ONCE AND FOR ALL

Verse

When first I met your eyes,

I drowned as Númenor drowned,

pulled under by a beauty I could not fight.

And that smile of yours —

it slays me still,

like an arrow from the bow of an elven king.

Though the years fly by

like ravens over the White Mountains,

I still miss you.

But nothing in Arda can be changed

for good…

Verse

I hate those sleepless nights,

생각들이 날 쫓아와…

(thoughts hunt me…)

And certain dreams return

like ghosts of the First Age.

I stand there bare,

and you begin to laugh —

and there is nothing I can do

but cry.

Chorus

And I‑I‑I‑I‑I…

know I must let you go,

as one releases a star

back to the sky.

And you‑you‑you‑uuu…

just tear my heart from my chest

and leave it

on the stones of the Pelennor.

Verse

I had to write that letter —

it said I cannot see you again,

though it shatters me

like the fall of Gondolin.

Once and for all…

once and for all…

Bridge

I did not know before we met

what I was missing.

Nai tiruvantel ar varyuvantel i Valar tielyanna.

(May the Valar protect your path.)

I have to hate now

that it’s gone.

하지만… 널 잊을 수 없어.

(But… I cannot forget you.)

Chorus

And I‑I‑I‑I‑I

release you to the wind,

to the mountains,

to the stars that never fade.

You‑you‑you‑uuu

walk out of my heart

as if it were nothing —

but it was my whole world.

Once and for all…

I let you go.

But the echo remains.