FST: The Silmarillion: Farewell to Summer Days
Medium: Book
Fandom: Silmarillion/AU
Subject: Being 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 One: Painting the Colors of Grief
Long, Long Time Ago - Javier Navarette
[instrumental]
She was still crying bitterly. It could have been days, weeks, months, years or decades before she realized that she was no longer crying alone.
Harvest of Sorrow - Blind Guardian
[Harvest of sorrow, your seed is grown
In a frozen world full of cries
When the ray of light shrinks
Shall cold winter nights begin]
If she closed her eyes she could almost feel the touch of his hand on her face, his callused hand that held the sword too tight but never so much as put her hair out of place. If she closed her eyes…
Idumea - Patrick Wolf
[And am I born to die?
To lay this body down?
And must my trembling spirit fly
Into a world unknown -
A land of deepest shade,
Unpierced by human thought,
The dreary regions of the dead,
Where all things are forgot?]
“I care nothing for your compassion, if you do not give it to my love. I care nothing for the forgiveness of Mandos and for the beauties of Valinor. If my love is not here, then I will not look upon them with anything but disgust.”
Throw Me A Rope - KT Tunstall
[So throw me a rope to hold me in place
Show me a clock for counting my days down
Cause everything's easier when you're beside me
Come back and find me
Cause I feel alone]
That night, she spent in the same clearing. Argon and her did not speak, but him, she let hold her, as she had so many times when they were children and he’d stumbled somewhere, when he was a lad whose heart was hung on a girl, unluckily, but this time, he did the consoling and she did the crying. There were no words.
I Need Some Sleep - The Eels
[Everyone says I’m getting down too low
Everyone says: "You just gotta let it go"
"You just gotta let it go"
I just gotta let it go]
Left to her tears of grief, freed from Nienna’s tears of compassion, Aredhel went back to the sweet little stream and lay her face to the earth. She cried herself to sleep...
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Michael Ball
[Oh my friends, my friends forgive me
That I live and you are gone.
There's a grief that can't be spoken.
There's a pain goes on and on.]
“Tears unnumbered indeed,” she told Nienna, bitterly, angrily. “You who are the beacon of compassion, the beacon of forgiveness and patience, how dare you tell me to be satisfied with the rotten present of forgiveness? I cannot be so selfish when the Dispossessed’s fate is not known to me."
Forgiven - Within Temptation
[You gave up the fight
You left me behind
All that's done's forgiven
You'll always be mine
I know deep inside
All that's done's forgiven]
“But you will never have to contain my Tyelkormo, if you let me have him again. This, my lord, I promise you.”
Chapter Two: So It Begins
Antebellum - Vienna Teng
[I know our antebellum innocence
Was never meant to see the light of our armistice.
But how much would I give to have it back again?
How much did we lose
To live this way?]
A mix of rage and disbelief, horror and denial, and the want for an explanation, the complete refusal to believe that her beloved had done what they said he did.
This Weather - Patrick Wolf
[I am not going to set myself free here
I am following some dark fortune
Some circle in me
Hold back the wind
Hold back the rain
I want to live
To see good weather]
“Let Lady Nienna heal you, Ireth,” he pleaded, then. “You deserve the rest, until the end of time has come.”
Decade and One - Vienna Teng
[Been a decade and one
Been a decade and one so soon
Decade and one
Since I stood so proud
And so unsure]
And then... and then, maybe. She would see him again, and maybe at least she would have answers.
Fires At Midnight - Blackmore's Night
[On the hills the fires burned at midnight
Superstition plagued the air
Sparks fly as the fires burn at midnight
The stars are out and magic is here…]
The moons waxed and waned, the suns rose and set, but she ever remained, eyes fixed on the horizon, waiting.
Those Who Left - Murder By Death
[instrumental]
And then the Earth shook, and for a moment, fear gripped the hearts of the Eldar in Tirion and in Araman. The Earth shook, and a veil of darkness seemed for a moment to rise and fall, like a pulsing hand on the nape of the world's neck.
