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Title: Farewell to Summer Days: A Soundtrack for "The Final Battle"
Notes: Roughly divided by chapter, with quotes! :D
DOWNLOAD .ZIP HERE.
Chapter Eight: The Oathtaking
The Bonny Swans - Loreena McKennit
Oh father, oh daddy, here swims a swan
with a hey ho and a bonny o
It's very like a gentle woman
the swans swim so bonny o
They placed her on the bank to dry
with a hey ho and a bonny o
There came a harper passing by
the swans swim so bonny o
She was sitting quietly by the fire, her head hanging between her knees. Once again, she mused on how trading the helm for the weight of her long hair was a strange trade off.
I Must Be Dreaming - Evanescence
We all live
We all die
That does not begin to justify you
It's not what it seems
Not what you think
No I must be dreaming
It's only in my mind
Not in real life
No I must be dreaming
There was sadness in her eyes, every time, and she sometimes hid to wipe a tear of guilt, but he never seemed to notice the young soldier whose eyes spied his movements.
Lothlorien - Howard Shore
[instrumental]
The Lady of Lorien was beautiful, frightfully so, but her brow seemed heavy with worry.
Teeth In the Grass - Iron & Wine
And when you give me your clothes
And when we’re lovers at last
Fresh air, perfume in your nose
There will be teeth in the grass
“What if I did not want to return to Valinor, brother? What if I had no desire to keep on ? What of it? Can I not make my own choices?”
Truce - The Dresden Dolls
I am the tower around which you orbited
I am not proud, I am just taking orders
I fall to the ground within hours of impact
I hit back when hit
And attack when attacked
“I already have been,” Aredhel cut him, quietly. “I will not be forsworn.”
Chapter Nine: The Lost Road
On Your Wings - Iron & Wine
How we rise when we’re born
like the ravens in the corn
on their wings, on our knees
crawling careless from the sea
On the tenth day, or was it the twentieth, a soft and quiet snow spun down onto the camp's watchmen. Finrod was not sleeping when the cold little specks fell in his hair. He reached to touch it, silently, frowning at the cooling air.
Hope Fails - Howard Shore
[instrumental]
Above his head, the sky was unchanged and dark, as it had been since that dreadful day. He missed the light of the sun, the pale gentleness of the moon, he mused.
Give Unto Me - Evanescence
I've been watching you from a distance
The distance sees through your disguise
All I want from you is your hurting
I want to heal you
I want to save you from the dark
There had been fires. There had been war. Blood had flowed beneath the snow, Finrod could smell it, and the growing stench of death, and he found himself wondering what had become of Arda since the dawn of the world. Something made him uneasy as they neared the plains, as though the air itself had been made foul.
The White Tree
[instrumental]
There was no grass, trees were dead and no bird song could be heard. Then there was water, an island, the traces of what might have once been a large city... but no bridge.
Chapter Ten: Troubled Waters
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly - Yo Yo Ma
[instrumental]
What manner of an army Turgon and his grandson were leading was the saddest one the Lord of Gondolin could have ever dreamed.
Hope and Memory - Howard Shore
[instrumental]
Times and the foolishness of man both, Turgon thought to himself, darkly. From what he understood, the weapons had been too much for the Edain to handle. The wars their forefathers had fought were without honor and had led to the destruction of all that man had created, or almost.
25 Years - Blackmore's Night
25 years since I woke up trembling
25 years since that terrible dream
I could see that the world was crumbling
Nothing is ever as it seems
Tried to run but my feet were frozen
Tried to scream but there was no sound
In my head voices echoing
Girl you should know better by now
And still, the host of broken men walked on. By now, the elves barely noticed the decay that surrounded everything. They had been told that this place was once a great port, from which this country sent its bounty to the less fortunate lands across the ocean. They were told that other groups of hidden men were marching to meet them, from across the globe.
