Lirik lagu Aerosmith - Rock in a Hard Place (Cheshire Cat) dan Terjemahan
Liriknya merujuk pada frasa "terjebak di antara batu dan tempat yang keras," yang mengekspresikan perasaan terjebak dalam situasi yang sulit, dan metafora "Kucing Cheshire" digunakan untuk menggambarkan seseorang yang tampak memegang kendali tetapi mungkin tidak sepenuhnya dapat dipercaya atau terbuka. Secara musikal, lagu ini didorong oleh riff gitar yang menghentak, bagian ritme yang mantap, dan vokal Steven Tyler yang emosional dan kasar. Lagu ini mencerminkan perjuangan dan perubahan band selama periode ini, terutama dengan absennya gitaris Joe Perry pada saat itu. "Rock in a Hard Place (Cheshire Cat)" adalah lagu yang kuat yang menangkap ketahanan band saat menghadapi tantangan dalam kehidupan pribadi dan profesional mereka.
Lirik Terjemahan
It was a take it or a leave it
Kind a Saturday night
I wish I could love you 'til the cows come home
Make it right
If it's a make-believe I say it ain't
And tell you then
Because if it's a dream I'm in, please wake me up
And smile again
Ooh, close your eyes and what do you see
Ooh, look what in hell they did with your only belief
She was a real top manner
Lies and no conniver
Heart pumping floozy
Late night driver
Her second-hand clothes
Smiling like a Cheshire cat
Said it was in and out and up and down the urching moon
Only a certain situation on the sea I'm who
Putting the ring around the rose n' pull the daisy chain
Cover your head and tell me you ain't from there and back again
Ooh, close your eyes what do you see
Ooh, nothing but how you will live with your only belief in me
She was a real top manner
Lies and no conniver
Heart pumping floozy
Late night driver
Her second-hand clothes
Smiling like a Cheshire cat
Give a good one I want to be or not to be tonight
Why should I hold her down in bed when you should ride me right
Want you to give it all you got, no need to make amends
Cover your little mouth come up for air
I got the bends
Ooh, close your eyes and what do you see
Ooh, nothing but how you will live with your only belief in me
She was a real top manner
Lies and no conniver
Heart pumping floozy
Late night driver
Her second-hand clothes
Smiling like a Cheshire cat
A real top manner
Lies and no conniver
Heart pumping floozy
Late night driver
Her second-hand clothes
Smiling like a Cheshire cat