Winter is here again, oh Lord
Haven't been home in a year or more
I hope she holds on a little longer
Sent a letter on a long summer day
Made of silver, not of clay
Ooh, I've been runnin' down this dusty road

Ooh, the wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'
I don't know where I'll be tomorrow
Wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'

I've been trying to make it home
Got to make it before too long
Ooh, I can't take this very much longer, no
I'm stranded in the sleet and rain
Don't think I'm ever gonna make it home again
The morning sun is risin'
It's kissin' the day

Ooh, the wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'
I don't' know where I'll be tomorrow
Wheel in the sky keeps on turnin', whoa, whoa, whoa
My, my, my, my, my
For tomorrow

Oh, the wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'
Ooh, I don't know where I'll be tomorrow
Wheel in the sky keeps me yearnin'
Ooh, I don't know, I don't know where

Oh, the wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'
Ooh, I don't know where I'll be tomorrow
Wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'
Ooh, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know

Wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'
Don't know where I'll be tomorrow
Ooh, the wheel in the sky keeps turnin'
Wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'


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Wheel In The Sky Lyrics as written by Neal Joseph Schon Diane T. Valory

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  • +3
    General Comment

    this song is about being lost on earth

    incuon May 13, 2004   Link
  • +3
    My Interpretation

    Religious?!! Really? Wow - to me it's about a guy who is on the road who is hoping his girl is still waiting for him - he's been away for a while hence "winter is her again...." When out touring all days blend into one another you lose track of time - you just count the seasons - wheel in the sky references time then the line " I don't know where I'll be tomorrow" again touring one city to the next they all look the same he just wants it to be over but they keep adding shows " don't think I'm ever gonna make it home again" Just my interpretation

    Nfl305on June 28, 2013   Link
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    General Comment

    I think he's on some sort of journey. Probably with wheels, underneath a sky.

    allidapson December 10, 2006   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    wheel in the sky obviously means the sun/earth, just keeps on turning.. as the world goes by.

    kcamelzon December 05, 2007   Link
  • +2
    Song Meaning

    There are many spiritual, astrological and astronomical "wheels" in different cultures and religions...but I don't think the "wheel in the sky" in this song is a reference to any specific one of them. The songwriter was likely just going after the poetic imagery of a lone person, caught up in a vast wheel of time/heavens/cosmos. They were trying to express the feeling of having events in your life determined by forces beyond your control.

    nunquamon July 06, 2011   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    I didn't really take this as traveling. I think it implies something more deep than that. It implies by winter that its the time of year he left (or she left) and winter is symbolic for cold..or it is literally.
    "Sent a letter on a long summer day Made of silver, not of clay " I don't get that part very much.. Stranded in sleet and rain..emotional turmoil, missing that person. Its just about him not being able to come home, and he hopes she feels the same way, but the wheel in the sky keeps turning-time passes by, and feelings fade w/ time.

    victoria0610on March 24, 2008   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    Wheel in the sky for me is a song obviously written about being on the road all the time so the wheel in the sky keeps on turning. But i take it as more. I think it means that no matter what life throws at you the world goes on the next day. The night is always darkest before the dawn and i think that is the message trying to be conveyed by this song.

    tall andrewon August 23, 2008   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    I lost my younger brother to cancer a while back. He was a Harley rider. He died way too young. (39) He was sick over a year. He had us play this song at his funeral. Life goes on but he was tired of fighting the cancer. He couldn't do normal things (haven't been home in a year or more). Asked his Maker for help (Sent a letter on a long summer's day. Silver for a prayer not clay) The dusty road was his pain. His body quit him he was ready to die(I've been trying to make it home Got to make it before too long I can't take this very much longer) I'm stranded in the sleet and rain) He gave up on getting cured, saw the end (The mornin' sun is risin' It's kissing the day). He did't know where he was going ( don't know where I'll be tomorrow). We saw a deep meaning in this song. It gives me comfort when I hear it. I had "Wheel in The Sky " engraved on his tombstone above an engraving of his Harley.

    Ceiling fan.... I think not.

    jan1958on February 04, 2009   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    I agree with most of the posts. It's about life on the road. Constantly touring and getting sick of it and wanting to just be home

    archer1203on October 31, 2012   Link
  • +1
    My Interpretation

    Hmm, not sure why so many want to see a religious reference. Sure, it's easy to imagine an allusion to Ezekiel's wheel, but there's nothing else in the lyrics to support that - no hope, no failth, no love, no future, no help from God...nothing (and no angels, chariot or wheels).

    What there is, is a really good description of endless days far away from home with only forlorn despair and little hope for return. The Wheel In The Sky is the endless passage of time,,,sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, day after day time keeps on moving, and the passage of one's life never seems to get you closer to home.
    He's probably still out there, wondering if he will ever get home.

    TriangleManon August 16, 2014   Link

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