Lyrics for Kashmir as interpreted by kevin

Kashmir Lyrics
Oh let the sun beat down upon my face
Stars to fill my dream
I am a traveler of both time and space
To be where I have been
To sit with elders of the gentle race
This world has seldom seen
They talk of days for which they sit and wait
All will be revealed

Talk and song from tongues of lilting grace
Whose sounds caress my ear
But not a word I heard could I relate
The story was quite clear

Oh, I been flying... mama, there ain't no denyin'
I've been flying, ain't no denyin', no denyin'

All I see turns to brown, as the sun burns the ground
And my eyes fill with sand, as I scan this wasted land
Trying to find, trying to find where I've been.

Oh, pilot of the storm who leaves no trace
Like thoughts inside a dream
Heed the path that led me to that place
Yellow desert stream
My Shangri-La beneath the summer moon
I will return again
Sure as the dust that floats high in June
When movin' through Kashmir

Oh, father of the four winds, fill my sails
Across the sea of years
With no provision but an open face
Along the straits of fear

When I'm on, when I'm on my way, yeah
When I see, when I see the way, you stay-yeah

Ooh, yeah-yeah, ooh, yeah-yeah, when I'm down...
Ooh, yeah-yeah, ooh, yeah-yeah, well I'm down, so down
Ooh, my baby, oooh, my baby, let me take you there

Let me take you there. Let me take you there

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CompleteNirvana
12-13-2001

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O_o Possibly about being stoned...

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BURGLAR KING
02-06-2002

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possibly the GREATEST song of the GREATEST band of all time!

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ramthar
02-21-2002

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it`s about the band's travel through North-east Africa, in search of musical inspiration from local cultures.

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rash_powder
04-18-2002

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Led Zeppelin were fans of the author of the Lord of the Rings series, JRR Tolkein. This song, as well as several others, has many allusions to events in the series of books Tolkein wrote. This one in particular alludes to events from The Simarillan, which is the elves' history. If you read the book and then listen to the song, you will understand.

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ramthar
04-19-2002

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no, definitly about the bands travels in the middle east.
"To sit with elders of the gentle race, this world has seldom seen" isn`t talking about elves, but some of the elders of the nomadic desert tribes they encountered while driving through areas of the middle east.


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ballzofsno
04-29-2002

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This song may be about elves or Africa, whatever. This song probably captures the sense of wonder better than any other song, ever. This would be a good one to listen to while tripping, with all the otherworldly imagery. And there is also an underlying sense of purpose, ("I will return again"), the feeling that one gets when they've found the right place for them to be.

Very original theme, very original music, and both lyrics and music flow throughout the song like the Saharan sand blasted the score into tablets of stone and dropped them in Jimmy Page's lap. Like they were written by a "Pilot on the storm who leaves no trace, like thoughts inside a dream."

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mercanfat
05-01-2002

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This song has the same music with Godzilla's soundtrack "Come With Me". I am not sure but this might have been released before "come with me". If anyone of you know what really is the case please let me know...

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zeprules
05-02-2002

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I kinda hope your kidding because Kashmir is a classic. Kashmir came out way before in 1975. That "Come with Me" song from puff daddy has Jimmy Page playing the guitar I think.

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jammusic983
05-08-2002

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the song is about traveling in Africa, the guys from Zep said that. and that retarded Puff daddy song in NO WAY compares to the elegance and true beauty of this song. but i have also noticed a Tolien theme to some of their songs.

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phatz
05-12-2002

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Jimmy Page is an idiot for pimping out this song to Puff Daddy, that stupid wanker who, just like all the other brain dead rap """"artists"""" hasn't evver written a good song in his life. What is 100000 times worse is that i hear that Page is now pimping out Stairway to Heaven to him....

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jonzeppelin
05-23-2002

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well well well....i gotta admit that the puff daddy song is pretty retarded, and as for page or plant being retarded for giving puffy the rights to it.....i think it was a good business decision....

anyhow, the song is in fact about their travels through africa and the middel east or wherever they traveled...i had heard an interview in which they talk about the travels, and writing the song while they were traveling....however, i also believe that they were also doing alot of drugs on their travels.....alot of cocaine, maybe dropping acid, and definatley smoking weed. led zeppelin is with out a doubt the greatest....the ultimate rock band ever. alot of the religion through the lands they traveled, have beliefs that the world is sooner or later coming to an end, and that a certain race or culture will be chosen by god and given eternal life. maybe i'm too stoned to clearly explain what i'm saying....but right on man.....this is the greatest song ever by led zeppelin in my opinion......WANT SOME?

