Middle Earth

A stone's throw after midnight Standing in the rain Just echoes of a heartbeat As lonely as the grave The silence rules the halflight With deafening resound As the iridescent moonlight Falls softly to the ground If only for a moment There's peace on middle earth Till stepping from shadows They arrived without a word Don't make a sound, we're all out of miracles I shake with fear and watch the wraiths of the ring appear They're reaching out, they're tireless and cynical I smell the death and know the wraiths of the ring are here They know that the ring is near A locked door should be airtight Pull the shutters down Better pray that in the daylight We can turn this world around We tip toe in the footsteps Of those who went before The weary and the breathless Deny what fate befalls A few souls in the darkness Are faithful to the cause So we gather round the embers Of a dream worth fighting for Don't make a sound, we're all out of miracles I shake with fear and watch the wraiths of the ring appear They're reaching out, they're tireless and cynical I smell the death and know the wraiths of the ring are here They know that the ring is near A wrong move from a graveside And no one dares to breathe We would die than ever question The paths of true belief Don't make a sound, we're all out of miracles I shake with fear and watch the wraiths of the ring appear They're reaching out, they're tireless and cynical I smell the death and know the wraiths of the ring are here They know that the ring is near

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025

The Fields That I Recall I watch the dawn light burn across The fields and I recall How the shire night turns to dust How skies of blue can banish the storm In my minds eye, return I must To fields that I recall As the streams unfold So the waters flow from the pail I watch the dawn light burn across The fields and I recall As a child I learned to trust Desire the truth and never before Did a black sky dare to cross The fields that I recall? Something feels so cold Apparitions cloaked stalk the vale Emissary The ring smiths back in time Forged thirteen rings of might The nine they made for mortals Fell to darkness from the light The dark lord learned the craft This secret his at last And shadows grew from mordor As the master ring was cast Stealing the craft from the great ring shapers One and its master would rule them all Lost in the battle and now forsaken Beckons as it lies in wait Centuries past and the power awakened Speaks from the depths of the anduin Now it returns to its evil maker To this will each emissary breaks This power from beyond Such strength to overcome The tortured brittle minds That are haunted by the one Three made for the white Tall elven kings delight And seven for the dwarf lords From the mithril they mined Stealing the craft from the great ring shapers One and its master would rule them all Lost in the battle and now forsaken Beckons as it lies in wait Centuries past and the power awakened Speaks from the depths of the anduin Now it returns to its evil maker To this will each emissary breaks Now it returns to its evil maker To this will each emissary breaks The Fields That I Recall (Reprise) I watch the dawn light burn across The fields and I recall How the shire night turns to dust How skies of blue can banish the storm In my minds eye, return I must To the fields that I recall

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025

The lights go down to the deafening sound Thunder clouds rolling in through the night My heartbeat pounds as the heavens resound In the wide invincible sky The lightning strikes from celestial heights Goes to ground and testifies It's broken chains like symmetrical veins Crack the black terrestrial night The fortress walls face the numberless hordes Will they stand the test of time? The hourglass stands almost empty of sand Live or die on destiny's shrine The cruel wind cries it incessantly whines In the face of the battle to come In strength and size, this colossal divide Is a vast immeasurable one The horns that sound strike fear in the proud But we're snared and there's nowhere to run We'll live or die with heads held high Till the mighty victory's won The skyline cloaked by the blackening smoke That defies the naked eye We stand our ground, inextricably bound By the ties of friendship and pride We flight the bow and wait for the archer's drum We strike the blow that's straight to the heart Our shields to the hun We fight as we try to keep our dreams alive That history might recall Those who braved the kingdom's rise and fall Fought from the city walls Retreat or stand is the law of this land In the cold hearted thick of the fight And death's reign damned my superlative plans Making pyres of dreams and old times For isengard cast flames through the heart Like the fireball crossing the sky The helms-deep walls lie breached in the dark As we stand defenceless inside The brave and pure for a moment stand sure Then to sanctuary we fly The hordes can't reach, our impregnable keep Till the light of dawn when we ride We flight the bow and wait for the archer's drum We strike the blow that's straight to the heart Our shields to the hun We fight as we try to keep our dreams alive That history might recall Those who braved the kingdom's rise and fall Fought from the city walls

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 26, 2025

Old friends never clandestine Bold destinies, hearts entwined One voice that was lost in time Walking tall against the wind First wave of a turning tide One bastion, truth and pride Strikes out for the last in line As we claw against the wind Go, valiant talon kind In your heart the fearless goal Old and young enough to die We must hide the precious gift From hands the light betrayed Go For we must return it to The fire from whence it came Nine came from forsaken lands Cloaked travellers, halfling band Free souls with the truth in hand Try to forge against the wind We shadows of moria Shaped light from lothlorien Take flight, gentle warriors As we soar against the wind Go, valiant talon kind In your heart the fearless goal Old and young enough to die We must hide the precious gift From hands the light betrayed Go For we must return it to The fire from whence it came

