To me, it seems the pinnacle of one's musical career would be to compose and perform a song so beautiful that it's the one so many people say they want to have played at their funeral, wake, or celebration of life. I know that's the case for me and this song...
Lay down, your sweet and weary head. Night is falling, You have come to journey’s end. Sleep now, and dream of ones who came before. They are calling, from across the distant shore. Why do you weep? What are these tears upon your face? Soon you will see, All of your fears will pass away Safe in my arms, you’re only sleeping. What can you see, on the horizon? Why do the white gulls call? Across the sea, a pale moon rises. The ships have come to carry you home. And all will turn to silver glass. A light on the water, All souls pass. Hope fades, Into the world of night. Through shadows falling, Out of memory and time. Don’t say, We have come now to the end. White shores are calling. You and I will meet again. And you’ll be here in my arms, Just sleeping. What can you see, on the horizon? Why do the white gulls call? Across the sea, a pale moon rises. The ships have come to carry you home. And all will turn to silver glass. A light on the water, Grey ships pass Into the West.
You love this trilogy because, at it core it speaks to our shared ancestral heritage, we are not a evil people, we believe in our shared humanity, and a better and greater destiny.
I just finished the trilogy again and it make my heart feel joy and pain and wonder how we can feel so much all at once and the song man so much emotion!!!❤
Does anyone else feel like this song is written from Sam’s POV? Perhaps this was the intent but I’ve yet to find confirmation of it. Still, it feels like it is … the words reflect the waves of pain, sorrow, and acceptance that Sam feels at having to let Frodo go.
Every single thing about TLOR trilogy is just perfection, from the casting, to the visual effects, music and pacing of story from the books...and all the way through there is a most treasurable underlying value that is the story of unbreakable friendship.
Yes. I think of my mother and she has been gone for 25 years. She passed away 6 months after my brother passed due to medical mapractice. The hardest thing I ever had to do was tell my mother her "baby" had passed. 😭😭
As much as i love the lord of the rings its the one song from the end of the film i cant still listen to, as it brings back to painful memories of my step dads funeral on the day he burried . Even tho its a lovely song
