The song is about wife, and the hardships of the road taking a toll on him. When Jon wrote this song, he was at a hotel and a little drunk. He saw a piano in the lobby and asked if they can bring the Piano to his room. The Hotel sent the piano to his room, so now while he drinking he wrote a song to his wife. Wishing she was there with him, or he was with her at home. The whole "Blonde giving him nightmares" and still being in his bed are jokes being made while drunk. Hence the waitress giving him the eye, and he laughed so hard he thought he died. The whole is Jon drunk and writing a love song. And when the alcohol wears off he wakes with a headache. And "With an Iron Clad fist, I wake up and French kiss the morning" is Jon sobering up, and how he wishes he could see her through a payphone. His Mistress is the stage, "As my Mistress she calls me, to stand in her Spotlight again." All the while he is thinking of his wife, and laying her down in a Bed of Roses. But until then he'll "Sleep on Bed of Nails" until he see's her again. Jon is very poetic in his writings
No one died. He is on the road missing his woman. The blonde in his bed is his favorite guitar from the time which was blonde in color. He was up all night trying to right the song. The mistress is the job/industry.
She's not dead. The holy ghost line is an old expression. If nuns or priests saw boys and girls dancing too closely, they'd put their hands between you to separate you and say "Leave some room for the holy ghost". 😂😂
I've always assumed the song is about life on the road as a singer, the constant offers of sex, and he's getting drunk and taking up the offers then feeling guilty about it the next morning while hung over. The wiki for the song says Jon Bon Jovi wrote it one morning in his hotel room during a hangover.
Jon Bon Jovi is truly the best songwritter ever. There is always story, a meaning behind the song and that's the beauty of it. Jon know how to put word on feelings to tell the story very poeticly, he's able to create a song that can relate to everyone. This song is one of the most iconic of the band and Jon wrote it literally wasted and wonded at this old piano trying hard to capture the moment and that's the first line of the song. It's about him missing his wife because touring is long and actually she was pregnant with their first child in 1992 when the song came out. This song is beautiful Jon doesn't had a mistress or anything like that, the guitar is the mistress, the career is the mistress. So until he get home he's gonna sleep on a bed of nails and then he will lay her down on a bed of roses when he get back home. But listen more of Bon Jovi his writting is unic and so beautiful and powerful. Truly the best singer and man on earth.
Being from a old Irish Catholic family I think that the 'close as the holy ghost is' is referencing how far apart males and females had to be at dances, like 'you have to leave room for the holy ghost.'
He is saying that he wants to lay her down on a bed of roses and make love to her (be as close as the holy ghost is, most would say the holy ghost is inside a person).
The holy ghost is within us so he wants to be inside her... they are singing about the monahtany of life on the road and all he wants is to be back home. Even with all the distractions of the road like the drugs alcohol and sex it doesn't measure up to just being with her.
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The amazing guitar and harmonies are lead guitarist Richie Sambora. This is a love song to Jon's wife Dorothea (who is definitely is not DEAD)...the blonde is his guitar,,,his mistress is the stage. The incredible keyboard is David Bryan, who went to Juilliard and has wony Tony awards for his work on Broadway. Super talented band.
The blonde in the beginning og his song is is guitar. This song is about missing his wife on the road. His mistress is his career, bed of nails is missing his wife, bed of roses is being with his wife. Close as the holy ghost could mean a few things, but I feel its sex as the holy ghost is inside of us all. But you should do Never Say Goodbye, wanted dead or alive and blaze of glory
He's metaphorically describing how much he wants that woman so badly by him like *A HOLY GHOST.* She's not dead, he just misses her. He's just describing how much he wants her bad. Music today never goes that deep no more. This song was considered one of the sexiest romantic songs of the 90's, women swooned over it like water. That passion in music died the day Michael Jackson, Prince, and George Michael passed. The music industry will never let music artist write this way again.
The Holy Ghost is inside you. Laying someone on a bed of roses is an expression for telling them beautiful lies (ie I’m not cheating on the road). It helps to know that Jon Bon Jovi married his high school sweetheart and they are still together but often the band would be on tour for three years or more. This was before cell phones and internet so that’s why he would give a Kings ransom in dimes to see through the pay phone. But it’s hard to get through. Back then, if you were away from home you could call long distance and keep putting change in the phone to keep talking a couple more minutes and you had to hope that the person was at home and so on. Basically, this is a song about trying to keep a relationship when you are out on the road with all the booze and groupies
Mrs. Brown here. The expression about the Holy Ghost means have an intimate, deep and personal relationship. The Holy Ghost lives inside after the baptism, he wants to be that close to his love. Dwell that intimate and close.
