In 1984, Plant formed a short-lived all-star retro rock group with musicians Jimmy Page (also of Led Zeppelin), Jeff Beck, and Phil Collins called The Honeydrippers. The band had a Top Ten hit with their song "Sea of Love", a remake of the Phil Phillips' chestnut. Plant's also notably performed with Page in the outfit Page & Plant.
Plant's love of the music of Morocco led him to a new collaboration called Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation. The band's releases met with critical acclaim and numerous Grammy nominations. They completed a notable 2006 tour of Europe in September.
In 2007, Plant began recording and performing with American bluegrass star Alison Krauss. A duet album, Raising Sand, was released on 23 October 2007 on Rounder Records. The album, recorded in Nashville and Los Angeles and produced by T-Bone Burnett, met with enormous critical and commercial success. Tours have reached devoted audiences in multiple cities.
The year of 2010 proves to be yet another successful year for the lemon squeezer. During the summer, Plant will be reuniting with his old, Pre-Zep group, The Band Of Joy, for a tour of the southern and mid continental tour of the US.
In 2012 Robert Plant starts another band project going by the name Sensational Space Shifters releasing the live album Robert Plant Presents: Sensational Space Shifters. Along with Plant himself the band consists of Liam "Skin" Tyson, Justin Adams, Billy Fuller and John Baggot along with Dave Smith, Juldeh Camara and Patty Griffin.
Trampled Rose
Robert Plant Lyrics
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Get my medicine
Sky's the autumn grey of a lonely wren
Piano from a window played
Gone tomorrow, gone yesterday
I found it in the street
Lying at my feet
A trampled rose
Passing the hat in church
It never stops going around
You never pay just once
To get the job done
What I done to me,
I done to you
What happened to the trampled rose?
In the muddy street
With the fireworks and leaves
A blind man with a cup I asked
Would he sing 'Kisses Sweeter Than Wine'
I know that rose,
Like I know my name
The one I gave my love,
It was the same
Now I find it in the street,
A trampled rose
The lyrics of Robert Plant's song Trampled Rose paint a vivid picture of a lonely and desolate world. The opening lines, "Long way going to get my medicine, sky's the autumn grey of a lonely wren," create a sense of distance and despair. The singer is on a journey to find some sort of cure, but it seems that the world is conspiring against them, as evidenced by the bleak sky.
The following line, "piano from a window played, gone tomorrow, gone yesterday," juxtaposes a fleeting moment of beauty with the constant and inevitable passage of time. The piano playing is ephemeral and soon forgotten, which suggests that perhaps moments of beauty in life are also brief and fleeting.
The image of the trampled rose recurs throughout the song, first as a hidden treasure found by the singer, and later as a symbol of loss and rejection. The lines "what I done to me, I done to you, what happened to the trampled rose?" suggest that the singer is grappling with guilt and regret, possibly about a failed relationship.
Line by Line Meaning
Long way going to
It's a difficult journey ahead
Get my medicine
To get better or find a cure
Sky's the autumn grey of a lonely wren
The sky is a melancholy shade of grey, like the bird's feeling of loneliness
Piano from a window played
A piano played a tune from an open window
Gone tomorrow, gone yesterday
Things come and go in life
I found it in the street
I stumbled upon it unexpectedly
At first I did not see
It was not immediately visible to me
Lying at my feet
It was right in front of me
A trampled rose
A flower that had been crushed by someone or something
Passing the hat in church
Collecting donations for charity during church service
It never stops going around
The act of donation or giving continues
You never pay just once
Giving should be ongoing
To get the job done
To accomplish a goal or task
What I done to me,
What I did to myself,
I done to you
I did to you as well
What happened to the trampled rose?
What occurred to the damaged flower?
In the muddy street
On the dirty, unpaved road
With the fireworks and leaves
Amidst the falling autumn leaves and the sound of fireworks
A blind man with a cup I asked
I requested a song from a blind beggar with a charity cup
Would he sing 'Kisses Sweeter Than Wine'
I asked him to perform a specific tune
I know that rose,
I recognize that flower,
Like I know my name
As well as I know my own identity
The one I gave my love,
The flower I gifted to my beloved,
It was the same
It was identical to the one I found on the street
Now I find it in the street,
Now I unexpectedly discover it on the ground,
A trampled rose
A damaged and disregarded flower
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, JALMA MUSIC
Written by: KATHLEEN BRENNAN, THOMAS ALAN WAITS
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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Long way going to
Get my medicine
Sky's the autumn grey of a lonely wren
Piano from a window played
Gone tomorrow, gone yesterday
I found it in the street
At first I did not see
Lying at my feet
A trampled rose
Passing the hat in church
It never stops going around
You never pay just once
To get the job done
What I done to me,
I done to you
What happened to the trampled rose?
In the muddy street
With the fireworks and leaves
A blind man with a cup I asked
Would he sing 'Kisses Sweeter Than Wine'
I know that rose,
Like I know my name
The one I gave my love,
It was the same
Now I find it in the street,
A trampled rose
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@MoonStar-fq6oy
The first time I heard this song Oh how the haunting of Alison put me in a place of comfort ❤❤❤ this master piece of sorrow and pain Thank ya Robert and Alison✌️❤️
@jessiecoulter5007
Hauntingly so beautiful ...
@sophieedens9928
Found this song after years of not hearing it, and it still give me chills. So beautiful!
@carbonbiker
Alison Krauss could sing names out of a phone book and it would go platinum.
@eda-ys5ku
maybe
@lindabrewer6513
YES😂😂😂😂
@BC-ms3zs
Entirely, absolutely, 100% the truth. ....not even opinion, just fact lol
@lesliefoster-michaud8418
I LOVE this collaboration, one of the best ever.
@gabriellaneri7143
Vero, le voci di Plant e di Krauss si armonizzano perfettamente
@cohencohen54
A brilliant performance that Tom Waits would approve (no doubt).