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025

Where You Lead I'll Follow Light Shooting stars that fall beyond the night Whispers start again as darkness falls And the shire comes to life Soon Softly tread the footsteps of the few Nothing is the way it was before Now the sign has come to light You're the key, grey pilgrim I believe the answers lie with you Once again your council is our law Come to me, grey pilgrim I believe that all my dreams were true Through the seasons changing I wait for you Part of me, grey pilgrim Was to be the trust I place in you Now we face this quest, so much left to do Deep inside I know that you're still there My watcher on the road for you know where Our paths will cross and when, as fate decrees You and I will meet again and where you lead I’ll follow Stormcrow And Pilgrim Stormcrow and pilgrim Sorcerer, spirit Stormcrow and pilgrim The blade is tempered and drawn to strike The spirit calls from within him A flame of truth burning bright steals our will tonight Stormcrow and pilgrim He waited centuries born to fight They have no power to diminish The timeless beacon of light that he brings to life Light Shooting stars that fall beyond the night Whispers start again as darkness falls And the shire comes to life Soon Softly tread the footsteps of the few Nothing is the way it was before Now the sign has come to light You're the key, grey pilgrim I believe the answers lie with you Once again your council is our law Stormcrow and pilgrim The blade is tempered and drawn to strike The spirit calls from within him A flame of truth burning bright steals our will tonight Stormcrow and pilgrim He waited centuries born to fight They have no power to diminish The timeless beacon of light that he brings to life Fight Warning voices cross the great divide Whispering beware the shadows lords Lest we fall and pay the price And doom Hollow creatures riding from the gloom Tireless in searching dusk till dawn For the prize, the sacrifice Honestly, grey pilgrim We have placed unquestioned trust in you We will need your strength to wage this war Stormcrow and pilgrim The blade is tempered and drawn to strike The spirit calls from within him A flame of truth burning bright steals our will tonight Stormcrow and pilgrim He waited centuries born to fight They have no power to diminish The timeless beacon of light that he brings to life Where You Lead I'll Follow (Reprise) Come to me grey pilgrim I believe that all my dreams were true Through the seasons changing I wait for you Part of me grey pilgrim Was to be the trust I place in you Now we face this quest, so much left to do Deep inside I know that you're still there My watcher on the road for you know where Our paths will cross and when, as fate decrees You and I will meet again and where you lead I’ll follow Deep inside I know that you're still there My watcher on the road for you know where And so I journey on as fate decrees For I know we'll meet again our quest complete

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 26, 2025

The setting sunlight fades And it's only for you, only for you The twilight masquerades And it's only for you, only for you This timeless mood is strangely lyrical Hear the glory as the rhyme unfurls The finite sense we're at the pinnacle In a story where the lines are paved with pearl This shroud of midnight waits And it's only for you, only for you The crescent moon cast shapes And it's only for you, only for you Anticipation reaching critical Not a sound to split the night is heard In silence waiting on a miracle For a voice beyond the light to say the word The mystic halls tonight resound and canonise From ashes to dust, this nightmare might just be over The ancient prophecies become reality Our prayers will not stay, unanswered this day Now we await the return of the mountain king This crown of daylight breaks And it's only for you, only for you On towers through palisades And it's only for you, only for you To caverns deep and inhospitable Raise a glass and toast this, our rebirth Through canyons dauntingly formidable We are those who risked our lives to save the earth The mystic halls tonight resound and canonise From ashes to dust, this nightmare might just be over The ancient prophecies become reality Our prayers will not stay, unanswered this day Now we await the return of the mountain king To caverns deep and inhospitable Raise a glass and toast this, our rebirth Through canyons dauntingly formidable We are those who risked our lives to save the earth The mystic halls tonight resound and canonise From ashes to dust, this nightmare might just be over The ancient prophecies become reality Our prayers will not stay, unanswered this day Now we await the return of the mountain king

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 26, 2025

I’ve searched the earth to find you I’ll break the chains that bind you Wash away your tears with rain This life's array astounds you Moonlight cascades around you Light betrays your angel face As the eyes dry and whither The blindness lingers on But I still see your light now your gone Just like the sun, setting on my shoulder Galadriel is the embers of the night And there could be no other The shadows run and the days grow colder Galadriel is the tender autumn light She is the end of summer I praise the day I found you I’ll build my world around you Time can wait beyond the pain I’ll take the strain that drowns you Heartbreak, the fray surrounds you Miles away, the signs remain You and I cross the river We stride the ebb and flow For the secrets mean more than you know Just like the sun, setting on my shoulder Galadriel is the embers of the night And there could be no other The shadows run and the days grow colder Galadriel is the tender autumn light She is the end of summer You and I cross the river We stride the ebb and flow For the secrets mean more than you know Just like the sun, setting on my shoulder Galadriel is the embers of the night And there could be no other The shadows run and the days grow colder Galadriel is the tender autumn light She is the end of summer The shadows run and the days grow colder Galadriel is the tender autumn light She is the end of summer

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025

This gallant band of manic strangers Have carried cause to fight Push to the limit, warning calling With no remorse tonight For what seemed centuries, we knew this time would come We have to turn the tide, this battle must be won We must return this land to what it was before The faceless overlord betrayed the ring he forged This gallant band of manic strangers Have carried cause to fight Push to the limit, warning calling With no remorse tonight We tread forgotten paths where shadow's cloak is torn We are invisible, the silence and the storm We hold the sacred key to all that is to come Our plight is liberty, we stand or we will fall This gallant band of manic strangers Have carried cause to fight Push to the limit, warning calling With no remorse tonight

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 26, 2025

We the fellowship, the voice of reason Cross the waters, climb the highest peak In our hearts we carry hope of freedom Precious cargo on the road we tread to thee So lead us on, across the raging rivers Caves to mountain range We're never apart So stay till the dark is day Less than a breath away We the fellowship, the faithful legion Shadow walkers on the twilight trail Treading softly through the lifeless regions Never faltering that goodness will prevail We must return unto the fire that made you Back from whence you came Those slain in the darkness Stain every heart this day They never passed in vain We the fellowship, have fought together Held a candle to the wildest wind Say goodbye my friend but not forever I will answer if you ever call to me So as we leave to make our homebound journeys Go our separate ways This tear we impart Is here in our hearts to stay Till we return someday

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025