Jon stated on a live MTV performance right before this album was released that Bed of Roses “reads as a confession”. I think he was being pretty straight forward about the blonde in his bed & mistresses:)
My favorite part of any Bon Jovi song is that high note at the end. I finally got to see him in concert and was disappointed because, by then, he couldn't hit that note anymore and they lowered it for his live performances.
He is talking about her girl back home. and how he loves her so much he wants to lay her down on bed of roses (tenderly) and the mistress is the spotlight on the stage when he is performing.
Yeah, this is a beautiful song with a lot of interesting imagery. Like, in the opening verses, lots of things that suggest a raging hang-over. "a bottle of vodka Is still lodged in my head", "I wake up and french kiss the morning" (one of my friends said that was a reference to throwing-up), "some marching band keeps Its own beat in my head" (self-explanatory). Like.... the dude is fricking miserable, misses his girl, (apparently the "blond" in his bed is his guitar) and just wants to be with her again. And he finds such a poetic way to say it. A few other really great songs of theirs: "Always" "Livin' on a Prayer" "Blaze of Glory" "Have a Nice Day"
Just to let you know, the blonde that is giving him nightmares and is still in his bed that he is referring to is his guitar (songwriters block) and the mistress that calls him to stand in her spotlight again is music and touring, all things taking him away from his family, but she is still his mistress on the side that he won't let go. The song was written when he was struggling with some songwriters block while he was in his hotel room and he was looking out of a window and saw a wedding procession in the street below and was then inspired to write this song for his wife. His white guitar was on the bed from the night before when he was still trying to make a song. Also, yes, she is alive. Him telling her I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is, refers to how close he wants to be to her as opposed to being, as he says, so far away, each step that he takes is on his way home.
August 7 4: 15 I recommend that song by Jon Bon Jovi There's an interesting story behind that song AND it's based on a true story.. It was even on Unsolved Mysteries
I've never really understood this song until recently. I think it's from a man who has given up someone he loves deeply so that she could live a peaceful life (bed of roses) that he could not provide (his life is a bed of nails and he didn't want to bring her into that). So he continues to live out on the surface (blonde, mistress, hangovers) and he doesn't really give a damn (bartender line, movies they won't make of him), but no matter what the woman he really loves, or anyone else thinks, he knows that he truly loves her, and he knows how his decision may have hurt her or be misjudged by people who don't understand why he left (I've got nothing to prove for its you that I'd die to defend)
Jon is known for his passionate voice. She’s not dead. The mistress is the stage & spot light. The Holy Ghost is how close emotionally he wants to be to her. Jon wrote this song for his wife after cheating on her.
Billy, for those who believe the Holy Ghost, he is supposed to be inside each one of us, right? Well, he wants to be as close to her as the Holy Ghost is... You know... Inside of her! ;) About the wig, he's just down to observe every irrelevant detail, since he has nothing better to do - she's not there after all. His mistress is the band and her spotlight she's calling him to is life on the road, touring and performing, which keeps him away from his wife back home. She's not dead, just half a world away!
Billy, you should definitely check out another song by Billy Joel called "Leningrad." You should probably have the lyrics up on your phone and watch the music video, rather than just watching the lyric video.
The thing to keep in mind is that this song is taking into consideration that the man's taking up women on the offers of their bodies, and he knows it's wrong - and the guilt is eating him alive. Think about it like this - then consider if the girl found out. There ya go. She's not dead, she's gone - they're parted by the miles and he's crushed that his stupidity and foolishness has made him lose her.
So, IMO... "I wanna be as close as the holy ghost is" is basically saying he wants to be in her heart just like Jesus is, or should be, or whatever... he wants to be that close to her where he lives in her heart
This is not rocket science. The Holy Ghost had nothing to do with death. He's on the road -with its temptations - when all he wants to do is be with his wife. It's a hard life for both of them.
www.songmeaningsandfacts.com/bed-of-roses-by-bon-jovi/
The song is about wife, and the hardships of the road taking a toll on him.
When Jon wrote this song, he was at a hotel and a little drunk. He saw a piano in the lobby and asked if they can bring the Piano to his room. The Hotel sent the piano to his room, so now while he drinking he wrote a song to his wife. Wishing she was there with him, or he was with her at home.
