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LIST OF LYRICS
THE WINDS OF CHANGE from Act One,
Scene Three
SAIL ON MY FRIEND from Act One,
Scene Three
BEYOND THE QUESTIONS from Act
One, Scene Five
WITH HIS WORDS from Act One,
Scene Five
IS THERE from Act One, Scene
Seven
THEODEN’S ANTHEM from Act One,
Scene Seven
I AM YOUR FRIEND from Act One,
Scene Eight
ONE MORE TOMORROW from Act Two,
Scene Four
THE CONFRONTATION from Act Two,
Scene Six
I REMEMBER from Act Two, Scene
Eight
THE WINDS OF CHANGE
LEGOLAS
HERE
WE STAND IN THE EYE OF A STORM
WHILE
THE WINDS OF WAR SWIRL ‘ROUND US.
SEEMINGLY
WE STAND SAFE AND WARM
BUT
THE EDGE OF THE STORM HAS FOUND US.
WE’LL
STAND FAST TO THE WINDS THAT BLOW
AND
FIGHT TO SEE EVIL UNDONE.
BUT
THE WINDS THAT BLOW
ARE
THE WINDS OF CHANGE
AND
THE CHANGE OF THE WORLD’S BEGUN.
LEGOLAS & GIMLI
CAN
YOU SEE
THE
CHANGE IN THE LEAVES?
CAN
YOU FEEL A CHILL
IN
THE AIR?
DOES
THE STREAM
SING
AS SWEETLY NOW?
THE
WINDS OF CHANGE ARE THERE.
LEGOLAS, GIMLI, HOBBITS
GREY
CLOUDS GROW
THERE
IS DARK BELOW
GLADE
AND GLEN
THAT
WERE EVER FAIR.
IN
THE WORLD
HEARTS
AND MINDS GROW COLD.
THE
WINDS OF CHANGE ARE THERE.
MAY
THE RIVERS’ FLOW
AND
THE WINDS THAT BLOW
AND
THE STARS SHINING BRIGHT ‘TIL THE DAWN.
SERVE
WELL AS OUR GUIDE
IF
FEARS TURN US ASIDE.
TO
OUR QUEST, JOURNEY SWIFT! TRAVEL ON.
BOROMIR
LET
THE EAST
LIVE
IN FEAR AT LEAST
OF
THE HEARTS
IN
THE WEST THAT BEAT FREE.
WHETHER
SWORD IN HAND.
OR
IN SAURON’S LAND
BRAVE
HEARTS BRING VICTORY.
ALL
MAY
THE RIVERS’ FLOW
AND
THE WINDS THAT BLOW
AND
THE STARS SHINGING BRIGHT ‘TIL THE DAWN
SERVE
WELL AS YOUR GUIDE
NOTHING
TURN US ASIDE
ON
OUR QUEST, JOURNEY SWIFT! TRAVEL ON!!!
SAIL ON MY FRIEND
ARAGORN
NO
HEIR-SON YOURS IS NO FAILURE.
SONGS
OF YOUR GLORY WILL ENTHRALL.
BE
AT PEACE FOR WHILE I’M LIVING,
THE
LAND OF GONDOR WILL NOT FALL.
BOROMIR
MAKE HASTE IN TELLING,
NEWS
OF THE BEARER AND HIS RING.
BY
WHICH COURSE DID THE ORCS TAKE HIM?
X (BOROMIR DIES IN ARAGORN’S ARMS.)
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
BOROMIR
IT’S TIME TO SAIL.
THE
WIND BLOWS FRESH AND NEW.
THE
STARS BURN BRIGHT AND CLEAR
FOR
GUIDING YOU,
TO
THE SEA. THE ENDLESS SEA.
SAIL
ON MY FRIEND.
THEN
WE’LL CATCH THE TURNING TIDE.
RACE
FAST BEFORE THE MOON,
AND
FLEE THE SAD FAREWELLS
THAT
CAME TOO SOON,
ON
THE SEA. THE ENDLESS SEA.
SAIL
ON MY FRIEND.
WESTWIND
CRY,
YOUR
TEARS WILL WASH HIS EV’RY DAWN.
NORTHWIND
DIE
AND
HOLD HIM GENTLY WHEN I’M GONE.
SOUTHWIND
FLY
AND
BRING NEWS OF HIM ANON.
