Heart

Released: May 14, 1977

Songwriter: Nancy Wilson (Heart) Ann Wilson Roger Fisher

Producer: Mike Flicker

Wayfaring warrior soul- still wild
The archer stands
Arrow measured to the goal- sing of
Strong and living man
In his mind there is a vision wand'ring
Through the forest town
Telling of riches only given if through the woods
The way is found

Crying 'ah! beautiful dancers.. wake up
From your sleep!
Ahh! gentle romancers.. drink of love so sweet!'

Treasure glowing in their eyes- forest deepens
Dark their dream
'Keep to the pathways,' he advised, 'the woods are
More than they might seem'
I'd heed you now the apparition bending never ending
Sounds
Calling you away to a mystery- are your eyes
Not sparkling now?'

Sighing 'ahh, take you no warning- make no
Foolish fight
Ahh, think not of morning- lie here
Through the night'

'Beauty take us!' they call 'in my arms!'
They hear her say
As the silken web falls- mist illusion rips away
'Helpless! helpless!' now they scream
Helpless on the path he stands
And awakens from his dream singing string
Beneath his hand

Gentle archer ages old- release the aim
Free the goal
Roll your arrow to my soul- release the aim
Free the goal

Heart, lead by Ann and Nancy Wilson, is considered a — or the — Grand Dame of hard rock and heavy metal.

Not only do they have more hit singles and AOR tracks than most other bands (songs we’d go over in detail but they’re listed on this very page in order of popularity) but in some ways deeper respect than many, both for their own groundbreaking talent and appeal and some unusual recognition thereof, including having been picked to perform Stairway to Heaven for Led Zeppelin themselves at the Kennedy Center Honors in 2012, making Robert Plant and company actually cry. Not Rush, not Aerosmith, nor any of the other bands beloved rock/metal that — along with Ann and Nancy’s band — followed Zeppelin by one generation. Just Heart.

Starting in the mid seventies, Heart forged a unique and powerful sound outstanding in their field, and was unusual in topping the charts well into their own second decade in the late eighties, becoming a staple of MTV’s rotation, albeit sometimes crammed by the industry into music videos that the bandmates despised and comment on to this day.

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