Lyrics for The Battle Of Evermore as interpreted by kevin

The Battle Of Evermore Lyrics
Robert Plant:
The Queen of Light took her bow
And then she turned to go
The Prince of Peace embraced the gloom
And walked the night alone

Sandy Denny:
Oh, dance in the dark of night
Sing to the morning light

Robert Plant:
The dark Lord rides in force tonight
And time will tell us all

Sandy Denny:
Oh, throw down your plow and hoe
Rest not to lock your homes

Robert Plant:
Side by side we wait the might
Of the darkest of them all

I hear the horses' thunder
Down in the valley below
I'm waiting for the angels of Avalon
Waiting for the eastern glow

The apples of the valley hold
The seeds of happiness
The ground is rich from tender care
Repay, do not forget, no, no

Sandy Denny:
Dance in the dark of night
Sing to the morning light

Robert Plant:
The apples turn to brown and black
The tyrant's face is red

Sandy Denny:
Oh, war is the common cry
Pick up you swords and fly

Robert Plant:
The sky is filled with good and bad
That mortals never know

Oh, well, the night is long
The beads of time pass slow
Tired eyes on the sunrise
Waiting for the eastern glow

The pain of war cannot exceed
The woe of aftermath
The drums will shake the castle wall
The ring wraiths ride in black
Ride on

Sandy Denny:
Sing as you raise your bow
Shoot straighter than before

Robert Plant:
No comfort has the fire at night
That lights the face so cold

Sandy Denny:
Oh dance in the dark of night
Sing to the morning light

Robert Plant:
The magic runes are writ in gold
To bring the balance back
Bring it back

At last the sun is shining
The clouds of blue roll by
With flames from the dragon of darkness
The sunlight blinds his eyes

Bring it back (repeat to fade)

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omahamule
09-05-2009

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I've wondered almost my entire adult life about this song. It sounds so cool and rocks. The women's beautiful voices in the intro are awe-inspiring. As for the meaning, I think Mattius82 was somewhat right in that it is about the end times in Christian prophecy. The Prince of Peace is obviously Jesus Christ and he embraced the spiritual gloom and walked the Night alone(the dark of Night). "The Night" or "The Dark of Night" is a literary reference to Eli Wiesel's Holocaust short book "Night" which, in turn, is about the dark Night of Nazi fascism(or State fascism-the current global order). That is part of the deep meaning of this song. The other part is a reference to the coming global market collapse talked about by Maitreya the world teacher and his advocate, Benjamin Creme. Everyone can access this information at www.shareintl.com I encourage you to not take my word for it and check out the info at this site. "The apples turn to brown and black" is an allegory meaning stocks. The stocks turn bad and worse and worse still until the bottom drops out of the world's markets on that mythical day talked about in this song. The Doors also reference this event in their legendary song "End of the Night".

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BootLedZeppelinFan
09-27-2009

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Music and poetry, like the Bible and Tolkien books, can all be understood in different ways. Trying to pin down one specific theory and say 'No! It means this!' is basically fundamentalism. Keep in mind also that the song was written SPONTANEOUSLY and also that Led Zeppelin almost always had DRUGS IN THEIR BLOOD STREAM... So chill out everyone and go with the sweet soothing spirit of the song.

This is how their own sound engineer Andy Johns described it: "The band was sitting next to the chimney in Headley, drinking tea, when Jimmy grabbed a mandolin and started playing. I gave him a microphone and stuck a Gibson echo on his mandolin. Jimmy had brought this stuff before and had asked me to take a look at it. Suddenly Robert started singing and this amazing track was born from nowhere."

Onelove x

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songsnstuff
11-07-2009

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Simple genius is the lyrics and one of The Angles of Avalon is filling in the lyrics.(Sandy Denny) Like Tolkien Robert Plant left their writings open for interpretation. I think the song is simply the never ending duel between day and night. Starts of with daylight fading and night taking over. The song then gives one lots to ponder. No wonder the LOTR fans, the Christians and Satanists and all else reads so much into it. That is why I call it genius, considering that it was coming from a early twenty year old Plant having already studied many subjects in life. The main subject I see thru the period of darkness in the song is war. The pain of war cannot exceed. The woe of aftermath. is as appropriate now as it was then as well as during the battles of the dark ages. So get along will ya ;) and just enjoy the music.

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Qdyermaker
11-14-2009

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One of my favourite Zeppelin tunes.

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bpf
42 min ago

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I just watched and listened to a live rendition of TBOE on youtube from Seattle `77.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74I_NcpWprk

Jimmy sings a little bit, which is kind of funny. He doesn't sound that great, but it makes it more entertaining to watch him bouncing off Robert. You might think at the beginning, especially as a young concert goer in `77 not expecting a Mandolin, that the song/performacne wouldn't have much gravitas, but oh my goodness it does. The mandolin gains tempo in a way that builds tension and excitement. At the same time Robert singing slips in to howling and moaning that can send chills down your spine. The way he uses his voice as an instrument is pure genius. It has a primal quality. There were hundreds of rock bands following their lead, but they didn't fall in to the marketing trap of just cranking out the same sort of material they produced before. I never heard a song that sounded anything like this. I consider this a masterpiece or originality. To those who criticize LZ for stealing from delta bluesmen or whatever, give this a listen to by yourself in a dark room late preferably on a cold winter night.
I welcome comments on my comment.



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