TELL
ALL THE WORLD MY FRIEND
SAILED
BRAVELY TO HIS END,
EAST
OF THE MOON, WEST OF THE SUN.
BEYOND THE QUESTION
ARAGORN
YES
SAURON WEILDS GREAT POWER.
AND
BOROMIR IS SLAIN
THE
FELLOWSHIP IN RUINS.
I FEAR
I MAY NEVER HOPE AGAIN.
GANDALF
ARAGORN,
YOUR HEART’S HEAVY.
YOUR
MIND IS IN DOUBT,
OVER
THE CHOICES YOU MADE.
FALL
NOT TO REGRET
OF THE
COURSE THAT YOU SET
OR THE
PRICE YOUR FRIENDS HAVE NOW PAID.
IN
EV’RY LIFE THERE COMES A POINT
WHEN
CHOICES MUST BE MADE.
ONE
MORE BATTLE MUST BE FOUGHT,
A
HIGHER PRICE THAT MUST BE PAID.
JUST
WHEN YOU THOUGHT
YOU
KNEW WHAT FATE HELD FOR YOU,
THAT
YOUR DUTY HAD BEEN DONE,
THAT
THE DEVIL HAD HIS DUE.
AND
STILL YOU HAVEN’T WON.
AND IN
THE BLACK OF NIGHT YOU DREAM
OF
DREAMS THAT WILL NOT DIE
CLING
TO HOPES YOU HOPE WON’T FADE
AND
FORGET ABOUT THE LIES
NOT
THE PROMISES YOU MADE
TO
FIGHT ON DESPITE YOUR DOUBT
AND
THE FEAR THAT GRIPS YOUR HEART.
NOW
THE FEARS ARE WINNING OUT
AND
IT’S TEARING YOU APART.
SO YOU
CRY ‘IT ISN’T FAIR’,
IN THE
SILENT CHILL OF DAWN
AND
YOU FIND YOUR DEMONS THERE
AND
STILL SOMEHOW YOU GO ON.
LOOK
BEYOND THE QUESTIONS.
SEARCH
DEEP INSIDE YOUR FEAR.
TRUST
A NEW DIRECTION,
NEW
VOICES THAT YOU HEAR.
FOR
WHEN YOU DOUBT YOU LEARN TO TRUST.
WHEN
YOU FEAR YOU LEARN TO DARE
LOOK
TO THE STRENGTH BEYOND YOUR OWN
YOU
WILL FIND THE ANSWERS THERE.
WORSE
IS WHEN YOU STUMBLE ON
A PATH
THAT’S NOT YOUR CHOICE.
WHEN
YOU BATTLE WITHOUT HOPE
SPEAK
FOR OTHERS WITH NO VOICE
WHO
CAN ONLY PRAY YOU’LL COPE
WITH
THE ROAD YOU’RE FORCED TO CHOOSE
AND
THE PRICE YOU’RE FORCED TO PAY
WITH
LIVES NOT YOURS TO LOSE.
AND
YOU KNOW IT ISN’T FAIR
BUT
SOMEHOW YOU GO ON
AS YOU
SEARCH FOR DEMONS THERE
EVER
WOND’RING WHERE THEY’VE
THERE
BEYOND THE QUESTIONS
DOWN
DEEP BENEATH YOUR FEAR
YOU’LL
FIND YOUR DIRECTION
IN
VOICES RINGING CLEAR.
FROM
FEAR AND DOUBT YOU DARE TO TRUST
IN
HOPES AND DREAMS YOU CAN SHARE.
SUCH IS
THE STRENGTH THAT MAKES A KING.
YOU’LL
FIND YOUR ANSWERS THERE.
WITH HIS WORDS
EOWYN
WITH
HIS WORDS
HE
SAYS “YOU ARE JUST A WOMAN.”
EVEN
HIS EYES,
SAY
“YOUR WORLD IS IN THIS HALL.”
ALL
MY LIFE
I
HAVE LONGED TO SEE AN OMEN
THAT
SAYS I CAN BE MORE
THAN
I’VE BEEN BEFORE.
IF
I’M LESS I AM NOTHING AT ALL.
WITH
HIS WORDS
‘HE-SAYS’
“YOUR LIFE’S ALREADY CHOSEN.”