The whole "Blonde giving him nightmares" and still being in his bed are jokes being made while drunk.
Hence the waitress giving him the eye, and he laughed so hard he thought he died. The whole is Jon drunk and writing a love song. And when the alcohol wears off he wakes with a headache.
And "With an Iron Clad fist, I wake up and French kiss the morning" is Jon sobering up, and how he wishes he could see her through a payphone. His Mistress is the stage, "As my Mistress she calls me, to stand in her Spotlight again."
All the while he is thinking of his wife, and laying her down in a Bed of Roses. But until then he'll "Sleep on Bed of Nails" until he see's her again.
Jon is very poetic in his writings
No one died. He is on the road missing his woman. The blonde in his bed is his favorite guitar from the time which was blonde in color. He was up all night trying to right the song. The mistress is the job/industry.
Well said
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She's not dead. The holy ghost line is an old expression. If nuns or priests saw boys and girls dancing too closely, they'd put their hands between you to separate you and say "Leave some room for the holy ghost". 😂😂
blueskies
Apparently I never knew that.
I'd wondered about the origin of that phrase! TY for the explanation!
Smiling at me... nothing but blueskies, do I see...
I've always assumed the song is about life on the road as a singer, the constant offers of sex, and he's getting drunk and taking up the offers then feeling guilty about it the next morning while hung over. The wiki for the song says Jon Bon Jovi wrote it one morning in his hotel room during a hangover.
You got it 100% !!!
Jon Bon Jovi is truly the best songwritter ever. There is always story, a meaning behind the song and that's the beauty of it. Jon know how to put word on feelings to tell the story very poeticly, he's able to create a song that can relate to everyone. This song is one of the most iconic of the band and Jon wrote it literally wasted and wonded at this old piano trying hard to capture the moment and that's the first line of the song. It's about him missing his wife because touring is long and actually she was pregnant with their first child in 1992 when the song came out. This song is beautiful Jon doesn't had a mistress or anything like that, the guitar is the mistress, the career is the mistress. So until he get home he's gonna sleep on a bed of nails and then he will lay her down on a bed of roses when he get back home.
But listen more of Bon Jovi his writting is unic and so beautiful and powerful. Truly the best singer and man on earth.
My ex put this song on a mix tape for me. Still think of him every time I hear it. Hell, still think of him every breath I take.
Jon bon Jovi has been married to the same woman go around 30 years
Yep! His high school Sweetheart.
Being from a old Irish Catholic family I think that the 'close as the holy ghost is' is referencing how far apart males and females had to be at dances, like 'you have to leave room for the holy ghost.'
I think it refers to the holy ghost being 'in you'...
He is saying that he wants to lay her down on a bed of roses and make love to her (be as close as the holy ghost is, most would say the holy ghost is inside a person).
The holy ghost is within us so he wants to be inside her... they are singing about the monahtany of life on the road and all he wants is to be back home. Even with all the distractions of the road like the drugs alcohol and sex it doesn't measure up to just being with her.
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The amazing guitar and harmonies are lead guitarist Richie Sambora. This is a love song to Jon's wife Dorothea (who is definitely is not DEAD)...the blonde is his guitar,,,his mistress is the stage. The incredible keyboard is David Bryan, who went to Juilliard and has wony Tony awards for his work on Broadway. Super talented band.
The blonde in the beginning og his song is is guitar. This song is about missing his wife on the road. His mistress is his career, bed of nails is missing his wife, bed of roses is being with his wife. Close as the holy ghost could mean a few things, but I feel its sex as the holy ghost is inside of us all. But you should do Never Say Goodbye, wanted dead or alive and blaze of glory
I like your blonde and wig reaction that is hilarious
One of my favorite Bon Jovi songs.
You gotta remember, Bon Jovi is catholic. So, the holy ghost reference is about being so close, that there is no room left for the holy ghost.
He's metaphorically describing how much he wants that woman so badly by him like *A HOLY GHOST.* She's not dead, he just misses her. He's just describing how much he wants her bad. Music today never goes that deep no more. This song was considered one of the sexiest romantic songs of the 90's, women swooned over it like water. That passion in music died the day Michael Jackson, Prince, and George Michael passed. The music industry will never let music artist write this way again.
