[ ]   [ ]   [ ]                        [ ]      [ ]   [ ]
Robert Plant — Darkness, Darkness
Album: Dreamland
Avg rating:
6.7

Your rating:
Total ratings: 162









Released: 2002
Length: 7:05
Plays (last 30 days): 0
share tweet wikiwebsitesearchamg
cd
mp3
search
Darkness, Darkness, be my pillow
Take my head and let me sleep
In the coolness of your shadow
In the silence of your deep

Darkness, Darkness, hide my yearnin'
For the things I can not see
Keep my mind from constant turnin'
Tto the things I cannot be

Darkness, Darkness, be my blanket
Cover me with this endless night
Take away, oh, this pain of knowing
Fill this emptiness with light, emptiness with light now

Darkness, Darkness, long and lonesome
Is the day that brings me here
I have felt the edge of sadness
I have known the depths of fear

Darkness, Darkness, be my blanket
Cover me with the endless night
Take away, oh, this pain of knowing
Fill this emptiness with light now, emptiness with light now, now

Mmm

Darkness, Darkness, be my blanket
Cover me with the endless night
Take away, oh, this pain of knowing
Fill this emptiness with light now, oh, with light now

Darkness, Darkness, be my pillow
Take my head and let me sleep
In the coolness of your shadow
In the silence of your deep
In the silence of your deep
In the, oh, oh, hey

Oh, mmm
In the summer, baby
Ooh, yeah
Ooh, in the summber, baby
In the summer, baby
Ooh, ah, ooh, yeah
Oh, oh, come on, come on, come on, come on baby
Come on, come on, come on, come on baby
Come on, come on, come on, come on baby

Ooh, oh, ooh, yeah
Oh, oh, ooh
In the summertime, baby
In the summertime, baby
Comments (50)add comment
mrgus wrote:
Not working for me, but I'm going to go throw on "Elephant Mountain" now

 
{#High-five}
Posted 8 years ago by g3diego    [ Reply ]
 old_shep wrote:
My Internet connection dropped ... thank God.

 
Lucky you I was on a ladder and had to listen to the whole thing.
Posted 8 years ago by mrgus    [ Reply ]
My Internet connection dropped ... thank God.
Posted 8 years ago by old_shep    [ Reply ]
Just listened to the original. Going from 3 to 2.
Posted 8 years ago by mrgus    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
Robert Plant has a great voice and talent. This song, though, has had the life energy sucked out of it in this version.
I can't believe I'd given it a 'seven' previously. I think 'three' is more appropriate.

 
{#High-five}
Posted 8 years ago by g3diego    [ Reply ]
 lizgober wrote:
Youngbloods version better

 
Much better by Youngbloods, Charlie Daniels on fiddle opening the song!
Posted 8 years ago by g3diego    [ Reply ]
Robert Plant has a great voice and talent. This song, though, has had the life energy sucked out of it in this version.
I can't believe I'd given it a 'seven' previously. I think 'three' is more appropriate.
Posted 8 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Jesse Colin Young.png
Jesse Colin Young in 1973
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Not working for me, but I'm going to go throw on "Elephant Mountain" now
Posted 8 years ago by mrgus    [ Reply ]
 True.

lizgober wrote:
Youngbloods version better

 


