Your head is humming and it won't go, in case you don't knowĭear lady, can you hear the wind blow and did you know There's still time to change the road you're on Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run It's just a spring clean for the May queen If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the treesĪnd the voices of those who stand lookingĪnd it's whispered that soon if we all call the tuneĪnd a new day will dawn for those who stand long There's a feeling I get when I look to the west Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings 'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure Ooh, ooh, and she's buying a stairway to heaven With a word she can get what she came for When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed So, we're supposed to believe "music journalists" with no more than a B.A., or simple popularity rankings, more than a dictionary written by linguists and historians? Sorry, there's a difference between opinions (we all have them) and definitions that have been based on research and agreement among a wide range of experts.There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold Led Zeppelin's flagship rock ballad, Stairway to Heaven " Sweet Child o' Mine" is a power ballad by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses,Īt the heart of it was their secret weapon: an unexpectedly touching ballad called Sweet Child O' Mine that revealed a sensitive side to the band's volatile singer, Axl Rose, and gave Guns N' Roses their first-and only US Number 1 single.Īrguably classic rock's preeminent ballad, " Stairway to Heaven" Perhaps they don't adhere to the dictionary definition but they are thought of as rock ballads and are referred to as such. I think of Stairway to Heaven as an unusual piece of music with different sections. Is it a ballad? I don't think most ballads have blistering guitar solos or other lengthy instrumental sections. Stairway to Heaven is kind of mysterious. In poetry a ballad is generally composed of rhyming couplets and tells a story.
I actually don't know what the definition of a song ballad is. Which makes me think I was right in what I said before, that most people don't really listen to the lyrics. How do other people interpret them? No one has answered that question. I was merely stating how I interpreted them. Of course, song lyrics, like poetry, are often supposed to be open to interpretation. Points for honesty to Robert ("I don't know what I was talking about"). I love the song but don't listen to it much anymore. I wouldn't change the greatest rock ballad ever.
He said "I don't know what I was talking about." When asked another time what he was talking about in "Stairway" When asked in a fairly recent interview what the words to "Stairway" meant, Robert said "they mean whatever you want them to mean." I take that definition. I always like to get feedback on my writing and it's beneficial to most writers. In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the threes and the voices of those who stand looking." I find those parts to be quite vivid.Īs far as I'm aware, the band just went along with what Plant wrote. It's just a spring clean for the May-Queen," and also, the seemingly Tolkien-influenced: ""There's a feeling I get when I look to the west and my spirit is crying for leaving. The best parts of the lyrics are the mystical parts- "In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven" "our shadows taller than our soul " the quirky "If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now. If this is the same woman, how did this transformation happen? It doesn't make sense.The lyrics seem to indicate a split perception of women by Plant, as either shallow and degraded on the one hand, or magical, transcendent, idealized visions on the other. Then, the same woman or another woman (?) appears at the end of the lyrics as a beneficent and perhaps magical creature. It's a portrayal of a shallow, manipulative person it's unpleasant. I've always wondered-why then didn't he rewrite them later? I mean, Page didn't play the same solos all the time.if I were Plant, this is what I'd do/have done:Ĭhanged the persona of the woman who appears in the beginning of the lyrics, or gotten rid of her altogether.
Robert Plant said that he thinks he was "working out what I was trying to say" with the lyrics and apparently, he has never been satisfied with the results.
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