Far Above the Clouds - Mike Oldfield
[instrumental]
In Valinor, Finarfin sat on the seat of the Noldorin High King in quiet and sober splendor. His robes were impeccable and his eyes were steady.
Those Who Stayed - Murder By Death
[instrumental]
Aredhel did not say anything for a bit, too concerned by the implications. “It means that when we go into battle, we may lose.”
Chapter Three: The Endless Night
Feather Moon - Vienna Teng
[Feather moon
Scarlet sky
Living clouds
My blinded eye
Waters black
Wood in snow
Dead of night
How bright you glow]
She stood at the top of the fall and recounted her dreams. They had been strange, those dreams, full of a life she would never know, could never taste.
Count of Casualty - Patrick Wolf
[In this war without an end
What peace do you defend
In this war without an end
What peace do you depend on?]
The moon was nowhere to be seen, and fear, mixed with hope, roused within her soul once more.
Dark Wings - Within Temptation
[Dark wings they are descending
See shadows gathering around
One by one they are falling
Every time they try to strike us down]
They always started in the same place, near that stream she and Tyelkormo had loved so well. She got there and he was there, waiting, dressed in simple travel clothes and weary. Sometimes, he was bloodied, sometimes he only wore the look of one who had walked too long, a too solitary road.
Nightfall - Blind Guardian
[Nightfall
Quietly crept in and changed us all
Nightfall
Quietly crept in and changed us all
Nightfall
Immortal land lies down in agony]
There had been a deep gash in the fabric of the void that kept Morgoth contained, and the rebel Vala had stepped back into the fabric of reality, angry and intent on mischief as he ever was.
Born Yesterday [instrumental] - Rob Dougan
[instrumental]
It was war.
The World - .hack OST
[In blinded mind you are singing
A glorious hallelujah
The distant flutter of angels
They're all too far, too far to reach for you]
“Ireth speaks the truth,” he said gently. “Embrace yourselves, my children, for dark times are upon us and we may part for longer than we wish.”
Cold - Within Temptation
[Closer and closer, it's time to surrender
to the desire that you cannot mention
don't try to breathe
don't try to run away]
And so she sat upon the slope, and wept, for those she loved who were no more, for those she loved who were but soon may not be.
Moonlight - Kamelot
[Moonlight falling over me
Sail on where the shadows hide
Moonlight crawling down on me
Just like you could not compete with my pride]
And in the throng of fearful emotions and the deep sense of dread that filled her as the unending night flourished, the flower of hope bloomed inside her, that perhaps the sons of Feänor would rise again.
Chapter Four: Too Many Chiefs
The Howling - Within Temptation
[I hear them getting closer
Their howls are sending chills down my spine
And time is running out now,
They're coming down the hills from behind]
The endless night had brought upon the kindling of braziers on the fields of Valinor. No longer rooted in time's reckoning, Aredhel walked, a lone figure, silent and unheeded.
Leech Jar - Emilie Autumn
[instrumental]
In the Noldorin forges, Celebrimbor worked without taking any rest. She had seen him in passing, but the creative and energetic boy she knew had grown into a stranger, and she had remained quiet about her hopes and fears.
Stand My Ground - Within Temptation
[Stand my ground, I won't give in
No more denying, I gotta face it
Won't close my eyes and hide the truth inside
If I don't make it, someone else will
Stand My Ground.]
“Aerendil and Elwing have returned from the heavens, Ata. They brought down the Silmaril.”
Bloodbeat - Patrick Wolf
[no need for comfort
no need for light
I am hunting for secrets tonight
Eat the sorrow lick the spark
uh oh my blood beats dark]
“Yes. The Valar have once again dispossessed the Noldor, we can't even lead our own in battle. All that we did, our deaths on the field, nothing mattered, and---” She reached to silence him with a very gentle touch of her hand on his lips.
Prelude 12/21 - AFI
[This is what I brought you, this you can keep.
This is what I brought, you may forget me.
I promise you my heart just promise to sing.
Kiss my eyes and lay me to sleep.]
