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.
It starts out like a murmur
Then it grows like thunder
Until it bursts inside of you
Try to hold it steady
Wait until you're ready
Any second now will do
Throw the door wide open
Not a word is spoken
Anything that you want to do
Ya know, ya know, ya know
Ya know, ya know, ya know
Don't you feel the same way?
Don't you feel the same way?
But you don't know what to do
No time for hesitatin'
Ain't no time for hesitatin'
All you got to do is move
They say you're feeling blue, well
I just found a cure
It's a thing you gotta do, yeah
(Ya know, ya know, ya know)
Now listen, when you say your body's aching?
I know that it's aching
Chill bumps come up on you
Yeah, the funny fool
I love the funny fool
Just like foolin' after school?
And then you ask for medication
Who cares for medication
When you've worn away the cure
(Ya know, ya know, ya know)
(Hey, hey)
Go back to the country yeah, go back to the country
Feel a change is good for you
When you keep convincin'
Ah, don't keep convincin'
What's that creeping up behind a you?
It's just an old friend, it's just an old friend
And what's that he's got for you?
(Ya know, ya know, ya know)
Yeah, yeah, yeah I can feel it, I can feel it ?
Oh, medication, medication, medication
Then it grows like thunder
Until it bursts inside of you
Try to hold it steady
Wait until you're ready
Any second now will do
Throw the door wide open
Not a word is spoken
Anything that you want to do
Ya know, ya know, ya know
Ya know, ya know, ya know
Don't you feel the same way?
Don't you feel the same way?
But you don't know what to do
No time for hesitatin'
Ain't no time for hesitatin'
All you got to do is move
They say you're feeling blue, well
I just found a cure
It's a thing you gotta do, yeah
(Ya know, ya know, ya know)
Now listen, when you say your body's aching?
I know that it's aching
Chill bumps come up on you
Yeah, the funny fool
I love the funny fool
Just like foolin' after school?
And then you ask for medication
Who cares for medication
When you've worn away the cure
(Ya know, ya know, ya know)
(Hey, hey)
Go back to the country yeah, go back to the country
Feel a change is good for you
When you keep convincin'
Ah, don't keep convincin'
What's that creeping up behind a you?
It's just an old friend, it's just an old friend
And what's that he's got for you?
(Ya know, ya know, ya know)
Yeah, yeah, yeah I can feel it, I can feel it ?
Oh, medication, medication, medication
Lyrics submitted by kevin, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Wearing And Tearing Lyrics as written by Robert Plant Jimmy Page
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Your friend is a dumbass, plain and simple.
this song was aimed at the growing punk culture that saw hating Led Zeppelin as essential to their punk image. the song actually has sort of a Zeppelinized punk feel to it. it was the last song on the band's last album, CODA, an album that they actually considered releasing under an assumed name to prevent the punk influence from hurting sales. i think the song is basically saying that they (zeppelin's members) saw themselves as being mentally little different from the punks that hated them so much, and that they didn`t understand the hate they were shown by punk bands and their followers.
And it's not about Jimmy Page's massive drug habit at the time? CODA was released as a method of paying Jimmy Page's outstanding UK Tax bill, as I recall.
you dopes...swan song was a part of atlantic records....they had 2 5 album deals,coda was to satisfy the contract and not get sued!!
I think it's about lovemaking, 'ya know' ;-)
This song was made around the time "In Through The Out Door" came out; you know, one of those songs that didn't make the cut. (If you can tell, Plant's voice is drowned out a bit, just like in "Carouselambra".) Plant, however, immediately thought that this song should be made into a single, because he liked it so much.
By the way, Jimmy Page didn't have an amazing UK Tax Bill when this song came out. He was in tax exile, along with the rest of the band, at the time.
And yes, heyjude55, your friend is a dumbass. Robert Plant had a solo career after Zeppelin broke up, and his voice was still excellent throughout that. 8D
And to answer the question I'm supposed to be answering, I think the song is aimed at those who used to be fans of Rock, but switched to Punk. Plant's saying something along the lines of "Now that you're listening to that, aren't you still craving our kind of music? Is it better than ours? No."
The meaning of the song seems to be to try and pull old and new fans away form punk and to them. And the song really shows that in the years Zeppelin was together, they never lost a step. I love how to song goes from a blistering pace while Plant is singing, "Ya know, Ya know, Ya know, reminicent of the speed of Communication Breakdown, and then a flawless transition to a slower tempo during.
it does kind of sound punk...but who cares Zep touched on blues, rock, folk and all that shit including punk with "communication breakdown"....its all rock n' roll to me anyway lol......but no1 here has even talked about the lyics, anyway i was listenining to it and it reminded me of this one chick i know....just my thoughts
One of Led Zeppelin's most underrated tracks. Coda gets so much undeserved crap.
This song was both a message to punk bands that Zeppelin is still the loudest and best thing around. And that the punk bands of the time didn't really know what heavy was. It's an attitude that some of those bands didn't really even have.
Rocknmetal...really riveting stuff...