The Dragon Boy - Joe Hisaishi
[instrumental]
Turgon nodded, weighed his words. “I wonder,” he said, slowly, “what is worth saving, in this world.”
Run Free - Hans Zimmer
[instrumental]
Ronnie nodded, only once. “They do. They want to fight as well, tooth and nail, if they can. There are whispers that this is their world, that you and your guards only came to lead them to it. They see you for an envoy from the heavens and their God, my Lord. Will you disappoint them, and send them away?”
Flight to the Ford
[instrumental]
The remainder of the boy's babble was lost to Turgon as he read the name on the hull.
U.S.S. Arcadia.
Chapter Eleven: Of Fire and Water
Skellig - Loreena McKennit
Many a year was I
Perched out upon the sea
The waves would wash my tears,
The wind, my memory
I'd hear the ocean breathe
Exhale upon the shore
I knew the tempest's blood
Its wrath I would endure
The Eldarin fleet had set sail under a starless sky.
At the prow of the ship, Aredhel held herself as proudly as she could. Discovered, now, there was no need for her to remain under the cover of dirt and blood, and so her face was free of that shield as the black winds chased away her tears.
Ascension of the Spirit - Evanescence
[instrumental]
EdenEcho - Kamelot
First you said that you would never leave me,
Merry were my days.
Then you told me life is never easy,
And left without a trace.
But how come I want you,
Like the soil yearns for the rain?
She'd wanted to scream, then, that it wasn't true, that he would never do such a thing. She'd thought of jumping from the ship's highest deck, but her brother Argon had leapt and tackled her against the railing. She'd cried, then, yelled, wailed, again, until her throat was raw and her body was limp, and her brother had cradled her until she'd been peaceful again.
A Storm Is Coming - Howard Shore
[instrumental]
In some dreams, he reappeared, and when he reached to touch her, his hands were like fire, made her squeal in horror and despair. In others, he begged her for forgiveness, crawling. In every single one of them, she loved him, against her better judgment.
The Kraken - Hans Zimmer
[instrumental]
A dark shadow was looming over head. The dark thing opened its mouth, and she could only scream a word of warning as the fire rushed out and dread clogged her throat with its dark, strangling hand. It had brown scales that gleamed unnaturally in the starlit sky and its eyes were a strange glistening thing of black. The smell of sulfur filled Aredhel's nostrils, and she felt the warning die in her throat as she thought of her cousins Angrod and Aegnor.
10th Man Down - Nightwish
Deliver me from this war
It's not for me it's because of you
Devil's instant my eternity
Obey to kill to save yourself
Another arrow, then another, but in the night, it was hard to see, hard to keep a steady hand as the boat rocked and her body was slammed between the cabin's wall and the railing.
A Knife In the Dark - Howard Shore
[instrumental]
This time, her arrow hit the eye, but it did not stop the monster from opening its hellish mouth once more. Fire came, scorching and fearsome, and Ardhel recoiled, hiding from it as she could against the wet wood of the railing. Still, there were burns – were they on her hands? On her face? She could not tell, save that it hurt and the salty water made it only worse. The worst thing was that as she lost consciousness, she couldn't decide whether she was relieved or disappointed that it was all coming to an end.
Chapter Twelve: Unexpected Developments
The Mystic's Dream - Loreena McKennit
A painting hangs on an ivy wall
Nestled in the emerald moss
The eyes declare a truce of trust
then it draws me far away
deep in the desert twilight
Sand melts in pools of the sky
darkness lays her crimson cloak
lamps will call, call me home
The host was running out of breath, and thus it was decided that setting camp, if only for of the equivalent of a day, was a growing necessity. In the pitch black night that seemed to stretch on like an endless blanket, torches were lit in an effort to keep what lurked around them at bay.
House of Heroes - Battlelore
Heroes and fools,
all together, all the same,
statues of the restless
Gallery of the drowned and the pale
Feeling sheltered enough in their underground hovels, the hobbits had watched in rapt fascination as humanity set on the path to its own destruction.
