Lyric discussion by ANIMOSI7Y 

Cover art for Houses of the Holy lyrics by Led Zeppelin

I like to think of this song as a song about hospitality. People who own houses are holy in the eyes of the government. The government and media tell people that it's a dangerous world and they shouldn't go outside because of all the bad things happening like how they talk about on the news. The person in the song invites someone outside into the world and shows them that it isn't as bad as people tell them it is.