The seventh track of their album Mandylion it’s a ten-minute long song that ends with a recording of J.R.R. Tolkien reading a quote from Simone de Beauvoir.
My dear, don't leave me now
Close at the edge of my end
All this time you have been my friend
Don't go, stay for a while
My dear, you're losing me now
This will be my last hour
Hear my voice, see my face
See how sick I am
How I long for your embrace
"'There is no such thing as a natural death. Nothing that happens to man is ever natural, since his presence calls the whole world into question. All men must die, but for every man his death is an accident and, even if he knows it and consents to it, an unjustifiable violation.' Well, you may agree with the words or not, but those are the key spring of The Lord Of The Rings"
Sand And Mercury was written by Anneke Van Giersbergen.
Sand And Mercury was produced by The Gathering & Waldemar Sorychta & Siggi Bemm.
The Gathering released Sand And Mercury on Tue Aug 22 1995.