The Legend of Ashitaka - Joe Hisaishi
[instrumental]
They were a small colony which had been decimated, slowly, bit by bit, by the growing human population. They had retreated deeper and deeper in the forests. They had been obliged to abandon their dear burrows, and some, tired of scavenging in hidden darknesses of the wild woods, had started migrating to the human cities.
Chapter Thirteen: Lessons In Humility
The Ride of the Rohirrim - Howard Shore
[instrumental]
There were problems. Turgon had spent all of his resting time pondering them. There were too many folk following them. Mostly, if they were to board a ship, they would not have enough supplies to feed them.
A Journey In the Dark - Howard Shore
[instrumental]
"You cannot let them down," he said, angrily. "They have waited for you to come, they believe in you, they will die whether they come or stay. At least give them hope. Please."
Night Tide - Evanescence
[spoken] Time slows...stops.
"We will be leading them to a slow and painful death," Turgon said darkly. "I would not be the one to bear such a weight when so much has already been lost."
Lament - Assemblage 23
[instrumental]
They were rooms of every size and every level of comfort but everything smelled of mud, rust and dust. It was unimaginable and saddening that this place had perhaps been these people's pride.
The Worlds Forgotten, the Words Forbidden - Sonata Arctica
No light
Only suffocating dark
Deep, burning pain
I'm losing everything I am
Remember nothing of my past
Now it's all gone
And I fear the game is over
e found him a touch too tall, a touch too proud, and there was no music to be heard. He had spent a long time reflecting on this matter, yet there was no face he could conjure from his memories of the past that seemed to resemble the elf's face.
Chapter Fourteen: Unnumbered Tears, Reprise
Hope - Apocalyptica
[instrumental]
She was dreaming. Again, and again. There was pain. She felt as though half her body was on fire. There were voices. There were touches. Somewhere, beyond her own ability to respond, she knew there was someone.
Moonlight Sonata - Ludwig Van Beeth
[instrumental]
“Tyelkormo, don't cry, please, you're breaking my heart when you sob like that.” She would reach into the empty air, as if trying to free him from whatever kept him captive.
Marble Halls - Enya
But I also dreamt which pleased me most
that you loved me still the same,
that you loved me
you loved me still the same,
that you loved me
you loved me still the same.
It was as though the world of the living no longer beckoned her, and she had already set foot in Mandos.
Listen to the Rain - Evanescence
Listen to each drop of rain (listen listen)
whispering secrets in vain, (listen listen)
Frantically searching for someone to hear
their story before they hit ground.
There were times where she opened her eyes to find gray eyes, just like hers, full of worry and sorrow. But she closed her eyes again, retreating in an oblivion that at least allowed her not to suffer.
Lothlorien - Enya
[instrumental]
“Ireth, Ireth, to you hear me, do you know me?” Fingon's voice was urgent, pleading, demanding. Her voice caught in her throat and she found that it was dry, aching and unresponsive. She nodded.
Frozen - Within Temptation
I feel the darkness on my shoulder,
The frost is in my heart.
So cold my hair is frozen,
Touching my skin, my flesh.
Yet nothing came forth, nothing to reveal to her the key to a new and strange enigma which she could not yet even name. It was there, waiting to be identified, but not certain and not clear, not even known or showing the shade of its silhouette. Just a teasing mystery in the afterthought of her bruised heart.
Flightless Bird, American Mouth - Iron & Wine
Have I found you
Flightless bird, jealous, weeping
or lost you, American mouth
Aredhel closed her eyes, then. She had not wanted to speak of them. They were too vivid, too real, to saddening. There was enough to mourn about, without thinking on the fate of their lost cousins. Too much had come to pass, for her to consider the dreams in a light other than that of the fevers the dragons might have caused her. She blamed the water and the fire for her nights, and she would leave it at that, if she could.
