Good-bye, Master, my dear


Please, not my Frodo
My master, my life

It can't be

Yet how can I deny it?
I have come too late
You've left your Sam.

I fall upon my knees
and caress your lifeless hand

Is your warm touch forever lost?

To think that I will never see you smile again
Nor hear the sound of your voice just one more time
My heart won't believe it

My heart can't bear it

And still they say I must go on
To bear the Burden and never look back

But the real burden is to leave,
And to think I left my dear master behind.
A single tear falls onto your hand

I'm not strong enough to do this

I can't let go

But can I forever stay by your side
And remain your faithful Sam?
Even in death?

An evil choice lays before me
Such a task was not appointed to me
But who else now can go forth?

Why must fate be so cruel?
that I should be alone

That so much should depend on me

I know what must be done
But how can I say good-bye?

To destroy that which led to your death
And the death of so many others
For that must be the source of my strength
The final purpose that drives me forward

But still my heart is no less tormented

I have to leave you now, master
Forgive your Sam
And know that he'll always love you

I choke back on my tears
The time has finally come
I release your hand

And I vow if ever I find you,
I will never leave you again

Never

I look one last time upon your face
Peace plainly lays there
And I think back on all we've been through together
The final tear rolls down my cheek

The shadows have passed you by

"Good-bye, master my dear...
Good-bye."