The Leave Taking - Howard Shore

I? m calling out but there? s no one to hear me I? m so afraid 'cos there? s nobody near me All that I? ve got are the memories of Tuesday I can? t remember anything she said Then in a moment my head starts spinnin' Around in a circle, no end or beginnin' An' just when I think that the whole world? s turnin' I open my eyes an' discover that life is just burnin' down But this man stands his ground For when there? s nothin' left I? ll fight for every breath Don? t turn your back on me, baby I? m takin' all my chances Why can? t you hear what I? m sayin'? I? m takin' all my chances When you? re alone with nobody to turn to You look in the mirror an' think that it? s untrue In your reflection are you sure that you see The person that you? ve always wanted to be But you never were because you feared yourself An' in your deepest thoughts you looked for someone else Don? t turn your back on me, baby I? m takin' all my chances Why can? t you hear what I? m sayin'? I? m takin' all my chances I? m calling out but there? s no one to hear me I? m so afraid 'cos there? s nobody near me All that I? ve got are the memories of Tuesday I can? t remember anythin' she said Don? t turn your back on me, baby I? m takin' all my chances Why can? t you hear what I? m sayin'? I? m takin' all my chances Don? t turn your back on me, baby I? m takin' all my chances Why can? t you hear what I? m sayin'? I? m takin' all my chances Don? t turn your back on me, baby I? m takin' all my chances I? m takin' all my chances

I slammed the door a thousand times What's mine is mine What's yours is mine It's a long drive uphill Sit back I'm taking the wheel So many highs so many lows You move too quick to ever show Exactly how you feel So I'm takin' the wheel Chorus: Everybody says it can't be done We drive each other crazy but You're still the one You make it hard to stay Harder to run You and me we're quite a pair We make a mess out of thin air You know I love you still But I'm takin' the wheel Repeat Chorus It's a knock-down drag-out fight Tongue-tied and twisted we can go all night You're comin' with me and here's the deal Baby slide on over I'm takin' the wheel So many roads we're left to take So much history to make We bend but we don't break Repeat Chorus It's a knock-down drag-out fight Tongue-tied and twisted we can go all night You're comin' with me and here's the deal Baby slide on over And leavin' this crazy tug-of-war Only makes me want you more You're comin' with me that's how I feel Baby slide on over I'm takin' the wheel Oh yeah I slammed the door a thousand times What's mine is mine What's yours is mine It's a long drive uphill Sit back I'm taking the wheel

You're in-between a page of life you never dreamed The answer won't come from that magazine This time it's real and you're not sure just what to feel Who can I trust to say Should I give love now should I take love now I'm taking the chance And giving myself to you If something's not right then tell me I'm wrong I just want it all to carry on Sometimes the fear of losing you has been so near I needed to make this choice on my own To let love in when I'm so scared when things begin Don't run away I feel close to you now You know I need you now I'm taking the chance And giving myself to you If something's not right then tell me I'm wrong I just want it all to carry on I'm taking the chance I can't let this feeling leave I don't want those nights of waiting so long I'm taking the chance before it's gone Taking the chance Taking the chance Taking the chance Taking the chance, I need you I'm taking the chance And giving myself to you If something's not right then tell me I'm wrong I just want it all to carry on I'm taking the chance I can't let this feeling leave I don't want those nights of waiting so long I'm taking the chance before it's gone I'm taking the chance And giving myself to you If something's not right then tell me I'm wrong I just want it all to carry on I'm taking the chance I can't let this feeling leave I don't want those nights of waiting so long I'm taking the chance before it's gone (Fade)

I know what it's like to think about everybody else And wonder if anybody else is thinkin' 'bout me I know what it's like to hold a weight So deep in yourself you wonder If anybody else could ever carry The pain of it The rage of what It takes to just be awake Nobody ever wonders how the strong stay strong They get what they want and then they move along They never think twice about what could be Does anybody wonder when the legеnds die young? If there's anything that wе could've done To stop a strong one from taking the heat Know what it's like to keep it all in my head Until my worries like a knife in my chest Split me open while I'm lying in bed What else am I gonna have to lose? What other magic tricks will I have to do? Until I finally have nothing left to prove The pain of it The rage of what It takes to just be awake Nobody ever wonders how the strong stay strong They get what they want and then they move along They never think twice about what could be Does anybody wonder when the legends die young? If there's anything that we could have done To stop a strong one from taking the heat Nobody ever wonders how the strong stay strong They get what they want and then they move along They never think twice about what could be Does anybody wonder when the legends die young? If there's anything that we could have done To stop a strong one from taking the heat To stop the strong one from taking the heat

Ú i vethed nâ i onnad Si boe ú-dhanna Ae ú-esteli, esteliach nad Nâ boe ú i Estelio han, estelio han, estelio Estelio han, estelio veleth

Set me free Is this the place of my undoing? Set me free Show me the way from this place Take me away through the darkness Numb my pain, all I know is Suffering, one foot in the grave Bury the hatchet Another nail in the casket My blood turns to ice Beneath these barren skies A glimpse of light shimmers This time you guide the way through oblivion This trail of thorns leads on, get me out of this maze This labyrinthian hell quakes Set me free Before I'm lost in the dark Hopeless devoured by the shadows of my wake The light slowly turning away from me Is this the place of my undoing? Shine on me, illuminate this crepuscular feeling Show me the way from this place Take me away through the darkness All I am is all I'll ever be All that's left, melancholy Bury the hatchet Another nail in the casket My blood turns to ice Beneath these barren skies A glimpse of light shimmers This time you guide the way through oblivion This trail of thorns leads on, get me out of this maze This labyrinthian hell bellows I can see the way out from the disconnect closing Illuminate this godless space and pull me out Liberate these ruins Liberate these ruins I've become Set me free Is this the place of my undoing? Set me free Illuminate the crepuscular feeling

Solo [by Elisabeth Fraser] in Quenya: Ar sindarnóriello mornie caita, Ar ilye tier unduláve lumbule... Chorus in Sindarin (ab 2.18): Rithannen i geven Thangen i harn Na fennas i daur ôl dûr ristannen Eryn... Solo [Ben del Maestro] in Sindarin (ab 2.58): ...echuiannen I ngelaidh dagrar Ristar thynd, cúa tawar Dambedir enyd i ganed Si linna i 'waew trin 'ylf Isto i dur i chuiyl I ngelaidh dagrar ________________________________ 'And grey-country-from lies darkness, And all roads down-licked (the) clouds...' 'Earth shakes Stone breaks The forest (is) at (your) door The dark sleep is broken The woods... ... have awoken The trees have gone to war Roots rend, wood bends The Ents have answered the call Through branches now the wind sings Feel the power of living things The trees have gone to war'