Fandom: Silmarillion/AU
Subject: Being a (second part of a) soundtrack for this fic by
tomboy_typist, by request. Title: Farewell to Summer Days: A Soundtrack for "The Final Battle"
Notes: Roughly divided by chapter, with quotes! :D
DOWNLOAD .ZIP HERE.
Chapter Eight: The Oathtaking
The Bonny Swans - Loreena McKennit
Oh father, oh daddy, here swims a swan
with a hey ho and a bonny o
It's very like a gentle woman
the swans swim so bonny o
They placed her on the bank to dry
with a hey ho and a bonny o
There came a harper passing by
the swans swim so bonny o
She was sitting quietly by the fire, her head hanging between her knees. Once again, she mused on how trading the helm for the weight of her long hair was a strange trade off.
I Must Be Dreaming - Evanescence
We all live
We all die
That does not begin to justify you
It's not what it seems
Not what you think
No I must be dreaming
It's only in my mind
Not in real life
No I must be dreaming
There was sadness in her eyes, every time, and she sometimes hid to wipe a tear of guilt, but he never seemed to notice the young soldier whose eyes spied his movements.
Lothlorien - Howard Shore
[instrumental]
The Lady of Lorien was beautiful, frightfully so, but her brow seemed heavy with worry.
Teeth In the Grass - Iron & Wine
And when you give me your clothes
And when we’re lovers at last
Fresh air, perfume in your nose
There will be teeth in the grass
“What if I did not want to return to Valinor, brother? What if I had no desire to keep on ? What of it? Can I not make my own choices?”
Truce - The Dresden Dolls
I am the tower around which you orbited
I am not proud, I am just taking orders
I fall to the ground within hours of impact
I hit back when hit
And attack when attacked
“I already have been,” Aredhel cut him, quietly. “I will not be forsworn.”
Chapter Nine: The Lost Road
On Your Wings - Iron & Wine
How we rise when we’re born
like the ravens in the corn
on their wings, on our knees
crawling careless from the sea
On the tenth day, or was it the twentieth, a soft and quiet snow spun down onto the camp's watchmen. Finrod was not sleeping when the cold little specks fell in his hair. He reached to touch it, silently, frowning at the cooling air.
Hope Fails - Howard Shore
[instrumental]
Above his head, the sky was unchanged and dark, as it had been since that dreadful day. He missed the light of the sun, the pale gentleness of the moon, he mused.
Give Unto Me - Evanescence
I've been watching you from a distance
The distance sees through your disguise
All I want from you is your hurting
I want to heal you
I want to save you from the dark
There had been fires. There had been war. Blood had flowed beneath the snow, Finrod could smell it, and the growing stench of death, and he found himself wondering what had become of Arda since the dawn of the world. Something made him uneasy as they neared the plains, as though the air itself had been made foul.
The White Tree
[instrumental]
There was no grass, trees were dead and no bird song could be heard. Then there was water, an island, the traces of what might have once been a large city... but no bridge.
Chapter Ten: Troubled Waters
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly - Yo Yo Ma
[instrumental]
What manner of an army Turgon and his grandson were leading was the saddest one the Lord of Gondolin could have ever dreamed.
Hope and Memory - Howard Shore
[instrumental]
Times and the foolishness of man both, Turgon thought to himself, darkly. From what he understood, the weapons had been too much for the Edain to handle. The wars their forefathers had fought were without honor and had led to the destruction of all that man had created, or almost.
25 Years - Blackmore's Night
25 years since I woke up trembling
25 years since that terrible dream
I could see that the world was crumbling
Nothing is ever as it seems
Tried to run but my feet were frozen
Tried to scream but there was no sound
In my head voices echoing
Girl you should know better by now
And still, the host of broken men walked on. By now, the elves barely noticed the decay that surrounded everything. They had been told that this place was once a great port, from which this country sent its bounty to the less fortunate lands across the ocean. They were told that other groups of hidden men were marching to meet them, from across the globe.
