Mercury Rev

Black Forest (Lorelei)

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If I was a white horse...an offered you a ride...
Thru a black forest

If we took a strange course...promised you a danger...
For a while

Ooh-ooh (..a white horse)...Lorelei
Ooh-ooh (..a white horse)...Lorelei

There's no way 'round the forest...the only way is thru
An' there's no way I'll ever make it on my own..without you

But if you are persuaded...by all those dragonflies offering you a ride...
I'll know why

Ooh-ooh (..a white horse)...Lorelei
Ooh-ooh (..a white horse)...I'll know why
I'll know why

Forests come in all size...danger many shapes...
Well who's to say

If I was a white horse...offered you a ride...
Thru a black forest

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by *Modest_ Mouse*

20y ago

r u serious no comments......this song is amazing

i pretty much i have no idea what its about tho.

pretty awesome bass in the backround tho

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by Counterclockwerk

8y ago

This song is clearly about the German legend : the Lorelei. In the legend, the Lorelei is a beautiful woman living deep in the German Black Forest, near the shores of the river Rhein. All men that meet her are mesmerized by her beauty, they make love and she kill men after their encounter. There's a poem from German romantic poet Joseph von Eichendorff that is really similar to this song, in this poem, the woman is riding a white horse in the forest. But I don't know if the song intended the reference to this poem. The Lorelei symbolizes the power of women linked to the nature. The Song is about the fascination and fear we all have towards nature and sexuality. This is my favourite Mercury Rev song, so dreamy, so powerful. I had the chance to hear it performed live by the band : one of the greatest musical experience of my life !

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