Star Trek: The Space Opera
"Tapestry," to the tune of "Who Am I?" - Picard is killed because of his artificial heart; Q gives him a chance to change the past such that he never got stabbed, but finds that "playing it safe" yields him a life of little advancement.
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Picard
I hope this man's not me, the visage in the glass,
This strangeness I have found to be my circumstance,
I've got to save my pride, but Q won't right this wrong
Although I have come so far, and struggled for so long...
If I yield I am condemned, if I remain here I am damned
I was the captain of hundreds of people
They all looked to me
Now I've abandoned them just to indulge
In Q's trickeries...
If I yield I am condemned,
If I remain here I am damned
Who am I ?
Can I condemn myself to servitude,
Endure the Q's infernal attitude...
This Q, who back at Starbase one
Rewrote my life from that point on
Who am I?
Can I play it safe forevermore
For brashness was what got me stabbed before...
And must my days until I'm spent be no more than a lieutenant,
Must I lie?
And tell the Q that I desire this fate,
And live a life I know is second rate?
I can't remain, I don't belong,
I'll take the chance that I'll pass on!
This gives me hope through heart that's cold--
It gives me strength to remain bold...
Who am I...who am I?
Jean Luc Picard!
And so dear Q you see it's true;
I'm not a plaything meant for you
Who am I?
Captain Jean Luc Picard!!
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