Stairway to Heaven

been a zeppelin fan for a long time. i like to know the meanings to songs if im going to listen to them. to me this song means lots of differnt things. one is the paths. we can travel on two paths, one the road to heaven and the other the road to hell. our paths change all the time in our own lifes. the piper is god, and he wants us to "join him." this song is also about death. the lady is dying. shes buying the stairway with her life. at the begining, it says that "shes sure all the glitters are gold" this means that she already sees the light, and shes dying. the sign and the song bird are just there because it begins to paint a picture of heaven. the narrator or singer is looking to the west, and "his spirit is crying for leaving" his soul as left already and he has died too. but his soul his remorse ful or sad for leaving the world. if we ask the piper, being god will help, sort of like a prayer, and god will help you through an other day. two roads you can go by, and before you die, you can change the road you are curently on. "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." this is god calling you, and your death. it comes like a wind, it happens that fast. "as we wind on down the road, our shadwos taller than our souls". shadows are tall when the sun is setting, and this is meaning that the sun is setting as we walk down the road, our lifes are coming to an end. and the lady from the begining is in white light, like an angel. "listen very hard the tune will come to you at last." this means everyone will die. we are all as one and to be a rock and not roll is impossible, all of our lifes will come to an end. this song as a lot of symbolism in it, i hope you all see what im saying. the cool thing about symbolism, is there is no wrong or right answer. long live zeppelin.