"Weathertop Hill"
lyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: "Uffington Hill" by Talis Kimberley

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I rode a black horse from my fort on the hill,
And I came to the place we had set;
The one who had summoned me gave me a gift --
His words I shall never forget:

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	Your realm and its glory are fading, he said,
	I will give you such help as I can:
	Knowledge to master and power to rule,
	And life beyond measure of man.

I rode a black horse from my fortress to his --
It seems that I had little choice.
His tower is mighty, his will is too great,
And I heed the command of his voice.

	The power he gave me is dust in my hands,
	I go on but I do not increase;
	So I ride in the shadows with others like me --
	Will the nine of us never know peace?

I rode a black horse over Weathertop Hill,
In search of the one I must hunt,
For the Ring that commands the ring I used to wear,
In the hands of this pitiful runt!

	And I wonder, as I drive my knife through his flesh,
	Was I poisoned as easy as he?
	For once long ago a Dark Lord struck a blow,
	And the dupe who got writhen was me.

I rode a fell beast from my Tower of Gloom,
And laid siege to the Tower of Guard;
For no man can slay me, or so I've been told,
And it's men by whom I shall be barred.

	But hobbits, apparently, don't count as men,
	And neither do women, I see.
	So now, for the last time, I'm dying, again,
	And in death I may finally be free...