Gasoline Lyrics

Lyric discussion by JoNNieS K 

Cover art for Gasoline lyrics by Audioslave

some of you seem a little ill-informed about the context in which this song is written for.

it relates directly to Chris Cornell's childhood.

He suffered from a severe case of depression during his teenage years, leaving the house rarely. At one point, he spent a whole year without leaving his house, during which time he would play drums and guitar.

this song is saying about how he grew to hate his depression and hated the house which it trapped it inside of - therefore it became a haunted house for him. he grew impatient of his depression and insecurity, and just wanted to get the hell out of there, basically.

"New day yawning Another day in solitaire Houses honest Clearly more than i can bare Drag me off Before i set my world on fire Out and gone The sun will never set tonight Yeah"

Cornell appears to have written other songs about this time in his life as well, such as "Rusty Cage" and "Doesn't Remind Me".

but this song totally rocks out!