The Holy Ghost is inside you. Laying someone on a bed of roses is an expression for telling them beautiful lies (ie I’m not cheating on the road). It helps to know that Jon Bon Jovi married his high school sweetheart and they are still together but often the band would be on tour for three years or more. This was before cell phones and internet so that’s why he would give a Kings ransom in dimes to see through the pay phone. But it’s hard to get through. Back then, if you were away from home you could call long distance and keep putting change in the phone to keep talking a couple more minutes and you had to hope that the person was at home and so on. Basically, this is a song about trying to keep a relationship when you are out on the road with all the booze and groupies
I get the feeling its meant by, he would sleep on a bed of nails if it means she can sleep on roses. A way to express his pain and love for her.
Mrs. Brown here. The expression about the Holy Ghost means have an intimate, deep and personal relationship. The Holy Ghost lives inside after the baptism, he wants to be that close to his love. Dwell that intimate and close.
Jon stated on a live MTV performance right before this album was released that Bed of Roses “reads as a confession”. I think he was being pretty straight forward about the blonde in his bed & mistresses:)
My favorite part of any Bon Jovi song is that high note at the end. I finally got to see him in concert and was disappointed because, by then, he couldn't hit that note anymore and they lowered it for his live performances.
He is talking about her girl back home. and how he loves her so much he wants to lay her down on bed of roses (tenderly) and the mistress is the spotlight on the stage when he is performing.
One of my favorite songs ever!
Yeah, this is a beautiful song with a lot of interesting imagery. Like, in the opening verses, lots of things that suggest a raging hang-over. "a bottle of vodka
Is still lodged in my head", "I wake up and french kiss the morning" (one of my friends said that was a reference to throwing-up), "some marching band keeps
Its own beat in my head" (self-explanatory). Like.... the dude is fricking miserable, misses his girl, (apparently the "blond" in his bed is his guitar) and just wants to be with her again. And he finds such a poetic way to say it.
A few other really great songs of theirs:
"Always"
"Livin' on a Prayer"
"Blaze of Glory"
"Have a Nice Day"
Good pick. We call this "Hurtin' Tunes" here on the rez of AZ lol. Checkout "Livin' On A Prayer" and "Blaze of Glory". #CREEKSQUAD 🤘
too many good "hurtin tunes" to list lmao
One of my favorite songs🎶🎶🎶 ❤️❤️ always try to do a video of them singing live of anybody you do ❤️
Bon Jovi- August 7, 4:15
It's a True Story that was featured on Unsolved Mysteries
Lupe Perez
I love that song and it still gives me chills every time I hear that song because I know it's based on a true story...
Yeah i heard about that has anyone ever told you that you look beautiful
There is always an interesting story in a Bon Jovi song. He is such a great writer. It is not always literal.
It’s about the voice sir Listen to that amazing voice
She is not dead go watch the actual video to this song not the lyric video and you will catch more of an understanding for the song
Bon jovi, never say goodbye, and (she's a little) Runaway. Please and thank you.
Just to let you know, the blonde that is giving him nightmares and is still in his bed that he is referring to is his guitar (songwriters block) and the mistress that calls him to stand in her spotlight again is music and touring, all things taking him away from his family, but she is still his mistress on the side that he won't let go. The song was written when he was struggling with some songwriters block while he was in his hotel room and he was looking out of a window and saw a wedding procession in the street below and was then inspired to write this song for his wife. His white guitar was on the bed from the night before when he was still trying to make a song. Also, yes, she is alive. Him telling her I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is, refers to how close he wants to be to her as opposed to being, as he says, so far away, each step that he takes is on his way home.
Billy -you is so silly- jk it’s called “metaphors”. He’s missing his love while being on the road! Lol. Sending love-💛🤘🏼✌️
It means he wants to be as spiritually close to her as the holy ghost is
August 7 4: 15 I recommend that song by Jon Bon Jovi
There's an interesting story behind that song AND it's based on a true story.. It was even on Unsolved Mysteries
He is sing about being on the road and missing his wife. Spot light means the people that come to see him
Remember that if you lay on a bed of roses you have to beware of the thorns
its all good bud i apreciate the thought and effort you put in
This song can actually take on so many meanings.
gotta listen to Bon Jovi's new music from his album 2020 like Lower The Flag etc. great meanings and powerful lyrics
This song is so damn cheesy.
It also reminds us all that cheese is, in fact, f*cking delicious when made properly.
its cheese because it created the standard for cheese
@@the_legend_of_kira2438 And what epic cheese it was. You gotta respect the past to understand the future, I personally believe.
It's just a great song period.
Cheese stinks, but tastes great!
