2.1+Lyric+Battle

Read the lyrics to the two songs below, then post which one demonstrates more lyrical genius (in your own opinion) referring to the impact it has on you, literary devices and the overall theme. Please refer only to the lyrics. While a guitar solo and the melody can move you, it is not what we will be focussing on. Approximately 5-10 sentences. POST YOUR RESPONSE IN THE DISCUSSION SECTION and FEEL FREE TO RESPOND TO SOMEON ELSE'S POST. Post your response by October 7, 2011.
 * **"Stairway to Heaven"**- Led Zepplin

There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold And she's buying a stairway to heaven When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed With a word she can get what she came for Ooh, ooh, and she's buying a stairway to heaven

There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure 'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings Sometimes all of our thoughts are misleading Ooh, it makes me wonder Ooh, it makes me wonder There's a feeling I get when I look to the west And my spirit is crying for leaving In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees And the voices of those who stand looking and it makes me wonder really makes me wonder

And it's whispered that soon if we all call the tune Then the piper will lead us to reason And a new day will dawn for those who stand long And the forest will echo with laughter

GUITAR SOLO

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now, It's just a spring clean from the May Queen Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run There's still time to change the road you're on Ooh, it makes me wonder Ooh, Ooh, it makes me wonder

Your head is humming and it won't go, in case you don't know The piper's calling you to join him Dear lady, can't you hear the wind blow, and did you know Your stairway lies on the whispering wind

GUITAR SOLO

And as we wind on down the road Our shadows taller than our soul There walks a lady we all know Who shines white light and wants to show How everything still turns to gold And if you listen very hard The tune will come to you at last When all is one and one is all, yeah To be a rock and not to roll. And she's buying the stairway to heaven || **"Hallelujah"-** Leonard Cohen

I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do you? It goes like this The fourth, the fifth The minor fall, the major lift The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof You saw her bathing on the roof Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you She tied you to a kitchen chair She broke your throne, and she cut your hair And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Baby I have been here before I know this room, I've walked this floor I used to live alone before I knew you. I've seen your flag on the marble arch Love is not a victory march It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah

There was a time when you let me know What's really going on below But now you never show it to me, do you? And remember when I moved in you The holy dove was moving too And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe there’s a God above But all I’ve ever learned from love Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you It’s not a cry you can hear at night It’s not somebody who has seen the light It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah || There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold And she's buying a stairway to heaven When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed With a word she can get what she came for Ooh, ooh, and she's buying a stairway to heaven

There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure 'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings Sometimes all of our thoughts are misleading Ooh, it makes me wonder Ooh, it makes me wonder There's a feeling I get when I look to the west And my spirit is crying for leaving In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees And the voices of those who stand looking and it makes me wonder really makes me wonder

And it's whispered that soon if we all call the tune Then the piper will lead us to reason And a new day will dawn for those who stand long And the forest will echo with laughter

GUITAR SOLO

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now, It's just a spring clean from the May Queen Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run There's still time to change the road you're on Ooh, it makes me wonder Ooh, Ooh, it makes me wonder

Your head is humming and it won't go, in case you don't know The piper's calling you to join him Dear lady, can't you hear the wind blow, and did you know Your stairway lies on the whispering wind

GUITAR SOLO

And as we wind on down the road Our shadows taller than our soul There walks a lady we all know Who shines white light and wants to show How everything still turns to gold And if you listen very hard The tune will come to you at last When all is one and one is all, yeah To be a rock and not to roll. And she's buying the stairway to heaven