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Annie Lennox — Into the West
Album: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Lay down
Your sweet and weary head
Night is falling
You have come to journey's end
Sleep now
And dream of the ones who came before
They are calling
From across the distant shore

Why do you weep?
What are these tears upon your face?
Soon you will see
All of your fears will pass away
Safe in my arms
You're only sleeping

What can you see
On the horizon
Why do the white gulls call
Across the sea
A pale moon rises
The ships have come to carry you home

And all will turn
To silver glass
A light on the water
All souls pass

Hope fades
Into the world of night
Through shadows falling
Out of memory and time
Don't say
We have come now to the end
White shores are calling
You and I will meet again

And you'll be here in my arms
Just sleeping

What can you see
On the horizon
Why do the white gulls call
Across the sea
A pale moon rises
The ships have come to carry you home

And all will turn
To silver glass
A light on the water
Grey ships pass
Into the west
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Definitely on my list of "songs that make me cry" -- but I'd never listened to it outside of the context of the movie.

Dammit <s>Jim</s> William!
Posted 4 weeks ago by woozalia    [ Reply ]
RP shines a light in the darkest of places.
Posted 4 weeks ago by laserace    [ Reply ]
Again,  I'm looking for  "'Goddesslike". 
Posted 4 weeks ago by Ann_Simandl    [ Reply ]
This might be the most beautiful song my ears have ever heard
Posted 11 months ago by Sofa_King    [ Reply ]
bumped up from 8 to 9 . . . goosebumps
Posted 5 years ago by DChas    [ Reply ]
Beautiful   (Joy to All : )
Posted 6 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Annie could sing the phone book and make it beautiful.
Posted 8 years ago by Red_Dragon    [ Reply ]
She just gets on my nerves now.

Used to think she was great - with the Eurythmics, and her first album.

But she tries too hard now. Enunciating each vowel and emotion. Aaargh
Posted 15 years ago by fidget    [ Reply ]
 smilestoomuch wrote:
A millions times better than that Emiliana Torrini song on the "Two Towers" soundtrack. I sat through the credits for this one. Several times.

 

I would say exactly the opposite.  Torrini's performance was riveting in Gollum's Song.  This does nothing for me.  I admire Lennox's singing abilities, but this particular song is not a very good showcase of her talent. 
Posted 15 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
 Zweiblumen wrote:
I regret that I have but 1 vote to cast against this song.
 
here you go, have mine...

Posted 15 years ago by uritsukidoji    [ Reply ]
 cosmiclint wrote:

Indeed, but Jackson deserves special mention for his excellent stewardship of the precious source material.

 
He did an excellent job.

The only criticism that I can even begin to offer is the ending.  In the books the Hobbits go back to the Shire to find that Saruman and some humans have destroyed everything so Frodo and the Hob's run them off.

I found that "rebirth" of the Shire to be the prelude to the departure on the ships that tied everything together.

But even with leaving out that one part, the movies were excellent.

Posted 15 years ago by lwilkinson    [ Reply ]
 pvcnote wrote:
I love her but this is very boring!
 
can't agree more

Posted 15 years ago by ulibcn    [ Reply ]
...the second two films were significant letdowns, but at least this song closes the epic on a properly cathartic high note...

Posted 15 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
I regret that I have but 1 vote to cast against this song.
Posted 15 years ago by Zweiblumen    [ Reply ]
 mrrmt wrote:
Wow.
Crying again. This song does it every time.
 

Me too, but unfortunately because I can't stand this caterwallin!  {#Puke}  I LOVED the Eurythmics, but lately Annie just isn't doing it for me.  I realize I am in the minority here.
Posted 15 years ago by deepfatfried    [ Reply ]
I love her but this is very boring!
Posted 15 years ago by pvcnote    [ Reply ]
A millions times better than that Emiliana Torrini song on the "Two Towers" soundtrack. I sat through the credits for this one. Several times.