EVEN
HIS EYES
SAY
“THAT YOU MUST WAIT YOUR TURN”
ALL
MY LIFE
IS
A MOMENT THAT’S BEEN FROZEN
WHERE
TOMORROW’S NEVER COME
WITH
THAT SHARP EXCITING HUM
BEING
MORE IS A RIGHT I HAVE EARNED.
WHY
MUST I LIVE MY LIFE IN A CAGE,
FILLED
WITH A LONGING? FEELING THE RAGE
THAT
I’LL ONLY BE FREE, I CAN LET THE HOUSE BURN
WHEN
MEN GO TO WARS FROM WHICH THEY WON’T RETURN.
WHEN
ALL THE GLORY IS WON,
WILL
ANYONE KNOW ALL I HAVE DONE?
WITH
HIS WORDS,
HE
SAYS “THERE IS NO PLACE BESIDE ME.”
EVEN
HIS EYES
SAY
“YOU MUST WALK A STEP BEHIND.”
ALL
MY LIFE
I’VE
NEVER ASKED A MAN TO GUIDE ME
IF
HE’D JUST REACH OUT HIS HAND,
TOGETHER
WE WOULD STAND.
TO
MEET BRAVELY WHATEVER WE FIND.
BUT
I CANNOT LIVE ON WISHES AND DREAMS
I
MUST LIVE OUT IN THE WORLD
FIGHTING
FOR GLORY COUNTERING SCHEMES
WITH
MY OWN BANNER UNFURLED!
IN
THIS WORLD
WHY
MUST MY LIFE BE JUST A SHADOW
‘NEATH
THESE SKIES
WHERE
SUN SHINES BRIGHT BUT DOES NOT WARM?
IF
MY LIFE
IS
ACCEPTING WHAT I HAD, THOUGH
IT
WAS NOT TOO LATE CHANGE IT,
RE-ASSESS
AND RE-ARRANGE IT,
I
SHALL EVER FEAR FACING THE STORM.
IN
HIS WORDS
HIS
FRIENDS HEAR THEIR CALL TO GLORY.
IN
HIS EYES
THEY
SEE THE MAN THEY’D HOPE TO BE.
ALL
MY LIFE
I
DREAMED HIS WOULD BE MY STORY.
I
WILL FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT
AND
DARE ANYONE TO TAKE IT.
I
WILL KNOW WHERE I STAND,
WITH
A SWORD
IN
MY HAND
AND HIS WORDS WILL AT LAST SET ME FREE
IS THERE
MERRY
IS
THERE A PLACE IN THIS WORLD
I
CAN FEEL THAT I BELONG?
A
PLACE I WON’T BE LEFT BEHIND
OR
BE DEFINED,
AS
NEITHER TALL NOR STRONG.
WHY
CAN I NOT BE MEASURED
BY
THE FIRE WITHIN MY HEART?
I
KNOW I CAN,
EQUAL
ANY MAN
AND
FINISH WHAT I START.
FARAMIR
IS
THERE A FACE IN THIS WORLD
MORE
BEAUTIFUL THAN HERS.
WE
STAND UPON THE BRINK OF WAR
LIKE
NONE BEFORE,
YET
MY HEART FIN’LLY STIRS.
I’VE
NEVER KNOWN THE MEASURE
OF
THIS FIRE IN HEART.
I
PRAY I CAN
BECOME
THE MAN
WHOM
SHE LOVES FROM THE START.
EOWYN
WHEN
WILL MY TIME COME
TO
TAKE MY PLACE IN THIS WORLD.
WHEN
MAY I CHOOSE
WHAT
TO GAIN? WHAT TO LOSE?
HOW
WILL I EVER BE FREE?
THEODEN
HOW
WILL MY TIME ON THIS EARTH
BE
MEASURED AFTER ALL?
WILL
VICT’RY BE MY LEGACY?
OR
SHALL I SEE,
MY
BELOVED ROHAN FALL?
SHALL
I SPEND LIVES AND TREASURE
ON
THIS, MY FINAL STAND?
WELL
DAMN MY FATE
I
CELEBRATE,
WITH
THE SWORD NOW IN MY HAND.
MERRY: IS THERE A PLACE
FARAMIR: OR A FACE
THEODEN: OR A TIME
ALL: I WOULD RATHER SEE?
