Merry and Pippin meet up with Treebeard.
Treebeard:
Good God! Ooh, what a rumpus!
Merry:
That smoke, what can it be?
Treebeard:
That wizard! He'd like to break us
But he ain't smart, not he.
Merry:
Oh Treebeard, what is this fight?
Treebeard:
Some pointless mortal stupid thing!
Merry:
Oh Treebeard, fight it with us!
Treebeard:
What will you give me?
Merry:
Anything!
Treebeard:
Got you all excited now,
But God knows what you see in war
Ain't you all rushed and hasty now
No, I don't want any part of that, sir...
Pippin:
Good Treebeard! Do this for us...
Drop us off where Saruman lives
But careful how you go
Find the dead trees you used to know
Treebeard – the wizard killed your kin!
(Winking to Merry, as the Ents prepare for war)
You see, I told you so!
There's lots of things I know
That Pip... he knows the way to win!
Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli, having discovered that Merry and Pippin are no longer in their power to rescue, are suddenly and inexplicably struck by a moment of inactivity, as they sit around chatting about how they will bring Sauron down. While this is mostly due to the fact that The Author cannot allow them to get to Rohan until "In My Life", she merely explains it as cold feet on the part of the Three Hunters.
Legolas: In Rohan, the sections are prepared!
Gimli: Over in Gondor, they're straining at the leash!
Legolas: Students, workers, everyone
There's a river on the run
Like the turning of the tide
Middle-Earth coming to our side!
Aragorn:
The time is near
So near it's stirring the blood in their veins!
And yet beware
Don't let the wine go to your brains!
For the army we fight is a dangerous foe
With the Orcs and the Wraiths that we never can match
It is easy to sit here and swat 'em like flies
But the Dark Lord of Mordor will be harder to catch.
We need a sign
To rally the people
To call them to arms
To bring them in line!
Aragorn, after impressing on them the need for battle, falls asleep and dreams of Arwen. The next morning at breakfast…
Legolas:
Aragorn, you're late.
What's wrong today?
You look as if you've seen a ghost.
Gimli:
Some ale and say what's going on!
Aragorn:
A ghost you say... a ghost maybe
She was just like a ghost to me
One vision there, then she was gone!
Legolas:
I am agog!
I am aghast!
Is Aragorn in love at last?
I've never heard him `ooh' and `aah'
You talk of battles to be won
And here he comes like Beren Erchamion
It's better than an o-per-a!
Gimli:
(Just to irk Peter Jackson, after that last comment about him "running the show" – grrrr, Gimli throws off the mantle of comic relief and takes control of the Three Hunters)
It is time for us all
To decide who we are
Do we fight for the right
To a night at the opera now?
Have you asked of yourselves
What's the price you might pay?
Is it simply a game
For rich young boys to play?
The colors of the world
Are changing, day by day...
Red - the blood of angry men!
Black - the dark of ages past!
Red - a world about to dawn!
Black - the night that ends at last!
Aragorn:
Had you been there that night
You might know how it feels
To be struck to the bone
In a moment of breathless delight!
Had you been there that night
You might also have known
How the world may be changed
In just one burst of light!
And what was right seems wrong
And what was wrong seems right!
Legolas:
Red...
Aragorn:
I feel my soul on fire!
Legolas:
Black...
Aragorn:
My world if she's not there!
Gimli & Legolas:
Red...
Aragorn:
The color of desire!
Gimli & Legolas:
Black...
Aragorn:
The color of despair!
The Author:
Aragorn, you're no longer a child
I do not doubt you mean it well
But now there is a higher call.
Who cares about your lonely soul?
We strive toward a larger goal
Our love lives don't count at all!
All:
Red - the blood of angry men!
Black - the dark of ages past!
Red - a world about to dawn!
Black - the night that ends at last!
Aragorn:
Well, Legolas, do we have all the arms?
Frodo has the Ring, our time is running short.
Gimli, put the ale down!
Do we have the swords we need?
Legolas:
Dwarven ale on his breath -
Yes, he'll breathe them all to death!
Legolas:
In Lothlorien they're with us to a man!
Aragorn:
The Paths of the Dead are tearing up the stones!
Legolas:
Twenty bows as good as new!
Gimli rushes in from Fangorn, shouting.
Gimli:
Listen!
Aragorn:
Twenty rounds for every man!
Gimli:
Listen to me!
Legolas:
Double that from Rivendell!
Gimli:
Listen everybody!
Aragorn:
Tons of men from Théoden!
Gimli:
Listen!
Gandalf the Grey is *not* dead!
Aragorn:
Gandalf isn't dead.
Gandalf! His death was the hour of fate.
Our brave maia...
