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Ogre Battle Lyrics
Now once upon a time
An old man told me a fable
When the piper is gone
And the soup is cold on the table
And if the black crow flies
To find a new destination
That is the sign
Come tonight
Come to the ogre site
Come to the ogre battle fight
He gives a great big cry
And he can swallow up the ocean
With a mighty tongue he catches flies
And the palm of his hand incredible size
One great big eye has to focus in your direction
Now the battle is on
Yeah yeah yeah!
Come tonight
Come to the ogre site
Come to the ogre battle fight
Ah ah ah ah ah
The ogre men are still inside
The two way mirror mountain
You gotta keep down
Right out of sight
You can't see in but they can see out
Keep a look out
The ogre men are coming out
From the two way mirror mountain
They're running up behind
And they're coming all about
Can't go east 'cause you gotta go south
Ogre men are coming home
The great big fight is over
Bugle blow let trumpet cry
Ogre battle lives for ever more
You can come along
You can come along
Come to ogre battle
An old man told me a fable
When the piper is gone
And the soup is cold on the table
And if the black crow flies
To find a new destination
That is the sign
Come to the ogre site
Come to the ogre battle fight
And he can swallow up the ocean
With a mighty tongue he catches flies
And the palm of his hand incredible size
One great big eye has to focus in your direction
Now the battle is on
Yeah yeah yeah!
Come to the ogre site
Come to the ogre battle fight
The ogre men are still inside
The two way mirror mountain
You gotta keep down
Right out of sight
You can't see in but they can see out
Keep a look out
The ogre men are coming out
From the two way mirror mountain
They're running up behind
And they're coming all about
Can't go east 'cause you gotta go south
The great big fight is over
Bugle blow let trumpet cry
Ogre battle lives for ever more
You can come along
You can come along
Come to ogre battle
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Queen II has to be one of my fave albums, and this is one of my fave songs from my fave side, lol. Ogre Battle seems to be a glam fantasy like a lot on this album, but there may be an underlying symbolism that I have missed. If you have any idea add them here. Did you know that the end and beggining on this song are symetrical, and if you play it backwards then the whole intro sounds just as it does forwards. Try it.
No you were right, it is indeed being played backwards at first, then flips itself around halfway through the opening instrumentals
Interesting tidbit: There's a SNES game by the name of Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen.
I thought that was great when I first noticed it looking through a friend's games :)
Nice how this track starts with the last sequence backwards.
One of the most astounding songs ever recorded. I love every song on Queen II but this is probably the best. It just blows away anything else I can think of. The lyrics are great and the tempo is like a real ogre battle. Fantastic!
the word Ogre had two meanings A giant or monster in legends and fairy tales that eats humans. or A person who is felt to be particularly cruel, brutish, or hideous, i think in this case it's the first option because to me the whole Queen 2 album is just one Rock Music Fairytale. By the way,don't you Lady's and Gentlemen think it's great how the first Queen albums from Queen till Live Killers did NOT have any Synthesizers
this songs rocking man! surprised nobody else has posted here. and i always thought the start sounded like it was being played backwards...jst thought it was me though.
to the lyics here are just as they are meant to be, an Ogre battle (possibly inspired by Tolkien or D&D im not sure) but what the hell this song ROCKS!
I love the intro to this song. It's quite obvious it's played backwords, and thats to great effect :)
A great song, indeed. Everything about it is just so unique and I truly love Queen's fantasy theme for their early songs.