Although Steve Clark's death wasn't a suicide, he did have "suicide drive" behavior before sadly losing his life in 1991. Maybe that what "You don't know your time is up" signifies.
In this song, Joe Elliot and Phil Collin are sharing their feelings of losing their good friend. Perhaps the songwriters are also giving advice to people considering taking their own lives: "as if you'd ever go and make that same mistake." The cold running blood in this song belongs to the songwriters who say "I feel it in my bones." A reminder that suicide inflicts pain on the living. Powerful imagery. This song could be stronger with an anti-suicide message -- after the end of the guitar solo, instead of repeating "Strung out as the night comes crawlin' / Your halo of thorns is fallin'" the lyrics could repeat : "...because livin' / Livin' is the best revenge you can play." Emphasizing the optimistic and hope for the living, inspite of Steve's death.
Although Steve Clark's death wasn't a suicide, he did have "suicide drive" behavior before sadly losing his life in 1991. Maybe that what "You don't know your time is up" signifies.
In this song, Joe Elliot and Phil Collin are sharing their feelings of losing their good friend. Perhaps the songwriters are also giving advice to people considering taking their own lives: "as if you'd ever go and make that same mistake." The cold running blood in this song belongs to the songwriters who say "I feel it in my bones." A reminder that suicide inflicts pain on the living. Powerful imagery. This song could be stronger with an anti-suicide message -- after the end of the guitar solo, instead of repeating "Strung out as the night comes crawlin' / Your halo of thorns is fallin'" the lyrics could repeat : "...because livin' / Livin' is the best revenge you can play." Emphasizing the optimistic and hope for the living, inspite of Steve's death.