[Gurthang]

Good Evening (or Afternoon or Morning or Night). I'm Gurthang, from the long forgotten land of Nargothrond, and I'm here to try to be Middle Earth's Idol, if it's not too late. I'll be singing "I am a Rock" by Simon and Garfunkel (fourth verse altered) in the (suprisingly on-key) voice of the slightly demented Denethor.

A winter's day-
in a deep and dark December
I am alone-
Gazing from my window to the streets below
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.

I am a rock, I am an island.

I've built walls,
A fortress deep and mighty
That none may penetrate
I have no need of friendship
friendship causes pain
It's laughter and loving I disdain

I am a rock, I am an island

Don't talk of love
but I've heard the word before
It's sleeping in my memory
I won't disturb the slumber of the feelings that have died
If I never loved I never would have cried

I am a rock, I am an island

I have my palantir
and my will to protect me
I am shielded by animosity
Hiding in my room, safe within this tomb,
I touch no one and no one touches me.

I am a rock, I am an island

And a rock feels no pain, and an island never cries.