Whats the meaning of the song, Stairway to heaven?

Question

Stairway to heaven, by led zepplin

Answer 1

Robert Plant once stated that the song was "...a women's quest for spiritual perfection". Others believe that STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN corresponds to the different steps and states of one's regeneration in the Lord's New Church in Heaven and on earth by means of Divine Truths revealed through the Internal Sense of the Word.

It is believed that the Spiritual meaning to this song is derived from the ancient science of correspondences revealed once again by the Lord in the 1700's to Emanuel Swedenborg.

The best answer though comes from Jimmy Page who said the song has whatever meaning the listener wants to put to it.

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Answer 2

Stairway to heaven is my favorite song by my favorite rock artist. The song is very metaphorical, but it is easy to understand some parts. for example, the first line: "There's a lady who knows, all that glitters is gold, and she's buying the stairway - to heaven." That is saying something about a women who only values material posession. Next: "And she gets.. where she goes. If the stores are all closed, with a word she can get, what she came for." This describes the fact that this women has some power, perhaps extreme intellect, physical appearance, personality, political power, etc. Another one: "There's a tree, by the brook, where the songbird who sings, sometimes all about thoughts - of this evening." THis describes, perhaps, a faint memory of this period of time of her existence when something happened. THere are many more lines in the song, but it is all too metaphorical for me to understand, although I played this in my school orchestra (I play String bass and Piano). My reccomendation is to just sit back, and enjoy the song, and if you were alive long enough, the times of prosperity that came with it.

PS, in many of Led Zep songs, if you play it backwards, there is cursing, stuff about the satan, etc.

Answer 3

The first attempts at lyrics, written by Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant next to an evening log fire at Headley Grange, were partly spontaneously improvised and Page claimed, "a huge percentage of the lyrics were written there and then".[3] Jimmy Page was strumming the chords and Robert Plant had a pencil and paper. Plant later said that suddenly, "my hand was writing out the words, 'There's a lady is sure [sic], all that glitters is gold, and she's buying a stairway to Heaven'. I just sat there and looked at them and almost leapt out of my seat." Plant's own explanation of the lyrics was that it concerned "a woman getting everything she wanted without giving anything back".[2] The lyrical inspiration came to Plant by his search for spiritual perfection and a key influence was the book Magic Arts in Celtic Britain by Lewis Spence, which Plant had recently read; it contained references to May Queens, pipers, and "bustling hedgerows

to read the rest about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stairway_to_heaven

Answer 4

From what I read a long time ago, it is the band's way of saying that many churches tell their members that they can BUY their way to heaven by making big donations to the church.

Many people believe it, so the church gets richer and richer.

Answer 5

don'k know tha meaning but i love tha song good luck i wil b looking 2 c what u find out 2

Answer 6

no idea! kinda like the song though!!