A Theory on Into the West - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

peonydeepdelver · 01-11-2004, 07:21 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> "What are these tears upon your face?"<P>I don't know why someone would ask that. Maybe it's an elf asking, since they're so stoical. "These tears are saline that emerged from my tear ducts."<BR> <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I think that line is supposed to mean, "Why are you crying?" Perhaps whoever it is being sung to is crying because they believe they will miss Middle-earth when they go to Valinor, or if it's one of the hobbits or someone that isn't going they are crying because they will miss Frodo and Gandalf and the lot.

01-11-2004, 07:21 PM	#24
peonydeepdelver Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alas, I hail from Massachusetts Posts: 256	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> "What are these tears upon your face?"<P>I don't know why someone would ask that. Maybe it's an elf asking, since they're so stoical. "These tears are saline that emerged from my tear ducts."<BR> <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I think that line is supposed to mean, "Why are you crying?" Perhaps whoever it is being sung to is crying because they believe they will miss Middle-earth when they go to Valinor, or if it's one of the hobbits or someone that isn't going they are crying because they will miss Frodo and Gandalf and the lot. __________________ "Nazgul, Nazgul! You speak of what is deep beyond the reach of your muddy dreams, Ugluk! Nazgul! Ah! All that they make out! One day you'll wish that you had not said that. Ape! You ought to know that they're the apple of the Great Eye." ~Grishnakh