In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
The leaves are falling all around
Time I was on my way
Thanks to you, I'm much obliged
For such a pleasant stay
But now it's time for me to go
The autumn moon lights my way
For now, I smell the rain
And with it pain
And it's headed my way
Ah, sometimes I grow so tired
But I know I've got one thing I got to do
Ramble on
And now's the time, the time is now
Sing my song
I'm goin' 'round the world, I got to find my girl
On my way
I've been this way ten years to the day
Ramble on
Gotta find the queen of all my dreams
Got no time for spreadin' roots
The time has come to be gone
And though our health we drank a thousand times
It's time to ramble on
Ramble on
And now's the time, the time is now
Sing my song
I'm going 'round the world, I got to find my girl
On my way
I've been this way ten years to the day
I gotta ramble on
I gotta find the queen of all my dreams
I ain't tellin' no lie
Mine's a tale that can't be told
My freedom I hold dear
How years ago in days of old
When magic filled the air
T'was in the darkest depths of Mordor
I met a girl so fair
But Gollum and the evil one
Crept up and slipped away with her
Her, her, yeah
Ain't nothing I can do, no
I guess I keep on rambling
I'm gonna, yeah, yeah, yeah
Sing my song (I gotta find my baby)
I gotta ramble on, sing my song
Gotta work my way around the world baby, baby
Ramble on, yeah
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, my baby
Doo, doo, doo, doo
Doodoo doodoo doodoo doodoo doodoo
I gotta keep searching for my baby
(Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby)
I gotta keep-a-searchin' for my baby
(My, my, my, my, my, my, my baby)
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
I can't find my bluebird
I listen to my bluebird sing
I can't find my bluebird
I keep rambling, baby
I keep rambling, baby
Time I was on my way
Thanks to you, I'm much obliged
For such a pleasant stay
But now it's time for me to go
The autumn moon lights my way
For now, I smell the rain
And with it pain
And it's headed my way
Ah, sometimes I grow so tired
But I know I've got one thing I got to do
Ramble on
And now's the time, the time is now
Sing my song
I'm goin' 'round the world, I got to find my girl
On my way
I've been this way ten years to the day
Ramble on
Gotta find the queen of all my dreams
Got no time for spreadin' roots
The time has come to be gone
And though our health we drank a thousand times
It's time to ramble on
Ramble on
And now's the time, the time is now
Sing my song
I'm going 'round the world, I got to find my girl
On my way
I've been this way ten years to the day
I gotta ramble on
I gotta find the queen of all my dreams
I ain't tellin' no lie
Mine's a tale that can't be told
My freedom I hold dear
How years ago in days of old
When magic filled the air
T'was in the darkest depths of Mordor
I met a girl so fair
But Gollum and the evil one
Crept up and slipped away with her
Her, her, yeah
Ain't nothing I can do, no
I guess I keep on rambling
I'm gonna, yeah, yeah, yeah
Sing my song (I gotta find my baby)
I gotta ramble on, sing my song
Gotta work my way around the world baby, baby
Ramble on, yeah
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, my baby
Doo, doo, doo, doo
Doodoo doodoo doodoo doodoo doodoo
I gotta keep searching for my baby
(Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby)
I gotta keep-a-searchin' for my baby
(My, my, my, my, my, my, my baby)
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
I can't find my bluebird
I listen to my bluebird sing
I can't find my bluebird
I keep rambling, baby
I keep rambling, baby
Lyrics submitted by kevin, edited by leejohnson, fredurruti
Ramble On Lyrics as written by Robert Plant Jimmy Page
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I'm pretty sure this song is about Aragorn (Strider) and the story is actually only covered in Appendix A of the LOTR. This song recounts a part of Aragorn's life that happened well before the LOTR begins, and just before the events recounted in The Hobbit. The song refers to Aragorn's unexpected re-union with Arwen (daughter of Elrond and Aragorn's true love) in Lothlorien. At the end of this chapter, Aragorn must decide whether to stay in Lothlorien and marry Arwen or leave the forest and pursue Gollum. in the appendiceed story, we learn that, just previously to Aragorn finding Arwen, Gandalf tells Aragorn that Gollum has the ring and is hiding on the outskirts of Mordor. He also tells him that Sauron is also looking for Gollum. He begs Aragorn to find Gollum before Sauron does (neither of them winds up finding Gollum and he escapes to the misty mountains). The lyrics "but gollum, and the evil one crept up and slipped away with her" does not mean that they literally kidnapped her, but that his duty to pursue Gollum, and to not let Sauron possess the One Ring, caused him to lose his true love. The choruses in the song also seem to support my theory because, as we learn in the LOTR, after Gollum slips through Aragorn's fingers in Mordor, he goes on a thirty year, middle-earth wide search to find his true love.
Chris211-<br /> <br /> Impressive! I was (well, I still am!) a Tolkien geek back in the '70's and my geek friends and I were enraptured that our favorite band referenced our favorite author's works. It never occurred to me that it might be part of the story in the appendices that the song was interpreting---well done!<br /> <br /> (an yes, I realize I am writing this 10 years after your post.)
@Chris211 This is precisely what I've always thought about this song. :)
@Chris211 I think this is the most accurate interpretation of the books. People think the movies are accurate. Although the basic story line is followed, they took "artistic license" in the making of the movies, so a lot of what happened in the books is left out, or even changed, for artistic adaptation.