A compilation of the times Solas speaks in the poetic rhythm of the song Hallelujah (including the times he does it in Trespasser, so there are major spoilers). There’s one time where the Inquisitor joins in to complete the pattern, so I included it too. Grouping them together like this will hopefully make it easier to hear.
My favorite part of hearing them all together is getting to really hear the difference in how he sounds in Trespasser vs. the main game - if you let this repeat, you can really hear how jarring he sounds.
I’ve journeyed deep into the Fade - (I’ve heard there was a secret chord) In ancient ruins and battlefields - (that David played and it pleased the Lord) To see the dreams of lost civilizations - (but you don’t really care for music, do you?)
I’ve watched as hosts of spirits clashed - (it goes like this: the fourth, the fifth) To re-enact the bloody past - (the minor fall, the major lift) In ancient wars both famous and forgotten - (the baffled king composing hallelujah)
Every great war has its heroes - (hallelujah, hallelujah) I’m just curious what kind you’ll be - (hallelujah, hallelujah)
Wuuuuuuut?! This song always makes me think of Solas and fuuuuck no wonder!
I just realized something, only just now, all this much time later - the reason why that last (spoiler) line sounds so JARRING is because it has the wrong number of syllables. The very last line he says this way does not match the 8/8/11/8/8/11/8/8 syllable rythmn. It’s supposed to be a soothing “hallelujah… hallelujah…” line with EIGHT syllables, but it has NINE syllables. The first eight syllables are correct, but the added word “die” violently breaks the soothing song and breaks the iambic foot pattern he’s otherwise held. Holy shit. How. The. Hell.
ETA: there are 2 “verses” he says in Trespasser and after counting them out, he ALSO breaks on the last line of the first verse - “and in so doing, destroyed their world” is also a violent 9 syllables that breaks iambic foot… it’s so metaphorical D:
This is all 20th level extra™ writing technique shit and Patrick Weekes needs to be put in jail for writing too good because it WORKED the character DOES sound unearthly and mystical and no one would have ever figured out how Patrick Weekes did it if he hadn’t owned up to it
