Seventeen a nature's queen, know what I mean?
Twenty-one, a long one
You can see the numbers run
Now you look so peaceful, lyin' there asleep
With the wings of God above you
Before the spirits meet

Rock bottom, rock bottom, rock bottom
Rock bottom, rock bottom, rock bottom

Shadow earth is closin' in above the lamps in your street
Lucifer goes walkin' down for you to meet
Minutes pass so slowly by the hands on your clock
Heaven's door, just no way in
You can knock

Rock bottom, rock bottom, rock bottom
Rock bottom, rock bottom, rock bottom

With all darkness closin' in
Will the light reveal your soul?
Just one sweet kiss on your clay cold lips
Long, long sleep you'll never know
Where do we go, where do we go
Where do we go from here?

Seventeen a nature's queen, know what I mean?
Twenty-one, a long one
You can see the numbers run
Now you look so peaceful, lyin' there asleep
With the wings of God above you
Before the spirits meet

Rock bottom, rock bottom, rock bottom
Rock bottom, rock bottom, rock bottom


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Rock Bottom Lyrics as written by Phillip John Mogg Michael Schenker

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    My Interpretation

    This is just what I am getting from these lyrics:

    Theres a beautiful 17 year old girl, (nature's queen) and she is married to a 21 year old man (21 the lonely one). Now I'm not too sure about the numbers part, but when they sing, "Now you look so peaceful, lyin' there asleep" that sounds like she has died and is laying in her casket at a funeral, which would explain why her husband is lonely. And "With the wings of god above you before the spirits meet" might show that she is going to heaven. The next part about the shadows closing in is all about how her husband is dealing with his wife's death. Lucifer is the name of the devil, so maybe the husband wants to kill himself, but he doesn't want to go to hell, because he won't get to see his wife. The part about the days passing slowly is showing how time trudges on when you lose someone that you love. And when they're talking about heaven's door, it means that he is trying to take his own life to be with her (when you knock = suicide). The next little bit looks like the man is dying, and it is undecided where his soul is going (will the light reveal your soul?). Then he kisses her while he is dying, and she will never know because she is dead (one sweet kiss on your clay cold lips, in your sleep you'll never know). At the very end when they sing "where do we go, where do we go, where do we go from here?" It is talking about where our souls will go when our time is up in this world.

    This is an amazing song with great lyrics, and some parts sound like they're talking about Romeo and Juliet, so that could be it too. Although Romeo is supposed to be 15, and Juliet 13, and in the song, the lovers are 21 and 17. But when the song is talking about the "one sweet kiss on your clay cold lips" it sounds quite like Romeo and Juliet, because Romeo kissed Juliet one last time before dying.

    sackerlandon November 28, 2010   Link

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