Did you all know that I was born on the same day as Robert Plant*? I'll let him speak for me today. There is a huge amount of irony in this song, especially for those of you who know me well and know the story behind my latest tattoo...

"Leaves are falling all around, It's time I was on my way. Thanks to you, I'm much obliged for such a pleasant stay. But now it's time for me to go, the autumn moon lights my way, for now I smell the rain, and with it pain, and it's headed my way. Sometimes I grow so tired, but I know I've got one thing I got to do, I've got to ramble on, and now's the time, the time is now, to sing my song. I'm goin' 'round the world, I got to find my girl, on my way. I've been this way ten years to the day, I've got to ramble on, gotta find the queen of all my dreams. Got no time to for spreadin' roots, The time has come to be gone. And to our health we drank a thousand times, it's time to ramble on. Mine's a tale that can't be told, my freedom I hold dear. How years ago in days of old, when magic filled the air. T'was in the darkest depths of Mordor, I met a girl so fair. But Gollum, and the evil one crept up and slipped away with her, her, her....yeah. Gonna ramble on, sing my song. Gotta keep-a-searchin' for my baby... Gonna work my way, round the world. I can't stop this feelin' in my heart, Gotta keep searchin' for my baby. I can't find my bluebird!"

Sometimes, Zep just says it better, huh?
Who knows, maybe I'll never find my bluebird. But I'm guaranteed to never find it if I never look...
Longing for the grey ships,
-s

*and H.P. Lovecraft, too. 'Splains a lot, dunnit?