rabidsamfan | Into the West (Reply)

Listening to Annie Lennox again, and the more I listen to the lyrics, the more I feel like it's Frodo singing to Sam from the Grey Havens when it's time for Sam to take ship.

Or am I missing something? I mean, the line "Across the sea, a pale moon rises," has to be sung by someone standing on the western edge of the sea, no? "dream of the ones who came before... they are calling, from across the distant shore..." The whole description of what he can expect as he goes, fears passing away, and the sea turning to silver glass. Fears fading into night, and memories fading... It's either dying or Valinor... and with the reassurance "only sleeping", it's Valinor.

Or am I just feeling sappy after staring too long at

shadowfax8's beautiful screencaps of Sam and Frodo on the slopes of Mt. Doom?

Edit to say that I went and found my DVD from the special edition of the RotK Soundtrack -- the one with the Howard Shore Introspective-- which has all the lyrics and I'm more convinced than ever.

I'm also incredibly moved from watching the section with the lyrics and poems. (with pictures and music behind them).
One poem in particular has me stunned. The words are by Phillipa Boyens:

Lie down, sleep. I cannot yield.
Why do you still hope? I have nothing else.
You are a fool. I will not leave him.

You owe him nothing. I gave him my word.
Death will break it. Then let Death break it.

He has the last of my heart.
I will go with him to the end.

There are so many beautiful lines from the book that are in the music, translated into Elvish usually... It stuns me, sometimes. And then there are other things which feel like they're from the book that just came from someone's heart.

I'm amazed.