Music Review: Audioslave "Like A Stone"
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Like A Stone
Album: Audioslave
Year: 2003
Chris Cornell, lead singer of Audioslave, reads the Bible and regrets his sins in the grungy "Like A Stone."
Scrutinizing guitars start the single, creating an agigated tone. Cornell mumbles that he's been confused all afternoon. The hotel room he is staying in has the essential but nothing worthwhile. He leaves the boredom of the hotel and walks towards the trees. There, he engrosses himself in the Bible. He's questioning what is heaven and hell. "On a cobweb afternoon/In a room full of emptiness/By a freeway I confess/I was lost in the pages/Of a book full of death/Reading how we'll die alone/And if we're good we'll lay to rest/Anywhere we want to go."
In the chorus, he defines heaven as being in an old friend's house and waiting. He will stay there for however long it takes. He will examine each photo hung on the wall and read every note written by the person. "In your house I long to be/Room by room patiently/I'll wait for you there/Like a stone/I'll wait for you there/Alone."
In the second verse, he says he will say a prayer to God and angels in hopes they will listen when he dies. He's not religious but willing to bargain his way there. He used to spend a lot of time at the friend's house on murky, depressing days. The house was a haven. During those times, he would find some safety in prayer. "On my deathbed I will pray/To the gods and the angels/Like a pagan to anyone/Who will take me to heaven/To a place I recall/I was there so long ago/The sky was bruised/The wine was bled/And there you led me on."
In the third verse, he reveals that he has the Bible until nighttime. He wonders why he has done hurtful things to others. He thinks of those he has helped in times of need and the ones he abandoned. His regret will haunt him. His soul will never be able to rest. He will be a ghost, a spirit seeking to make things right. "And on I read/Until the day was gone/And I sat in regret/Of all the things I've done/For all that I've blessed/And all that I've wronged/In dreams until my death/I will wander on."
While Cornell is honest and admits that although he's not religious, he wishes to be in heaven, his pain seems to be self-serving. Religion is an intriguing topic and with the right songwriter. But Cornell turns into a selfish idea.
Album: Audioslave
Year: 2003
Chris Cornell, lead singer of Audioslave, reads the Bible and regrets his sins in the grungy "Like A Stone."
Scrutinizing guitars start the single, creating an agigated tone. Cornell mumbles that he's been confused all afternoon. The hotel room he is staying in has the essential but nothing worthwhile. He leaves the boredom of the hotel and walks towards the trees. There, he engrosses himself in the Bible. He's questioning what is heaven and hell. "On a cobweb afternoon/In a room full of emptiness/By a freeway I confess/I was lost in the pages/Of a book full of death/Reading how we'll die alone/And if we're good we'll lay to rest/Anywhere we want to go."
In the chorus, he defines heaven as being in an old friend's house and waiting. He will stay there for however long it takes. He will examine each photo hung on the wall and read every note written by the person. "In your house I long to be/Room by room patiently/I'll wait for you there/Like a stone/I'll wait for you there/Alone."
In the second verse, he says he will say a prayer to God and angels in hopes they will listen when he dies. He's not religious but willing to bargain his way there. He used to spend a lot of time at the friend's house on murky, depressing days. The house was a haven. During those times, he would find some safety in prayer. "On my deathbed I will pray/To the gods and the angels/Like a pagan to anyone/Who will take me to heaven/To a place I recall/I was there so long ago/The sky was bruised/The wine was bled/And there you led me on."
In the third verse, he reveals that he has the Bible until nighttime. He wonders why he has done hurtful things to others. He thinks of those he has helped in times of need and the ones he abandoned. His regret will haunt him. His soul will never be able to rest. He will be a ghost, a spirit seeking to make things right. "And on I read/Until the day was gone/And I sat in regret/Of all the things I've done/For all that I've blessed/And all that I've wronged/In dreams until my death/I will wander on."
While Cornell is honest and admits that although he's not religious, he wishes to be in heaven, his pain seems to be self-serving. Religion is an intriguing topic and with the right songwriter. But Cornell turns into a selfish idea.