWO-OF-US COOPERATE I APPRECIATE
I’m not a monster Tom, well, technically I am
I NOT MONSTER (pause) TRUE
I guess I am
YES

I’ve got another meeting Tom, maybe we could wrap it up
HAVE MEETING, MAYBE TWO-OF-US END
I know we’ll get to common ground somehow
FUTURE TWO-OF-US AGREE
Meanwhile I’ll report back to my colleagues who were chewing on the doors
NOW I GO-TO FRIENDS, THEY DO-WHAT? DOOR CHEW
I guess we’ll table this for now
TWO-OF-US POSTPONE THIS
I’m glad to see you take constructive criticism well
MY CRITICIZE YOU ACCEPT
Thank you for your time I know we’re all busy as hell
YOUR ATTENTION THANK-YOU, WE BUSY
And we’ll put this thing to bed
FUTURE THIS MELT-AWAY
When I bash your head open
WHEN I SMASH-[you]

[chorus]