MERRY: IS THIS PLACE
FARAMIR: IS HER FACE
THEODEN: IS THIS TIME
ALL: MY DESTINY, DOES THIS
(M)PLACE/(F)FACE/(T)TIME
HOLD ALL I’M
MEANT TO BE?
SHALL I NOW KNOW
THE MEASURE
OF THE (M) FIRE/
(F) LOVE WITH/ (T) COURAGE
ALL: IN MY HEART?
MERRY: OR IS THIS PLACE
FARAMIR: OR IS HER FACE
THEODEN: OR IS THIS TIME
ALL: WHAT I’VE HOPED FOR FROM
THE START?
(Eowyn
repeats the verse in counterpoint to the others.)
MERRY: THIS IS THE PLACE
FARAMIR: AND THE FACE
THEODEN: AND THE TIME
ALL: I’VE LONGED TO SEE.
MERRY: IT’S THIS PLACE
FARAMIR: IT’S HER FACE
THEODEN: IT’S THIS TIME
ALL: THAT DESTINY AND NOT THIS
(M)PLACE/(F)FACE(T)TIME
HOLDS ALL I’VE
HOPED TO BE.
AT LAST I KNOW
THE MEASURE
OF THE
(M)FIRE/(F)LOVE WITH/(T)COURAGE
IN MY HEART.
MERRY: IT IS THIS PLACE
FARAMIR: HER FACE
THEODEN: THIS TIME
ALL: I HAVE (HOPED FOR)(DREAMED
OF)(RULED FOR)
FROM THE START.
THEODEN’S ANTHEM
THEODEN
MY
HEIR-DAUGHTER
MY
HEIR-SON
IT
SEEMS NOW
THE
ENDS BEFUN,
BUT
DO NOT FEAR
IF
THIS WAR SHOULD
LEAD
TO MY END.
FOR
I AM OLD
MY
SUMMERS GONE,
AND
I LEAVE YOU
TO
CARRY ON.
YOU
ARE THE BEST
OF
WHAT I’VE DONE
AND
WHO I’VE BEEN.
LET
OTHERS TAKE
MY
THRONE, MY CROWN,
INVADE
MY HALL
AND
CAST IT DOWN,
FOR
WIN OR LOSE
THE
WORLD IS CHANGED
FROM
AGES PAST.
BUT
WHEN I LOOK
INTO
YOUR EYES
AND
I FIND LOVE
THAT
NEVER DIES,
I
AM A KING,
LORD
OF A REALM
THAT
EVER LASTS.
I
HOPE I LEAD MORE THAN I RULE.
MORE
IS A KING, LESS IS A FOOL.
WITH
PRIDE AND JOY I ONCE MORE LEAD THESE MEN
WITH
LOVE FOR THIS LAND I MAY NOT SEE AGAIN.
SOLDIERS
WE
RIDE FOR KING
AND
FOR THIS LAND.
HE
NEED BUT ASK.
THERE’S
NO COMMAND.
WE
DO NOT FEAR.
OUR
LIVES WE PLEDGE
TO
BRAVELY GIVE.
LET
TRUMPETS SOUND
LET
HERALDS SING.
WE
RIDE WITH HOPE
BEHIND
OUR KING.
ROHAN
WILL KNOW
WHEN
WE HAVE DIED
THAT
WE HAVE LIVED.
SOLDIER (SOLO)
FAREWELL
MY LOVE.
GOODBYE
MY SON.
I
SHALL RETURN
WHEN
WAR IS DONE.
BUT
SHOULD I FALL
KNOW
THAT I FELL
THINKING
OF YOU.
AND
WHEN I REST
BENEATH
THE HILL,
DROP
TO YOUR KNEES;
YOUR
HEART’S GROWN STILL,
AND
FEEL THE GRASS
WET
WITH MY TEARS
FROM
MISSING YOU.
DERNHELM:
WHEN
POETS WRITE SONGS TO BE SUNG.
DERNHELM AND EOMER:
OF
HOW WE FOUGHT, OF DEATH MET TOO YOUNG.
DERNHELM, EOMER AND
SOLDIERS:
RAISE
UP YOUR VOICE SINGING LOUD ONE AND ALL.
WITH
THE FUTURE AT STAKE, WE ANSWERED THE CALL.
