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Achilles Last Stand Lyrics Artist(Band):Led Zeppelin
And as I turned to you, you smiled at me, how could we say no? With all the fun to have, to live the dreams we always had Oh, the songs to sing, when we at last return again Sending off a glancing kiss, to those who claim they know Below the streets that steam and hiss, The devil's in his hole Oh to sail away, To sandy lands and other days Oh to touch the dream, Hides inside and never seen. Into the sun the south the north, at last the birds have flown The shackles of commitment fell, In pieces on the ground Oh to ride the wind, To tread the air above the din Oh to laugh aloud, Dancing as we fought the crowd To seek the man whose pointing hand, The giant step unfolds To guide us from the curving path, That churns up into stone If one bell should ring, in celebration for a king So fast the heart should beat, As proud the head with heavy feet. Days went by when you and I, bathed in eternal summers glow As far away and distant, Our mutual child did grow Oh the sweet refrain, Soothes the soul and calms the pain Oh Albion remains, sleeping now to rise again Wandering and wondering, What place to rest the search The mighty arms of Atlas, Hold the heavens upon the earth The mighty arms of Atlas, Hold the heavens from the earth From the earth... I know the way, know the way, know the way, know the way (X2) Oh the mighty arms of Atlas, Hold the heavens from the earth. If you find some error in Achilles Last Stand Lyrics, would you please submit your corrections to me? Thank You. Thanks to duse_1991@hotmail.com for submitting the lyrics. Review about Achilles Last Stand Achilles Last Stand | Reviewer: mehdi | 7/18/2008 Led Zeppelin's Epic | Reviewer: Dani | 7/6/2008 Actually, I was always under the impression that this song was about war. I mean it could have any number of meanings and they probably did write it describing stuff on the road with ancient myths in mind, but honestly, with the sound of the music and well as the lyrics, you could draw a lot of parallels with a battlefield. And the Mythical element just gives it a powerful, deep, and legendary feel to it. Like all war is epic and terrible and mighty. That's just the feeling it gives me and as a true work of art, everyone should listen to it, read the lyrics, and interpret in the way that makes sense to them. <3 Dani Awesome. | Reviewer: Anonymous | 6/18/2008 I'm so sick of people saying that this song is nonsensical. It makes perfect sense. It's talking about myriads of different mythological things. The first verse is a reference to the classic greek poem by Homer, [i]The Iliad[/i]. The second verse talks a bout a strange tourist attraction Plant was interested in called "Devil's Hole". The third verse has references to both [i]The Illiad[/i] & [i]The Odyssey[/i] both by Homer. The fourth verse references J.R.R. Tolkien's [i]The Lord of the Rings[/i]. The fourth verse: [i]The Dance of Albion[/i], a favourite poem of Plant's. The fifth verse, of which the last line repeats itself over and over, references two things: The titan Atlas, who was supposed to hold up the sky from the Earth, and the Atlas mountains, which, in appearance, seem to do the same thing. Now that you're all thouroughly educated: I give this song *****! achilles last stand | Reviewer: Anonymous | 5/29/2008 robert palnt broke his leg in greece wich was kind of ironic because he and jimmy page were into greek mythology, point is he thought he should write a song about achilles because now he could relate to him. the song doesent have any meening and dureing the song it doesent realy mention achilles takeing one last heroic battle before he dies. people took alot hillousantateing druges back then who knows. The song's meaning | Reviewer: Anonymous | 5/26/2008 The only reference to the Trojan war is in the title, Achilles Last Stand. Plant and Page wrote this when Page injured his foot. The rest of the song is about the things they saw while on tour I think. what is this song about? | Reviewer: joe | 5/15/2008 I just finished reading "The Trojan War" (you know the story where they use the wooden trojan horse to get into troy?) and after reading it this song's lyrics are seemingly nonsensical. The way that Achilles dies is by being shot in the heal by Paris. It all happens really quickly and there is no "last"stand to speak of. meh....I don't see how the lyrics relate to Achilles AT ALL. Unless there is some other last stand this is referring to. Also the song refers to having a son in some far off land. Achilles never had a son! After reading this story i'm pretty disappoined in Zep for being non-sensical. Achilles' Homage is Fitting | Reviewer: Steve Rose | 4/8/2008 Only a group with Led Zeppelin's size and stature could ever produce a musical homily to the great God Achilles. We all know the story behind it, but once you look at the lyrics more deeply, you'll see Plant is reflecting on their past journies and what lies ahead. During it's recording, apparently Page overdubbed 9 guitar tracks!!! For all you 'youtube.com' addicts, search "the nobs - achilles last stand" and the version you'll find is one of the most mind blowing you'll ever hear! Achilles Last Stand, greatest Led Zeppelin tune!! | Reviewer: Kit Kat Bar | 3/31/2008 This song is in my opinion Jimmy Page's greatest guitar work (don't kill me!) and Robert Plant's greatest vocals! I love John Paul Jones' bass in this song, it's crazy good and the drums that John Bonham delivers just takes my breath away! No words can describe how great this song is!!! League of THEIR OWN!!! | Reviewer: JT | 3/24/2008 This song is gold man. the thing is spectacular and the lyrics are amazing! i mean how the hell do u write a song that is made up of incoherent bars?!?! Ask The Led cause they are the best at it. The NUMBER ONE BAND EVER!!!!! Page=GuitarGod Heh... | Reviewer: Anonymous | 3/12/2008 If you think about it, letting just anyone write reviews on a lyrics website about Led Zepplin (Or any band for that matter) will mean you will only get good reviews, due to the fact that the only people who would be looking up lyrics would be people who liked the song and wanted to know the words... Hey, not to hate on LZ. Excellent song, very well-done, very interesting to listen too as well. Review By Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 Review the song Achilles Last Stand The area is only for review, if you want to submit the lyrics or the corrections of the lyrics, please click the link at the end of the lyrics. | | ||||||||||||
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