(©.NEMA 1998)</p>

Far below the deepest delvings,<br>
Expedience the world it gnaws.<br>
Deceivers deceive the deceiving.<br>
Anvil wrought. Barriers set, untold unseen.<br>
A weariness in the heart begins forsaking.<br>
Where the will wants not a way opens.<br>
We must away ere break of day.<br>
To find what was long forgotten.<br>
Enforce the mundane.<br>
Birth the obscene, repeat the same.<br>
Words from forked tongues have no meaning. Aii!</p>

BARUK KHAZAD, KHAZAD AIMENU.</p>

Many sorrows befall, returned beyond all hope.</p>

Which might be lies is what is sought.<br>
Covetous thoughts control our worth.<br>
Greed. Corruption lured aside.<br>
Designed with words to help you deny.<br>
Burdened with time by words that we've bought.<br>
Treacherously idle as good sense revolts.<br>
Muster, awaken to all that is known.<br>
Yet still we continue to bring our curses home.</p>

<b><u>Comments</b></u><br>
The title of this song is taken from Chapter 1 of <i>The Hobbit</i>, where Thorin explains his quest for vengeance against Smaug to Bilbo: "'we still mean to get it back, and to bring our curses home to Smaug—if we can'" (p. 29). This is not what this song is about, however. As a matter of fact, virtually every word is taken from some passage of LotR or, more specifically, from card titles based on those phrases drawn from Iron Crown Enterprises' <i>Middle-earth Collectible Card Game</i>. Matthias Weeks (.NEMA's guitarist) is an aficionado of the card game and has an e-zine, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.xsite.net/~mweeks/meccg/"><font size=2>When You Know More</a></font>, devoted to it.</p>

<b><u>Reissues</b></u><br>
Bring Our Curses Home (CD 1998) [a compilation of the title LP plus other releases]</p>