Weathertop
Words and music Marc Gunn, 2002
During
my reading of J.R.R. Tolkien's LOTR, I was inspired to write this
song by the famed escape to Weathertop. While staying in Bree, Frodo
met with the Ranger, Strider, who saves them from being slaughtered
by the Black Riders. The next morning, the companions flee Bree heading
down numerous back roads and winding paths to throw off any followers.
At last, they reach Weathertop only to have their foes overtake them
in the night. Released on the Brobdingnagian Bards' CD, Memories of Middle Earth.
We escape
along the Great Road
Strider,my friends and I, Frodo
The Black Riders follow, just five of their lot.
If only we'll meet Gandalf on Weathertop.
Through
Midgewater Marshes and trecherous bogs
And Neekerbreakers squeeking through the cold, gloomy fog
Off in the distance, our eyes are caught
By leaps of lightening on Weathertop.
Many
days on the road have left us thin
But to joke we look like wraiths seems far too grim.
We turn towards Amon Sul now long crumbled with rot
Where the watchtower was burned on old Weathertop
We climb
up the hill with hope of finding Gandalf
But tracks in the dust tell us he was off.
Down the Great Road, our hearts are distraught,
Five Black Riders race towards old Weathertop.
"We've
a fortnight to go to reach Rivendell,"
Says Strider, "There's nowhere safe between here and there.
So sit your backs to the fire on guard for the plot.
For a battle begins tonight on Weathertop.
"Then
over the dell, I see a shadow rise.
Three, then five dark figures, wraiths in moonlight
Terror ensnares us, Sam speeds to my side.
I hear The Ring calling...me to hide.
I reach
in my pocket and grip it tight.
My mind goes blind to warnings. Ah, but to hide.
I slip the ring on, unleashing my hell
As the pale king's knife stabs me and I'm quelled.
In the
morning, I wake whispering, "O', where's the pale king?"
To my companions joy I live and still clutch The Ring.
My body is weak, but our journey unstopped.
As we make our escape from old Weathertop.
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