GIP and some LOTR lyric spam

[serai]

Was listening to Paul Simon's beautiful Rhythm of the Saints, and there's a song on there that somehow made me think of our dear hobbits. It's got such a sense of wonder mixed with the strangeness of an unknown world. So I made this neat icon, and would like to make more if I find the right pics. Here's the song.


All of These Spirit Voices
by Paul Simon


We sailed up a river wide as the sea
Slept on the banks on the leaves of a banyan tree
And all of these spirit voices rule the night

Some stories are magical, meant to be sung
Songs from the mouth of the river when the world was young
And all of these spirit voices rule the night

By moon we walked to the brujo's door
Along the path of river stones
Women with their nursing children seated on the floor
We joined the fevers and the broken bones

The candlelight flickers, a falcon calls
A lime-green lizard scuttles down the cabin walls
And all of these spirit voices

Sing rainwater, seawater,
River water, holy water
Wrap this child in mercy, heal her,
Heaven's Only Daughter
All of these spirit voices rule the night

My hands were numb, my feet were lead
I drank a cup of herbal brew
Then the sweetness in the air combined with the lightness in my head
And I heard the jungle breathing in the bamboo

The Lord of the Earthquake
I tremble in bed
The spider resumes the rhythm of its golden thread
And all of these spirit voices rule the night
All of these spirit voices rule the night
All of these spirit voices...