She is Spring (original words from Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven)
She is Spring
Sometimes I've wondered
who makes the light?
who makes the wind?
And at the echo of dawn,
who makes the laughter?
I hear it's Spring.
She is a brook.
She is a single-note tune.
She is whispered meanings.
She is a lady crying.
She's crying for those of us leaving.
She's crying for those of us at the wall.
She's crying
for all the things we've known.
She's the piper, the songbird, the sign.
Pointing heavenwards. She's the stairway.
Standing, stretching,
she buys the dawn
with her gold.
She is Spring.
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Stairway to Heaven can be found on Led Zeppelin IV. The resulting lines wound up presenting a different take on spring. A lady of birth, death and ascension.
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