

despicable (but they got their's too, most of them had even shorter lifespans).Īs stated in the Levee post, the drumming on "Sticks" is incomparable but the cherry topping it off is Plant's vocal delivery in closing. Just as, say, those religious philosophers serving the papacy of way back then who would collectively convene and scheme rebuttals to thwart perfect logic, all the while pretending it was in the name of God and for the good of the people (hiding within the depths of love), when in fact they merely wished ruin upon anything endangering their positions. who hide their love in DEPTHS of life (who hide within the depths of love), and ruin dreams that WE all knew (dreams of me on you) so babe". Hmm baby, its just a den for THOSE who hide. The verse that sums it up for me would be. The lyrics can apply to undesirable situations on both a personal relationship level, and to a collective larger social scale. baby through the roads of time so long ago" "They can't hold the wrath of those who walk/boots that march.

And with good reason (spending the last 10 years of your life under house arrest growing sicker?). Davinci, Michaelangelo, Galileo, most all polymaths were extremely hesitant, wary and tried to avoid appearing before royal and papal "invitations" to "explain" and "share" their discoveries. It is merely a link in a long chain of interconnected subterfuge encountered by the truly gifted through their lifetime, with each link all the more diabolical then the former.

True that musicians ahead of their time are misunderstood by critics and the industry as a whole but, although they do refer to these type of obstacles in many of their works, I do not believe that most preoccupy themselves at that low a level. One contrast between the two worth noting would be the excess of H2O and then the complete lack of it, "if the river runs dry baby how would you feel?" included on the same album. So I felt it fair to scribble a few lines about this one. I had just the other day posted about "When The Levee Breaks" and, to sum it up, after declaring my respect and love for it, rated it as number 2 favoured track on lV, behind only "Four Sticks". If the river runs dry, baby, how do you feel?Ĭraze, baby, the rainbow's end, mmm, baby, it's just a denįor those who hide, who hide their love to depths of lifeĪnd ruin dreams that we all knew so, babeĪnd they can't hold the wrath of those who walkīaby, through the roads of time so long ago Oh baby, baby when the pines begin to cry Oh baby the river's red, ah baby in my head 'Cause you know I gotta get away from you babe
