| Metallica – Master of Puppets Lyrics | 6 years ago |
| @[nimrod18037:25533] he definitely doesn't say "face me" he says "fix me," you can find it literally anywhere | |
| Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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I know that this probably isn't even close to accurate, but I believe that the entire song describes a lady who believes that worshiping her materialistic items and gold will get her into Heaven - like those who worshiped golden cows in the Bible. Instead, she is tricked by the Devil to think that she is walking a stairway to Heaven, with "the Piper" tempting her to continue, when in fact she is leading herself into Hell. The "rings of smoke through the trees" are "a sign on the wall" that she isn't sure of, not knowing that this is a figurative sign that she is walking straight into Hell. For a short time, in the beginning of the song, we switch to the point of view of the lady, describing her trip. The forest's echoing laughter is the Devil's laughter at her temptations and how gullible she is. The part about "there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run there's still time to change the road you're on" is a way of saying that she could have changed her path a long time ago, before her trip to Hell, but she never did. "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 part is very important because of how the lady doesn't realize the buzzing in her head, her own thoughts about how she might be going down the wrong path. The Piper is continuing to tempt her to follow to "Heaven," while the stairway she stands on is unstable because of who it was built by - the Devil - where the stairway leads - Hell - and the stairway's purpose - to trick poor souls into thinking that they are saved, going to Heaven. The sudden switch into the solo is the sudden realization of where the lady is headed, but now there is no turning back. The solo doesn't stop immediately after the realization because she can't go back - she continues all the way to Hell. Then, "Our shadows taller than our soul" tells of our temptations, that come from Satan, growing larger than the goodness/desire for goodness in our souls when we go to Hell. The lines "And if you listen very hard, the tune will come to you at last" are about more realizations, about how this tune is not a tune of Heaven, but instead a tune of Hell. Finally, the song tells us about a lady that we all know about, and at first it doesn't make sense, but this line is figurative, speaking about those who don't realize that the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. Her whole life, this lady has been a good person but has material and worshiping the wrong things, and now she is in Hell. The final line, "And she's buying a stairway to Heaven," remains as a cold reminder about how nobody can get into Heaven if they don't worship or believe in God and Jesus. |
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