In the "Battlestar Galactica" series Leah Cairns gives life to the character of Lt. Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson. Longtime Racetrack fan SabaceanBabe honored this part by writing a fanfic about Racetrack and Helo (that the actors read and even tried to use in their character developments) and now by making a Racetrack music video (using the song Nobody Knows by Pink). Watch the cool video and read her story on how it came about!

You can view the music video by clicking on the "PLAY" button below to start.

Song: Nobody Knows, Artist: Pink, Vidder: SabaceanBabe, Focus: Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson

Nobody Knows

Nobody knows
Nobody knows but me
That I sometimes cry
If I could pretend that I'm asleep
When my tears start to fall
I peek out from behind these walls
I think nobody knows
Nobody knows no

Nobody likes
Nobody likes to lose their inner voice
The one I used to hear before my life
Made a choice
But I think nobody knows
No no
Nobody knows
No

Baby
Oh the secret's safe with me
There's nowhere else in the world that I could ever be
And baby don't it feel like I'm all alone
Who's gonna be there after the last angel has flown
And I've lost my way back home
I think nobody knows no
I said nobody knows
Nobody cares

It's win or lose not how you play the game
And the road to darkness has a way
Of always knowing my name
But I think nobody knows
No no
Nobody knows no no no no

Baby
Oh the secret's safe with me
There's nowhere else in the world that I could ever be
And baby don't it feel like I'm all alone
Who's gonna be there after the last angel has flown
And I've lost my way back home
And oh no no no no
Nobody knows
No no no no no no

Tomorrow I'll be there my friend
I'll wake up and start all over again
When everybody else is gone
No no no

Nobody knows
Nobody knows the rhythm of my heart
The way I do when I'm lying in the dark
And the world is asleep
I think nobody knows
Nobody knows
Nobody knows but me

Me

I'd been wanting to put together a music video for Racetrack for FOREVER and a few weeks ago, I finally realized that she had been in enough scenes of Battlestar Galactica that I might actually be able to pull it off, and without recycling specific shots.

Then came the search for the right song, which honestly didn't take all that long. (Which surprised the frak out of me.) I started going through the songs on my computer, rejecting immediately the ones that I knew were in no way appropriate for dear Maggie. But while I was doing this, listening to snippets in case anything struck me as right, I saw a comment somewhere on one of the message boards, or maybe it was Live Journal, that said Racetrack was a junior Starbuck. Well, I've associated Starbuck with Pink ever since I heard my first song by Pink (Don't Let Me Get Me), so I opened up the folder that contained everything I have by Pink and the fourth song that came up was Nobody Knows.

This song spoke to me of a woman who was interrupted in living her life by something over which she had no control, nor would she ever have control of it. Friends, family, loved ones, favorite possessions, even in some ways her memories were stolen from her through no fault of her own, forcing her into a much smaller, more dangerous world.  It made her lonely and it made her push others away to keep herself safe from more losses. It made her bitter, the loss of what might have been, but she's not, I think, an inherently bitter person. Guarded, yes.  Prickly, yes.  But only because she cares maybe more than she realizes.

Whether Racetrack is a junior Starbuck or not is irrelevant. (For the record, she's not.) That's what got my brain going and this video is the result. I hope you enjoy watching it - I think it's one of my best and is a testament to Leah Cairns' skill in bringing Racetrack to life. (God, I hope this doesn't stray too far from Leah's understanding of Racetrack!) ;)

SabaceanBabe