Love it ❤
You gotta do " wadda ya think about that" by Montgomery Gentry
Another good one from this album is a song called dry county
I never considered that she might be dead
I've never really understood this song until recently. I think it's from a man who has given up someone he loves deeply so that she could live a peaceful life (bed of roses) that he could not provide (his life is a bed of nails and he didn't want to bring her into that). So he continues to live out on the surface (blonde, mistress, hangovers) and he doesn't really give a damn (bartender line, movies they won't make of him), but no matter what the woman he really loves, or anyone else thinks, he knows that he truly loves her, and he knows how his decision may have hurt her or be misjudged by people who don't understand why he left (I've got nothing to prove for its you that I'd die to defend)
The song was written in a hotel room after a hangover
Billy, definitely watch the 80s movie, Bed of Roses with Christian Slater. I always thought this song depicts that accurately. Peace, brother.
The holy ghost reference is to show that he wants to be close to her spiritually.
If you know the insight of the song you will be inlove
God Bless
Jon is known for his passionate voice. She’s not dead. The mistress is the stage & spot light. The Holy Ghost is how close emotionally he wants to be to her. Jon wrote this song for his wife after cheating on her.
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That is a difficult song to sing when you have COPD 😉 (it's exhausting)
It’s a story about being on the road and just wanting to be home with the one you love.
Since the holy ghost lives inside of us he's saying thats how close he wants to be to her
she is a live good reaction
Try Posion's Unskinny Bop Talk Dirty to Me and Nothing But A Good Time
React to Always- Bon Jovi pls
The movie is called bed if roses
Not dead but romance and love perspective
When you get older you will understand what this song is about
This song is lowkey very complex but beautiful. www.songmeaningsandfacts.com/bed-of-roses-by-bon-jovi/
Billy, for those who believe the Holy Ghost, he is supposed to be inside each one of us, right?
Well, he wants to be as close to her as the Holy Ghost is... You know... Inside of her! ;)
About the wig, he's just down to observe every irrelevant detail, since he has nothing better to do - she's not there after all.
His mistress is the band and her spotlight she's calling him to is life on the road, touring and performing, which keeps him away from his wife back home.
She's not dead, just half a world away!
Billy, you should definitely check out another song by Billy Joel called "Leningrad." You should probably have the lyrics up on your phone and watch the music video, rather than just watching the lyric video.
The thing to keep in mind is that this song is taking into consideration that the man's taking up women on the offers of their bodies, and he knows it's wrong - and the guilt is eating him alive. Think about it like this - then consider if the girl found out.
There ya go. She's not dead, she's gone - they're parted by the miles and he's crushed that his stupidity and foolishness has made him lose her.
Please react to "Homebound Train" or "These Days".😄 (these songs are all by Bon Jovi)
Please do “chiseled in stone” (Chris young version) it will hit your soul.
His mistress that calls him it's a pun for the road
Its the disconnect between couples
G-n-r November rain
Don’t feel bad. I’m slow on some of these songs also
So, IMO... "I wanna be as close as the holy ghost is" is basically saying he wants to be in her heart just like Jesus is, or should be, or whatever... he wants to be that close to her where he lives in her heart
You want another song by Bon Jovi, Dry County
his mistress is his band and the music
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Well I'm slow too..I didn't get it either..lol
Please try reacting to Lynard Skynyrds song "All I can do is write about it". One of my favorites.
actually he has a point but what if the singer is dead
Queensryche- Empire please
Bon Jovi- bad medicine
This song has me so lost to and doesn’t make any since to me🥺
This is not rocket science. The Holy Ghost had nothing to do with death. He's on the road -with its temptations - when all he wants to do is be with his wife. It's a hard life for both of them.
Bon jovi santa fe pls.
I never really got this song either...
Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine
Would please react to Tears by Jason Michael Carroll and also Musta' Had a Good Time by Parmalee
For when a Nightwish reaction again??
Plz do more Bon jovi
Almost nobody but you reacts to them
Pls react to bon jovi born to be my baby!!!!!!
Now... ya gotta React to the Hinder Version. I say it’s a little better.. Both versions good tho.
A good song about death is slaughter fly to the angels
he is on the road and far from home
React Livin on a Prayer plss
Do you know he sung this in Espanol.. and he's actually Italian decent
#RoadToOneMillionSubsFam
Billy, you might wanna crop your videos a bit so we dont see your RUclips analytics/settings or whatever it is on the side ;)
here is the meaning site.
www.songmeaningsandfacts.com/bed-of-roses-by-bon-jovi/
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