The Dragon Boy - Joe Hisaishi
[instrumental]
Turgon nodded, weighed his words. “I wonder,” he said, slowly, “what is worth saving, in this world.”
Run Free - Hans Zimmer
[instrumental]
Ronnie nodded, only once. “They do. They want to fight as well, tooth and nail, if they can. There are whispers that this is their world, that you and your guards only came to lead them to it. They see you for an envoy from the heavens and their God, my Lord. Will you disappoint them, and send them away?”
Flight to the Ford
[instrumental]
The remainder of the boy's babble was lost to Turgon as he read the name on the hull.
U.S.S. Arcadia.
Chapter Eleven: Of Fire and Water
Skellig - Loreena McKennit
Many a year was I
Perched out upon the sea
The waves would wash my tears,
The wind, my memory
I'd hear the ocean breathe
Exhale upon the shore
I knew the tempest's blood
Its wrath I would endure
The Eldarin fleet had set sail under a starless sky.
At the prow of the ship, Aredhel held herself as proudly as she could. Discovered, now, there was no need for her to remain under the cover of dirt and blood, and so her face was free of that shield as the black winds chased away her tears.
Ascension of the Spirit - Evanescence
[instrumental]
EdenEcho - Kamelot
First you said that you would never leave me,
Merry were my days.
Then you told me life is never easy,
And left without a trace.
But how come I want you,
Like the soil yearns for the rain?
She'd wanted to scream, then, that it wasn't true, that he would never do such a thing. She'd thought of jumping from the ship's highest deck, but her brother Argon had leapt and tackled her against the railing. She'd cried, then, yelled, wailed, again, until her throat was raw and her body was limp, and her brother had cradled her until she'd been peaceful again.
A Storm Is Coming - Howard Shore
[instrumental]
In some dreams, he reappeared, and when he reached to touch her, his hands were like fire, made her squeal in horror and despair. In others, he begged her for forgiveness, crawling. In every single one of them, she loved him, against her better judgment.
The Kraken - Hans Zimmer
[instrumental]
A dark shadow was looming over head. The dark thing opened its mouth, and she could only scream a word of warning as the fire rushed out and dread clogged her throat with its dark, strangling hand. It had brown scales that gleamed unnaturally in the starlit sky and its eyes were a strange glistening thing of black. The smell of sulfur filled Aredhel's nostrils, and she felt the warning die in her throat as she thought of her cousins Angrod and Aegnor.
10th Man Down - Nightwish
Deliver me from this war
It's not for me it's because of you
Devil's instant my eternity
Obey to kill to save yourself
Another arrow, then another, but in the night, it was hard to see, hard to keep a steady hand as the boat rocked and her body was slammed between the cabin's wall and the railing.
A Knife In the Dark - Howard Shore
[instrumental]
This time, her arrow hit the eye, but it did not stop the monster from opening its hellish mouth once more. Fire came, scorching and fearsome, and Ardhel recoiled, hiding from it as she could against the wet wood of the railing. Still, there were burns – were they on her hands? On her face? She could not tell, save that it hurt and the salty water made it only worse. The worst thing was that as she lost consciousness, she couldn't decide whether she was relieved or disappointed that it was all coming to an end.
Chapter Twelve: Unexpected Developments
The Mystic's Dream - Loreena McKennit
A painting hangs on an ivy wall
Nestled in the emerald moss
The eyes declare a truce of trust
then it draws me far away
deep in the desert twilight
Sand melts in pools of the sky
darkness lays her crimson cloak
lamps will call, call me home
The host was running out of breath, and thus it was decided that setting camp, if only for of the equivalent of a day, was a growing necessity. In the pitch black night that seemed to stretch on like an endless blanket, torches were lit in an effort to keep what lurked around them at bay.
House of Heroes - Battlelore
Heroes and fools,
all together, all the same,
statues of the restless
Gallery of the drowned and the pale
Feeling sheltered enough in their underground hovels, the hobbits had watched in rapt fascination as humanity set on the path to its own destruction.
