Q... and Led Zeppelin Stairway To Heaven.. Lyrics This Reminds me of the POLITICAL ONES  who could have turned from their ways, yet chose not to. MEANING OF SONG  "The lady who's sure" has based her life on the material things. When she's on her way to heaven, she doesn't believe the signs that say she can't get in once she reaches the gates because her life lacks a spiritual base. That's why her stairway is unstable/false and lies on a foundation of "whispering wind." Throughout the song, the lady's experience is paralleled to the band's reflection on what they've done in life and wondering if they'll one day end up on a similar stairway. (Hence, "there's a feeling I get when I look to the west, and my spirit is crying for leaving"- they fear they've left their spiritual path to travel down a road of materialism.) At first they believe they can simply change their fate and walk down the right path when they need to, but as their shadows grow long, they realize they may have been too late. - By "Rock Guitarist" There's a lady who's sure  All that glitters is gold  And she's buying a stairway to heaven  When she gets there she knows  If the stores are all closed  With a word she can get what she came for  Oh oh oh oh and she's buying a stairway to heaven  There's a sign on the wall  But she wants to be sure  'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings  In a tree by the brook  There's a songbird who sings  Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiving  Ooh, it makes me wonder  Ooh, it makes me wonder  There's a feeling I get  When I look to the west  And my spirit is crying for leaving  In my thoughts I have seen  Rings of smoke through the trees  And the voices of those who standing looking  Ooh, it makes me wonder  Ooh, it really makes me wonder  And it's whispered that soon, If we all call the tune  Then the piper will lead us to reason  And a new day will dawn  For those who stand long  And the forests will echo with laughter  If there's a bustle in your hedgerow  Don't be alarmed now  It's just a spring clean for the May queen  Yes, there are two paths you can go by  But in the long run  There's still time to change the road you're on  And it makes me wonder  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  And as we wind on down the road  Our shadows taller than our soul  There walks a lady we all know  Who shines white light and wants to show  How everything still turns to gold  And if you listen very hard  The tune will come to you at last  When all are one and one is all  To be a rock and not to roll  And she's buying the stairway to heaven