An Idea...
Tom Bombadil is Melkor. Now I dont mean Morgoth. Tom is the good aspect of Melkor, like Gandalf, is Saurman or rather Saruman as he should have been. Melkor was the first to enter the world, so was Tom, yet Tom said he was there before the Darklord came (Morgoth, hardly Sauron).
Hopefully you will get the gist of what I'm on about (I'm just back from Hols, at work AGAIN! Argghh)
