“Shrike (in a thunderstorm)” as a Thorki song
Saw @shineonloki‘s post about using the lyrics at the beginning of a storm god!Thor fic and had to go look them up. And wow, are they Thorki-ish… though interestingly, they could be sung by either partner. The words “when I’m reborn” have a very literal significance if we imagine Loki saying them after his death in Infinity War, considering the possibility that he might be brought back as Kid Loki (since Feige has said something about bringing the Young Avengers into the MCU. I’m not holding my breath, though, or confident that the new tone of Thor’s character will be appropriate to his comics relationship with Kid Loki and/or AoA Loki).
I couldn’t utter my love when it counted
Ah, but I’m singing like a bird ‘bout it now
And I couldn’t whisper when you needed it shouted
Ah, but I’m singing like a bird ’bout it now
Words hung above
But never would form
Like a cry at the final breath that is drawn
Remember me love, when I’m reborn
As a shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn
Had no idea on what ground I was founded
All of that goodness is going with you now
Then when I met you my virtues uncounted
All of my goodness is going with you now
Dragging along, following your form
Hung like the pelt of some prey you had worn
Remember me love, when I’m reborn
As the shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn
I fled to the city with so much discounted
Ah, but I’m flying like a bird to you now
Back to the hedgerows where bodies lay mounted
Ah, but I’m flying like a bird to you now
I was housed by your warmth
But I was transformed
By your grounded and giving and darkening scorn
Remember me love, when I’m reborn
As the shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn
Loki is the Philosopher King 