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Gandalf (right) confronts the Balrog

Moria, don't you think we're fallin'?
If everybody wants us, why isn't anybody callin'?
You don't have to answer
Leave them hangin' on the line, oh-oh-oh, calling Moria

Yet another song was cut from the movie Lord of the Rings at the last moment. In the scene after the fighting Gandalf and Balrog plummet into a pit in Moria, this song was scheduled to be sung to cheer up the remaining members of the fellowship, by Aragorn, with the remaining members of the fellowship doing synchnonized dance steps.
 
As the group approaches the Eastern (Dimrill) Gate, Frodo comments that he is going to miss Gandalf, and Aragorn launches into this song, hinting that Gandalf will show up again, at a later point.
 
Unfortunately, it was discovered that the cheap songwriter hired to create musical numbers for the film had stolen the melody and most of the lyrics from a 1980's song, and it was cut from the film.
 
 
Laura Branigan
Moria lyrics
 
Moria, we're always on the run now
Running from everybody, we gotta ditch it somehow
I think we've got to slow down before we start to blow it
I think we're headed for a breakdown, we'll be careful not to show it

We really don't remember, was it something that he said?
Are the voices in our heads calling, Moria?
Moria, don't you think we're fallin'?
If everybody wants us, why isn't anybody callin'?
You don't have to answer
Leave them hangin' on the line, oh-oh-oh, calling Moria
Moria (Moria), I think they got our number (Moria)
I think they got the alias (Moria) that we've been living under (Moria)
But we really don't remember, was it something that he said?
Are the voices in our head calling, Moria?

A-ha-ha, a-ha-ha, Moria, how's it gonna go down?
Will we meet him on the main line, or will we catch him on the rebound?
Will we carry for the money, undercover in the afternoon?
Feel our innocence slipping away, don't believe it's comin' back soon

And we really don't remember, was it something that he said?
Are the voices in our head calling, Moria?
Moria, don't you think we're fallin'?
If everybody wants us, why isn't anybody callin'?
You don't have to answer
Leave them hangin' on the line, oh-oh-oh, calling Moria
Moria (Moria), I think they got our number (Moria)
I think they got the alias (Moria) that we've been living under (Moria)
But we really don't remember, was it something that he said?
Are the voices in our head calling, Moria?

(Moria, Moria, Moria, Moria, Moria)
(Moria, Moria, Moria, Moria, Moria) ... [fade out]

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