A/N: A departure from sanity is what I would call this one. I'm only half kidding. I have created a song parody for an inanimate object to sing. I think it's an interesting perspective and hopefully somewhat different.
The Black Tower's Tale
(based on "The Lighthouse's Tale" by Nickel Creek)
This is sung from Barad-dûr's perspective.
I am a black tow'r
Worn by the evil in this place
Ever in darkness
Never seeing a friendly face
I'll tell a story
Paint you a picture of my life
It's been a hard one
Will the day come that will end my strife?
I have a keeper
His wicked thoughts envelop me
He is a Dark Lord
Always searching for his long-lost Ring
I house his lidless eye
Ever gazing out to Middle-earth
He strengthens his army
Down in the land below me, great Lugburz
And the Orcs march around me
Many things I see
And the words they speak remind me
Of what has been, and what can never be
He sent his Wraiths out
To search far away a land called the Shire
But when they came back
They had failed and their horses had expired
He grew impatient
And he sent his Orcs to attack Gondor once more
And me, so helpless
Torn between his anger and what was right
And the Orcs march around me
Many things I see
And the words they speak remind me
Of what has been, and what can never be
So here I still stand
Unsure of what the future will now bring
Some say a hobbit
Would soon be here bearing the One Ring
I hear more whispers, standing here so tall and made of stone
I know all of his feelings
And I sense his concern has grown
And the Orcs march around me
Many things I see
And the words they speak remind me
Of what has been, and what can never be
I am a black tow'r
Worn by the evil in this place
Ever in darkness
Never seeing a friendly face
