| Led Zeppelin – No Quarter Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Two things, Lord of the Rings borrowed heavily from Norse mythology, so it could go either way there. The Norse didn't have steel armour (steel armour shining bright and true) could have meant anything, possibly a reference to the Aragorn and his army... Listen to the song backwards though, I know.. I know.. backmasking is a coincidence and that other dismissive bullshit. But it sounds eerily like he's saying "the hallowed battle.. Mordor" around the part where he sings "Walkin' side by side, with death". Creepy, no? I guess that, and the whole, acknowledged references to lord of the rings in other songs makes me think that it isn't implausible. Having said that, Tools version of the song, they took it and made it their own, listen to it backwards, the various phrases there spell out the personal relationship people tend to make with the ring, I found out about the backwards music before I'd heard the original version, and the backwards lyrics in Tool's didn't make any sense until I'd learnt about the Zepplin context, then it all became clear :P As for the americans crapping on about how it must be about the founding of your country, that's a pretty clear example of how people can infer their own meaning from a song, but why would a BRITISH band, be writing about a civil war in the history of a country they didn't grow up in? Pretentiousness aside, it doesn't make any sense :S |
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| Karnivool – Change (Part 1) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I heard it as "Im climbing this rope I feel good" so yeah, stuck in angry relationship, hes the one thats initiated change and is climbing out (ahh fucking literal metaphors :P) But I also got the impression that this song is preparing you for change (pt 1), from just having experienced the album, the song is what initiates the change, its the start of your portrayal of everything in a different light, having had your paradigms shifted by the album, pretentious I know. But I dunno, maybe its just the leadin to the next album :P |
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