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Hots on for Nowhere Lyrics
I was burned in the heat of the moment,
Though it couldn't have been the heat of the day
When I learned how my time had been wasted,
(And a) tear fell as I turned away
Now I've got friends who will give me their shoulder,
Event I should happen to fall
Time and his bride growing older
I've got friends who will give me fuck all
(On the) corner of Bleeker and nowhere
In the land of not quite day
A shiver runs down my backbone
Face in the mirror turns grey
So (I) looked round to hitch up the reindeer
Searching hard trying to brighten the day
I turned around to look for the snowman
To my surprise he'd melted away.
As the moon and the stars call the order
Inside my tides dance the ebb and sway
The sun in my soul's sinking lower
While the hope in my hands turns to clay
I don't ask that my field's full of clover
I don't moan at opportunity's door
And if you ask my advice, take it slower
Then your story'd be your finest reward.
Lost on the path to attainment
Search in the eyes of the wise
When I bled from the heart of the matter
I started bleeding without a disguise
Now everything's fine under heaven
Now and then you've got to take time to pause
When you're down on the ground, don't be messin' around
Or you'll land in a boat without oars
Hey babe, Hey babe, Hey babe,
I lost my way.
Hey babe, hey babe,
I don't know where I'm gonna find it.
Hey babe, hey babe,
Do you want to know,
Do you really, really, want to help me, yeah?
Let me tell you now, babe
Let me tell you
That it feels so good that it must be right
Now my babe,
Let me tell you
That it feels so good that it must be right...
Though it couldn't have been the heat of the day
When I learned how my time had been wasted,
(And a) tear fell as I turned away
Event I should happen to fall
Time and his bride growing older
I've got friends who will give me fuck all
In the land of not quite day
A shiver runs down my backbone
Face in the mirror turns grey
Searching hard trying to brighten the day
I turned around to look for the snowman
To my surprise he'd melted away.
Inside my tides dance the ebb and sway
The sun in my soul's sinking lower
While the hope in my hands turns to clay
I don't ask that my field's full of clover
I don't moan at opportunity's door
And if you ask my advice, take it slower
Then your story'd be your finest reward.
Search in the eyes of the wise
When I bled from the heart of the matter
I started bleeding without a disguise
Now and then you've got to take time to pause
When you're down on the ground, don't be messin' around
Or you'll land in a boat without oars
Hey babe, Hey babe, Hey babe,
I lost my way.
I don't know where I'm gonna find it.
Do you want to know,
Do you really, really, want to help me, yeah?
Let me tell you
That it feels so good that it must be right
Let me tell you
That it feels so good that it must be right...
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elbazimo's right...silence can be very powerful when used correctly. i think this song is really great, and agree that is one of the best on Presence. i like the "na na" stuff, or "la la", or whatever it is. catchy :)
this is probably the best song off the album, minus achilles last stand. ive listened to this song many times, and i really enjoy it. i think its about seeing something you want, and not always being able to get it.
This song is AMAZING! It's the pauses in the song which make the most noise...
This is my favorite Led Zeppelin song. It is about trying to reach something and failing, but having friends that will keep you going.
<3 this song
A good song, with a strong funky element to it.
The title sounds really hip, but what does it mean exactly?
This, as with "For Your Life" have references to the abuses of blow (cocaine) and its emptiness ("snowman") etc. He's longing for his friends to keep his direction, in a time when he was in tax exile, living in the island of Jersey. He refers to the friends who aren't quite friends (" friends who will give me fuck all") because they are only there for the excess of attaching themselves to a musical celebrity.
In the middle stanza ("As the moon...") he feels himself sinking into emptiness from the excesses of the band and how directionless he had felt things had become, and advises the listener to stay hard working and healthy ("And if you ask my advice, take it slower...") for the sake of personal success. He's realized how hollow the people and habits involving fame and riches can be, and warns of how he's felt his emotions and inner self sink to oblivion ("The sun in my soul's sinking lower While the hope in my hands turns to clay")
I can't indict Plant for this being a personal essay; it may have been an affront regarding Page's growing heroin abuse, and related problems.
I never really paid much attention to any of the lyrics on the album "Presence" as it was their weakest studio album. Although I still say it was a masterpiece guitar driven album. Page really worked hard on this one despite his drug addiction he was dealing with at the time. This song is sweet. It's got great rythm.
This songs SO grooves. Yea, stop start stop start, then the riff changes so that its not like that..then the drums fill in. Then when it comes back to the verse, the riff changes ever so slightly. Brilliant
The entire album was recorded while Plant's wife was near death, and Plant was in a full body cast and then a leg cast and doctors weren't even sure if he would be able to walk again.... hence the attitude of these lyrics
If you realize it was about the wreck, it's a very straighforward song so I'm not going to explain it all..