Lyrics to
Rock Bottom

This version of Rock Bottom was released by Kiss in 1975.

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I can’t wait a day
I don’t care what you say
Oh yeah, you got to pay
When you hit rock bottom
And you’re there to stay

Sometimes late at night
I want to hold you tight
Oh no, you got to pay
Girl, you hit rock bottom
And you’re there to stay

Rock bottom
Girl, you know you oughta treat me good
Rock bottom
Oh, you never treat me like you should

Hard times got me down
Good times ain’t around
Now I got the mind to say
Girl, you hit rock bottom
And you’re there to stay

Rock bottom
Girl, you know you oughta treat me good
Rock bottom
Yeah, you never treat me like you should
Rock bottom
Girl, you know you oughta treat me good
Rock bottom
Yeah, you never treat me like you should
Rock bottom
Rock bottom, ow

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Kiss has released many songs over the years besides Rock Bottom. Kiss released songs from 1974 to 1998 spanning across albums like Kiss, Hotter Than Hell, Dressed To Kill, Rock And Roll Over, Destroyer, Love Gun, Dynasty, Unmasked, Music From The Elder, Creatures Of The Night, Lick It Up, Animalize, Asylum, Crazy Nights, Hot In The Shade, Revenge, Carnival Of Souls: The Final Sessions, and Psycho Circus. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Kiss.

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The lyrics to Rock Bottom are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Kiss in 1975. Elements of the lyrics to Rock Bottom are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Kiss and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Rock Bottom back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Rock Bottom by Kiss in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Rock Bottom" means the words set to the music of Rock Bottom, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Kiss. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Rock Bottom and the lyrics to Rock Bottom are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Kiss who came here looking just for the lyrics to Rock Bottom, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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