Far, far beyond the island (in the undying lands beyond where numenor will eventually be)
We dwelt in shades of twilight (the light of the trees)
Through dread and weary days
Through grief and endless pain (the whole bit about the trees dying, the kinslaying, the grinding ice, etc)
It lies unknown
The land of mine (gondolin)
A hidden gate (gondolin had hidden gates)
To save us from the shadow fall (it was protected, for a while, from morgoth)
The lord of water spoke (Ulmo to turgon)
In the silence
Words of wisdom
I've seen the end of all
Be aware the storm gets closer (eventually gondolin will fall)
chorus (1):
Mirror Mirror on the wall (I not sure, maybe just a figure of speech)
True hope lies beyond the coast (the only real way for morgoth to fall was by the hands of valar, not the noldor ps: the line is a quote form ulmo)
You're a damned kind can't you see (the curse of the noldor)
That the winds will change (when the noldor first arrived in middle earth, they seemed so powerful, but morgoth eventually became far stronger than they)
Mirror Mirror on the wall
True hope lies beyond the coast
You're a damned kind can't you see
That tomorrows bears insanity
Gone's the wisdom
Of a thousand years
A world in fire and chains and fear
Leads me to a place so far
Deep down it lies my secret vision
I better keep it safe (gondolin is a refuge from war of jewels)
Shall I leave my friends alone
Hidden in my twilight hall
(I) know the world is lost in fire
Sure there is no way to turn it
Back to the old days
Of bliss and cheerful laughter
We're lost in barren lands
Caught in the running flames ( the battle of sudden-flames)
Alone (should the city of menegroth aid the other elven kingdoms, it is essentially hopeless no matter what they do)
How shall we leave the lost road
Time's getting short so follow me
A leader's task so clearly
To find a path out of the dark (the small group that was saved at the fall of gondolin by a secret passage through the mountains)
chorus (2):
Mirror Mirror on the wall
True hope lies beyond the coast
You're a damned kind can't you see
That the winds will change
Mirror Mirror on the wall
True hope lies beyond the coast
You're a damned kind can't you see
That the winds will change
Even though
The storm calmed down
The bitter end
Is just a matter of time (at some points, the war of the jewels was at a stand-still, but the noldor really didn't have a chance)
Shall we dare the dragon
Merciless he's poisoning our hearts
Our hearts (glaunrung, and the dragon's powerful stare)
How shall we leave the lost road
Time's getting short so follow me
A leader's task so clearly
To find a path out of the dark
All in all, a song about several of the noldor kingdoms and how they were all futile. The only way for morgoth to be defeated was by the valar.
Far, far beyond the island (in the undying lands beyond where numenor will eventually be) We dwelt in shades of twilight (the light of the trees) Through dread and weary days Through grief and endless pain (the whole bit about the trees dying, the kinslaying, the grinding ice, etc)
It lies unknown The land of mine (gondolin) A hidden gate (gondolin had hidden gates) To save us from the shadow fall (it was protected, for a while, from morgoth) The lord of water spoke (Ulmo to turgon) In the silence Words of wisdom I've seen the end of all Be aware the storm gets closer (eventually gondolin will fall)
chorus (1): Mirror Mirror on the wall (I not sure, maybe just a figure of speech) True hope lies beyond the coast (the only real way for morgoth to fall was by the hands of valar, not the noldor ps: the line is a quote form ulmo) You're a damned kind can't you see (the curse of the noldor) That the winds will change (when the noldor first arrived in middle earth, they seemed so powerful, but morgoth eventually became far stronger than they) Mirror Mirror on the wall True hope lies beyond the coast You're a damned kind can't you see That tomorrows bears insanity
Gone's the wisdom Of a thousand years A world in fire and chains and fear Leads me to a place so far Deep down it lies my secret vision I better keep it safe (gondolin is a refuge from war of jewels)
Shall I leave my friends alone Hidden in my twilight hall (I) know the world is lost in fire Sure there is no way to turn it Back to the old days Of bliss and cheerful laughter We're lost in barren lands Caught in the running flames ( the battle of sudden-flames) Alone (should the city of menegroth aid the other elven kingdoms, it is essentially hopeless no matter what they do)
How shall we leave the lost road Time's getting short so follow me A leader's task so clearly To find a path out of the dark (the small group that was saved at the fall of gondolin by a secret passage through the mountains)
chorus (2): Mirror Mirror on the wall True hope lies beyond the coast You're a damned kind can't you see That the winds will change Mirror Mirror on the wall True hope lies beyond the coast You're a damned kind can't you see That the winds will change
Even though The storm calmed down The bitter end Is just a matter of time (at some points, the war of the jewels was at a stand-still, but the noldor really didn't have a chance)
Shall we dare the dragon Merciless he's poisoning our hearts Our hearts (glaunrung, and the dragon's powerful stare)
How shall we leave the lost road Time's getting short so follow me A leader's task so clearly To find a path out of the dark
All in all, a song about several of the noldor kingdoms and how they were all futile. The only way for morgoth to be defeated was by the valar.