Story Behind The Song

There are at least three stories behind this song. One of them is a Tolkien story about Beren and Luthien (also called Tinuviel) that opens like the song. The story is in the Silmarillion, but in the Fellowship of the ring extended DVD, Aragon sings a lit

Song Description

He's over the top and is going for her, the one who is so far above him. He uses all sorts of high falutin' language to describe how he feels and his justifications for attempting the impossible. He seems to know there might be trouble; towards the end he

Lyrics

My purpose is love
My soul of me, my passion, is her

And for mind, for mind and body
Her bright aspect and my empty heart
Are reason enough, reason enough

And all alone, and in my lonelyness
I cling to hope she might see in me
Her destiny, her destiny

So set the stage with the common things of our lives
Where she plays and sings in divine light
And bewitched I watch in rapture

How has my God, my God assembled me
That my soul should show her image
My love apparent in her, in her visage
How deep the abyss, how bright the light

(How bright the light, how deep the abyss)

Then set the stage for mind and heart
With the numenous objects of our lives
Where she dances and sings in divine light
And bewitched I play with joy and sorrow.

My purpose is love
my soul, of me, is her, my lover