Even if he were to rise again, what manner of a man would rise? Would he still know her, love her? What endless torments had he known? Would he still be the gentle man whose hands touched her so reverently, as if he feared to break her? Or would he be barely a shadow, broken beyond repair?
Chapter Five: Of Blood and Steel
Ghost Opera - Kamelot
[Walls so white
When your sorrows have a name
And day is dark as night
No remorse and no redemption]
It had been a long day, a long night, and moreso for the squabbles and the arguments that came forth.
Thorn - Blind Guardian
[So what can we do
With our lives
When it all begins
It's hard and
It's cruel
Will grace die in pain?
Will light ever rise again?]
They were small hosts, Finrod mused, grimly. Stiff and unprepared, weathered by millenia of seclusion, hidden away from the eyes of Men, the Naugrim seemed the most unready of allies.
Those You've Known - Spring Awakening Cast
[Those you’ve known
And lost, still walk behind you
All alone
They linger till they find you]
“I know what became of my cousin,” he told him, quietly. “He has risen again, though perhaps you would not know the man he now is.”
Furious Angels [instrumental] - Rob Dougan
[instrumental]
Some bitter ends, he felt, were best left to the unknown.
Chapter Six: Dusk Singer
My Medea - Vienna Teng
[So come to me my love
I'll tap into your strength and drain it dry
Can never have enough
For you I'd burn the length and breadth of sky]
There was a time where I hunted these woods with Tyelkormo. There was a time where light flooded Valinor and we had hope. Let me at least use these skills, now, she thought. And maybe, maybe... but the remaining thought was one she did not dare formulate entirely.
Bittersweet - Within Temptation
[All my thoughts are with you forever
Until the day we'll be back together
I will be waiting for you]
Then maybe, she thought, maybe - maybe on the battle field, if the Valar are merciful - maybe...
Epilogue - Patrick Wolf
[instrumental]
“You are asking me to help you find death,” Galadriel said, again. Her tone did not suggest sympathy. “Or are you seeking something else in the burning embers of battle?”
A Space Between - ThouShaltNot
[Billy was a car crash all he ever knew was pain
Lived a million million milliseconds never born again
No one say him coming plenty witnessed his remains
Leaving me - but I never knew him. Me? I'm just the rain
Leaving Billy to eternal rest, eternal rust
I soak the dust that covers him, wait for all the others
They all have names]
Aredhel wrung her hands, a little, and she felt her eyes stinging. “Then you know what I will find on the battlefield,” she murmured, “why not grant me at least this small mercy?"
Twilight and Shadow - Howard Shore
[instrumental]
On her way home, Aredhel tried not to cry - she did not know what to believe or what to hope, but at least her destiny was sealed. Like her brothers, she would find peace in battle. She had no illusions about her chances of surviving this, and no hopes of finding Celegorm again, now.
Say My Name - Within Temptation
[You touch my hand
These colors come alive
In your heart and in your mind
I cross the borders of time
Leaving today behind to be with you again]
Galadriel had crushed the last shreds of her hopes with her cryptic words.
Our Farewell - Within Temptation
[In my hands
A legacy of memories
I can hear you say my name
I can almost see your smile
Feel the warmth of your embrace
But there is nothing but silence now
Around the one I loved
Is this our farewell?]
In the breaking march of the Noldorin host to the ports of Alqualonde, she took the kilmessë Lomelindi, dusk-singer, for the sweet irony of stealing one of Luthien's epesses, but also in the memory of her son, lost to the secrets of passing time. It was her last song, she felt, one of arrows, steel and blood, one of darkness and sorrow, and she would sing the sour tune onto its last note.
The Haunting (Somewhere In Time) - Kamelot
[Somewhere in time I will find you and haunt you again
Like the wind sweeps the earth
Somewhere in time when no virtues are left to defend
You've fallen deep]
The singing would come later, and the sweet irony of it was that it would not even be a swan's song.
