I just woke up. With a bloody nose and an irrational desire, no… need, to listen to Stairway to Heaven.
I found a quick mp3 that was so over-compressed it almost sounded like it was live. It was kind of an amazing experience.
And I guess the lyrics are about life, power, death and choices, and “its not too late to change road you’re on.” I realized that for probably the first time just now. Because I haven’t really listened to the song since the last song of my last High School Dance. Every dance ended with that wistful “and she’s buy-uy-uy-uy-uy-ing as stairway to hea vun.”