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She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes;.
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bunny-wan-kenobi:

So I’m kind of in love with the Ed Sheeran song for the Desolation of Smaug soundtrack. I’m very much a lyric-oriented person—it’s always the first thing I notice, and the aspect of a song I treasure the most if exceptional. And in this case, they are. I looked up the lyrics the moment I heard this song, and I wasn’t disappointed.

I realized as I read over the lyrics that the song is told from Thorin’s perspective, and that is what it gives the song its heart. It’s a haunting reflection on painful memories and an ominous future, a noble people suffering and a leader who remembers it all with aching clarity.

It is a poignant tribute to Thorin, who was present when Smaug attacked his people and watched his homeland burn. And even now as he seeks to reclaim Erebor, the shadow of the past is ever cast upon his thoughts, and the deep sense of foreboding that he will fall to the same darkness that his grandfather did.

As much as he seeks to move forward, he can still feel the heat on his skin, the sight of flames burned onto his retinas, a reminder of all his people lost. And what the song does brilliantly is connect Thorin’s past to his present as he takes his company back to Erebor, foreshadowing that the death Thorin witnessed before may come to fall upon the members of his Company as well. It is a sobering moment for Hobbit fans who know how his and the Heirs of Durin’s story will end.

The lyrics capture beautifully the interweaving of sorrow and hope and desperation that is Thorin’s character and reflect the immense burden he carries for his people. It is his people and his homeland that are the impetus for him moving forward to claim the vision of a future that he dares to pursue.

I See Fire by Ed Sheeran

O misty eye of the mountain below
Keep careful watch of my brothers’ souls
And should the sky be filled with fire and smoke
Keep watching over Durin’s sons

If this is to end in fire
Then we should all burn together
Watch the flames climb higher into the night
Calling out father oh, stand by and we will
Watch the flames burn on and on
The mountainside

And if we should die tonight
Then we should all die together
Raise a glass of wine for the last time
Calling out father, oh
Prepare as we will
Watch the flames burn on and on
The mountainside

Desolation comes upon the sky

Now I see fire
Inside the mountain
I see fire
Burning the trees
And I see fire
Hollowing souls
And I see fire
Blood in the breeze
And I hope that you remember me

Oh, should my people fall then
Surely I’ll do the same
Confined in mountain halls
We got too close to the flame
Calling out father, oh
Hold fast and we will
Watch the flames burn on and on
The mountainside

Desolation comes upon the sky

Now I see fire
Inside the mountain
I see fire
Burning the trees
And I see fire
Hollowing souls
And I see fire
Blood in the breeze
And I hope that you remember me

And if the night is burning
I will cover my eyes
For if the dark returns then
My brothers will die
And as the sky’s falling down
It crashed into this lonely town
And with that shadow upon the ground
I hear my people screaming out

Now I see fire
Inside the mountain
I see fire
Burning the trees
And I see fire
Hollowing souls
And I see fire
Blood in the breeze

I see fire (oh you know I saw a city burning)
And I see fire (feel the heat upon my skin)
And I see fire (fire)
And I see fire burn on and on the mountainside