That's the Way - 1993 Remaster

As pointed out in Stephen Davis's Hammer of the Gods, this song's lyrics reflected Robert Plant's views on ecology and environment.

Jimmy Page and Robert Plant wrote this in Wales on a retreat to the Bron-y-Aur cottage, where they wrote many of the songs on the album. They took a long walk with a guitar and tape recorder (yes, they carried a tape recorder on their hikes), sat down in a ravine, and wrote this.

One of the most mellow Zeppelin songs, it reflects the quiet countryside in Wales where it was written. It's not typical of the Led Zeppelin sound, but the band was always evolving. "It was not all blood and thunder," Plant told Dan Rather in 2018. "There was a delicacy about it too, and a lot of great craft."