I googled the meaning of Whiter Shade of Pale and got this site. I wanted to see what it was about. I heard it was about the Canterbury Tales. I have never read Chaucer. I love the song, but taking a stab at the meaning of the lyrics, just reading them, I would say that there was a big throw-down party where people got dog-ass drunk. A woman there, maybe a gypsy type, was a card reader/fortune teller. She saw what was going to happen, but couldn't stop it. Some cute young ladies were there en route to somewhere else, and one of the drunken men ravaged one, whom he scared shitless, and then, realizing what he had done, killed her. That is one gruesome deduction for someone who loves the song so much.
I googled the meaning of Whiter Shade of Pale and got this site. I wanted to see what it was about. I heard it was about the Canterbury Tales. I have never read Chaucer. I love the song, but taking a stab at the meaning of the lyrics, just reading them, I would say that there was a big throw-down party where people got dog-ass drunk. A woman there, maybe a gypsy type, was a card reader/fortune teller. She saw what was going to happen, but couldn't stop it. Some cute young ladies were there en route to somewhere else, and one of the drunken men ravaged one, whom he scared shitless, and then, realizing what he had done, killed her. That is one gruesome deduction for someone who loves the song so much.