This coming Sunday I will be preaching at our church plant in Prees . The text that I have been given is Genesis 28:10-22 , usually entitled "Jacob's ladder" or " A stairway to heaven" .... Whilst thinking about the passage I couldn't stop myself from humming along to the infamous Led Zepplin song released in the 1970's called " Stairway To Heaven" ....so I thought I would look up the lyrics on the internet ...... I have reproduced them for you below ...... I think the word I would use after having read them is bemused!
If, after reading the lyrics you can shed some light on their meaning ,then please let us all know by leaving a comment on this page .... go on, interpret them for bemused bloggers like me :-)
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.
Ooh, ooh, 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 misgiven.
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 knowYour 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 knowWho shines white light and wants to showHow ev’rything 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 allTo be a rock and not to roll.
And she’s buying a stairway to heaven.
Are you as bemused as I am ...or is it just me ?? I am particulary comforted now that I understand that if there is ever a problem with my hedgerow not to be alarmed because its just the May Queen doing a spot of cleaning :-)