Posted 15 years ago by smilestoomuch    [ Reply ]
my dearest friend... favorite movie....God rest your soul Eddie...I miss you

Posted 15 years ago by strawberryblonde    [ Reply ]
No no no no.{#Frustrated}
Posted 15 years ago by mirland    [ Reply ]
I remember actually crying when this song started playing in the movie theater, thank the heavens it was dark .... {#Redface}
Posted 15 years ago by Loreweaver    [ Reply ]
You RULE, Bill!

LOVE hearing this, especially here...

{#Sunny}  {#Good-vibes}  {#Sunny}  {#Good-vibes}  {#Sunny}  z

Posted 15 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
I just walked across the room, chopped onion in hand, to check out this AMAZING song.

crank it WAY UP!  You won't be disappointed.{#Cheers}
Posted 16 years ago by buck-arkansas    [ Reply ]
{#Puke}
Posted 16 years ago by marmoteenha    [ Reply ]
 nigelr wrote:
The epochal trilogy is a combined work of many geniuses, Annie is certainly representative.


 
Indeed, but Jackson deserves special mention for his excellent stewardship of the precious source material.

Posted 16 years ago by cosmiclint    [ Reply ]
I'm still so glad that Annie Lennox won an Oscar for this song and so sorry that I missed her when she came to Colorado this last year.
Posted 16 years ago by JustineFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
big_gare wrote:
I remember sitting in the theatre as the credits started rolling, listening to this music and feeling overwhelmed by the spectacle of amazing film making I had witnessed. Peter Jackson is a genius...
The epochal trilogy is a combined work of many geniuses, Annie is certainly representative.
Posted 16 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by Deadwing    [ Reply ]
Annie, you've come a long, long way since the 80s. What a great body of work.
Posted 16 years ago by snowcat    [ Reply ]
Stunning.
Posted 16 years ago by snowcat    [ Reply ]
I remember sitting in the theatre as the credits started rolling, listening to this music and feeling overwhelmed by the spectacle of amazing film making I had witnessed. Peter Jackson is a genius...
Posted 16 years ago by big_gare    [ Reply ]
Exquisite.
Posted 16 years ago by BluEyes    [ Reply ]
What A wonderful voice. I could listen to Annie all day
Posted 16 years ago by crnkan    [ Reply ]
I love this, though it drives my hubby and daughter nuts.
Posted 16 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by oppositelock    [ Reply ]
Wow. Crying again. This song does it every time.
Posted 17 years ago by mrrmt    [ Reply ]
I love her voice...
Posted 17 years ago by dbm86698    [ Reply ]
Annie can do NO wrong in my book... absolutely love her!
Posted 17 years ago by Lazaerus    [ Reply ]
20
Posted 17 years ago by mrrmt    [ Reply ]
Ok... I have a confession: I watched the American Idol Gives Back tv special. There I said it. Every one of the guest musicians sounded practically retarded, until Annie too the stage. She was, and always is, flawless!
Posted 17 years ago by ch83575    [ Reply ]
ThePoose wrote:
She could put the telephone book to music, and I would buy the resultant CD.
Nicely put! Absolutely! (Is this song on any of her solo CDs?)
Posted 17 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
dixiedeb wrote:
She is quite simply amazing.
She could put the telephone book to music, and I would buy the resultant CD.
Posted 17 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Wow... Love hearing this here, anywhere. 10.
Posted 17 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
I am glad to hear she's so cool, her more recent album 'Bare' is so cool and very much a 'keeper' in the collection
Posted 17 years ago by davyjrshort    [ Reply ]
Thanks Bill! I have a new song to play for my little boy!
Posted 17 years ago by Egrey    [ Reply ]
SmileOnADog wrote:
My wife waited on Ms. Lennox and entourage at a restaurant (anyone remember "The Good Earth" chain?) about 25 years ago and says she was quite an agreeable person, very gracious and pleasant.
She still is that ... Anne was here recently and went from office to office at a certain large studio thanking people and chatting she ended up having lunch up the street at the music row cafe ... she demonstrates the exemplar of a world-famous artist who is also a warm and caring human being. BTW, put Anne and a certain young lady named Alecia Beth in the same room with microphones and you laugh until you pee yourself.
Posted 17 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
