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And if I say to you tomorrow
Take my hand child come with me.
It's to a castle I will take you
Where what's to be they say will be.
[Chorus]
Catch the wind see us spin
Sail away leave today
Way up high in the sky.
But the wind won't blow
You really shouldn't go
It only goes to show
That you will be mine
By takin' our time. Ooh!
And if you say to me tomorrow
Oh what fun it all would be,
Then what's to stop us, pretty baby,
But what is and what should never be.
[Chorus]
So if you wake up with the sunrise,
And all your dreams are still as new,
And happiness is what you need so bad,
Girl, the answer lies with you, yeah.
[Chorus]
Hey, oh
Oh the wind won't blow and we really shouldn't go
And it only goes to show-ow-ow.
Catch the wind, we're gonna see it spin
We're gonna sail, little girl
Do do do, bop bop a do-oh
My my my my my my yeah
Everybody I know seems to know me well
But does anybody know I'm gonna move like hell
But they're never gonna know 'cause I move like hell.
(pick one...heh)
Take my hand child come with me.
It's to a castle I will take you
Where what's to be they say will be.
[Chorus]
Catch the wind see us spin
Sail away leave today
Way up high in the sky.
But the wind won't blow
You really shouldn't go
It only goes to show
That you will be mine
By takin' our time. Ooh!
And if you say to me tomorrow
Oh what fun it all would be,
Then what's to stop us, pretty baby,
But what is and what should never be.
[Chorus]
So if you wake up with the sunrise,
And all your dreams are still as new,
And happiness is what you need so bad,
Girl, the answer lies with you, yeah.
[Chorus]
Hey, oh
Oh the wind won't blow and we really shouldn't go
And it only goes to show-ow-ow.
Catch the wind, we're gonna see it spin
We're gonna sail, little girl
Do do do, bop bop a do-oh
My my my my my my yeah
Everybody I know seems to know me well
But does anybody know I'm gonna move like hell
But they're never gonna know 'cause I move like hell.
(pick one...heh)
Lyrics submitted by kevin, edited by Mellow_Harsher
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"What Is and What Should Never Be" as written by James Patrick (jimmy)/plant Page
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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But What is and What should never be.
the word 'what' in this sentence becomes the focus of the sentence, making 'what' more than just a word of mystery. its related to the story. 'What' is whats happening between the two of them. its the reality of the fact that there is chemistry. but the chemistry (what) is there, and the the chemistry (what) should not be there. the relationship is a paradox to the world surrounding them.
- You really shouldn't go,
This really sounds like "hasn't your mum teached you that you shouldn't trust strangers?"
- It only goes to show
That you will be mine
By takin' our time. Ooh!
It feels like he wants to take advantage of her naivety to make her satisfy him. And then, in the end:
- Catch the wind, we're gonna see it spin
we're gonna...sail, little girl
The suspension imply that he was going to say something else, but then he corrected himself.
- Everybody I know seems to know me well
but does anybody know I'm gonna move like hell
Paedophile often are unexpected people.
Well, my two cents. Sorry for the bad english.
Basically the song is about him wanting her, to take her to a "happy place" but he knows her desire doesn't match his so it's not the right time.
Plant never gave up on this desire and eventually had a child with her.
the song is about a young girl's deep, dark (sexual?) fantasies -subconscious desires that express themselves in dreams- & a man that wishes he could make her dreams come true, but he knows "what [it] is" & "what [it] should never be"
*it in this instance referring to the Lolita-like relationship the two yearn for but know they cannot have due to social ramifications and established ideologies concerning relationships between older men and young girls -none of which are particularly positive..
or perhaps not having to do with age at all, just forbidden fruit as someone commented before.
"That's the way it ought to be" and "what is and what should never be". Both have a theme of something that is forbidden or frowned upon by society.
I tend to go with the idea that this is a gay song even though there's nothing more to that then the "should never be", forbidden love thing. But when you put it together with "That's the Way", which is definitely sung buy a guy to a guy, it fits. Also, there's the suggestion that one day things may be different: "Where what's to be they say will be".
I have this idea that Robert Plant idealized relationships with women as something good or what he should aim for, but that inside he was gay. I guess that's from his mannerisms (gay) as people have noticed, but more importantly from his lyrics. It's in "All of my love" (his is the force that lies within), "Going to California"(trying to find a woman that never was born), "Royal Orleans" (sex with queens or trannies), "Sick again" (sex with "L.A. queens"). There's a lot more.
"Goin to California" especially has a fatalistic, tragic sense that trying to make it with a woman can never work out, but he's going to keep trying anyway to get "where the path lays straight and high".
BTW jerk, the song All of My Love is about the death of Robert Plant's young sun, with Maureen his wife.
The Lord (divine Prince) is Coming for His Betrothed.
Yep, God Almighty, Jesus Christ, the Bridegroom is coming for His betrothed and these lyrics seem to fit perfectly with that interpretation.
“And if I say to you tomorrow. Take my hand, child, come with me.
It's to a castle I will take you, where what's to be, they say will be.”
The child is His bride-to-be who currently dwells in the lower sphere on this earth. He, being Lord God and a Prince dwells in a castle in the heavenly places where all that is to be they (the Godhead) say will be.
“Catch the wind, see us spin, sail away, leave today, way up high in the sky.”
At an appointed time in the future He (the Prince and Lord God) will come and take His betrothed as they catch the wind, spin together and sail away way up high into the Lord’s heavenly abode.
”But the wind won't blow, you really shouldn't go, it only goes to show.”
But because it’s not the right time the wind wont blow so He cannot come to get her even though they both desire to be together. It’s not the appointed time for her to go and for Him to take possession of her.
”That you will be mine, by takin' our time.”
They both have to wait and do the necessary amount of time before He can actually take possession of her. The time is also needed for the betrothed to make herself ready and for their relationship to further grow and develop in the Spirit.
“And if you say to me tomorrow, oh what fun it all would be.
Then what's to stop us, pretty baby.”
Here the Bridegroom says to His betrothed “And if you” (the betrothed) “say to me” (the Bridegroom) that it would be a lot of fun if He came to get her now. And if this were to happen what could stop them from doing so? He then answers that question by stating the title of the song:
“But What Is And What Should Never Be.”
“So if you wake up with the sunrise, and all your dreams are still as new”
So the betrothed awakens and her dreams of being with her Prince are still like new dreams that have not yet materialized.
”And happiness is what you need so bad.”
As a result of dreams still not materialized she has trouble being happy
“girl, the answer lies with you.”
She has the solution to her unhappiness. She can take comfort knowing that in time they will definitely be together
”Everybody I know seems to know me well…”
Everybody who knows the Lord seem to know Him well
”… but they're never gonna know that I move like hell.”
But none of them know that when He returns to get His betrothed He’s gonna move and shake things up like hell.
The bride is not the Church, as many Christians believe. The bride is an individual who is raised up just prior to the end of this current age, an individual who is redeemed from the earth by the sacrifice of the Bridegroom.
But I think I really like this song because of the lyrics.....ooo those magical lyrics. They are so dreamy. This is what I think they mean:
First of all, it's not your average love song. But, I wouldn't say it's an affair song, either. It's sort of like a daydream. Dreaming after a girl you would like to takes some place and be with. When I listen to this song, I wish that girl was me......