Sharpen your ears, folks!

[darth_stitch]

I've been wracking my cute floppy ears over this for the past couple of days. What EXACTLY are the lyrics to Pippin's Song in ROTK? The lyrics I've scrounged up so far sound right except for some stuff:

Home is behind,
The world ahead
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadow,
To the edge of night
Until the stars are all alight
Mist and shadow,

Cloud and shape shade
(I think "shade" is the right word. Makes more sense than "shape.")

Hope shall fail?

(I thought it was "All shall fade" and then, repeating the line once more. I think it makes more sense, since my sense of the song is meant to convey "hope." And Pippin claims NOT to know any songs "fit for grand halls." So why would he sing about hope failing, neh?)

All shall fade,
All shall... fade"

So, do my ears fail me or do you guys hear something else?

Yes, I'll be singing this for the next couple of weeks. Mweh.

Comments

[sinick.livejournal.com]

I don't know what Pippin actually sings (I don't have the soundtrack) but the lines in Tolkien's poem are:

Mist and twilight, cloud and shade,
Away shall fade, away shall fade.

[wenelda.livejournal.com]

Home is behind
The world ahead
And there are many paths to tread.
Through shadow
To the edge of night
Where all the stars are light (or alight).
Mist and shadow.
Cloud and shade.
All shall fade.
All shall fade.

That's what I hear when I listen to it. *Shrug* maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think I am. I can usually decipher the wee Scot's lurvely accent.

[wenelda.livejournal.com]

*** Until the stars are all alight.

Blast, sorry about that. *Facepalm*

[autumnchestnut.livejournal.com]

wenelda is correct.

And its on the longer edition of the Return of the King soundtrack (there's a 19 track versiona and -I think- a 14 track one). On the 19 track version it's number 5, The Steward of Gondor. Its a gorgeous instrumental that ends in Billy singing...

[wenelda.livejournal.com]

Aye, that's the one I have. It is lovely. I also like number 19. "Into the West". :)

[autumnchestnut.livejournal.com]

I adore the whole album but those two tracks are amazing.

(just cause I'm a nerd) which cover did you get? I have Arwen/Theoden...

[wenelda.livejournal.com]

A close-up of Gollum during the scene where he grins evilly at Sam. Lol.

[autumnchestnut.livejournal.com]

Does it have a flipside? The ones here in the UK are doublesided... they call them trading cards (SEVEN TO COLLECT!!! etc.) but they're CD covers lol.

[wenelda.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it does, my TTT edition did, but I don't have it here with me. I might check that out on Friday though.