Lord of the Rings Medley – English Lyrics

• By: Lindsey Stirling
• Album: Lindsey Stirling Deluxe Album

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a linguistic journey with Lindsey Stirling's "Lord of the Rings Medley"! While primarily instrumental, this powerful and evocative piece immerses you in the enchanting world of Middle-earth. Learning English through a song so deeply tied to a globally beloved fantasy epic makes it special; you can connect its dramatic melodies and emotional arc to the rich storytelling and vocabulary found in the original books and films, enriching your understanding of both music and language.

[English]

When the storms of winter come

Starless nights will come again

When the waning sun is gone

We will walk in bitter lands

But in dreams

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
storm /stɔːrm/ A2	noun - A violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.
winter /ˈwɪntər/ A1	noun - The coldest season of the year, between autumn and spring.
come /kʌm/ A1	verb - To move or travel towards a speaker or a specified place or point.
starless /ˈstɑːrləs/ B2	adjective - Without stars; having no stars visible.
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - The period of darkness in each twenty-four hours; the time between sunset and sunrise.
wane /weɪn/ B2	verb - (Of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size. (More generally) decrease in vigor, power, or extent; become weaker.
sun /sʌn/ A1	noun - The star that the Earth orbits, which provides light and heat.
gone /ɡɒn/ (UK), /ɡɔːn/ (US) B1	adjective - No longer present; departed. (Used as the past participle of 'go').
walk /wɔːk/ A1	verb - To move along on foot at a moderate pace. noun - An act of travelling or an excursion on foot.
bitter /ˈbɪtər/ B1	adjective - Having a sharp, pungent taste or smell; (of a feeling or experience) intensely unpleasant or hurtful.
land /lænd/ A1	noun - The part of the earth's surface that is not covered by water, as opposed to the sea or the air. verb - To come down to the ground or a surface after moving through the air.
dream /driːm/ A2	noun - A series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep; an aspiration or goal. verb - To experience dreams during sleep; to imagine or contemplate the possibility of something.

Key Grammar Structures

• When the storms of winter come

  ➔ Subordinate Clause with 'When' - Temporal Clause

  ➔ The sentence begins with a temporal clause introduced by 'When', indicating the time at which the main clause's action will occur. It establishes a condition: **"When** this happens..."

• Starless nights will come again

  ➔ Future Simple with 'will' - Prediction

  ➔ This uses the future simple tense ('will come') to express a prediction about something that is certain to happen. The adverb **"again"** indicates repetition.

• When the waning sun is gone

  ➔ Past Participle as Adjective - 'waning'

  ➔ The word **"waning"** functions as an adjective describing the 'sun'. It's a present participle used to show a continuing action or state – the sun is *in the process of* decreasing in brightness.

• We will walk in bitter lands

  ➔ Future Simple with 'will' + Prepositional Phrase of Place

  ➔ The phrase **"in bitter lands"** is a prepositional phrase acting as an adverbial of place, specifying *where* the walking will take place. **"Bitter"** is an adjective describing the lands.