A Storm of Swords – Hands of Gold
Tyrion attempts to buy off Symon Silvertongue, but Symon wants more. He presents the song he will perform if Tyrion does not cooperate, Hands of Gold.
I am very fond of this song. It’s easy to get it stuck in one’s head as shown by Tyrion humming it multiple times throughout the rest of the book, despite having only heard it once. My biggest disappointment with the third season of Game of Thrones was its absence. They didn’t even bother with the subplot.
This was a shame. I had hoped to see the show use it as a leitmotif, the way they used The Rains of Castamir in the second season, starting as something people are heard humming in the background to eventually growing to operatic levels when Tyrion kills Shae.
Ed Sheeran’s version in the last season was nice but it just wasn’t the same.
down from his hill on high,
O’er the wynds and the steps and the cobbles,
he rode to a woman‘s sigh.
For she was his secret treasure,
she was his shame and his bliss.
And a chain and a keep are nothing,
compared to a woman’s kiss.
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