All hail JRR Tolkien and Peter Jackson...and Howard Shore's fantastic score is always worth a hearing. I disagree with the person who said it was all CGI nonsense...what the hell should a movie based on a fantasy novel use to realize the images described, an army of Walt Disneys wielding paintbrushes? I thought Jackson did a really good job of translating JRRT's vision to the screen, CGI and all. My wife waited on Ms. Lennox and entourage at a restaurant (anyone remember "The Good Earth" chain?) about 25 years ago and says she was quite an agreeable person, very gracious and pleasant.
Posted 17 years ago by SmileOnADog    [ Reply ]
What a voice! Go Annie! Into the West!
Posted 17 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
Mmmpf ... ehh, just a bit literal for my tastes. Not particularly subtle, spreading it on a bit thick, etc ... makes me want to poke a hobbit, too.
Posted 17 years ago by hanssachs    [ Reply ]
...annie lennox brought the vocals, but really howard shore deserves at least as much credit here...the lord of the rings films offered him a latter-day opportunity to compose his wagnerian cycle, and while the success of its middle portions might be debated, i don't think anyone can argue that he really brought it home in the end...
Posted 17 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
Love these soundtracks, but I actually prefer Gollum's Song from The Two Towers to this one. Regardless of that, a good song and a great performance on this one.
Posted 17 years ago by FeydBaron    [ Reply ]
She is quite simply amazing.
Posted 17 years ago by dixiedeb    [ Reply ]
THANK YOU.
Posted 17 years ago by mrrmt    [ Reply ]
jyoull wrote:
Annie Lennox is just so wonderful, and I only figured it out a couple of years ago. How embarrassing.
Until her work on LotR, I think I had only heard the one "broken glass" song that got a lot of radio airplay.
Posted 17 years ago by UltraNurd    [ Reply ]
Didn't expect to hear this on RP. Looks like it's been a year and a half. I love these soundtracks - I used to use them when I was doing battle with engineering problem sets.
Posted 17 years ago by UltraNurd    [ Reply ]
This song, along with Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah and Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here, is on my short list of perfect songs.
Posted 19 years ago by chillynne    [ Reply ]
Whelp, that was great. Now it's time for me to get back to work... OVER THE HORIIIIIIIIIIIIIIZOOONNNNNNNNNN.
Posted 19 years ago by amcallis    [ Reply ]
Ouch. Just missed it this time... Luckily, I own the CD(s) *sigh* Still, thanks for playing it. "I will not say 'Do not weep', for not all tears are an evil..."
Posted 19 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
Her voice is stunning. Perfect clarity.
Posted 19 years ago by dkarr    [ Reply ]
yes - goosebumps - Into the west --> https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/default.asp
Posted 19 years ago by pope183    [ Reply ]
I loved her music with Eurhythmics but this seems to be even better. For me definitely a 10 ! And the movie is great. I never thought it is posible to make a satisfying movie out of one of the best books I ever read.
Posted 19 years ago by rolf    [ Reply ]
Lovely
Posted 19 years ago by elara    [ Reply ]
jyoull wrote:
Annie Lennox is just so wonderful, and I only figured it out a couple of years ago. How embarrassing.
Don't be embarrassed. Good of you to admit it, and welcome to enjoying her. Annie's one of a kind, and this tune illustrates just what she's capable of. Simply amazing.
Posted 19 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
a wondeful voice, a good tune, and it worked excellently in the movie, but all alone with virtually no background instruments this song just doesn't hold up.
Posted 19 years ago by trempel    [ Reply ]
Annie Lennox is just so wonderful, and I only figured it out a couple of years ago. How embarrassing.
Posted 19 years ago by jyoull    [ Reply ]
trekhead wrote:
Whoah.... You guys are AWESOME!!! You will NOT hear this anywhere else. Wonderful track from a masterpiece disc/series. "The ships have come...." A solid 10. AWESOME! THANK YOU! (singing along)
Indeed! Queen Annie, I never even heard this one.
Posted 19 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Is this the poem you are speaking of, or your own words? Either way, they are lovely. Thank you for them. ecorunner wrote:
I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch her, until at length she hangs like a speck of white cloud, just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other. Then someone at my side says: "There, she is gone!" "Gone where?" Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side, and she is just as able to bear her load of living fright to her destined port. Her diminished size is in me, not in her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says: There, she is gone!" there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices ready to take up the glad shout: "Here she comes!" And that is dying.
Posted 19 years ago by Antigone    [ Reply ]
very nice, I love the open spaces in the song.
Posted 19 years ago by stratrjb    [ Reply ]
baboo wrote:
Her voice gives me goosebumps
Me too.
Posted 19 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
just so sleepy... it's kinda like cool musicians playing the crap that's on those easy listening stations your forced to hear at the dentists office. mho, that's all.
Posted 19 years ago by lotus_65    [ Reply ]
Still can't believe this gets play here... Cool! It is precious to me...
Posted 19 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
Please, make it stop.
Posted 19 years ago by BooKitty    [ Reply ]
Her voice gives me goosebumps
Posted 19 years ago by baboo    [ Reply ]
Lovely song--great trilogy of movies.
Posted 19 years ago by artmarcia    [ Reply ]
Had to bump my rating to an 8
Posted 19 years ago by KevinM    [ Reply ]
Posted 19 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
That movie was pure idiocy. The singer is an artist and does a good job, very nice, but my god, how can I be moved with that huge agglomeration of computerized superficial nonsense. --the movie, anyway. :^o
Posted 19 years ago by edechewe    [ Reply ]
Saw her with Sting in Toronto. Love, love, love Annie.
Posted 19 years ago by NewFee    [ Reply ]
Posted 19 years ago by Danny_G    [ Reply ]
I only don't get how I might have missed THAT many previous playings of this piece. No idea it would be played here. TOTALLY worth the contributions I have made. People, you have to read these books...
Posted 19 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
Then there are songs that are just so emotional.......like this one..reminds me of a poem by Henry Van Dyke about dying. I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch her, until at length she hangs like a speck of white cloud, just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other. Then someone at my side says: "There, she is gone!" "Gone where?" Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side, and she is just as able to bear her load of living fright to her destined port. Her diminished size is in me, not in her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says: There, she is gone!" there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices ready to take up the glad shout: "Here she comes!" And that is dying.
Posted 19 years ago by ecorunner    [ Reply ]
Johray63 wrote:
She really knows how to carry a song and especially with a song like this that's saying a lot.
I have to agree. Only Annie could make this song acceptable. The song is just entirely too full of itself. It's saved from the land of the "2", only because of her voice. Frankly, too, I have to agree with Grantus. The instrumentals for this movie were outstanding, and some of the other vocal tracks were, I thought, wonderfully in line with that. This song really doesn't even fit the feel of the rest of the movie. Just not impressed. :|
Posted 19 years ago by Beanie    [ Reply ]
Posted 19 years ago by JCEntMan    [ Reply ]
Whoah.... You guys are AWESOME!!! You will NOT hear this anywhere else. Wonderful track from a masterpiece disc/series. "The ships have come...." A solid 10. AWESOME! THANK YOU! (singing along)
Posted 19 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
Lame. Headed over to LRC for a couple mins.
Posted 19 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
JokesandJokesandJokes wrote:
I wanna poke a hobbit
SICK AND WRONG!!!!! But. . .it could probably be arranged. . . :-k
Posted 20 years ago by Grantus    [ Reply ]
I liked Elizabeth Frazier (ex-Cocteau Twins singer)'s and Renee Flemming's contributions to these soundtracks much more. Never was a big Eurythmics fan anyway, but my studying Quenya (elvish) might have something to do with it. . .
Posted 20 years ago by Grantus    [ Reply ]
TakeDanger wrote:
... and then Frodo got on the boat too! And I cried and cried and cried! -T.
I wanna poke a hobbit
Posted 20 years ago by JokesandJokesandJokes    [ Reply ]
