VID: Suzanne (Doctor Who, Doctor/TARDIS)

[such_heights]

Suzanne
edited by such_heights
fandom: Doctor Who (multi-era)
ship: Doctor/TARDIS
music: Suzanne - Leonard Cohen
content notes: none
summary: "It's always you and her, isn't it? Long after the rest of us have gone. The boy and his box, off to see the universe."
notes: Spoilers through 6x04. I said I'd make purplefringe a vid for her birthday, and this is the song and idea she gave me. This one took a village! Thanks to everyone who suggested Classic Who clips, and particular thanks to fizzyblogic, kaydeefalls, lizbee, pocketmouse and rhivolution for their feedback.
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lyrics:

Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by and you can spend the night beside her
And you know that she's half crazy
But that's why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges
That come all the way from China

And just when you mean to tell her
That you have no love to give her
Then she gets you on her wavelength
And she lets the river answer
That you've always been her lover

And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know that she will trust you
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind.

And Jesus was a sailor
When he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching
From his lonely wooden tower
And when he knew for certain
Only drowning men could see him
He said "All men will be sailors then
Until the sea shall free them"

But he himself was broken
Long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone

And you want to travel with him
And you want to travel blind
And you think maybe you'll trust him
For he's touched your perfect body with his mind.

Now Suzanne takes your hand
And she leads you to the river
She is wearing rags and feathers
From Salvation Army counters
And the sun pours down like honey
On our lady of the harbour
And she shows you where to look
Among the garbage and the flowers

There are heroes in the seaweed
There are children in the morning
They are leaning out for love
And they will lean that way forever
While Suzanne holds the mirror

And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know that you can trust her
For she's touched your perfect body with her mind.

Comments

[klb]

This is so beautiful I don't even know what to do with all the feelings it gives me. What a perfect song choice, and so lovingly edited. So many of your vids are comfort-vids for me, and I can tell that this one is absolutely going to join that list. ♥

[such_heights]

Thank you so much! 'Comfort vid' is pretty much the best compliment ever. <3

[xenakis]

OMG BB OMG THIS IS AMAZING.

you've always been her lover and almost human and there are children in the morning and and and!!!!

I have no words, this is perfect.

[such_heights]

eee, thank you! I'm delighted you enjoyed it.

[tasty_kate]

Here from LJ, rec'd from calapine (also, not sure if that HTML code will work).

I LOVED your Doctor/TARDIS video. Taking Leonard Cohen's beloved song and putting it to the one true pairing in Doctor Who... Loved it, loved it. I'll be adding this post to my memories so I can revisit it. :)

[such_heights]

Thank you very much! I'm glad it worked for you.

[(Anonymous)]

Love love love love. Watched it several times and almost cried! But for some reason I can't get the download to work D: any suggestions...?

[such_heights]

Thanks so much! Apologies for the belated reply - I'll mirror the file on another site in a moment.

[20thcenturyvole]

Hi, I'm actually in tears now. SO PERFECT I CAN'T EVEN.

[such_heights]

<3 Thank you so much!

[cosmic]

Oh. Gorgeous and sad and wonderful. Though I really wish I hadn't just put my makeup on for the day as now I have to redo everything.

[such_heights]

Oh dear, I'm sorry! But thank you very much.

[(Anonymous)]

That was perfect. Thank you!

[such_heights]

Thanks so much!

[minim_calibre]

This was tear-inducingly gorgeous.

[such_heights]

<3 Thank you so much!

[(Anonymous)]

Here via flist of a flist on LJ.

This is just beautiful. :)

[such_heights]

Thank you very much!

[no_detective]

Oh, this is gorgeous. ♥

[such_heights]

Thanks very much!

[tieleen]

My god, that was amazing.

[such_heights]

Thank you so much!

[lorax]

Oh my heart. Gorgeous, really, really lovely.

[such_heights]

Thank you very much!

[lannamichaels]

Lovely. :)

[such_heights]

Thanks a lot!

[bluemeridian]

♥ ♥ ♥

[such_heights]

\o/ Thank you!

[breadandroses]

If I had thought about it, I'd never have thought Suzanne was viddable. But this is just breathtaking. It make me cry, in the best way.

"the sun pours down like honey"- perfect.

[such_heights]

Thank you, that's great to hear! It's definitely not a song I would have picked by myself, so I'm glad I had the opportunity to try it.

[kitajmaze]

This was absolutely brilliant and it made me cry.

The second this ep was over, I HAD to write a coda to it, Tardis POV... and THIS EXACTLY THIS FEELING was what I wanted to say. This vid is like, the visual interpretation of EVERYTHING Gaiman's ep made me feel.

Thank you SO MUCH for making this.

[such_heights]

Aw, that's awesome to hear. Thank you very much! I'm glad to have captured that feeling for you.

[darlas_mom]

Oh, that's lovely. :-) I finished it wanting to both smile and cry.

[such_heights]

Aw, thanks very much!

speechless

[ruleno9]

So yeah, I cried. This is truly amazing. Every moment absolutely perfect. You should be paid to do this all the time! LOL. Grats on a spectacular fanwork.

Re: speechless

[such_heights]

Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed. :D

[fallingtowers]

I had so very high expectations for this vid, and this surpassed them all. I love, love, LOVE it!

[such_heights]

Oh awesome, thanks so much!

[(Anonymous)]

Such a pretty vid, thanks haeps for making and sharing

[such_heights]

Thanks very much!

[aughoti]

This is astonishingly lovely. Pretty much what everyone else said... The POV shift is a thing of beauty; dear god how did such an absolutely perfect fit between song and episode even EXIST?!?; "the sun pours down like honey" and that look on Idris' face; and just... everything.

Thank you for a thing of beauty.

[such_heights]

Thank you so much! When purplefringe sent me the song I got super excited, it's such a great choice.

[crankylex]

This is amazing.

[such_heights]

Thanks so much!

[ungemmed]

When I saw the song/fandom combination, I went OMG MOST PERFECT SONG CHOICE EVER.

And all through the vid I kept on going, This is a real thing, someone made this, <3 <3 <3.

I apologize for the lack of coherence; the squee keeps on getting in the way.

[such_heights]

Not at all, squee is wonderful! As the song wasn't my idea I totally agree it's an awesome combination, and I'm happy the finished version lived up to it for you. Thank you!

[rustydog]

Ohhh. Exquisite.

[such_heights]

Thanks so much!

[opportunemoment]

I think the word for my reaction to this is probably spellbound. It's just... lovely. The final 'you want to travel with her' nearly made me cry, but the whole thing was just captivating.

[such_heights]

Oh, that's a wonderful compliment - thanks so much!