Each reading has impressed upon me what a tragic character Gollum is. The scene where his heart is reaching out to Frodo, yet Sam (understandably but catastrophically) misjudges him, and he turns once and for all... terribly sad.
This song haunts me. It complements that bleak, lonely, forsaken, reprobate creature's fated/chosen lot.
The corrupting evil of the Ring.
Dan
Maybe it's just me but I find the song a bit over the top in the touchy feely-department. I think it is too whiny.