Your stairway lies on the whispering wind of meditation

There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to heaven
     (The Stairway to Heaven, to the Kingdom of Heaven, runs up along your spine, It's Jacobs ladder.)
When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed
     (You have to chant OM in meditation to open the store, or else it's closed.)
With a word she can get what she came for
     (That word is OM. It opens the store!)
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
 (The brook means fast moving shallow water, the way we think in the left brain.)
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 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
     (Calling the tune means meditating.)
Then the piper will lead us to reason
     (You will receive the knowledge of the kingdom of heaven.)
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long
     (The new day means new thought and standing long means being persistant.      The knowledge of the kingdom of heaven is there for anyone who is persistant in meditation.)
And the forests will echo with laughter

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now
( The hedge divides the left side of the brain from the right. If there's a bustle means that your old ways of thinking are no longer making sense and are being shook up.)
It's just a spring clean for the May queen
(It's normal to be confused, don't worry about it.)
Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run
(Yes you can stay in the left brain, thinking your old thoughts because ...
There's still time to change the road you're on
(Like Sarah the 90 year old mother, you're never to old to enter the kingdom of heaven.)
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
(The humming head is when you're chanting OM. The piper is Jesus, Chrishna consciousness etc.)
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow and did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind?
(Whisper means quiet and wind means thought, the whispering wind is quiet thought. The stairway lies in meditation.)

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, yeah
To be a rock and not to roll

And she's buying a stairway to heaven


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