Chapter Seven: Of Darkness, We Shall Rise
Conclusion - Apocalyptica
[instrumental]
The poverty, the dirt, the smells haunted him. In the distance, there had been towers of glass whose majesty impressed him. Up close, the stench of death and decay had taken over the once glorious metropolis. Nature had reclaimed its rights, and the metal rusted, the glass shattered, the colors faded.
Key of the Twilight - .hack OST
[Consolation, be there
In my dreamland to come
The key to open the door is in your hand
Now take me there]
Around a fire camp, in an alley under the dark towers, they spoke for a long time, until a bookish sort of youth who had twisted metal rims on his face suddenly lit up and screamed Elrond's name in recognition. He knew little of Quenya, but enough Sindarin for halting things to be said, and enough for the elves to learn a little of the twilight of mankind.
The Black Halo - Kamelot
[Darkness come tonight
I have no fear of what you hold
Darkness come alive
You are the stories I've been told]
It was long, once more, to go through large, empty, dead roads of a world that seemed like it wanted to be put out of its agony. It was dreadful to wander into another large town, hungry, barely fed, cold, where darkness beckoned more sadness.
Theseus - Patrick Wolf
[no surrender to a lover
or the wars of the news
of many blisses to uncover
a black sail billows, the sun hits a blade
and you are hungry, you are hungry for you]
Their ever growing mass of folk pushed them towards the derelict Home of the Brave, as they called it, and when he entered below the broken white dome, Turgon felt a sense of misery - that such was all the greatness that the Edain had achieved, and yet.... it felt meager, when he compared it to his own folk.
I Guess It Doesn't Matter Anymore
[I pulled along the side
And offered her a ride
Like the rolling mist she floated inside
As we pulled away
She had nothing to say
So I guess it doesn't matter anymore]
There was little to be found, and so after weeks of hoping for a clue, for the hidden folk of the metal caves, they were on the way to giving up.
Blackdown - Patrick Wolf
[Desire, desire
Deep down inside of me
You are not the maker
Nor the master of me]
Their numbers grew, and as they crossed, over and over, Turgon grew worried about how he would bring the host back to the point of meeting. There were not enough ships. There were too many smallfolk following, hoping for protection. There was not enough time.
Fandom: Silmarillion/AU
Subject: Being 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 One: Painting the Colors of Grief
Long, Long Time Ago - Javier Navarette
[instrumental]
She was still crying bitterly. It could have been days, weeks, months, years or decades before she realized that she was no longer crying alone.
Harvest of Sorrow - Blind Guardian
[Harvest of sorrow, your seed is grown
In a frozen world full of cries
When the ray of light shrinks
Shall cold winter nights begin]
If she closed her eyes she could almost feel the touch of his hand on her face, his callused hand that held the sword too tight but never so much as put her hair out of place. If she closed her eyes…
Idumea - Patrick Wolf
[And am I born to die?
To lay this body down?
And must my trembling spirit fly
Into a world unknown -
A land of deepest shade,
Unpierced by human thought,
The dreary regions of the dead,
Where all things are forgot?]
“I care nothing for your compassion, if you do not give it to my love. I care nothing for the forgiveness of Mandos and for the beauties of Valinor. If my love is not here, then I will not look upon them with anything but disgust.”
Throw Me A Rope - KT Tunstall
[So throw me a rope to hold me in place
Show me a clock for counting my days down
Cause everything's easier when you're beside me
Come back and find me
Cause I feel alone]
That night, she spent in the same clearing. Argon and her did not speak, but him, she let hold her, as she had so many times when they were children and he’d stumbled somewhere, when he was a lad whose heart was hung on a girl, unluckily, but this time, he did the consoling and she did the crying. There were no words.
I Need Some Sleep - The Eels
[Everyone says I’m getting down too low
Everyone says: "You just gotta let it go"
"You just gotta let it go"
I just gotta let it go]
Left to her tears of grief, freed from Nienna’s tears of compassion, Aredhel went back to the sweet little stream and lay her face to the earth. She cried herself to sleep...
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Michael Ball
[Oh my friends, my friends forgive me
That I live and you are gone.
There's a grief that can't be spoken.
There's a pain goes on and on.]
