A FF14 Project: As Someday It May Happen (I've Got a Little List).

If you're just here for an update on the road to many 70s... 34.5%. Lots of ways to go. This post is for a different project.

To truly understand and appreciate this project you'll need to at least be familiar with FF14. Familiarity with Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" would not be remiss.

This is a FF14 take on "As Someday It May Happen," or more commonly known as "I've Got a Little List." So, first. Lyrics. Second. Music.

Below, you'll find Draft 3 of the lyrics. I'm right now trying to find people with a better ear for music to see if I'm clipping syllables too tightly in places or if I could reword to make it easier to sing. I've got no talent for music or lyrics, so this is the Peer Review stage of this project. Hi Peers.



As someday it may happen that a victim must be found,
I’ve got a little list – I’ve got a little list
Of Eorzean defenders who might well be underground
And who never would be missed - who never would be missed!

There’s Party Finder nuisances whose opinions interject,
All people with macros linked to irritating sound effects,
All Dragoons who mistime their jumps, and tank the floor flat,
All Monks who let Greased Lightning drop off just like that,
And all ranged who on spoiling stack markers do insist,
They’d none of’em be missed – they’d none of’em be missed!

Chorus: He's got 'em on the list - he's got 'em on the list
Chorus: And they'll none of 'em be missed - they'll none of 'em be missed

There’s healers without Stone, Malefic or Broil on their bars
Red Mages who Hard Cast - I’ve got them on the list!
And the people in Roulettes that say ‘mechanics are for cars,’
They never would be missed - they never would be missed!

Then the idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone,
Ev’ry MMO but this, and ev’ry server but his own,
And the Samurai from Reddit who melds for vitality,
And says they “haven’t read the strat, but would rather like to try!”
And that singular anomaly, the high-parse Machinist,
I don’t think they exist, so I’m sure they won’t be missed.

Chorus: He's got them on the list - he's got them on the list
Chorus: And I don't think they'll be missed - I'm sure they'll not be missed!

Tanks who Line of Sight healers without a cooldown to be spared,
The Bards that clips their DoTs – I’ve got them on the list!
Caster DPS who don’t know that MP ought be shared
They'd none of 'em be missed - they'd none of 'em be missed

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Snobby, elitist players of an overbearing kind
Who insist on telling you how to play,
— you know what, never mind.

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The task of filing up the blanks, I’d rather leave to you
But it really doesn't matter whom you put upon the list
For they'd none of 'em be missed - they'd none of 'em be missed!

Chorus: You may put 'em on the list - you may put 'em on the list
Chorus: For they'd none of 'em be missed - they'd none of 'em be missed!

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Draft Update:

Slight tweaks to the lyrics; Master Alchemist is out of place because all the other things listed are battle classes, not crafters. So, instead:

"And that singular anomaly, the high-parse Machinist," because they're currently one of the lowest DPS in parses, so the follow up "I don't think they exist" is extra topical.

And instead of talking about Machinists dropping Hot Shot, we'll turn the fourth line into poking fun at Monks: "All Monks who let Greased Lightning drop off just like that,"