Like I'M Stoned (Musings in the Shower)

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I sing in the shower. It's one of the numerous annoying things that I do. And this morning it's "Like a Stone" by Audioslave. It's not that I like the song, it was just a bad case of "Last Song Syndrome". It was the last song I heard before entering the shower so I'm bound to sing it there. Anyway, while singing, I became fascinated by the song's lyrics, which goes like this (please excuse any mistake in the lyrics, I don't have the song memorized):

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 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 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 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, alone

And on I read
Until the day was gone
And I sat in regret
Of all the things that I've done
For all that I've blessed
And all that I've wronged
In dreams until my death
I will wander on

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, alone

Chris Cornell's words probably don't mean shit, I really don't know, but the song reminded me of my dad's last few weeks alive while he was (probably) waiting for the inevitable... For me, the song evokes visions of waiting for death (not necessarily bad) and our own personal heaven. The song implies that heaven is what we make it and that there are various ways to find it (contrary to the traditional monotheistic way of thinking). Halfway through my musings, I suddenly stopped myself. For someone who is supposed to be showering, I'm thinking TOO much. It's not healthy.