Stairway To Heaven - Heart

この記事内容、昨年書いたものと重複していますが改めて。

2012年のThe kennedy Center Honorsは最も印象深い年でした。
アンとナンシーのウィルソン姉妹が演奏するStairway To Heavenは多少やりすぎだと思われる演出はありますが、全体的にとても素晴らしく、また知らぬ間にアンがとても大きくなっていたこと共に衝撃的でした（笑）

Heart


この曲は演奏もさることながらこの難解な歌詞がとても独特的であり、その世界観に魅了されてしまします。で、毎回のことですが、そんな性質の歌詞になると人はその謎を解きたがるわけです。ケルト民話や北欧神話などがおり混ぜ合わされた内容との話もありますし、悪魔賛美歌とかトリップした経験を歌詞にしたものだという話もあります。人の想像力はとても逞しいです（笑）

かという私は王様が訳されたものがとてもしっくりきています。

Led Zeppelin


Here's 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
Case you know sometimes words have two meanings
In a tree b the brook, there's a songbird who sings
Sometimes ann 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 voice of those who stand 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 teller 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 turn 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 a stairway to heaven

Vicke