“Tears unnumbered indeed,” she told Nienna, bitterly, angrily. “You who are the beacon of compassion, the beacon of forgiveness and patience, how dare you tell me to be satisfied with the rotten present of forgiveness? I cannot be so selfish when the Dispossessed’s fate is not known to me."
Forgiven - Within Temptation
[You gave up the fight
You left me behind
All that's done's forgiven
You'll always be mine
I know deep inside
All that's done's forgiven]
“But you will never have to contain my Tyelkormo, if you let me have him again. This, my lord, I promise you.”
Chapter Two: So It Begins
Antebellum - Vienna Teng
[I know our antebellum innocence
Was never meant to see the light of our armistice.
But how much would I give to have it back again?
How much did we lose
To live this way?]
A mix of rage and disbelief, horror and denial, and the want for an explanation, the complete refusal to believe that her beloved had done what they said he did.
This Weather - Patrick Wolf
[I am not going to set myself free here
I am following some dark fortune
Some circle in me
Hold back the wind
Hold back the rain
I want to live
To see good weather]
“Let Lady Nienna heal you, Ireth,” he pleaded, then. “You deserve the rest, until the end of time has come.”
Decade and One - Vienna Teng
[Been a decade and one
Been a decade and one so soon
Decade and one
Since I stood so proud
And so unsure]
And then... and then, maybe. She would see him again, and maybe at least she would have answers.
Fires At Midnight - Blackmore's Night
[On the hills the fires burned at midnight
Superstition plagued the air
Sparks fly as the fires burn at midnight
The stars are out and magic is here…]
The moons waxed and waned, the suns rose and set, but she ever remained, eyes fixed on the horizon, waiting.
Those Who Left - Murder By Death
[instrumental]
And then the Earth shook, and for a moment, fear gripped the hearts of the Eldar in Tirion and in Araman. The Earth shook, and a veil of darkness seemed for a moment to rise and fall, like a pulsing hand on the nape of the world's neck.
Far Above the Clouds - Mike Oldfield
[instrumental]
In Valinor, Finarfin sat on the seat of the Noldorin High King in quiet and sober splendor. His robes were impeccable and his eyes were steady.
Those Who Stayed - Murder By Death
[instrumental]
Aredhel did not say anything for a bit, too concerned by the implications. “It means that when we go into battle, we may lose.”
Chapter Three: The Endless Night
Feather Moon - Vienna Teng
[Feather moon
Scarlet sky
Living clouds
My blinded eye
Waters black
Wood in snow
Dead of night
How bright you glow]
She stood at the top of the fall and recounted her dreams. They had been strange, those dreams, full of a life she would never know, could never taste.
Count of Casualty - Patrick Wolf
[In this war without an end
What peace do you defend
In this war without an end
What peace do you depend on?]
The moon was nowhere to be seen, and fear, mixed with hope, roused within her soul once more.
Dark Wings - Within Temptation
[Dark wings they are descending
See shadows gathering around
One by one they are falling
Every time they try to strike us down]
They always started in the same place, near that stream she and Tyelkormo had loved so well. She got there and he was there, waiting, dressed in simple travel clothes and weary. Sometimes, he was bloodied, sometimes he only wore the look of one who had walked too long, a too solitary road.
Nightfall - Blind Guardian
[Nightfall
Quietly crept in and changed us all
Nightfall
Quietly crept in and changed us all
Nightfall
Immortal land lies down in agony]
There had been a deep gash in the fabric of the void that kept Morgoth contained, and the rebel Vala had stepped back into the fabric of reality, angry and intent on mischief as he ever was.
Born Yesterday [instrumental] - Rob Dougan
[instrumental]
It was war.
The World - .hack OST
[In blinded mind you are singing
A glorious hallelujah
The distant flutter of angels
They're all too far, too far to reach for you]
“Ireth speaks the truth,” he said gently. “Embrace yourselves, my children, for dark times are upon us and we may part for longer than we wish.”