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HubCap1438
06-05-2002

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kashmir is actually a region in india

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addictedjane
06-10-2002

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the puff daddy version of kashmir had Tom Morello on guitar

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PeaceGypsy420
06-17-2002

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I know it has to be about the middle east, cuz a reeeeaaalllly long time ago the places out there were all lush jungles, with complex cultures and religions, and all these beautiful things but then it all got turned to a desert, burned by the sun, turned into a region of 3rd world countries...all poverty and disease stricken....and the elders remember when it was beautiful through stories and legends and stuff.

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killingFloor
07-04-2002

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i agree with jonzeppelin. without a doubt this song is influenced by some kind of travel (be it real or mental) in Midlle-east (the title of the song is the confirmation of it...) "alot of drugs on their travel" is likely (better than drug: psycotrop plants) but i regret the possibility they used cocaine, cause cocaine is found and cultivated in south-america not in the middle-east. second: none in the seventies knew what cocaine was, but some pharmacist and Andes autoctons. sorry for this drug-explanation. cocaine+led zeppelin isn't a good marriage at all.

i also hope your kidding mercanfat... otherwise shame on you. ciao

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ramthar
07-10-2002

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the inspiration for this song comes from Zeppelin's travels through deserts near Morocco (on the west coast of Africa, just to the north of the Sahara, south of spain), not Kashmir which is nowhere near a desert, closer rather to the Himalayan Mountains in India. actually, no one in the band had ever been anywhere near the Kashmir region in India at the time this song was written, but i guess as they drove through the deserts of Morocco they thought that "Kashmir" was a much cooler title than "Morocco", which it is.

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alternativeaddict06
07-27-2002

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this song is awsome, and it upset me about the puff daddy thing too how he redid this song. He ruined the song.

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MARLEYISKEY
07-28-2002

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You guys who keep saying Kashmir is in Africa are horribly wrong Kashmir is a city in India

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Cherub Rock
08-05-2002

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I think this song is a combination of a lot of things. The music definitely makes it a "Zepic" - one of those 8-minute multi-part songs that Zeppelin is famous for (ie, "Stairway To Heaven"). If the band said it's about their travels, looking for musical inspiration, I believe it - but I don't think it's the only factor. The lyrics are clearly about some sort of journey - "of both time and space" - of self-discovery, of discovery of the world, or whatever. However, rash_powder is right, Page was a huge fan of Tolkien's, as made obvious by songs like "Ramble On". I think there are subtle elements of that in the lyrics too - "I sit with elders of a gentle race", "All will be revealed" - The Silmarillion definitely does contain the sort of imagination Zeppelin strove for in their music. Also, I'm sure they took all manner of drugs when writing these sorts of pseudo-wise, tripped-out epics...and Page was known to be heavily into the occult, and the journey he makes in this song almost sounds like a darkly spiritual drug-induced headtrip.
All in all it's a classic

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ramthar
08-15-2002

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another thing that goes to show that the song was written about experiences in North Africa, especially Morocco, is the line that says "With no provision but an open face, along the straits of fear" where the 'Straits of Fear' are a reference to the Strait of Gibraltar, which is the area that separates Morocco from Spain and connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea.

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dylmeister
09-07-2002

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there's a rage against the machine song that sounds a lot like tihs called wake up...

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berserker
09-15-2002

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actually addictedjane, Puff Daddy (retard) did have Jimmy Page (god) play guitar on "Come With Me"...they played together on Saturday Night Live and In the video you can clearly see Jimmy Page rocking out beside Puff Daddy...and by the way that Rage Againist The Machine song ("Wake Up" also on The Matrix soundtrack) does sound exactly like the riff Page did on "Come With Me" or like the main riff "Kashmir" with more distortion...

P.S. THIS SONG IS WICKED!

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Gforce38
09-29-2002

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I agree with the knowledge that this song is partially
based on the travels of the band but there is definatly
internal factor relating with kasmir , such of the fact that
kashmir is a tranquil beauty scape between two
countries ( pakistan, India) that have been fighting for
hundred of years. The song relates to the temporary
state of conciousness reached through drugs, simulating
the beauty, the calmness and the clarity of such a zone,
and how depression , confusion and anxiety will surround
it at all times.

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soundgarden
03-06-2003

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Well actually you see all of the members of Led Zepplin never did any drugs so this is definitely not some song on being stoned. Everyone always associates music with drugs and it really pisses me off.

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Johnno
03-07-2003

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actually soundgarden between bonham's death in 1980 and tyhe realease of coda in '82 jimmy page was a heroin addict

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