THEODEN:
OATHS
THAT WERE TAKEN ARE NOW FULFILLED,
STRENGTHENING
HEARTS AS CAN NEVER BE STILLED.
ALL:
WE
RIDE FOR KING
AND
FOR THIS LAND.
HE
NEED BUT ASK,
THERE’S
NO COMMAND.
WE
DO NOT FEAR.
OUR
LIVES WE PLEDGE
TO
BRAVELY GIVE.
LET
TRUMPETS SOUND.
LET
VOICES RING.
WE
BRAVELY RIDE
BEHIND
OUR KING.
LET
SAURON KNOW
THAT
ROHAN RIDES
AND
HOPE STILL LIVES.
I AM YOUR FRIEND
SAM
I WAS A FOOL TO LEAVE
HIM ALONE.
WHAT COULD HAVE I BEEN
THINKING?
THINKING IS NOT YOUR
STRONG SUIT SAM.
OF THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE
AN INKLING.
NOW THEY HAVE HIM AND I
HAVE THE RING.
EV’RY THOUGHT I HAVE IS
CURSED.
HOW CAN I LEAVE MR.
FRODO TO THEM?
WHAT WOULD HE DO IF
ROLES WERE REVERSED?
I
COULD CLAIM THE RING!
BEHOLD
THE HOBBIT KING!
COULD
I LEAVE HIM ALONE,
THE
ONE TRUE FRIEND THAT I KNOWN...
MAYBE
IT’S A GENTLE VOICE,
THAT
OLD PICTURE ON THE WALL.
OR
HOW YOU LET THE MOMENT PASS
WHEN
YOU HAD NO TIME AT ALL.
MAYBE
IT’S MORE HOW YOU FEEL
THAN
WHAT YOU SAY OR DO.
OR
MAYBE HOW I WISH AT NIGHT
THAT
ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE.
YOU
THOUGHT YOU WERE PROTECTING ME,
WHEN
YOU TRIED TO SAY GOODBYE.
AND
ALTHOUGH THAT WAS LONG AGO,
I
STILL THINK OF IT AND CRY.
I
CRY FOR ALL THE SIMPLE THINGS
I
NEVER GOT TO SAY.
I
KNOW THAT YOU CAN’T HEAR ME
BUT
I’LL SAY THEM ANYWAY.
I
AM YOUR FRIEND.
THAT’S
ALL I AM.
THAT’
ALL I ASK.
IT’S
ALL I CAN.
I
WAS THERE AT THE START
AND
I’LL BE THERE AT THE END.
IF
THERE’S A BEAT LEFT IN MY HEART,
I
AM YOUR FRIEND.
WHEN
YOU WONDER WHERE HOPE LIES
I
HOPE YOU’LL THINK OF ME.
I
WILL BE THAT GENTLE VOICE
THAT
OLD PICTURE THAT YOU SEE.
WHEN
ALL OF YOUR PAST MISTAKES
SEEM
TO BE HAUNTING YOU.
JUST
THINK OF ME
AND
I’LL BE THERE.
THERE’S
NOTHING YOU MUST DO.
I
AM YOUR FRIEND.
THAT’S
ALL I AM.
THAT’S
ALL I ASK.
IT’S
ALL I CAN.
NO
STORM CAN TEAR US APART.
THE
THUNDER THAT YOU HEAR,
IS
THE BEATING OF MY HEART.
I
AM YOUR FRIEND.
THAT’S
ALL I AM.
THAT’S
ALL I ASK.
IT’S
ALL I CAN.
I
WAS THERE AT THE START,
AND
I’LL BE THERE AT THE END.
IF
THERE’S A BEAT LEFT IN MY HEART.
I
AM YOUR FRIEND.
I
AM YOUR FRIEND.
I
AM YOUR FRIEND.
(Spoken)
I’M COMING MR. FRODO!
ONE MORE TOMORROW
ARAGORN
MY EYES HAVE SEEN TOO
MUCH DEATH,
AND
YET I MUST SEE MORE.
AT
TIMES I CAN’T REMEMBER
THOSE
I’VE LOVED AND LOST BEFORE.
