"For Your Life" is a song by English rock group Led Zeppelin, from their 1976 album Presence.

During the recording of "For Your Life" at Musicland Studios, Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant was convalescing from a car accident which he had sustained in Greece the previous year, and he delivered his vocal performance from a wheelchair. Plant has stated that the song was "was made up in the studio, right on the spot".^[1]

Jimmy Page used his 1962 Fender Stratocaster for the first time on this track. Evidence of its usage is clearly present as Page executes numerous "dive bombs" on the instrument's tremolo arm. He would later use it with his band The Firm.

The lyrics, written by Robert Plant, express his discontent with the rock lifestyle. Plant has also indicated that one part of the song also had to do with a friend of his who got sucked into the Los Angeles drug scene, to whom he wags a finger and says "watch it."

This song was never performed live by the band at Led Zeppelin concerts until their reunion show on December 10, 2007 at The O2 in London.

Sources

• Led Zeppelin: Dazed and Confused: The Stories Behind Every Song, by Chris Welch, ISBN 1-56025-818-7
• The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin, by Dave Lewis, ISBN 0-7119-3528-9