"Requiem for a Golden Wood" lyrics by Benjamin Newman ttto: "Lullaby for a Weary World" by TJ Burnside Clapp / G Em C D / / / G Em CD G / I wonder how these trees can stand beneath the growing Shadow (Peace, my Golden Wood) And I know the time is drawing near when elder things must pass away, And I wish the power to stop it all could rest within my hands I've seen the works my people fashioned fade and be forgotten (Peace, my Golden Wood) If I were offered just one chance, the strength to hold the Shadow back, The craft to make this refuge last, I'd take it if I could / G Em C D / G Em C -D / G Em G CD / G Em C G / C D G - / Make me a watchful eye to guard my golden wood Make me a cunning mind to count her falling leaves Make me a shining thread of song to weave and bind And make me a ring of power to work my will So I can keep my Golden Wood in peace And yet, I know what must be done, lest all should fall to Darkness (Peace, my Golden Wood) Still, I weep for all my hands have made, and all the beauty they've sustained, For if the One should be destroyed, the Three as well must fade Make me a watchful eye to guard my golden wood... We left behind a timeless land to cling to shining treasure (Peace, my Golden Wood) If I should try to hold you here, against the tide of fading years, What ship would bear me ever back across so wide a sea?