Like a Stone
Waiting Like a Stone: Exploring the Profound Journey of Solitude and Redemption
Lyrics
On a cobweb afternoon
Reflecting on a quiet afternoon
In a room full of emptiness
In a space filled with emptiness
By a freeway I confess
Confessing near a freeway
I was lost in the pages
Feeling lost in the pages of a death-themed book
Of a book full of death
Reading about the inevitability of dying alone
Reading how we'll die alone
Contemplating the idea that goodness leads to peaceful rest
And if we're good, we'll lay to rest
Expressing the desire to rest anywhere
Anywhere we want to go
Yearning to be in a specific house
In your house, I long to be
Desiring to be in your house
Room by room, patiently
Eagerly waiting in each room
I'll wait for you there
Waiting for someone like a stone, patiently
Like a stone
Comparing the waiting to a stone's permanence
I'll wait for you there
Continuing to wait alone
Alone
Emphasizing the solitude in waiting
And on my deathbed I will pray
Expressing a prayer on the deathbed
To the gods and the angels
Praying to gods and angels
Like a pagan to anyone
Describing oneself as a pagan seeking salvation
Who will take me to heaven
Seeking passage to heaven from anyone
To a place I recall
Yearning for a place from the past
I was there so long ago
Recalling a distant memory
The sky was bruised
Depicting a bruised sky and spilled wine
The wine was bled
Remembering being led on
And there you led me on
Longing to be in the mentioned house
In your house, I long to be
Waiting patiently in each room
Room by room, patiently
Repeating the desire to wait for you there
I'll wait for you there
Comparing the waiting to a stone, emphasizing steadfastness
Like a stone
Continuing to wait alone
I'll wait for you there
Emphasizing the solitude in waiting
Alone
Reiterating the loneliness
Alone
Repeating the state of being alone
And on I read
Continuing to read until the day's end
Until the day was gone
Expressing a sense of regret
And I sat in regret
Reflecting on past actions
Of all the things I've done
Acknowledging both blessings and wrongdoings
For all that I've blessed
In dreams, wandering until death
And all that I've wronged
Expressing the intention to continue wandering
In dreams until my death
Reiterating the desire to be in the mentioned house
I will wander on
Waiting patiently in each room
In your house, I long to be
Repeating the desire to wait for you there
Room by room, patiently
Comparing the waiting to a stone, emphasizing steadfastness
I'll wait for you there
Continuing to wait alone
Like a stone
Emphasizing the solitude in waiting
I'll wait for you there
Reiterating the loneliness
Alone
Emphasizing the state of being alone
Alone
Repeating the idea of solitude
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