Cold - Within Temptation
[Closer and closer, it's time to surrender
to the desire that you cannot mention
don't try to breathe
don't try to run away]
And so she sat upon the slope, and wept, for those she loved who were no more, for those she loved who were but soon may not be.
Moonlight - Kamelot
[Moonlight falling over me
Sail on where the shadows hide
Moonlight crawling down on me
Just like you could not compete with my pride]
And in the throng of fearful emotions and the deep sense of dread that filled her as the unending night flourished, the flower of hope bloomed inside her, that perhaps the sons of Feänor would rise again.
Chapter Four: Too Many Chiefs
The Howling - Within Temptation
[I hear them getting closer
Their howls are sending chills down my spine
And time is running out now,
They're coming down the hills from behind]
The endless night had brought upon the kindling of braziers on the fields of Valinor. No longer rooted in time's reckoning, Aredhel walked, a lone figure, silent and unheeded.
Leech Jar - Emilie Autumn
[instrumental]
In the Noldorin forges, Celebrimbor worked without taking any rest. She had seen him in passing, but the creative and energetic boy she knew had grown into a stranger, and she had remained quiet about her hopes and fears.
Stand My Ground - Within Temptation
[Stand my ground, I won't give in
No more denying, I gotta face it
Won't close my eyes and hide the truth inside
If I don't make it, someone else will
Stand My Ground.]
“Aerendil and Elwing have returned from the heavens, Ata. They brought down the Silmaril.”
Bloodbeat - Patrick Wolf
[no need for comfort
no need for light
I am hunting for secrets tonight
Eat the sorrow lick the spark
uh oh my blood beats dark]
“Yes. The Valar have once again dispossessed the Noldor, we can't even lead our own in battle. All that we did, our deaths on the field, nothing mattered, and---” She reached to silence him with a very gentle touch of her hand on his lips.
Prelude 12/21 - AFI
[This is what I brought you, this you can keep.
This is what I brought, you may forget me.
I promise you my heart just promise to sing.
Kiss my eyes and lay me to sleep.]
Even if he were to rise again, what manner of a man would rise? Would he still know her, love her? What endless torments had he known? Would he still be the gentle man whose hands touched her so reverently, as if he feared to break her? Or would he be barely a shadow, broken beyond repair?
Chapter Five: Of Blood and Steel
Ghost Opera - Kamelot
[Walls so white
When your sorrows have a name
And day is dark as night
No remorse and no redemption]
It had been a long day, a long night, and moreso for the squabbles and the arguments that came forth.
Thorn - Blind Guardian
[So what can we do
With our lives
When it all begins
It's hard and
It's cruel
Will grace die in pain?
Will light ever rise again?]
They were small hosts, Finrod mused, grimly. Stiff and unprepared, weathered by millenia of seclusion, hidden away from the eyes of Men, the Naugrim seemed the most unready of allies.
Those You've Known - Spring Awakening Cast
[Those you’ve known
And lost, still walk behind you
All alone
They linger till they find you]
“I know what became of my cousin,” he told him, quietly. “He has risen again, though perhaps you would not know the man he now is.”
Furious Angels [instrumental] - Rob Dougan
[instrumental]
Some bitter ends, he felt, were best left to the unknown.
Chapter Six: Dusk Singer
My Medea - Vienna Teng
[So come to me my love
I'll tap into your strength and drain it dry
Can never have enough
For you I'd burn the length and breadth of sky]
There was a time where I hunted these woods with Tyelkormo. There was a time where light flooded Valinor and we had hope. Let me at least use these skills, now, she thought. And maybe, maybe... but the remaining thought was one she did not dare formulate entirely.
Bittersweet - Within Temptation
[All my thoughts are with you forever
Until the day we'll be back together
I will be waiting for you]
Then maybe, she thought, maybe - maybe on the battle field, if the Valar are merciful - maybe...
Epilogue - Patrick Wolf
[instrumental]
“You are asking me to help you find death,” Galadriel said, again. Her tone did not suggest sympathy. “Or are you seeking something else in the burning embers of battle?”
