Led Zeppelin – Babe I’m Gonna Leave You (Danmarks Radio 1969)

Listening while driving in these jan

23′ California stormz w/ fresh year

aspirations. Now it’s end of July in

Munich, been rainy for a while, a

wet weekend and sat morn.

Cancelled plans turn to cleaning

But I’m home- where it always calls me.

No longer chasing breadcrumb boy,

but w a guy that’ll give me the whole damn bakery.

The struggle, cycle, subconscious whisper, virgin heartbreak.

Leave, stay, go, hold, scram, mold- get old.

Even giving warnings to your departure, instead of just disappearing.

Almost trying to convince yourself. “I mean it, really mean it gal.”

Bc you’re wanting them to embrace you. Never happens.

But when is it finalized?

Each “baby” hits different- inflection and meaning… cry and reason.

In separation from my story- this song stands alone to be extraordinary

No other version could touch this.

The devotion to their craft, construction of song, and presentation. Perfection.

Now it is Feb 2024 and we’re back in a city of streams.

now its Dec…

sometime in the past years:

He has a potential prospect plan and is giving her a heads-up. The Repetition almost gives certainty and suspision simultaneously… The awful feeling of being pulled back to a place. As a musician, he feels as though he’s always on the run. -But I don’t think he likes it necessarily- yet it’s still appealing to be free and fancy, of course. He truly loves this girl and is conflicted, yet has to because he’s frickin Robert Plant.- (granted, I know he’s not the writer) He’s also sentimental cuz this could be the one for him and he’s attached. She doesn’t take him serious, so he’s trying to plea his desperation of the situation. Like “can’t you see how it’s tugging me, it’s outta my control too” ethereal- greater than himself. Then once the emotion is vented and the guitar, drums, bold vocals and riveting crescendo blast it revisits gentle guitar and Plant’s disposition is of a lamenting quality. Our temptations always call us. “It’s been so long”… to me means he’s been with her for a while- a cycle, probably not a nutritious one. But he still needs it. Sometimes on dark, lonely nights we go back to the memories of this person, even if it’s not productive or simply can’t work b/c of schedules and goals. He has tried to move on, however has willingly given his heart to her. It’s this helpless surge, infatuation n addiction to this specimen. The more you envelope, the stronger it gets- as the song progresses and he is wrapped up in the aura. (Mainly how the person makes us feel, no?) Other relationships don’t even come close. So you want to reach that pinacol again and again. Yet, its inevitable. He needs to leave for many reasons. And maybe that drive is his home, getting a piece of him back that the other took. The “come on now” almost sounds like a nudge for her to giiiivee him a answer or he’ll have to make the difficult tear. At this point, he is more desperate than in the beginning of song. It’s not getting rid of/ instead becoming equipped. Yet, the process is grueling and sometimes we slip. A deep part of himself calls everywhere and maybe one particular place in general. Quality over quantity? But then he remembers all they’ve been through and how he’ll miss her. But it’s his career and he has an endless supply. The end of the song is the realization of it calling to him and he must follow. But now it’s a choice- his choice.