Fool of a Took
I look at him,
Expecting praise.
He looks at me,
Thinks of all my days.
And simply call me a "fool of a Took"
I try to be brave
I try to do well
And for me
It's been nothing but hell
But he'll always see me as a "fool of a Took"
It was all my fault
That day he "died"
Throwing that brick
I should not have tried
For I was just being a "fool of a Took"
It was also my fault
When Boromir's life fled.
We ran into the orcs
And now he's dead
And the orcs carried off this "fool of a Took"
Merry and I
Could not have survived
Had I not cut
The bonds the orcs tied
For once I was not a "fool of a Took"
Then I went
With Merry and Treebeard
To defeat Wormtongue
And Saruman, whom we feared.
Was I also then a "fool of a Took?"
We found that Gandalf
Was indeed alive
He was with us
My mistake rectified
I no longer felt like a "fool of a Took
But then Saruman threw
At us that Palantir
I picked it up;
It seemed so dear
But I was once again being a "fool of a Took"
That stone corrupted me
I saw evil stuff
Before Gandalf took it from me.
To battle it I was not tough enough
But merely, once again, a "fool of a Took"
Now here we are
In Minas Tirith
For Boromir's life
I offer my service
Acting once more as a "fool of a Took"
Gandalf calls it folly
To serve Denethor
To serve other kings
Would be worth much more
He taps me with his staff, muttering, "Fool of a Took"
The battle, it came
The battle, it went
And Faramir, Denethor's son,
Grievously injured, was sent
Beyond all help, except for that of this "fool of a Took"
I ran to get Gandalf
He'd know what to do
I needed help
So fast I flew
Hoping the wizard would help this "fool of a Took"
He came back with me
To the burning pyre
Looking at the situation
He knew it was dire
He immediately forgot this "fool of a Took"
In the end it was me
Who pulled Faramir down
When Gandalf couldn't save Denethor
He turned to me with a frown
I flinched, expecting to hear, "Fool of a Took!"
He looked at me and saw
Denethor's son not dead
He stared at me
And to my shock he said,
"Well done Pippin." Not, "Fool of a Took"