A Space Between - ThouShaltNot
[Billy was a car crash all he ever knew was pain
Lived a million million milliseconds never born again
No one say him coming plenty witnessed his remains
Leaving me - but I never knew him. Me? I'm just the rain
Leaving Billy to eternal rest, eternal rust
I soak the dust that covers him, wait for all the others
They all have names]
Aredhel wrung her hands, a little, and she felt her eyes stinging. “Then you know what I will find on the battlefield,” she murmured, “why not grant me at least this small mercy?"
Twilight and Shadow - Howard Shore
[instrumental]
On her way home, Aredhel tried not to cry - she did not know what to believe or what to hope, but at least her destiny was sealed. Like her brothers, she would find peace in battle. She had no illusions about her chances of surviving this, and no hopes of finding Celegorm again, now.
Say My Name - Within Temptation
[You touch my hand
These colors come alive
In your heart and in your mind
I cross the borders of time
Leaving today behind to be with you again]
Galadriel had crushed the last shreds of her hopes with her cryptic words.
Our Farewell - Within Temptation
[In my hands
A legacy of memories
I can hear you say my name
I can almost see your smile
Feel the warmth of your embrace
But there is nothing but silence now
Around the one I loved
Is this our farewell?]
In the breaking march of the Noldorin host to the ports of Alqualonde, she took the kilmessë Lomelindi, dusk-singer, for the sweet irony of stealing one of Luthien's epesses, but also in the memory of her son, lost to the secrets of passing time. It was her last song, she felt, one of arrows, steel and blood, one of darkness and sorrow, and she would sing the sour tune onto its last note.
The Haunting (Somewhere In Time) - Kamelot
[Somewhere in time I will find you and haunt you again
Like the wind sweeps the earth
Somewhere in time when no virtues are left to defend
You've fallen deep]
The singing would come later, and the sweet irony of it was that it would not even be a swan's song.
Chapter Seven: Of Darkness, We Shall Rise
Conclusion - Apocalyptica
[instrumental]
The poverty, the dirt, the smells haunted him. In the distance, there had been towers of glass whose majesty impressed him. Up close, the stench of death and decay had taken over the once glorious metropolis. Nature had reclaimed its rights, and the metal rusted, the glass shattered, the colors faded.
Key of the Twilight - .hack OST
[Consolation, be there
In my dreamland to come
The key to open the door is in your hand
Now take me there]
Around a fire camp, in an alley under the dark towers, they spoke for a long time, until a bookish sort of youth who had twisted metal rims on his face suddenly lit up and screamed Elrond's name in recognition. He knew little of Quenya, but enough Sindarin for halting things to be said, and enough for the elves to learn a little of the twilight of mankind.
The Black Halo - Kamelot
[Darkness come tonight
I have no fear of what you hold
Darkness come alive
You are the stories I've been told]
It was long, once more, to go through large, empty, dead roads of a world that seemed like it wanted to be put out of its agony. It was dreadful to wander into another large town, hungry, barely fed, cold, where darkness beckoned more sadness.
Theseus - Patrick Wolf
[no surrender to a lover
or the wars of the news
of many blisses to uncover
a black sail billows, the sun hits a blade
and you are hungry, you are hungry for you]
Their ever growing mass of folk pushed them towards the derelict Home of the Brave, as they called it, and when he entered below the broken white dome, Turgon felt a sense of misery - that such was all the greatness that the Edain had achieved, and yet.... it felt meager, when he compared it to his own folk.
I Guess It Doesn't Matter Anymore
[I pulled along the side
And offered her a ride
Like the rolling mist she floated inside
As we pulled away
She had nothing to say
So I guess it doesn't matter anymore]
There was little to be found, and so after weeks of hoping for a clue, for the hidden folk of the metal caves, they were on the way to giving up.
Blackdown - Patrick Wolf
[Desire, desire
Deep down inside of me
You are not the maker
Nor the master of me]
Their numbers grew, and as they crossed, over and over, Turgon grew worried about how he would bring the host back to the point of meeting. There were not enough ships. There were too many smallfolk following, hoping for protection. There was not enough time.