Gotta learn when to stay down. Never get in the way of two girls fighting. I learned that the hard way. I was very, very young and my two middle sisters were having a heated argument at the top of the stairs in our house. I, as a mere innocent 6 year old, wanted to pass by and go down the stairs (I’m sure to watch TV or something). Well, pushing started and they fell down the stairs… on top of me. My little head bounced up and down on each step, just like in the cartoons. We reached the bottom and naturally the wind is knocked out of me; having been the surf board for two older girls on a set of hardwood steps. The next phrase has gone done in my family’s history: “Oh my God… I’ve killed him!” Now, naturally, my Mother was taking a crap and nearly killed herself getting her pants pulled up as she raced out of the bathroom. I started breathing and the beatings began for my sisters. I don’t remember much of the fall, my head still hurts to this day. Explains a LOT about me…

From 1975’s “Physical Graffiti”, “Trampled Under Foot” is one of those songs that I cannot understand a single lyric. I get the chorus, but Plant might as well be speaking Martian, as I don’t get a single word. Had to read the lyric sheet to get the gist of the song. I’m like that with a lot of songs.

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