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To Name a Successor
02:26
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Started out with two empty hands in the faraway eastern lands
I wanted more and faster, I found a new Master
A four-fingered iron fist with the reins in a tight grip
I wanna play for the winning team, now let me hear you scream
Mirkwood is mine to rule from my throne in Dol Guldur
I am lordly, what more can I say? I aim to please and misbehave
A man of wealth and taste looking for a way to prove myself
His right side is a heartbeat away, figuratively
Who am I? (Who who)
You know I really don't mind if the crown is a hand-me-down
Could I work this prophecy to assert my ascendancy?
If by some clever design there's a right place and a right time
For the "king" to come before a hand that's not of man
Who am I?
A great king and sorcerer
Big fearsome warrior
A real undead Ringer
The apple of His Eye
Who am I? (Who who)
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Evermind
04:15
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Dark have been my dreams of late, thick with fear and doubt
Shadows lengthen in the east and the south
I hear the warhorns calling, see red serpents on black sails
The fires of Halifirien burn, Gondor calls for aid
Doom comes at day break (My lord, it's Théodred)
May the Fords run red (and the Fords ran red)
One grim morning, one more mound, one last host, oathbound
In three days time from Dunharrow, a winged shadow, a Red Arrow
Got youth to waste, with hope or without, got fuel to burn, got roads to ride
Alas these evil days
Alas such wicked ways
Alas these dying rays
All the world set ablaze
(Where now the horse and the rider?
Where is the horn that was blowing?
Where is the helm and the hauberk?
And the bright hair flowing?)
In the second between the saddle and the ground, I am overcome with peace
Assailing the siege of the Tower of Guard has avenged my line
The blade foretold, kin-wielded, strikes between crown and mantle
The shadow rolls away and I know no more
At last a new day (Lay me down to die)
At last to rest (Under silver fields of Evermind)
At last the Doorway (Without bit or bridle)
Another world awaits (The night sky's Starry Rider)
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3. |
If I Could Love
04:06
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If I could love I would love this
I would burn planets for a glimpse of it, lay waste to worlds
Leave home and never look back, to hear you say those words
My heart beats like a steam hammer, my thoughts run wild
No act too low, no price too high
To be by your side
Can you hear me calling out?
Beyond the Doors of Night
Can I be the one you dream about?
I want all your rising might
Press me up against the wall
Take aim and fire
Wherever I go my body and soul
Slaves to desire
If I could love I would love this
Stroke me like a violin, pound me like a donkey skin
I'm burning, I'm burning, I'm burning with a raging fire within
No matter how far away, no matter what people say
My body trembles when I think of you that way
Can you hear me calling out?
Beyond the doors of night
Can I be the one you dream about?
I want all your rising might
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4. |
Ranger Song
05:16
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I am just a Ranger, lonesome on the trail
The starry night, campfire light, and the howling winds wail
The horizons call from strange and distant lands
And I must follow if I can
I am just a Ranger, lonesome on the trail
Farther from the one I love every day
The nights we spent together, in fair Lothlórien
Oh I wonder, will we ever meet again?
Still got somewhere left to be
Still got some tricks up my sleeve
My fate awaits me far away
And whither then I cannot say
I used to ride the border, Thorongil was my name
Oh lord, I was so much younger then
Now a widow-maker no more, a heart-breaker done breaking up?
When did the Company I keep turn Grey from red-hot?
Still got some wear left in me
Still got some tricks up my sleeve
To go as far as I can go
And whither then I do not know
Namarïe, mellon-nín, dream of me when we’re apart
Perched in the dark, eyes full of stars, wondrin’ where you are
When you wake I will be gone
Gotta keep on keeping on
We both knew how this would end
A little lovin’ is a dangerous game
Still got places left to see
Still got some tricks up my sleeve
Across the edge and back again
Southaway and whither then?
My road-worn heart must wander free
A Ranger’s life is the life of me
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Giving Up the West
03:15
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By this I swear to you
There's nothing that I wouldn't do
By the ancient Words of Command
More precious than a gold band
By the changing seasons
Don't care about no million reasons
By the Moon and the Stars
I wanna be where you are
From Gorgoroth to Numenór
Where you go I go!
From Aman fair to Morgoth's lair
I would go anywhere!
By lamp or starlight
Straight Road or eagles' flight
By places dark and deep
Streams that never find the sea
By scorching fire and flame
New homes and new names
By snow and grinding ice
Blood aurora in the night sky
From Nargothrond to Sirion
Where you go I go!
From Anduin to Gondolin
I would do anything!
From here to the wild unknown
Where you go I go!
There's nothing that I wouldn't do
I'd give up the West for you!
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NEW RELEASE: 'With Hope Or Without' mini LP out now on Crypt of the Wizard
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