The Retreat of the Noldor

About the Song

The song The Retreat of the Noldor is a parody of Everything but the Girl‘s Missing.

The Retreat of the Noldor describes Melkor‘s armies overrunning Middle Earth as narrated in Tolkien’s Silmarillion. 

Fëanor was a High King of the Noldor until his death in battle just post Dagor-nuin-Giliath (the Battle under the Stars): when Fëanor was ambushed and surrounded by ballots and smitten by Gothmog, the Lord of Balrogs. 

Lyrics

The Retreat of the Noldor

V1:

To Middle Earth we came
High elves fleeing here from Valinor
Through fire and shame
We marched as though to war.
Alqualondë I blame
Fëanor’s fey-madness. I am sure
No man can tame
His mind once made up. And I saw-

Ch:

All this is true.
To Middle Earth we Noldor came.
Now this we rue –
For we are reaping death and pain.

V2:

Winning at the first –
We slay the orcs. They retreat into Angband.
But we were cursed
And soon the war got out of hand.
Our enemies strong burst
Springing an ambush. Forced to take a stand
We came off worst
So are we Noldori all damned?

Ch:

V3:

Fëanor lies dead.
Yet his oath binds each his seven sons
Now in his stead:
They are the curséd ones.
The Dark Lord is seatéd
Deep in Angband’s halls. We are undone!
Much blood we shed
In wars unending, but which are never won.

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