Beyond The Wheel
Unveiling Life's Storm: Soundgarden's Beyond The Wheel Meaning
Lyrics
Far beyond the road
Expressing a distant place or state beyond the conventional path.
Between your house and home
Referring to the space between one's actual home and the metaphorical home, suggesting a journey or struggle.
There is a churning storm
Describing a turbulent and intense emotional or life situation.
Of hailing burning bones
Portraying a chaotic and destructive situation involving intense pain or suffering.
Tiny baby cries
Depicting the vulnerability and helplessness of a small child through crying.
Little, tiny pawn
Describing someone insignificant or expendable in the pursuit of financial gain.
In the profit gain
Highlighting the role of individuals as pawns in the pursuit of profit.
Tiny baby grows
Symbolizing growth and development, even in a challenging environment.
Mother, who's your man
Raising questions about the identity of a maternal figure and her choices in a relationship.
Is he doing what he can
Questioning if the maternal figure's partner is making sufficient efforts in their shared home.
To make a proper home, home
Desiring a stable and proper home life, potentially through unconventional means.
By overturning other stones, stones
Suggesting a willingness to disrupt the status quo for the sake of improvement.
Father, mighty man
Portraying a powerful and authoritative paternal figure who loves his sons.
Loves his little boys, boys
Illustrating paternal guidance in teaching potentially harmful skills like violence.
Shows them how to kill
Emphasizing the father's influence in teaching aggression for the protection of valuable things.
To save his precious stones, stones
Indicating a willingness to resort to violence to safeguard precious possessions.
Far beyond the wheel
Reiterating the idea of a distant and unconventional path or state.
Spin your life around
Metaphorically spinning one's life around through actions and decisions.
By driving flesh and blood
Driving the essence of life, represented by flesh and blood, into the challenges or struggles.
Deep into the ground, ground
Symbolizing a deep involvement or commitment, possibly leading to a difficult situation.
Far beyond the wheel
Repeating the concept of a distant and unconventional path or state.
Steers life around
Continuing the metaphor of steering life through actions and decisions.
By driving flesh and blood, blood
Highlighting the impact of actions by driving life into challenges, possibly resulting in harm.
Deep into the ground, ground
Emphasizing the depth of consequences, suggesting a significant and irreversible outcome.
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