Posted 8 years ago by bodyschool    [ Reply ]
Youngbloods version better
Posted 8 years ago by lizgober    [ Reply ]
I guess nobody used the pillow...
Posted 9 years ago by Bert7    [ Reply ]
No. Just... No.
Posted 9 years ago by Steve    [ Reply ]
Thank you for this cool tune!
Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
I'm having "no quarter" flashbacks. Like the original best.
Posted 21 years ago by ladyj    [ Reply ]
jay_e wrote:
I liked the version by the Youngbloods better..more haunting..
Agreed. It's much better.
Posted 21 years ago by DaWiz    [ Reply ]
Barfness, barfness.
Posted 21 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
I liked the version by the Youngbloods better..more haunting..
Posted 21 years ago by jay_e    [ Reply ]
You\'re all wrong. This is simply awful. Somebody smother Plant with a pillow.
Posted 21 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
this sounds freakin\' great, must be a different mix, best I\'ve heard from Plant in a long while. thought he\'d totally lost it after hearing Page and Plant\'s latest live stuff of a few years ago. sounds like he\'s still got it here, unless it\'s just studio coverup :)
Posted 21 years ago by orpheus    [ Reply ]
Man, he still rocks. Still better than 96% of the singers you hear on the radio today.
Posted 21 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by yellowduc: for some reason this song reminds me of the Zep song No Quarter.
Yeah your right... in a different kinda way. But I want to hear the original
Posted 21 years ago by ladyj    [ Reply ]
every aspect fits... to produce a wonderful haunting song. Robert Plant is one of the best vocalist around!
Posted 21 years ago by Drunkenlilacwine    [ Reply ]
I love this song. Very meditative. Good for this icy day in Texas.
Posted 21 years ago by patrick_larson    [ Reply ]
Posted 21 years ago by beelzebubba    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by laprincessa: Dude, the "embarrassing" Plant is long gone. He's back in style now -- listen to the Unplugged Led CD -- it's out of this world. It's now acceptable to dig Plant again.....I promise!
Feh.
Posted 21 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by laprincessa: Dude, the "embarrassing" Plant is long gone. He's back in style now -- listen to the Unplugged Led CD -- it's out of this world. It's now acceptable to dig Plant again.....I promise!
Thanks for helping some of those poor souls not quite up to date. As Pee Wee Herman once said, "I'm hip to that dude." :p This is a very cool cover. Nice musicianship.
Posted 21 years ago by mperry    [ Reply ]
Iain Matthews does a pretty nice version of this too. Speaking of...does Iain ever get played on here? Something from Pure and Crooked would be outstanding.
Posted 22 years ago by LaurieBlue    [ Reply ]
You guys are on a roll with this last music block! Must\'ve heard 7 or 8 great songs in a row. Never heard this one before, I like it a lot! :)
Posted 22 years ago by drizzt71    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by laprincessa: Dude, the "embarrassing" Plant is long gone. He's back in style now -- listen to the Unplugged Led CD -- it's out of this world. It's now acceptable to dig Plant again.....I promise!
I've always like some of Plant's solo stuff regardless the period, then again I really disliked some other stuff.
Posted 22 years ago by SuperWeh    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by bendoh: Mr. Plant, why did you not just go away when the rest of Zeppelin did? Zeppelin kicked some serious ass, but Plant's solo career is now just embarrassing. Even Walking through Clarksdale (sp?) was a serious mistake on Plant's part, and it even had Jimmy Page!! :(
Dude, the "embarrassing" Plant is long gone. He's back in style now -- listen to the Unplugged Led CD -- it's out of this world. It's now acceptable to dig Plant again.....I promise!
Posted 22 years ago by laprincessa    [ Reply ]
So, with four versions on RP, does this song lead on this station with the number of covers available to listen to? I wonder. Who\'d a thought when I fell in love with this in its original from the Youngbloods that it would prove to be irresistable to future generations of performers? Still, great lyrics explain much.
Posted 22 years ago by RParadise    [ Reply ]
Mr. Plant, why did you not just go away when the rest of Zeppelin did? Zeppelin kicked some serious ass, but Plant\'s solo career is now just embarrassing. Even Walking through Clarksdale (sp?) was a serious mistake on Plant\'s part, and it even had Jimmy Page!! :(
Posted 22 years ago by bendoh    [ Reply ]
OUTSTANDING! Very mature collection of songs on this album. Most are covers, but there are 3 or 4 that are penned by him. If you think this is good, wait until you hear him cover \"morning dew\" ....purely incredible.
Posted 22 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
Surely not my favourite addition of this wonderful song, to which I got introduced by listening to RP. Plant sounds very much like faking drama, to me, while when he was still singing in Led Zeppelin he was always pretty much to very much convincing when he poured his heart out.
Posted 22 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
I think that all of the versions I\'ve heard of this song are great, each in a different way (though I would rate the Solas version tops). That proves that this is an enduring song. Thanks RP!
Posted 22 years ago by Antigone    [ Reply ]
I like Plant, even the later stuff, but for this track I prefer Solas. I think it just suits better. Interested in hearing something else from the CD tho.
Posted 22 years ago by catsoup    [ Reply ]
I have to say I actually like this, which is strange because I have been so anti-Plant for years. I hated the Honeydrippers album and the weak Plant/Page reunion was depressing. But this sounds like he has finally realized that he isn\'t the type of singer he used to be and now is looking for work that fits his voice a bit better.
Posted 22 years ago by grumblecat    [ Reply ]
On first hearing, I thought this was Eric Clapton doing the Youngbloods. Whew, Robert Plant!? I gotta say it was kind of interesting.
Posted 22 years ago by tonypf    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by E: This just really bugs me. If he was going to record a cover song he should have picked something a little more, for the lack of words, perky!
Um... the whole album is covers... And the song DOES get perky in the second half. Just doing what HE enjoys... not what everybody ELSE wants him to do.
Posted 22 years ago by bobringer    [ Reply ]
This just really bugs me. If he was going to record a cover song he should have picked something a little more, for the lack of words, perky!
Posted 22 years ago by E    [ Reply ]