The Fallen (Theoden Grives for his Son) letra

Words by Philipa Boyens,
translated into Old English (Rohirric) by David Salo,
music by Howard Shore

Old English (Rohirric)

Hé laered hine rídan
And wealdan méce
And standan fæst
And féond ne forhtian.
Nú hé sceal leornian
Ðæt hearde sóð:
Hé raerede his cnapa
Of cilde tó menn
Ðæt hé his déað geséo.

Sé féond wæs simble mid heom.
Sé féond ne reccede ege.
'He taught him to ride,
To wield a sword.
To stand strong

And show his enemy no fear.
Now he must learn
The hard truth:
That he had brought his boy
From childhood.
So that he might face his death
Like a man.


The enemy was always with them.
The enemy did not care about fear.

Howard Shore - Letras

• A Journey in the Dark
• A Knife in the Dark
• A Moth in Isengard (Nature's Reclamation)
• A Storm Is Coming
• Amon Hen
• Anduril
• Angmar
• Aníron (Theme for Aragorn and Arwen)
• Aragorn Singing
• Aragorn's Coronation
• Arwen's Prayer
• Ash and Smoke
• At The Sign Of The Prancing Pony
• Bilbo's Song
• Black Speech Ring-Verse
• Breath Of Life
• Cirith Ungol
• Concerning Hobbits
• Death Of a King
• Don't Let Go
• Drinking Song
• Durin's Song
• Elessar's Oath
• Entmoot
• Evenstar
• Feast Of Starlight
• Flight To The Ford
• Footsteps Of Doom
• For Frodo
• Forth Earlingas
• Forth Eorlingas
• Foundations of Stone
• Galadriel's Song
• Gandalf at the Door to Moria
• Gilraen's Song
• Gollum's Song
• Helm's Deep
• Hope And Memory
• Hope Fails
• Hymn to Elbereth
• In Dreams
• Into The West
• Isengard Unleashed
• Isengard Unleashed (the Ents)
• Isengard Unleashed (translation)
• Keep It Secret, Keep It Safe
• Lament for Gandalf
• Lament for Gandalf (Chorus Text)
• Lothlorien
• Many Meetings
• May It Be
• Minas Morgul
• Minas Tirith
• Minas Tirith (feat. Ben Del Maestro)
• Misty Mountains
• Namarië (Excerpt)
• Not Once, Not Ever
• On The Fields Of Pelennor
• Pippin's Song
• Samwise the Brave
• Shelob's Lair
• The Abyss
• The Argument
• The Balrog
• The Black Gate Is Closed
• The Black Rider
• The Blade That Was Broken
• The Breaking of the Fellowship
• The Bridge of Khazad-Dûm
• The Call (Theoden Dresses For Battle)
• The Council Of Elrond
• The Dead Marshes
• The Death of Boromir, Pt. 1
• The Death of Boromir, Pt. 2
• The Dimholt Road
• The Eagles
• The Edge Of Night
• The End Of All Things
• The End of All Things (The Destruction of the Ring)
• The Ents
• The Evening Star
• The Fallen (Theoden Grives for his Son)
• The Fight
• The Forbidden Pool
• The Funeral Of Théodred (Known As Lament For Théodred)
• The Grace Of The Valar (Known As The Breath Of Life)
• The Great River
• The Green Dragon
• The Grey Havens
• The Hornburg
• The Houses Of Healing
• The King
• The King (Theoden is Transformed by Gandalf)
• The King Of The Golden Hall
• The Last Son
• The Leave Taking
• The Mearas
• The Missing
• The Mountain Of Fire
• The Nazgûl
• The Passage of the Marshes
• The Passing of the Elves (known as The Elvish Lament)
• The Prophecy
• The Retreat From Osgiliath
• The Return of the King
• The Revelation of the Ringwraiths
• The Ride of the Rohirrim
• The Riders of Rohan
• The Ring Goes South
• The Road Goes Ever On (Excerpt)
• The Road To Mordor
• The Seduction of the Ring
• The Shadow of the Past
• The Song of Lúthien (Excerpt)
• The Steward of Gondor
• The Taming of Sméagol
• The Treason Of Isengard
• The Uruk-hai
• The Way Is Shut
• The White Rider
• The White Tree
• Treebeard
• Twilight And Shadow
• Wedding Plans