SOMETIMES
IN THE MORNING,
WHEN
I’M ALL ALONE,
JUST
BEFORE THE SUNRISE,
THE
NEW DAY NOT YET SHOWN,
I
TRY TO REMEMBER,
THE
FACES I HAVE KNOWN.
TRY
TO HEAR THEIR LAUGHTER,
AND
HOLD IT AS MY OWN.
SOMETIMES
IN THE TWILIGHT,
THE
SUN ATOP THE HILL.
AS
DARKNESS GROWS RESTLESS
AT
FAITH IT CANNOT STILL.
I
CAN FEEL A BURNING,
DOWN
DEEP WITHIN MY SOUL.
I
KNOW IT’S THEIR YEARNING
FOR
TOMORROWS THAT DEATH STOLE.
I
CALL THEIR NAMES,
SOME,
I SHARED THEIR DREAMS.
I
HELD THEIR HOPES,
IN
MY ARMS IT SEEMS.
ALL
THE LOST TOMORROWS,
THEY
WILL NEVER SEE.
NEVER
TO REPAY THEM
THE
HOPE THEY GAVE TO ME.
THERE
ARE TOO MANY VOICES
I
SHALL NOT HEAR AGAIN.
VOICES
STILLED BY CHOICES
I
WAS FORCED TO MAKE, AND THEN
I
LIVE WITH THEIR MEM’RIES;
WITH
THEIR BLOOD UPON MY HANDS.
AND
PRAY THEY WILL FORGIVE ME
OR
AT LEAST UNDERSTAND.
I
KNOW THEIR FACES,
THEIR
HOPES, THEIR DREAMS, THEIR LIVES.
WITH
MY TOMORROWS,
EACH
OF THEM SURVIVES.
WITH
EACH NEW TOMORROW,
THEIR
END I CAN DELAY.
IF
THEY LIVE IN MY MEM’RY,
THEY
LIVE ANOTHER DAY.
ONE
MORE TOMORROW,
THIS
I PLEDGE MY FRIENDS.
MORE
HOPE THAN SORROW.
TOMORROWS
WITHOUT END.
WITH
ONE MORE TOMORROW,
THE
TWILIGHT FADES AWAY,
AND
WITH THE MORNING’S SUNRISE
YOU’LL LIVE,
I SWEAR YOU’LL LIVE ANOTHER DAY.
.
THE CONFRONTATION
MOUTH OF SAURON
I
AM THE MOUTH OF SAURON
KNOW
HIS MIND, SERVE AT HIS HAND.
LIEUTENANT
OF THE TOWER
BARAD-DUR
AND OF HIS LAND.
IS
THERE ONE AMONGST THIS RABBLE,
PITIFUL
HOST, THIS MEAGER BAND.
WITH
AUTHORITY TO TREAT WITH ME
OR
EVEN WIT TO UNDERSTAND?
NOT
THOU AT LEAST PRETENDER (Looking at Aragorn)
TO
A THRONE NE’RE COME TO PASS.
IT
TAKES MORE TO MAKE A KING
THAN
A PEICE OF ELVEN GLASS.
PERHAPS
IT’S THROUGH THIS ARMY,
YOUR
REGAL STATION I SHOULD KNOW?
A
MERE PACK NO MORE THAN ANY
BRIGAND
OF THE HILLS COULD SHOW.
ARAGORN (Stepping
forward)
EVIL
MASK I CLAIM NO KINGSHIP,
PERHAPS
MY GAZE REVEALS MY WILL.
I’VE
NOT MOVED MY HAND TO WEAPON
YET
YOU SEEM TO’VE HAD YOUR FILL.
MOUTH OF SAURON
IF
YOUR PURPOSE IS TO MENACE,
I
ASSURE YOU THAT YOU FAILED.
I’M
A HERALD AND AMBASSADOR
AND
THUS MAY NOT BE ASSAILED.
GANDALF
SPARE
ME YOUR INDIGNATION
YOUR
MASTER’S POW’R MAKES YOU TOO BOLD.
THE
LAND OF MORDOR KNOWS NO HONOR
NEITHER
LAW NOR CUSTOM HOLDS.
STILL
NO ONE HAS THREATENED YOU
FROM
US YOU’VE NAUGHT TO FEAR
‘TIL
ERRAND DONE OR WISDOM COME
TO
SAURON. HIS END DRAWS NEAR.
