Led Zeppelin – Stairway To Heaven

I’m a Mental Health Support Worker who used to take care of ICU patients at times. This song reminds me of a patient I had. When we removed his life support, his family requested we should play rock music because it was his favorite.

Are you aware that this song was released in the year 1971? Yes, that was the actual year and it came from the studio album tagged “The Song Remains the Same.” Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in the year 1968.

However, “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin is a legendary song that feels like a musical journey. It is a song that explores themes of life, spiritual growth and the search for meaning.

Lyrics:

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 misgiven

Ooh, makes me wonder

Ooh, 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

Ooh, it makes me wonder

Ooh, 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 forests will echo with laughter

Oh-oh-oh-oh-whoa

If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow, don’t be alarmed, now

It’s just a spring clean for 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

And it makes me wonder

Oh, whoa

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 you hear the wind blow? And did you know

Your stairway lies on the whispering wind?

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 are one and one is all

To be a rock and not to roll

And she’s buying a stairway to Heaven

……THE END