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Morthoron · 01-25-2009, 03:25 PM

The song 'Afterglow' by Genesis (from the excellent album 'Wind and Wuthering' prior to the band becoming crassly commercial) has a very reverent, Middle-earthlike feel, and could be applied to Beren's search for Luthien, or even Frodo's final departure:

Like the dust that settles all around me
I must find a new home
The ways and holes that used to give me shelter
Are all as one to me now

But I, I would search everywhere
Just to hear your call
And walk upon stranger roads than this one
In a world I used to know before
I miss you more

Than the sun reflecting off my pillow
Bringing the warmth of new life
And the sounds that echoed all around me
I caught a glimpse of in the night
But now, now I've lost everything
I give to you my soul
The meaning of all that I believed before
Escapes me in this world of none, no thing, no one

And I would search everywhere
Just to hear your call
And walk upon stranger roads than this one
I a world I used to know before
For now I've lost everything
I give to you my soul
The meaning of all that I believed before
Escapes me in this world of none
I miss you more

01-25-2009, 03:25 PM	#11
Morthoron Curmudgeonly Wordwraith Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits Posts: 2,515	The song 'Afterglow' by Genesis (from the excellent album 'Wind and Wuthering' prior to the band becoming crassly commercial) has a very reverent, Middle-earthlike feel, and could be applied to Beren's search for Luthien, or even Frodo's final departure: Like the dust that settles all around me I must find a new home The ways and holes that used to give me shelter Are all as one to me now But I, I would search everywhere Just to hear your call And walk upon stranger roads than this one In a world I used to know before I miss you more Than the sun reflecting off my pillow Bringing the warmth of new life And the sounds that echoed all around me I caught a glimpse of in the night But now, now I've lost everything I give to you my soul The meaning of all that I believed before Escapes me in this world of none, no thing, no one And I would search everywhere Just to hear your call And walk upon stranger roads than this one I a world I used to know before For now I've lost everything I give to you my soul The meaning of all that I believed before Escapes me in this world of none I miss you more __________________ And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision.