Like a Stone by Audioslave

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 .

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 call .

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 .

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 .

I know I've made mistakes, we all make mistakes. Mistakes, those unavoidable actions that contradict your beliefs. I tried really hard to do well. And for some time I thought I had done it. But then everything got confusing and an important thing was gone. I used to say I would wait him forever. I used to say I would be buried with his memories. I used to say people never forget their first love. I was confused (I still am). People do necessarily forget, it's the way we survive each day when the sun goes down and we're alone with ourselves. When the sun goes down and you're alone with yourself, don't you feel alone ? Don't you bring the most painful memories back ? Don't you try hard to do well ? Don't you think of all those ways you've gone wrong or mistaken ? And when we finally fall asleep and tend to forget it all, don't you still dream of the worst ? We like hurting ourselves, it's a fact. We also like hurting others. Real apologies do not exist. Deep down we like hurting, it's the only way to survive. I loved you, I forgot you, I hurt you, I hurt myself, and I survived.