For the mighty arms of Atlas hold the heavens from the earth
From the earth Led Zeppelin – Achilles' Last Stand
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In Greek mythology, Atlas was the titan (primordial gods) who held up the cosmos. Page is also referring to the Atlas Mountains in Morocco – as this song refers to his 1975 trip to the country. Note that mentioning Atlas meshes well with the title since both Atlas and Achilles are figures in Greek mythology
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Ben and Jerry’s is a famous ice cream shop, ice cream is rather cold
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He’ll put two pullets in your neck making holes, just like Draculas teeth after he sucks blood
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grabbin his
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Him and his boys are drinkin and smokin, one of his buddies is higher than a g-5 plane so he is blazed.
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The piper in this story could be like the snake in the story of creation, where the serpent pressures Eve into eating the forbidden fruit, the piper in this case could be external pressures to do something immoral.
Faith/God may come in a different form than what the lady is allowing herself to hear. The path that she is following may be the mislead one, as that of the Pied Piper and of the serpent in Eden.
snakes have about 400 ribs (according to the bible, “women came from a mans rib) and the muscle (power of the tune/wind) helps it to move, meaning that 1 lady is eventually leading approx. 399 more ladies to this naive path. Like the piper have people following him, while his flute look’s like a snakes hiss.
Broadly speaking, “To Pay the Piper” means to be bearing the consequences of something that was enjoyed. Within the context of this song, the “Piper calling you to join him” could be interpreted to mean that the time has come to pay for the pleasure and self-indulgence that is inherent within human existence.
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I think the piper leads us away from materialism and greed if we all call his tune (think differently all at once), the irony is to call the piper’s tune we have to pay him. I think this anti materialistic notion is reinforced by lines like “all that glitters is gold”, “buying a stairway to Heaven” (buying your way to heaven, buying your way through life), “there’s a feeling I get when I look to the west (opulent, rich western societies or America, which is west of UK) and my spirit is crying for leaving”.
The Piper is associated with the greek god Pan, which is a representation of the Absolute (The All). From this greek word we got other words like Pan-theism or Pan-sexuality.
So this line is talking about the integration of the relative (the subjective self) with the absolute.
This is known in many religious traditions by different names, such as Enlightenment, Samadhi or to put it simply, “becoming one with God”.
“The piper will lead us to reason” Where are you getting the idea that the piper is an anti-hero? I swear, these are some of the least thought-out annotations on this site.