MOUTH OF SAURON
SO
WE FIND A SPOKESMAN HERE AT LAST.
THE
FRAIL GREYBEARD, WE FEARED YOUR TIME HAD PASSED.
WE
HAVE HEARD OF YOU AT WHILES,
AND
THY WAND’RINGS O’ER THE MILES.
YOUR
PLOTS AND MISCHIEF DELIVER YOU AT LAST.
WELL
MASTER GANDALF YOU’VE GONE TOO FAR.
YOUR
FOOLISH WEBS, NO MORE MENACE THAN THE STARS.
FOR
SOON YOU WILL MEET YOUR FATE
AT
THE FEET OF SAURON GREAT.
THESE
TOKENS WILL REVEAL JUST HOW LOST YOU ARE.
PIPPIN
CAN
THAT BE THE SWORD OF SAMWISE,
AND
FRODO’S COAT OF MITHRIN MAIL.
THEY
ARE THE TOKENS OF OUR DOWNFALL.
OUR
NOBLE QUEST IS DOOMED TO FAIL.
GANDALF
(SPOKEN)
SILENCE!!
MOUTH OF SAURON
ANOTHER
OF THESE HALFLINGS.
WHAT
USE THEY ARE WE CANNOT GUESS.
BUT
TO SEND AS SPIES TO MORDOR
YOUR
BENT TO FOLLY IS NO LESS.
WE
THANK HIM FOR HIS WITNESS,
FOR
ON THIS I CAN RELY.
THESE
TOKENS ARE WELL KNOWN TO YOU
THIS
IS A FACT YOU CAN’T DENY.
GANDALF
I
WISH NOT TO DENY THEM,
FOR
THEIR HISTORY’S WELL KNOWN.
IF
T’WOULD END YOUR FOUL COMMISSION,
I
WOULD CLAIM THEM AS MY OWN.
NO
DOUBT YOUR AIM IS FIENDISH.
WHY
TO US DO YOU THESE BEAR?
MOUTH OF SAURON
DWARF-COAT,
ELF-CLOAK, SWORD OF THE SHIRE
SEEDS
OF CONSPIRACY IS THERE.
NOW
PERCHANCE ARE THEY THAT BORE THESE HERE
WELL
KNOWN TO YOU, AND ONES WHOM YOU HOLD DEAR.
OR
GRIEFLESS THEIR LIVES TO LOSE,
IT
WILL BE THEIR FATE YOU CHOOSE
FOR
SPIES SAURON HOLDS NEITHER LOVE NOR FEAR.
GOOD!
WELL LOVED BY YOU THEY WERE I SEE.
OR
THEIR TASK FAILED, BE CAUSE FOR YOU TO FLEE.
THE
WILL SUFFER YEARS ALIVE
IN
FOUL TORMENT WE CONTRIVE
TAKE
MY LORD’S TERMS OR THIS SHALL SURELY BE.
GANDALF
TAME
YOUR BLUSTER SLAVE OF SAURON.
HAVE
NO DOUBT THAT WE STAND FIRM.
IT
IS ONLY OF YOUR CONSEL
THAT
WE WEARY – NAME THE TERMS.
MOUTH OF SAURON
These
are the terms. The rabble of Gondor and
its deluded allies shall withdraw at once beyond the River Anduin, first taking
oaths never again to assail Sauron the Great in arms, open or in secret. All lands east of the Anduin shall be
Sauron’s forever, solely. West of the
Anduin as far as the Misty Mountains and the Gap of Rohan shall be tributary to
Mordor and men there shall bear no weapons but shall have leave to govern their
own affairs. But they shall help to
rebuild Isengard which they have wantonly destroyed, and that shall be Sauron’s
and there his lieutenant shall dwell.
Not Saruman, but one more worthy of trust.
GANDALF
IF
I READ YOUR MIND CORRECTLY,
YOU
THINK ME SIMPLE OR US KNAVES.
YOU’D
BE ISENGARD’S LIEUTENANT.
YOU
OUR TYRANT, WE YOUR SLAVES.
THIS
IS MUCH TO DEMAND FOR THE LIFE OF THESE SERVANTS.
TO
RECEIVE WHAT WOULD OTHERWISE TAKE MANY BATTLES TO GAIN.
