Lirien's Lines

[Thalionwen Hunigfolm]

So, I made an elf character over in Ye Olde Imladris who is a minstrel/bard. This means in the interest of CRAFT and ART and NARRATIVE and other words that convey my own rampant perfectionism and need to overachieve, I am now writing all the songs and poetry she supposedly comes up with.

Because I can't just quote stuff from other sources like a normal person.

This is the first of Lirien's songs, trotted out in Adab Gelir, the Rivendell pub. Caveat: I am not a singer, I just want to give everyone an idea of the melodies I have in mind for this stuff. Words below, plus a SoundCloud link to the song itself.

Lirien also plays the mountain dulcimer, so Idk, I'll probably get one and learn how to play it at some point, given how things are going

Wanderer's Song
https://soundcloud.com/user-31851170/wanderers-song

I had a wish for hearth and home,
No more the wide world o’er to roam--
For kin and kind and settled soul,
To be at peace, and feel made whole.

I wished through wood and hill and vale,
Through midnight calm, and dawn light pale.
I wished by rock and tree and sky,
But there’s no home for such as I.

I can but roam, a restless heart
Unmoored by fate and set apart.
Mine are the woods, the stars, the sea
No other loves will do for me.

And yet I wish to glimpse that light
Which summons others home by night,
Which speaks of peace and well-loved friends,
And whispers, “here your journey ends.”

No such glow will grace my way—
I’ll wander, till a final day
Dawns in the east, and with a sigh
The good earth ends, and all things die.

[Vorondir]

Brilliant!

[Zôrzimril]

Yes this is amazing!

Also amazing because now you legit have a soundcloud link to share when one of your tweets goes viral

[Taethowen]

For not being a 'singer', you have a lovely singing voice. I love the feel of the lyrics, too, even without music. Such a juxtaposition of the comfort of home and also the lack of it, and yet without being bitter. Wonderfully melancholy!