His rebirth is the sign we await!
When we enter Rohan they will honor his name,
With the light of rebellion ablaze in their eyes!
Put down the candle of grief, we shall kindle their flame
With the name Gandalf the *White* shall our barricade rise!
The time is near!
Let us welcome it gladly with courage and cheer
Let us take to the streets with no doubt in our hearts
With a jubilant shout
They will come one and all
They will come when we call!
Aragorn:
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
Legolas:
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Beyond the black of Mordor
Is there a world you long to see?
Gimli:
Then join in the fight
That will give you the right to be free!
All:
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
Gandalf:
Will you give all you can give
So that our banner may advance
Some will fall and some will live
Will you stand up and prove your worth?
The blood of the martyrs
Will water our own Middle-Earth!
All:
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
Éowyn stands on the steps of Meduseld as Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and Gandalf ride up.
Éowyn:
How strange
This feeling that my life's begun at last
This change,
Can people really fall in love so fast?
What's the matter with you, Éowyn?
Have you been too much on your own?
So many things unclear
So many things unknown.
In my life
There are so many questions and answers
That somehow seem wrong
In my life
There are times when I catch in the silence
The sigh of a faraway song
And it sings
Of a world that I long to see
Out of reach
Just a whisper away
Waiting for me.
Does he know I'm alive?
Do I know if he's real?
Does he see what I saw?
Does he feel what I feel?
In my life
I'm no longer alone
Now the love in my life
Is so near
Find me now, find me here!
Théoden:
Dear Éowyn,
You're such a lonely child
How pensive, how sad you seem to me
Believe me, were it within my power
I'd fill each passing hour
How quiet it must be, I can see
With only me for company.
Éowyn:
There's so little I know
That I'm longing to know
Of the world that I see
Outside my window...
There's so little you say
Of the life you have known
Why we keep to ourselves
Never battle the unknown
So dark! So dark and deep
The armies Sauron keeps!
In my life
I have all that I want
You are loving and gentle and good
But uncle, dear uncle,
In your eyes I am just like a child
Who is lost in a wood
Théoden:
No more words
No more words. It's a war that is dead
There are fights
That are better unfought,
Tears better unshed.
Éowyn:
In my life
I'm no longer a child and I yearn
For the fights that you know
In the years… year to go!
Théoden:
You will learn
Valor is given by God
To us all in our time
In our turn
Théoden returns to his throne… erm… and Gríma's enchantment of old age and mindlessness. (Apparently, it comes and goes).
Gríma:
(Skulking behind a pillar)
In my life
She has burst like the music of angels
The light of the sun
And my life seems to stop
As if something is over
And something has scarcely begun.
Éowyn
You're the love who has brought me here
Thanks to you I am one with the gods
And Heaven is near!
And I soar through a world that is new that is free
Éowyn:
(to herself)
Every word Gríma says is a dagger in me!
(Looks to Aragorn)
In my life
There's been no one like him anywhere
Anywhere, where he is...
If he asked... I'd be his
Éowyn and Gríma:
In my life
There is someone who touches my life
Éowyn:
Waiting near
Gríma:
Waiting here
In order to appease Peter Jackson – and hopefully keep him from looking for Movie Arwen (whom I have hidden in my closet *bwu-ha-ha* ) I insert some sappy love drivel between Aragorn and *Book* Arwen, in a flashback moment…
Aragorn
A heart full of love
A heart full of song
I'm doing everything all wrong
Oh God, for shame
I do not even know your name
Dear Elvish maid
Won't you say?
Will you stay?
Arwen:
A heart full of love
No fear, no regret
Aragorn:
My name is Aragorn, son of Arathorn, heir of Elendil, heir of Isildur, wielder of Narsil, the blade that was broken, and Andúril, the blade that was reforged…
Arwen:
(Interrupting)
And mine's Arwen
Aragorn:
Arwen, I don't know what to say
Arwen:
Then make no sound
Aragorn:
I am lost
Arwen:
I am found!
Aragorn:
A heart full of light
Arwen:
A night bright as day
Aragorn:
And you must never go away
Arwen, Arwen
Arwen:
This is a chain we'll never break
Aragorn:
Do I dream?
Arwen:
I'm awake!
Aragorn:
A heart full of love
Arwen:
A heart full of you
Aragorn:
A single look and then I knew
Arwen:
I knew it too
Aragorn:
From today
Arwen:
Every day
Arwen & Aragorn:
For it isn't a dream
Not a dream after all.
Éowyn: (Interjecting):
He was never mine to lose
Why regret what cannot be?
These are words he'll never say
Not to me...
Not to me...
Not to me...
His heart full of love
He will never feel this way...
