I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
So throw it down, Cleveland rain
The queen of love has flown again
To seek her daughter
Who must lie beside the thief
Who's golden tongue she will believe
Defies the order
That is why
Oh, that is why
Shall we dance and never stop?
Take my hand and stop the clock
From turning over
And spirit weave, spirit bend
In the move that has no end
That we must follow
Oh, that is why
Show me your eyes, oh, light of the son
Touch me with fire, my mind is undone
All life conspire, my freedom has come
I drift through desire, my wonderful one
When you do what you do
I can never, never, never
Let you go
When you feel the way you feel
You can never, no, never
Let it show
The queen of love has flown again
To seek her daughter
Who must lie beside the thief
Who's golden tongue she will believe
Defies the order
That is why
Oh, that is why
Shall we dance and never stop?
Take my hand and stop the clock
From turning over
And spirit weave, spirit bend
In the move that has no end
That we must follow
Oh, that is why
Show me your eyes, oh, light of the son
Touch me with fire, my mind is undone
All life conspire, my freedom has come
I drift through desire, my wonderful one
When you do what you do
I can never, never, never
Let you go
When you feel the way you feel
You can never, no, never
Let it show
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Wonderful One Lyrics as written by James Patrick Page Robert Plant
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