Audioslave Audioslave - Like a Stone Lyrics

On a cobweb afternoon
-- on a slow and nothing to do afternoon
In a room full of emptiness
-- the room is plain, but he also feels emptiness
By a freeway I confess
-- he is in a motel room by the freeway
I was lost in the pages
Of a book full of death
-- the motel room is empty except for a Bible
-- which he starts reading
Reading how we'll die alone
-- he realizes that death is inevitable and
-- everyone will have to face it alone
And if we're good we'll lay to rest
Anywhere we want to go
-- he would like to rest after a long and
-- tiresome life, but knows that he can only
-- do that if he has been good.
-- Ther'e is no rest for the bad.

(chorus)
In your house I long to be
Room by room patiently
-- "The house he is talking about is Gods house, which God promises
-- in the afterlife to those who accept Christ as Lord and savior.
-- And that house has many mansions/rooms the bible says.
-- Thats why he talks about room by room." - Trish at Audioslaved
I'll wait for you there
Like a stone I'll wait for you there
Alone
-- Like a stone could mean as a gods creation, or to be humble
-- or to wait firmly no matter how long it takes for God to
-- come to him.

On my deathbed I will prey
To the gods and the angels
Like a pagan to anyone
Who will take me to heaven
-- He is not sure exactly who God is and who to prey to, but
-- he knows he wants to be in Gods house and will prey to
-- anyone of Gods servants who can take him to God.
-- Like a pagan only means he is not versed enough to know
-- what to do, he is uneducated in the Bible.
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
-- This might refer to his birth or to his youth.
-- If it's his birth, The wine was bled could mean that God gave
-- life to him and showed him the path.
-- If it's his youth, it could mean he learned about Jesus as
-- young but felt led on by all the stories and left the church.

(chorus)
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

And on I read
Until the day was done
And I sat in regret
Of all the things I've done
For all that I've blessed
And all that I've wronged
-- He confesses his sins and shows remorse for all the things
-- he has done.
In dreams until my death
I will wander on
-- He has accepted God but he is still alone.
-- He has allowed God and Jesus to forgive him, but no
-- forgiveness is given.
-- So he will continue to hope for his prayers to be heard.
-- Waiting is all he can do, because without God there is no
-- forgiveness and no rest.

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