The Raven

Alan Parsons Project

The clock struck midnight

And through my sleeping

I heard a tapping at my door

I looked but nothing

Lay in the darkness

And so I turned inside once more

To my amazement

There stood a raven

Whose shadow hung above my door

Then through the silence

It spoke that one word

That I shall hear forever more

Nevermore

Thus quote the raven

Nevermore

And still the raven

Remain in my room

No matter how much I implore

No words can soothe him

No prayer remove him

And I must hear forever more

Quote the raven

Nevermore

Thus quote the raven

Nevermore

Quote the raven

Nevermore

Thus quote the raven

Nevermore

Nevermore, nevermore, nevermore, never

Nevermore, nevermore, never

Nevermore, nevermore, never

Nevermore, nevermore, nevermore, never

Nevermore, nevermore, never

Nevermore, nevermore

Nevermore

Background

“The Raven” is a 1975 song by the Alan Parsons Project from their album “Tales of Mystery and Imagination,” and first song of the band. The song is based on the Edgar Allan Poe poem of the same name; the song was written by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson, and was originally recorded in April 1975. It is one of the few songs by the band featuring the vocals of Alan Parsons, who sings the first verse through the EMI vocoder.