As Peer gets farther away, the trolls discover he is missing and begin to chase after him. The music rises in intensity, dynamic and speed (to portray Peer running faster and the trolls in hot pursuit), and male voices are introduced at the climax of the piece singing,.
Kill him! The Christian has seduced the Mountain King's fairest maid!.
Kill him! Kill him!.
As Peer escapes from the cave the music is drawn out in suspense using a timpani roll as Peer makes a dash for the exit. The Trolls yell "Kill him" one last time but it's too late for them. He safely escapes from the mouth of the cave and they can't follow him because the sunlight will turn them to stone.
John Lennon took his inspiration to write, "I am a Walrus" from a number of different and seemingly unrelated sources. The song has three distinct thematic sections, the beginning of the song was said to have been inspired by Lennon hearing a distant police siren while sitting at his home in Weybridge. The second part of the song was inspired by sitting in his garden at home ie "sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun.". His inspiration to write the third part came when he learned of a class of music students whose teacher was having them analyse Beatles songs in order to find meaning in them. The lyrics in this third part of the song contain incredibly nonsensical lines such as "sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come." and, "Semolina pilchard, climbing up the Eiffel Tower." Lennon later said of the song, "Let the (expletives) work that one out." , referring to the students.
At the time Lennon composed, "I am the Walrus" the Beatles were no longer giving live performances. Yet, due to the electronic nature of the composition, of which a great deal of the content was overdubs and effects, it was impossible anyway to recreate it in a live performance at the time. The release which most listeners will be familiar with was based on Take 16 which is a fairly basic one, although it does contain certain sound effects which the Beatles would have been unable to recreate without studio equipment.
