[Orual]

Heh, skipping the "then to bed" part really changes the mood of the song, doesn't it?<P>I think that in this part of the story, Pippin is scared to death. Sauron thinks he's the Ringbearer, he's been separated from his best friend, Frodo and Sam might be dead, the world as he knows it (or maybe just period) might be coming to an end, and he's in a bigger city than he had ever imagined existed, stuck in front of a grumpy but very powerful old man whose son gave his life to save Pippin. He's singing a very sad song (which contradicts his statement that they didn't have songs for dark times, but that's neither here nor there), and it's driving home the thought that he's been trying not to think: he might not make it, or if he does, things will never be the same, and the Shire that he's trying so hard to save might "fade" anyway.<P>That's my two cents, anyway.