LotR-ish lyrics

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We loves country music (Yeehaw!) and every once in a while we would come across a song that reminds us of LotR.

Here's one. ;D


I Can Only Love You Like A Man (by T. Adkins)

From the time you were a baby
You had this notion in your head
Someone would come along and sweep you off your feet
Like in all those storybooks you read
Well if you’re lookin` for salvation
Like some damsel in distress
Girl there ain’t no heroes on white horses
At least I ain’t seen ’em yet

There ain’t no knights in shinin` armor
There ain’t no nevernever land
And I won’t ever walk on water
I can only love you like a man

Now, heaven knows I’m no angel
Just flesh and bone like all the rest
I never claimed to have a halo
All I can give you is my best
But I will never try to hurt you
Or even give you cause to doubt
That my heart is yours forever
Ain’t that what true love’s all about

There ain’t no knights in shinin` armor
There ain’t no nevernever land
And I won’t ever walk on water
I can only love you like a man

No, I won’t ever walk on water
I can only love you like a man.


I couldn't help observing the contrast between the modern world and the world of Middle-earth. The age of heroes has passed. Very unfortunate for us Ringers.

[Lindelwen]

That is a great song! You should submit it to Uruviel to make it into a music video!

[Lady Alias]

*agrees* *is off to make awards for the contest i held at a-u forums*

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lindelwen said:

That is a great song! You should submit it to Uruviel to make it into a music video!

Thanks for the idea. Perhaps I'll submit the other song, too. "Smile" by Nat King Cole. ;D

[Perian]

That would be great!

LOL I've been addicted to Uruviel's site for the past two days. ;D

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I know the feeling... *doesn't bother hiding her LotR music vids*


Alright, back to the topic. Here's yet another LotR-ish song. An old traditional/folk song in Finnish.

On laiva valmiina lähtöön (composer: unknown)

On laiva valmiina lähtöön
se kaukomaille käy,
missä taivaalla illan tullen
ei Pohjantähteä näy.

Kun nousee purjet purren
ja köydet irroitetaan,
käymme ystävä armas surren,
sua jäämme me kaipailemaan

Ja ellet sä luoksemme tulla
vois milloinkaan uudestaan,
niin kuitenkin sydämissämme
sua vain aina muistellaan.

Me kanssasi riemuita saimme
ja katsella maailmaa.
Monta ihmettä näytit sä meille,
jotka nyt meitä lohduttaa saa.

Me tiedämme, että sä lähdet
vain koska muuta et voi.
Ja me toivomme, että nyt sulle
pian taas laulu onnesta soi.


If I didn't know this song was old (pre-LotR books period) I'd swear it was written for RotK. I'll translate the lyrics so you'll understand why.

[Lindelwen]

She has some great vids, I would make my own but my parents won't buy me the program.

[Perian]

Me too, that would be so much fun! I always find songs and a subject and dream of what the music vid would be like, lol.

[Lady Alias]

hehehe *hides from finish which kinda looks like bilbo hand writing

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alias said:

hehehe *hides from finish which kinda looks like bilbo hand writing

*roflmao* It's the alphabets, right? Ä, Å, Ö, ä, å, ö...

Well, I can't blame you. Finnish language has more vowels than consonants. Very easy to pronounce, almost like singing or speaking Elvish.

Having said that, I'll have to make a confession. Learning English was difficult for me. It seems like all the vowels are gone and I can't get my mind around all the consonants. For crying out loud, the word "strength" has SEVEN consonants in it! *rolls eyes in disbelief* We just say "voima" or "lujuus" and be done with it.

[Perian]

LOL! I can imagine that it would be though to learn...

[Lady Alias]

annemari said:

alias said:

hehehe *hides from finish which kinda looks like bilbo hand writing

*roflmao* It's the alphabets, right? Ä, Å, Ö, ä, å, ö...

Well, I can't blame you. Finnish language has more vowels than consonants. Very easy to pronounce, almost like singing or speaking Elvish.

Having said that, I'll have to make a confession. Learning English was difficult for me. It seems like all the vowels are gone and I can't get my mind around all the consonants. For crying out loud, the word "strength" has SEVEN consonants in it! *rolls eyes in disbelief* We just say "voima" or "lujuus" and be done with it.

yeah its the Ä, Å, Ö, ä, å, ö lol more vowels? *faints*

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alias said:

yeah its the Ä, Å, Ö, ä, å, ö lol more vowels? *faints*

Oh, it would take too long to explain everything.

Let's just say there are nine short vowels (a, e, i, o, u, y, å, ä, ö), eight long vowels (aa, ee, ii, oo, uu, yy, ää, öö) and lots of diphthongs (ai, ae, ea, au, ei, eo, eu, oi, ia, iu, ui, uo, yö, öy, äi, öi, etc...).

The difference between single and double vowels is distinctive; for example "sataa" and "sata" are completely different words, both in pronounciation and meaning.

In spoken Finnish, final vowels of some words are often dropped out, for example "kaksi" often becomes "kaks". In some cases, the last consonant is dropped, too. "Kolme" becomes "kol". In extreme cases, almost half of the letters can be discarded. For example "sinä" becomes "sä", and "minä" becomes "mä".

To me, this language makes perfect sense and it's SO natural. Very easy to speak, and read, and write. But for a foreigner.... He may learn how to read and write Finnish but I assure you he will NEVER be able to pronounce all the words properly.

[Lindelwen]

@_@ Ok, I'm lost...

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lindelwen said:

@_@ Ok, I'm lost...

Sorry about that. I guess it happens a lot and I really can't blame you. Finnish is a strange language and no one in his right mind would study it. Well, perhaps Tolkien... I heard he based Quenya on Finnish to an extent.

Speaking of which.... I wonder if Tolkien knew about the Finnish word "sisu". Here's the definition:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisu

and another one...

en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sisu


"Determination regardless of cost". I think that about says it. When I think of Hobbits, I see them as persons who had lots of sisu. Even more than Finns do.