(lyrics & music by James Babbo ©2000 Middle Pillar)</p>

Walking home through the forest<br>
A young man, just & true<br>
Lost the way that he knew<br>
He looked to the skies for guidance<br>
But the stars were not aligned to his memory's design</p>

Just then all around fell silent<br>
As if insect & beast had disappeared suddenly<br>
A song reached his ears through the greenery<br>
& beckoned his heart with a yearning<br>
 so pure & true</p>

Wont you come to me?</p>

His eyes overflowed with her beauty<br>
Dripping on down, like honey from cones<br>
A woman enclothed in sheer rays of moon<br>
& floated above a pool of blue waters</p>

He asked for her name, unshaken<br>
For he needed a claim to stake on this waking dream<br>
She parted her lips, expelled a breath<br>
& whispered one word which was all that he heard<br>
 Yours...</p>

Wont you come to me?<br>
& let my heart embrace you this night?<br>
Wont you come to me?<br>
I've searched forever to find you this night<br>
Wont you come to me?</p>

Then thunder crashed over the lover's sweet slumber<br>
Crescendo awakened & brought them to their feet<br>
The gods stood there in judgement with fury in their countenance<br>
Condemning this tryst . . . to her alone</p>

How dare you take this mortal to your bed?<br>
A blasphemy brought upon you, we will surely see you dead<br>
The fairy pleaded vainly with love as her impetus<br>
Which fell on deaf ears & brought the man to tears<br>
...while she died</p>

The man held his love in his trembling arms<br>
& cursed at the gods who turned on their heels<br>
He screamed, "She'll be mine in the other world!<br>
"By ending my life & joining her side!</p>

"Before I am cold Death wont let me wait<br>
"My soul, pure of heart, wont deny me the gate!"<br>
The eldest of gods then noticed him<br>
& focused his gaze he spoke through the haze of tears.<br>
 "YOU SHALL NEVER DIE!"</p>

The undying man (Wont you come to me?)<br>
The undying man (& let my heart embrace you this night?)<br>
The undying man (Wont you come to me?)<br>
The undying man (I'll wait forever to have you this night)</p>

<b><u>Comments</b></u><br>
Artist Comment: "The Undying Man is indeed inspired by Beren & Tinuviel. The song is more of a cross between the Tolkien poem & Murder Ballads from Nick Cave which I was listening to intently at the time. I wanted to write my own "murder ballad" & used the poem as an inspiration but with a twist of immortality as a curse. Perhaps a little of the immortal story in the Sandman comic also crept in."</p>