In Dreams

Sam is thinking at the lowest point of his journey. Frodo/Sam. POV. Spoilers!

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When the cold of Winter comes

Starless night will cover day

Frodo is dead. Dead. I can't quite wrap my mind around it as I stagger blindly along. My heart pounds.

Dead.

The tears are flooding me, making me a puddle on the floor. He's dead. My master, the Ringbearer… dare I say it.

No, he's dead. I must not think of what could have been.

In the veiling of the sun

We will walk in bitter rain

I must take the Ring to the end now… alone. I can't do it. I'm nothing without Frodo. Frodo! I…

Can't say it. I mustn't say it. I must concentrate on the Quest, which I must fulfill.

It's too much. Frodo was brave, Frodo was my master. Frodo excelled me in all things.
He knew everything but one thing.

But in dreams

I still hear your name

I sleep, for a brief troubled time, but I can only think of one thing and it is a name I must not think of. I must go on. I must.
Oh… Frodo. No, I must stop thinking. Let me lie here and forget. I can forget him if I try.

Watch me try. I am brave. Fr… He often said I was brave. Watch me get through this. Watch me.

And in dreams

We will meet again

Even if Frodo is dead, I will continue. I will find Gollum and kill him. Kill the creature that killed my master. Ugh... Stinker and Slinker he most certainly was. He misjudged Gollum there. Yes, he did. I wish… I wish he had listened to me. I wish he hadn't misjudged that one time… thought to give that creature pity when he deserved less.

When the seas and the mountains fall

And we come to the end of days

He deserved death on the end of Sting, and he shall have it… but wait. Orcs are coming. Their loathsome stink still stands out in this pit of despair. They are coming for Frodo. For my sweet, sweet master. What will they do to him? Mutilate him… eat him? I must go back!

In the dark I hear a call

Calling me there

"Sam!"

I run, madly.

"Sam!"
It's his voice. His voice. He's still alive, he must be. I love him! And when I see him the next time I will tell him. I will tell him that I love him. I will rescue him from that pit of Orcs…

I will go there

And back again

And there's still hope in the darkness. We will come back home.

-End-

This is the first of a series of Lord of the Rings songs I shall do from the Fellowship of the Ring soundtrack. They belong to their respective owners.

In Dreams – Words and Music by Fran Walsh and Howard Shore. Performed by Edward Ross.