When a brooding rocker gets introspective, you get a haunting melody that's as heavy as, well, a stone. "Like a Stone" is Audioslave's melancholic musing on mortality and the quest for redemption. It's like a grim fairytale for adults, with the protagonist lost in the pages of life's book – and it isn't exactly a sunshine-and-rainbows kind of read. There's hope though, in the form of an ethereal house where our rockstar yearns to be (probably not your typical suburban semi-detached). He'll wait there patiently 'like a stone', which either means he's really committed or just too lazy to move. The song is essentially about life regrets and seeking solace in whatever form it may come - even if it means chilling like an immovable rock!
