The Hobbit - An UnexpecteD Journey
Original Soundtrack
Album released 11 December 2012
Song of the Lonely Mountain
Lyrics by Neil Finn
Music composed by Neil Finn, David Donaldson, David Long, Steve Roche and Janet Roddick
Far over the misty mountains rise
Leave us standing upon the height
As it was before, we see once more
Our kingdom a distant light
Fiery mountain beneath the moon
The words unspoken, we’ll be there soon
For home a song that echoes on
And all who find us will know the tune
Some folk we never forget
Some kind we never forgive
Haven’t seen the back of us yet
We’ll fight as long as we live
All eyes on the hidden door
To the lonely mountain borne
We’ll ride in the gathering storm
Until we get our long forgotten gold
We lay under the misty mountains cold
In slumbers deep and dreams of gold
We must awake, our lives to make
And in the darkness a torch we hold
From long ago when lanterns burned
Till this day our hearts have yearned
Her fate unknown the Arkenstone
What was stolen must be returned
We must awake and make the day
To find a song for heart and soul
Some folk we never forget
Some kind we never forgive
Haven’t seen the end of it yet
We’ll fight as long as we live
All eyes on the hidden door
To the lonely mountain borne
We’ll ride in the gathering storm
Until we get our long forgotten gold
Far away from misty mountains cold
“I was very happy to be asked to co-write Song Of The Lonely Mountain as the end credit song for the new Hobbit movie. I was asked to write new lyrics for and expand on a theme, sung by the dwarves, that appears early in the Hobbit movie. That theme was written by the good folk from Plan 9 and David Long in Wellington who have done previous soundtrack work on Lord of The Rings.”