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"Somehow they’ll find their way home", by Himring
B2MeM Prompt and Category: Daily Prompts: Bingo card using musical terms (March 4); Create a fanwork inspired by a favorite song or other piece of music (March 7)
Format: Song Lyrics
Genre: Filk
Rating: Teens
Warnings: mild angst (but actually sort of upbeat)
Characters: Maglor, Daeron, Mithrellas
Pairings: Daeron/Luthien (unrequited), Imrazor/Mithrellas (both only referenced)
Creator’s Notes: I have made too many changes here for this to be sung in exactly the same way, and in that sense it's not a good filk, but the original tune could be easily arranged to fit, I think.
Summary: Adaptation (or re-writing) of Jon & Vangelis, “Somehow I’ll find my way home”, for some Middle-earth characters who really need to find their way home. (Also, a small nod to "Message in a Bottle", by Police.)
Maglor (Andante, Ostinato)
If you ask how it began,
if you ask why did we fall,
I can tell you when,
I exactly recall
the how and where,
how I drowned in despair.
No matter how I roam
over sea, over sand,
sing our ancient tongue,
for ages alone—
no question, it will be long—
yet I'll find my way home.
Daeron (Declamando, Con fuoco)
Seasons began with you,
when we sang side by side.
None of my wishes came true:
your desire to be free
matched with love’s secrecy
and, when you refused to hide,
no place for me by your side.
You gained your release!
Now that your spirit is lost,
how can my heart be at peace,
left to wander the east?
But even alone,
one day I'll find my way home.
Mithrellas (Piano, A niente)
You ask me why I was gone.
Did I wish to be free?
How could I leave what was near,
somehow going somewhere,
over sand, over sea?
But I can't tell you here;
only right at the end,
when our worlds melt into one,
can I find my way home.
Chorus (Leitmotif, Cadence)
The one thing we’re not alone
in is in being alone.
Beyond hope, beyond prayer,
anyhow, anywhere,
over sea, over land,
however long we are gone,
we will find our way home—
until we reach out a hand,
and somehow, somewhere,
our home is there.
Format: Song Lyrics
Genre: Filk
Rating: Teens
Warnings: mild angst (but actually sort of upbeat)
Characters: Maglor, Daeron, Mithrellas
Pairings: Daeron/Luthien (unrequited), Imrazor/Mithrellas (both only referenced)
Creator’s Notes: I have made too many changes here for this to be sung in exactly the same way, and in that sense it's not a good filk, but the original tune could be easily arranged to fit, I think.
Summary: Adaptation (or re-writing) of Jon & Vangelis, “Somehow I’ll find my way home”, for some Middle-earth characters who really need to find their way home. (Also, a small nod to "Message in a Bottle", by Police.)
Maglor (Andante, Ostinato)
If you ask how it began,
if you ask why did we fall,
I can tell you when,
I exactly recall
the how and where,
how I drowned in despair.
No matter how I roam
over sea, over sand,
sing our ancient tongue,
for ages alone—
no question, it will be long—
yet I'll find my way home.
Daeron (Declamando, Con fuoco)
Seasons began with you,
when we sang side by side.
None of my wishes came true:
your desire to be free
matched with love’s secrecy
and, when you refused to hide,
no place for me by your side.
You gained your release!
Now that your spirit is lost,
how can my heart be at peace,
left to wander the east?
But even alone,
one day I'll find my way home.
Mithrellas (Piano, A niente)
You ask me why I was gone.
Did I wish to be free?
How could I leave what was near,
somehow going somewhere,
over sand, over sea?
But I can't tell you here;
only right at the end,
when our worlds melt into one,
can I find my way home.
Chorus (Leitmotif, Cadence)
The one thing we’re not alone
in is in being alone.
Beyond hope, beyond prayer,
anyhow, anywhere,
over sea, over land,
however long we are gone,
we will find our way home—
until we reach out a hand,
and somehow, somewhere,
our home is there.
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hhimring
The songs are definitely oldies!
But you might recognize the sound of Jon & Vangelis, if you heard it. It's sort of distinctive:
https://youtu.be/rKqLAVyRaXw