She really knows how to carry a song and especially with a song like this that's saying a lot.
Posted 20 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
Woah, this one snuck up on me while I was typing an Email - great progression through the song.
Posted 20 years ago by amcallis    [ Reply ]
zaknafein wrote:
Way too slow and plodding for my taste.
Ack, yes!
Posted 20 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
... and then Frodo got on the boat too! And I cried and cried and cried! -T.
Posted 20 years ago by TakeDanger    [ Reply ]
I love this song and her voice singing it. It just seems to reach right in and touch your soul. Perhaps, having had death close to home, I am overly-sensitive. I can live with that.
Posted 20 years ago by BluEyes    [ Reply ]
This song is absolutely incredible. My god, just powerful. Goosebumps.
Posted 20 years ago by Stultiloquent    [ Reply ]
ksb wrote:
makes me wanna stand atop a mountian, arms streached out, with a helicopter circling overhead filming me...
Ego trips anybody? If you were sarcastic it was funny...Cause the song it is overdramatic to the top...
Posted 20 years ago by masterhead    [ Reply ]
Way too slow and plodding for my taste.
Posted 20 years ago by zaknafein    [ Reply ]
Gregorama wrote:
Go see it, it's great fun. Cleaned up at the Oscars--either this one or the sequal. Both were great popcorn movies.
It's actually the last of a film trilogy. brittania would have to see the two prequels. :-)
Posted 20 years ago by Luthien    [ Reply ]
Leslie wrote:
Annie does indeed have an incredible voice that just seems to get better with age. Her vocal control is amazing.
:nodhead:
Posted 20 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
tonypf wrote:
Perhaps it's her way of keeping fresh. There's a lot of Annie's stuff I don't like, but there's also a lot of her music I simply love. Like this.
"Walking on Broekn Glass" can't be beat - one of my favorite "cruisin' w/the top down" tunes
Posted 20 years ago by lowelltr    [ Reply ]
camden_hampden wrote:
Always a beautiful voice but slave to painful affectations.
Perhaps it's her way of keeping fresh. There's a lot of Annie's stuff I don't like, but there's also a lot of her music I simply love. Like this.
Posted 20 years ago by tonypf    [ Reply ]
pergamenta wrote:
Annie Lenox won a well-deserved Oscar for her performance of this song. Amazing.
Haven't myself seen the movie, but this song is very moving.. the Jake likes it!
Posted 20 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
I can't hear this song without getting teary.
Posted 20 years ago by McGroovy    [ Reply ]
Annie Lenox won a well-deserved Oscar for her performance of this song. Amazing.
Posted 20 years ago by pergamenta    [ Reply ]
rulebritannia wrote:
Exquisite voice for certain. This song just has a bit too much a soundtrack feel to it for me to run with. Then again, I haven't seen the movie!
Go see it, it's great fun. Cleaned up at the Oscars--either this one or the sequal. Both were great popcorn movies.
Posted 20 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]
Play it again, Bill
Posted 20 years ago by cataloger    [ Reply ]
makes me wanna stand atop a mountian, arms streached out, with a helicopter circling overhead filming me...
Posted 20 years ago by ksb    [ Reply ]
rulebritannia wrote:
Exquisite voice for certain. This song just has a bit too much a soundtrack feel to it for me to run with. Then again, I haven't seen the movie!
I agree. Ordinarily, not my type of song, but her voice transcends.
Posted 20 years ago by steeler    [ Reply ]
KevinM wrote:
The song title is actually "Into The West" off the "LOTR-Return of the King" Soundtrack
Exquisite voice for certain. This song just has a bit too much a soundtrack feel to it for me to run with. Then again, I haven't seen the movie!
Posted 20 years ago by rulebritannia    [ Reply ]
Annie does indeed have an incredible voice that just seems to get better with age. Her vocal control is amazing.
Posted 20 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
The song title is actually "Into The West" off the "LOTR-Return of the King" Soundtrack
Posted 20 years ago by KevinM    [ Reply ]
Annie is one of the great vocal talents in music. Gorgeous song and gorgeous voice ....
Posted 20 years ago by Daveinbawlmer    [ Reply ]
Always a beautiful voice but slave to painful affectations.
Posted 20 years ago by camden_hampden    [ Reply ]
this song gives me goosebumps.
Posted 20 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]