“Middle Name (Saffron’s Song)”
by Jodi Kinsella
(Listen to it here)
Come closer, baby
I’m yours right now
Fill my empty furrow
With your plow
And I will give you one last
Kiss goodnight
Steal your ship away and
Leave you to die
Then you ask me
What’s my middle name
If I were to tell you
I’d only lie
‘Cause I don’t want you to see
The truth inside and
Sometimes I don’t know
If there’s a shred of humanity
Left in me
I’m puffing out the
Stars tonight
As I’m stealing from the love of my life
You can’t lock me in your
Ivory tower
‘Cause I’m hungry for the
Feeling of power
Then you ask me
Just what would it take
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From the creator:
My roommate laughed when I played her this song. She said it was “typical Jodi” in that I delved into Saffron’s humanity. I knew that a lot of people would be doing funny songs and I wanted to be different. I wanted to bring out the reasons behind her actions. These were hinted at in the two episodes. I wove various phrases from the two shows, my favorite being “Fill my empty furrow/With your plow.” I liked going at the theme in a sideways fashion, picking out something little, like the fact that Mal asks her middle name, and using that as a jumping off point. I love this show and this character. It would have been fun to see her come back and how her character would have been developed.