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May It Be

2025-04-16T11:28:04Z

Bombur:

{{Infoboxes
|label1 = OST
|content1 = {{song
| title=May It Be
| subtitle=Composed & performed by Enya
| album=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]
| composer=[[Enya]], [[Wikipedia:Nicky Ryan|Nicky Ryan]], [[Wikipedia:Roma Ryan|Roma Ryan]]
| performer=[[Wikipedia:London Philharmonic Orchestra|London Philharmonic Orchestra]], [[Enya]]
| image=The_Lord_of_the_Rings_-_The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring_-_Original_Motion_Picture_Soundtrack.jpg
| duration=4:17
| track=18
| previous=[[The Breaking Of The Fellowship (soundtrack)|The Breaking of the Fellowship]]
| spotify=https://open.spotify.com/track/7LAJWSKK8JMIZAcblgUMS6
}}
|label2 = Complete Recordings
|content2 = {{song
| title=May It Be
| subtitle=Composed & performed by Enya
| album=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - The Complete Recordings]]
| composer=[[Enya]]
| lyricist=[[Enya]], [[Wikipedia:Roma Ryan|Roma Ryan]]
| performer=[[Wikipedia:London Philharmonic Orchestra|London Philharmonic Orchestra]], [[Enya]]
| additionalcredits=Conducted by [[Howard Shore]], Produced by [[Wikipedia:Nicky Ryan|Nicky Ryan]]
| image=The_Lord_of_the_Rings_-_The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring_-_The_Complete_Recordings.jpg
| duration=3:32
| track=Disc 3 Track 8
| previous=[[The Road Goes Ever on ... Pt. 1|The Road Goes Ever On... Pt. 1]]
| next=[[The Road Goes Ever On ... Pt. 2|The Road Goes Ever On... Pt. 2]]
| spotify=https://open.spotify.com/track/1OQ8HS8ocbP4pwbbubdeJn
}}
}}
'''May It Be''' is a song composed and sung by [[Enya]] for [[Peter Jackson|Peter Jackson's]] ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' with English and [[Quenya]] lyrics written by longtime Enya collaborator [[wikipedia:Roma Ryan|Roma Ryan]].<ref name="AnnotatedScore">[[Doug Adams]] ([[2006]]), ''The Annotated Score (Part I: The Fellowship of the Ring)'', p. 23</ref> It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song in [[2002]].

It is the final track of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' and the eighth track of the third disc of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - The Complete Recordings]]''.

==Lyrics==
<poem>
May it be an evening star
Shines down upon you
May it be when darkness falls
Your heart will be true
You walk a lonely road
Oh! How far you are from home

Mornië utúlië ([[Quenya]] for "Darkness has come" mornië=darkness, utúlië=has come)
Believe and you will find your way
Mornië alantië (Quenya for "Darkness has fallen" mornië=darkness, alantië=has fallen)
A promise lives within you now

May it be the shadow's call
Will fly away
May it be you journey on
To light the day
When the night is overcome
You may rise to find the sun

Mornië utúlië (Quenya for "Darkness has come")
Believe and you will find your way
Mornië alantië (Quenya for "Darkness has fallen")
A promise lives within you now
A promise lives within you now
</poem>
{{references}}
{{lordoftheringsfilms}}
[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|18]]
[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - The Complete Recordings|3.08]]

Land of the Dead

2025-02-28T13:13:58Z

Bombur:

'''''Land of the Dead''''' is a song by the [[Tolkien metal]] band [[Summoning]]. It appears in their sixth full-length album, [[Oath Bound|''Oath Bound'']], released in 2006. The lyrics are drawn from the ''[[Lay of Leithian]]''.
==Lyrics==
<poem style="font-style:italic; margin-left:20px;">
Where forest stream went through, went through the wood
And silent all the stems, silent all the stems there stood
Of tall trees, moveless, hanging, trees hanging dark
With mottled shadows on, with mottled shadows on their bark

No Moon is there, no voice, no sound
Of beating heart, a sigh profound
Once is each age (as each age dies), as each age dies
Alone is heard; far, far it lies (as each age dies)

No Moon is there, no voice, no sound
Of beating heart, a sigh profound
Once is each age (as each age dies), as each age dies
Alone is heard; far, far it lies (as each age dies)

