Beautiful song, not the best recording environment but still tugs a tear from my eyes. I just lost my younger brother to West Nile Virus. He was in a coma for ten days. We had to turn off the respirator because there was no brain activity after the virus shut down his heart by killing his autonomic nerve system. My hand was on his chest when he let out his last breath and his heart beat for the last time. Merry Christmas, little brother. I never though you would go before me. Tell Mom and Dad and our little sister Cynthia 6 months old, I'll be with you shortly. But not yet, not yet.
Thank you for this warm, touching song! It's so special, and each time I hear it I cry because it's deeply emotional, relatable on so many levels, not just for LOTR fans, for any person who has to bid farewell to the people s/he loves whether they leave this earth, or they just part ways... Thank you, Billy! 💛
This song made me so sad when it played through the credits. It meant the the trilogy was over. I wasn’t ready. Now I own all the movies- even The Hobbit ones! Love these stories!!
I met Billy in 2015, and all I could talk about was his performance of this on Sharon Osbourne. It was fucking mind blowing when I first saw it. He is such a lovely man.
Read the Lord of the Rings trilogy in the late 60's Peter Jackson did a magnificent job on the movies. I absolutely love this tune. And of course Into the West. A bit of a coin flip.
I cried when I first heard this in theaters. I was around 13 when the first lord of the rings movie came out to theaters and loved it so much. I also grew up with the animated movies too. Pippin was and will always be my favorite!!!
You can see, hear, and FEEL the emotion Billy put into the song! Such a peaceful and yet, melancholy song. It takes a LOT for a song to evoke an emotional response from me but, this song got me right in the feels! I am constantly playing a version of this on my Irish Whistle in C for my kids. I even wake myself singing it in my sleep at times. A pure, simple, and beautiful song!
Just saw the extended version of The Hobbit (highly recommended) and I started bawling when this ending song started playing. It really felt like a last goodbye to all these beloved characters and movies. Beautiful!