The Legend of Ashitaka - Joe Hisaishi
[instrumental]
They were a small colony which had been decimated, slowly, bit by bit, by the growing human population. They had retreated deeper and deeper in the forests. They had been obliged to abandon their dear burrows, and some, tired of scavenging in hidden darknesses of the wild woods, had started migrating to the human cities.
Chapter Thirteen: Lessons In Humility
The Ride of the Rohirrim - Howard Shore
[instrumental]
There were problems. Turgon had spent all of his resting time pondering them. There were too many folk following them. Mostly, if they were to board a ship, they would not have enough supplies to feed them.
A Journey In the Dark - Howard Shore
[instrumental]
"You cannot let them down," he said, angrily. "They have waited for you to come, they believe in you, they will die whether they come or stay. At least give them hope. Please."
Night Tide - Evanescence
[spoken] Time slows...stops.
"We will be leading them to a slow and painful death," Turgon said darkly. "I would not be the one to bear such a weight when so much has already been lost."
Lament - Assemblage 23
[instrumental]
They were rooms of every size and every level of comfort but everything smelled of mud, rust and dust. It was unimaginable and saddening that this place had perhaps been these people's pride.
The Worlds Forgotten, the Words Forbidden - Sonata Arctica
No light
Only suffocating dark
Deep, burning pain
I'm losing everything I am
Remember nothing of my past
Now it's all gone
And I fear the game is over
e found him a touch too tall, a touch too proud, and there was no music to be heard. He had spent a long time reflecting on this matter, yet there was no face he could conjure from his memories of the past that seemed to resemble the elf's face.
Chapter Fourteen: Unnumbered Tears, Reprise
Hope - Apocalyptica
[instrumental]
She was dreaming. Again, and again. There was pain. She felt as though half her body was on fire. There were voices. There were touches. Somewhere, beyond her own ability to respond, she knew there was someone.
Moonlight Sonata - Ludwig Van Beeth
[instrumental]
“Tyelkormo, don't cry, please, you're breaking my heart when you sob like that.” She would reach into the empty air, as if trying to free him from whatever kept him captive.
Marble Halls - Enya
But I also dreamt which pleased me most
that you loved me still the same,
that you loved me
you loved me still the same,
that you loved me
you loved me still the same.
It was as though the world of the living no longer beckoned her, and she had already set foot in Mandos.
Listen to the Rain - Evanescence
Listen to each drop of rain (listen listen)
whispering secrets in vain, (listen listen)
Frantically searching for someone to hear
their story before they hit ground.
There were times where she opened her eyes to find gray eyes, just like hers, full of worry and sorrow. But she closed her eyes again, retreating in an oblivion that at least allowed her not to suffer.
Lothlorien - Enya
[instrumental]
“Ireth, Ireth, to you hear me, do you know me?” Fingon's voice was urgent, pleading, demanding. Her voice caught in her throat and she found that it was dry, aching and unresponsive. She nodded.
Frozen - Within Temptation
I feel the darkness on my shoulder,
The frost is in my heart.
So cold my hair is frozen,
Touching my skin, my flesh.
Yet nothing came forth, nothing to reveal to her the key to a new and strange enigma which she could not yet even name. It was there, waiting to be identified, but not certain and not clear, not even known or showing the shade of its silhouette. Just a teasing mystery in the afterthought of her bruised heart.
Flightless Bird, American Mouth - Iron & Wine
Have I found you
Flightless bird, jealous, weeping
or lost you, American mouth
Aredhel closed her eyes, then. She had not wanted to speak of them. They were too vivid, too real, to saddening. There was enough to mourn about, without thinking on the fate of their lost cousins. Too much had come to pass, for her to consider the dreams in a light other than that of the fevers the dragons might have caused her. She blamed the water and the fire for her nights, and she would leave it at that, if she could.
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