As faint as deepest sleeper’s, deepest sleeper’s breath
An echo came as cold, an echo came as cold as death
Long are the paths of shadow, of shadow made
Where no foot’s print is ever … where no foot’s print is ever laid

No Moon is there, no voice, no sound
Of beating heart, a sigh profound
Once is each age (as each age dies), as each age dies
Alone is heard; far, far it lies (as each age dies)

No Moon is there, no voice, no sound
Of beating heart, a sigh profound
Once is each age (as each age dies), as each age dies
Alone is heard; far, far it lies (as each age dies)

Upon the plain, there rushed forth and high
Shadows at the dead of night and mirrored in the skies
Far, far away beyond might of day
And there lay the land of the dead of mortal cold decay

Upon the plain, there rushed forth and high
Shadows at the dead of night and mirrored in the skies
Far, far away beyond might of day
And there lay the land of the dead of mortal cold decay

No Moon is there, no voice, no sound
Of beating heart, a sigh profound
Once is each age (as each age dies), as each age dies
Alone is heard; far, far it lies (as each age dies)

No Moon is there, no voice, no sound
Of beating heart, a sigh profound
Once is each age (as each age dies), as each age dies
Alone is heard; far, far it lies (as each age dies)

Upon the plain, there rushed forth and high
Shadows at the dead of night and mirrored in the skies
Far, far away beyond might of day
And there lay the land of the dead of mortal cold decay

Upon the plain, there rushed forth and high
Shadows at the dead of night and mirrored in the skies
Far, far away beyond might of day
And there lay the land of the dead of mortal cold decay

Upon the plain, there rushed forth and high
Shadows at the dead of night and mirrored in the skies
Far, far away beyond might of day
And there lay the land of the dead of mortal cold decay

Upon the plain, there rushed forth and high
Shadows at the dead of night and mirrored in the skies
Far, far away beyond might of day
And there lay the land of the dead of mortal cold decay

Upon the plain, there rushed forth and high
Shadows at the dead of night and mirrored in the skies
Far, far away beyond might of day
And there lay the land of the dead of mortal cold decay
</poem>
{{title}}
[[Category:Songs by Summoning]]

Land of the Dead

2025-02-28T13:13:10Z

Bombur:

'''''Land of the Dead''''' is a song by the [[Tolkien metal]] band [[Summoning]]. It appears in their sixth full-length album, [[Oath Bound|''Oath Bound'']], released in 2006. The lyrics are from the Lay of Leithian.
==Lyrics==
<poem style="font-style:italic; margin-left:20px;">
Where forest stream went through, went through the wood
And silent all the stems, silent all the stems there stood
Of tall trees, moveless, hanging, trees hanging dark
With mottled shadows on, with mottled shadows on their bark

No Moon is there, no voice, no sound
Of beating heart, a sigh profound
Once is each age (as each age dies), as each age dies
Alone is heard; far, far it lies (as each age dies)

No Moon is there, no voice, no sound
Of beating heart, a sigh profound
Once is each age (as each age dies), as each age dies
Alone is heard; far, far it lies (as each age dies)

As faint as deepest sleeper’s, deepest sleeper’s breath
An echo came as cold, an echo came as cold as death
Long are the paths of shadow, of shadow made
Where no foot’s print is ever … where no foot’s print is ever laid

No Moon is there, no voice, no sound
Of beating heart, a sigh profound
Once is each age (as each age dies), as each age dies
Alone is heard; far, far it lies (as each age dies)

No Moon is there, no voice, no sound
Of beating heart, a sigh profound
Once is each age (as each age dies), as each age dies
Alone is heard; far, far it lies (as each age dies)

Upon the plain, there rushed forth and high
Shadows at the dead of night and mirrored in the skies
Far, far away beyond might of day
And there lay the land of the dead of mortal cold decay

Upon the plain, there rushed forth and high
Shadows at the dead of night and mirrored in the skies
Far, far away beyond might of day
And there lay the land of the dead of mortal cold decay

No Moon is there, no voice, no sound
Of beating heart, a sigh profound
Once is each age (as each age dies), as each age dies
Alone is heard; far, far it lies (as each age dies)