OR
HAS THE FIELDS OF GONDOR
DESTROYED
HIS HOPES IN WAR
SO
THAT HE FALLS TO HAGGLING
AND
TAKES UP ARMS NO MORE.
IF
INDEED WE RATED THESE SERVANTS SO HIGHLY
HOW
COULD WE KNOW THAT YOUR MASTER WOULD KEEP HIS PART?
YIELD
NOW TO ME THESE PRIS’NERS
AND
ONCE THEY ARE AT HAND,
THE
CAPTAINS HERE WILL COUNCIL
AND
CONSIDER YOUR DEMANDS.
MOUTH OF SAURON
Do
not bandy words in your insolence with the Mouth of Sauron. These are the terms. Take them or leave
them.
GANDALF
THESE
WE’LL TAKE IN OUR FRIENDS’ MEM’RY,
BOTH
THEIR GARMENTS AND THE SWORD.
TO
YOUR TERMS THEY ARE REJECTED.
TAKE
THAT MESSAGE TO YOUR LORD.
YOUR
EMBASSY IS OVER
AND
YOUR DEATH DRAWS NEAR UPON.
CLOSE
FOREVER MOUTH OF SAURON.
I
COMMAND THEE SLAVE, BE GONE!!
I REMEMBER
FRODO
I REMEMBER
HOW
YOU FOUND ME.
RAISED
ME UP
AND
HELD ME TO THE SUN.
DRIED
MY TEARS AWAY
LIKE
SO MANY YESTERDAYS,
WHEN
I WAS LOST AND FEARED MY TIME WAS DONE.
SO
I LEAVE YOU
MY
COMPANION.
I
MUST SAIL
FOR
MY REST FAR FROM HERE.
MY
OLD FRIEND DO NOT GRIEVE.
IT
IS MY TIME TO LEAVE
AS
THE DAYS OF WONDER DISAPPEAR.
WE
FOUGHT TO SAVE OUR LAND.
WE
SAVED IT NOT FOR ME,
I
TRUST IT TO YOUR HAND,
AS
THIS SHOULD BE.
REMIND
THEM HOW WE LIVED.
DON’T
LET OUR MEM’RIES FADE.
THE
NOBLE VOICES STILLED,
THE PRICE WE PAID.
TRUST
ME MY FRIEND,
YOU
WILL FOLLOW,
WHEN
AT LAST,
YOUR
DAYS HERE TOO HAVE RUN.
BEYOND
THE SECRET GATE
A
NEW PATH WILL AWAIT,
JUST
WEST OF THE MOON, EAST OF THE SUN.
SAM
OUR
PATH’S WERE ALWAYS ONE.
THE
JOYS AND PAINS ALL SHARED.
IN
EV’RY DEED I’VE DONE
YOUR
STRENGTH WAS THERE.
YOU
CAN’T SAIL FROM MY HEART.
NO
BREEZE CAN BLOW SO STRONG.
SO
LET YOUR JOURNEY START
TO
WHERE YOU BELONG.
SAM FRODO
TRUST
ME MY FRIEND TRUST
ME MY FRIEND
I
WILL FOLLOW YOU
WILL FOLLOW
WHEN
AT LAST WHEN
AT LAST
MY DAYS
HERE TOO HAVE RUN. MY
DAYS HERE TOO HAVE RUN.
BEYOND
THE SECRET GATE
UNTIL
THEN FRIEND TAKE CARE
YOUR
NEW PATH WILL AWAIT
IN
TIME I’LL FIND YOU THERE
SAM & FRODO
WEST OF THE MOON EAST OF THE
SUN.
ALL
OUR
PATHS WERE ALWAYS ONE.
THE
JOYS AND PAINS ALL SHARED.
IN
EV’RY DEED WE’VE DONE,
OUR
STRENGTH WAS ALWAYS THERE.
YOU
CAN’T SAIL FROM OUR HEARTS,
NO
BREEZE CAN BLOW SO STRONG.
SO
LET THE JOURNEY START,
TO
WHERE WE BELONG.
TRUST
US MY FRIEND,
WE
WILL FOLLOW,
WHEN
AT LAST,
OUR
DAYS HERE TOO HAVE RUN.
BEYOND
THE SECRET GATE,
A
NEW PATH WILL AWAIT.
WEST
OF THE MOON,
EAST
OF THE SUN.
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