well too bad it's not a love song... not every single song is about love or drugs.. Tim Commerford of Audioslave talks about Chris Cornell's lyrical style and explains Like a Stone on the Audioslave DVD: "He's [Cornell] a poet, and he fooled me with a lot of his songs and that like a song like "Like A Stone", I thought it was a love song. The chorus is "I'll wait for you there like a stone, I'll wait for you there alone." And I was like "Yo, bro what are you waiting for?" And he's like "Waiting to die." And I just...

well too bad it's not a love song... not every single song is about love or drugs.. Tim Commerford of Audioslave talks about Chris Cornell's lyrical style and explains Like a Stone on the Audioslave DVD: "He's [Cornell] a poet, and he fooled me with a lot of his songs and that like a song like "Like A Stone", I thought it was a love song. The chorus is "I'll wait for you there like a stone, I'll wait for you there alone." And I was like "Yo, bro what are you waiting for?" And he's like "Waiting to die." And I just went "Oh, okay." laughs That changes everything. I went back and looked at the song and I..I got kind of saddened by what he's singing about is like a guy waiting alone in a house of death, and all his friends are dying and he's just waiting there, and I'm picturing this man in a rocking chair like waiting to die. It changed everything for me. That made me go back and look at all the songs, and maybe go back and look at Temple of a Dog songs, and Soundgarden songs, and everything, and I started going "Okay, I get Cornell now, and he's a genius." He..He fooled me for..for 15 years, you know? Where maybe I thought some of the things he was singing about were slightly trivial, but they're never trivial, he's deep...he's really deep."

Maybe that was a little much but I'm sick of hearing about this song as a love song...listen to the lyrics!!

I think this song is about sociopaths or the like and the effect they have on you if you let them. I think people who are less sensitive to guilt or remorse have a far better understanding of how to manipulate the human mind. And people usually think it's a complicated game they play, but really all they do is hide in plain site. And in hindsight it's always so obvious the way you were manipulated, often to the point of feeling deep shame and loss of confidence (and hair lmao). But often people's insecurities keep them blind, and sociopaths...

I think this song is about sociopaths or the like and the effect they have on you if you let them. I think people who are less sensitive to guilt or remorse have a far better understanding of how to manipulate the human mind. And people usually think it's a complicated game they play, but really all they do is hide in plain site. And in hindsight it's always so obvious the way you were manipulated, often to the point of feeling deep shame and loss of confidence (and hair lmao). But often people's insecurities keep them blind, and sociopaths know how to exploit those things on a primal level. IMHO, I think sociopaths have an important place in the world to teach people these kinds of lessons. Also sociopathy is always caused by trauma or something cliche and tragic so try not to be too hard on them, fair consequences aside. But the word fair is a made up word and sociopaths know this. Also I think everyone's wrong on the paying attention lyrics, I think it's "Because yeah I might be paying attention". I think the only way you ever really get a leg up on some sociopath who's doggin on you in a situation where you're forced to be around them is playing dumb and paying attention to everything they do. But if you don't have to be around these sociopaths, and you never really do, better not to get involved. Radiohead poggers, first concert I ever saw