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| Led Zeppelin – The Rover Lyrics
| 5 years ago
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@[resotst:33054] I have always loved Zep.. now I'm trying to understand their lyrics... Robert was very well read.. some of his songs are sexual metaphors and some have very deep meanings.. I love your explanation of this song |
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| Led Zeppelin – Ten Years Gone Lyrics
| 5 years ago
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@[TheKooster:33041] In medieval and ancient philosophy the Wheel of Fortune, or Rota Fortunae, is a symbol of the capricious nature of Fate. The wheel belongs to the goddess Fortuna (Greek equivalent Tyche) who spins it at random, changing the positions of those on the wheel: some suffer great misfortune, others gain windfalls. The metaphor was already a cliche in ancient times, complained about by Tacitus, but was greatly popularized for the Middle Ages by its extended treatment in the Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius from around 520. It became a common image in manuscripts of the book, and then other media, where Fortuna, often blindfolded, turns a large wheel of the sort used in watermills, to which kings and other powerful figures are attached.
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