Let me
tell you this, my friend
Author: wanderingsmith
aug 2014
Summary: Have you forgotten how it felt when Smaug came?
To see our homeland under dragonfire?
And her people burnt alive?
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I ain't got no money, and nobody'd be daft enough to
pay me for this. As it is thought, so let it be said; you make the
toys, I play with 'em.
AN: I have a lot of songs in my playlist. Some strange, some
whose meaning make me wince but that I keep either for the sound
or the memory. As they play during the workday or driving home,
sometimes lyrics will catch me and an idea for a story will
come.. other times I see the scenes that fit them. Other times,
I see a character speaking the lyrics.
This was one such. The adaptation is rough. Hard to translate
the feeling while trying to stick to word and rhythm. (
The clans refuse to join our quest.
But I say, our *home* is worth fighting for!
What of Erebor and the Lonely Mountain?
We didn't claim them by backing down to elves.
Men says we'll wake a dragon.
But before you start preaching, let me ask you this, my friends
Have you forgotten how it felt when Smaug came?
To see our homeland under dragonfire?
And her people burnt alive?
Have you forgotten when the gates were destroyed?
We had neighbours trampled and trapped.
And you say we shouldn't worry 'bout Smaug.
Have you forgotten?
The world dismissed us as wanderers.
Said to stop looking to the past.
It would only distract us from surviving the present.
If it was up to me, the minstrels would sing it every day.
Some say dwarves do not care about anyone else.
After being betrayed and treated as slaves, you would be right.
I was there with those
Who tried to reclaim a kingdom
I assure you they remembered
That they were fighting for a homeland
Have you forgotten the dead beyond the count of grief?
The king who went down in single combat?
Have you forgotten about Khazad-dum?
All the dead and the few left to carry on.
Don't you tell me not to worry 'bout orcs!
Have you forgotten?
AN: The original
song, of course, is Have you forgotten, by Darryl Worley.
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