No Moon is there, no voice, no sound
Of beating heart, a sigh profound
Once is each age (as each age dies), as each age dies
Alone is heard; far, far it lies (as each age dies)

Upon the plain, there rushed forth and high
Shadows at the dead of night and mirrored in the skies
Far, far away beyond might of day
And there lay the land of the dead of mortal cold decay

Upon the plain, there rushed forth and high
Shadows at the dead of night and mirrored in the skies
Far, far away beyond might of day
And there lay the land of the dead of mortal cold decay

Upon the plain, there rushed forth and high
Shadows at the dead of night and mirrored in the skies
Far, far away beyond might of day
And there lay the land of the dead of mortal cold decay

Upon the plain, there rushed forth and high
Shadows at the dead of night and mirrored in the skies
Far, far away beyond might of day
And there lay the land of the dead of mortal cold decay

Upon the plain, there rushed forth and high
Shadows at the dead of night and mirrored in the skies
Far, far away beyond might of day
And there lay the land of the dead of mortal cold decay
</poem>
{{title}}
[[Category:Songs by Summoning]]

Land of the Dead

2025-02-28T13:02:24Z

Bombur: Completed the lyrics.

'''''Land of the Dead''''' is a song by the [[Tolkien metal]] band [[Summoning]]. It appears in their sixth full-length album, [[Oath Bound|''Oath Bound'']], released in 2006.
==Lyrics==
<poem style="font-style:italic; margin-left:20px;">
Where forest stream went through, went through the wood
And silent all the stens, silent all the stens there stood
Of tall trees, moveless, hanging, trees hanging dark
With mottled shadows on, with mottled shadows on their bark

No Moon is there, no voice, no sound
Of beating heart, a sigh profound
Once is each age (as each age dies), as each age dies
Alone is heard; far, far it lies (as each age dies)

No Moon is there, no voice, no sound
Of beating heart, a sigh profound
Once is each age (as each age dies), as each age dies
Alone is heard; far, far it lies (as each age dies)

As faint as deepest sleeper’s, deepest sleeper’s breath
An echo came as cold, an echo came as cold as death
Long are the paths of shadow, of shadow made
Where no foot’s print is ever … where no foot’s print is ever laid

No Moon is there, no voice, no sound
Of beating heart, a sigh profound
Once is each age (as each age dies), as each age dies
Alone is heard; far, far it lies (as each age dies)

No Moon is there, no voice, no sound
Of beating heart, a sigh profound
Once is each age (as each age dies), as each age dies
Alone is heard; far, far it lies (as each age dies)

Upon the plain, there rushed forth and high
Shadows at the dead of night and mirrored in the skies
Far, far away beyond might of day
And there lay the land of the dead of mortal cold decay

Upon the plain, there rushed forth and high
Shadows at the dead of night and mirrored in the skies
Far, far away beyond might of day
And there lay the land of the dead of mortal cold decay

No Moon is there, no voice, no sound
Of beating heart, a sigh profound
Once is each age (as each age dies), as each age dies
Alone is heard; far, far it lies (as each age dies)

No Moon is there, no voice, no sound
Of beating heart, a sigh profound
Once is each age (as each age dies), as each age dies
Alone is heard; far, far it lies (as each age dies)

Upon the plain, there rushed forth and high
Shadows at the dead of night and mirrored in the skies
Far, far away beyond might of day
And there lay the land of the dead of mortal cold decay

Upon the plain, there rushed forth and high
Shadows at the dead of night and mirrored in the skies
Far, far away beyond might of day
And there lay the land of the dead of mortal cold decay

Upon the plain, there rushed forth and high
Shadows at the dead of night and mirrored in the skies
Far, far away beyond might of day
And there lay the land of the dead of mortal cold decay

Upon the plain, there rushed forth and high
Shadows at the dead of night and mirrored in the skies
Far, far away beyond might of day
And there lay the land of the dead of mortal cold decay

Upon the plain, there rushed forth and high
Shadows at the dead of night and mirrored in the skies
Far, far away beyond might of day
And there lay the land of the dead of mortal cold decay
</poem>
{{title}}
[[Category:Songs by Summoning]]