What if "The Lord of the Rings" Had Been Written as "Les Miserables"

I Dreamed a Dream (sung by Arwen after The Fellowship leave Rivendell)

by Amy Attorney

I dreamed a dream in an Age gone by
When hope was high and immortality worth liing
I dreamed that I would never die
I dreamed the Ring would be forgiving

Then Bilbo was young and oft afraid
And rings were made and used and wasted
There was no dragon left unslain
There was no mirhiril left untasted.

But the Balrog came at night
Gandalf's voice, it sounds like thunder
To tear the Fellowship apart
As Frodo watched Gandalf fall away

He slept for one night by my side
Aragorn's love filled me with wonder
That wonderful man also named Stryder
I'd gladly die if he'd be saved

And still I dream he'll come to me
That we will live the years together
Although a mortal king he'll be
And death's a storm he cannot weather

I had a dream my life would be
So different from this tale I'm weaving
So different now from what I dreamed
The Ring has killed the dream I dreamed...