У песни прекрасный текст, отнюдь не весёлый, не жизнеутверждающий, слова, спетые таким нежным голосом, пугают. Пафоса в меру, благодаря лёгкой аранжировке. Песня "I see fire" здорово озвучивает настроение компании, отправившейся в столь непростое путешествие и,в особенности, её предводителя.
Ценю и уважаю многочисленные песни на русском языке, вдохновлённые творчеством Профессора, но в них хватает зауми, не вовлечённым в тему людям зачастую непонятно, о чём сказ, о чём шутки, о ком печаль. А здесь, наоборот, всё понятно, просто, больно и красиво. Может быть, потому что английский лучше звучит в песне.
Правильно, что не сделали главной темой какую-нибудь ледяную глыбу типа "Into the West" из "Возвращения короля".
Здорово было бы, если б эту песню спел Кларенс Гринвуд aka Citizen Cope.Или Джеймс Моррисон.
I See Fire
Oh, misty eye of the mountain below
Keep careful watch of my brothers' souls
And should the sky be filled with fire and smoke
Keep watching over Durin's sons
If this is to end in fire
Then we should all burn together
Watch the flames climb high into the night
Calling out father, oh
Stand by and we will
Watch the flames burn auburn on
The mountain side
And if we should die tonight
We should all die together
Raise a glass of wine for the last time
Calling out father, oh,
Prepare as we will
Watch the flames burn auburn on
The mountain side
Desolation comes upon the sky
Now I see fire
Inside the mountain
I see fire
Burning the trees
And I see fire
Hollowing souls
I see fire
Blood in the breeze
And I hope that you remember me
Oh, should my people fall in
Surely I'll do the same
Confined in mountain halls
We got too close to the flame
Calling out father, oh,
Hold fast and we will
Watch the flames burn auburn on
The mountain side
Desolation comes upon the sky
Now I see fire
Inside the mountain
I see fire
Burning the trees
And I see fire
Hollowing souls
And I see fire
Blood in the breeze
And I hope that you remember me
And if the night is burning
I will cover my eyes
For if the dark returns
Then my brothers will die
And as the sky is falling down
It crashed into this lonely town
And with that shadow upon the ground
I hear my people screaming out
Now I see fire
Inside the mountains
I see fire
Burning the trees
And I see fire
Hollowing souls
And I see fire
Blood in the breeze
I see fire (you know I saw a city burning) (fire)
And I see fire (feel the heat upon my skin) (fire)
And I see fire (fire)
And I see fire burn auburn on the mountain side
Oh, misty eye of the mountain below
Keep careful watch of my brothers' souls
And should the sky be filled with fire and smoke
Keep watching over Durin's sons
If this is to end in fire
Then we should all burn together
Watch the flames climb high into the night
Calling out father, oh
Stand by and we will
Watch the flames burn auburn on
The mountain side
And if we should die tonight
We should all die together
Raise a glass of wine for the last time
Calling out father, oh,
Prepare as we will
Watch the flames burn auburn on
The mountain side
Desolation comes upon the sky
Now I see fire
Inside the mountain
I see fire
Burning the trees
And I see fire
Hollowing souls
I see fire
Blood in the breeze
And I hope that you remember me
Oh, should my people fall in
Surely I'll do the same
Confined in mountain halls
We got too close to the flame
Calling out father, oh,
Hold fast and we will
Watch the flames burn auburn on
The mountain side
Desolation comes upon the sky
Now I see fire
Inside the mountain
I see fire
Burning the trees
And I see fire
Hollowing souls
And I see fire
Blood in the breeze
And I hope that you remember me
And if the night is burning
I will cover my eyes
For if the dark returns
Then my brothers will die
And as the sky is falling down
It crashed into this lonely town
And with that shadow upon the ground
I hear my people screaming out
Now I see fire
Inside the mountains
I see fire
Burning the trees
And I see fire
Hollowing souls
And I see fire
Blood in the breeze
I see fire (you know I saw a city burning) (fire)
And I see fire (feel the heat upon my skin) (fire)
And I see fire (fire)
And I see fire burn auburn on the mountain side