No Quarter Lyrics
Close the door, put out the light
You know they won't be home tonight, oh oh
The snow falls hard and don't you know?
The winds of Thor are blowing cold
They're wearing steel that's bright and true
They carry news that must get through
[Chorus]
They choose the path where no one goes
They hold no quarter
They hold no quarter
Aaaahh
[Verse 2]
Walking side by side with death
The devil mocks their every step, ooh
The snow drives back the foot that's slow
The dogs of doom are howling more, oh
They carry news that must get through
To build a dream for me and you, oh
[Chorus]
They choose the path where no one goes
They hold no quarter
They ask no quarter
They hold no quarter
They ask no quarter
Oh!
The pain, the pain without quarter, oh yeah!
They ask no quarter (Without quarter, quarter, quarter)
They give no quarter (Giving me, giving me no...)
Oh (I hear the dogs of doom are howling more)
About
This track, along with several other Led Zeppelin songs, include a lot of ancient Scandinavian/Norse/Celtic mythology. In addition, “No Quarter” is one of Led Zeppelin’s darker and more mysterious songs.
Q&A
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Jimmy Page told Rolling Stone in 2012:
The opening of ‘No Quarter’ — that was a keyboard thing. But mainly the song was coming from the guitar.
Rolling Stone ranked it as the #28 Led Zeppelin song, saying:
The band’s trippiest moment since ‘Dazed and Confused’ was a showcase for co-writer Jones, who gets cool-jazzy on piano in the middle section as Page spins fluid lines. If couplets like ‘Walking side by side with death/The devil mocks their every step’ didn’t invent heavy-metal mythology, they planted some seeds.
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- 5.Dancing Days
- 6.D’yer Mak’er
- 7.No Quarter
- 8.The Ocean
