Room a Thousand Years Wide

Album: Badmotorfinger (1991)
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  • Listen, hear he is inside
    One who lives while others lie
    I close my eyes and walk a thousand years
    A thousand years that aren't mine, hey
    It seems he's near me when I walk
    One who loved what love denied
    He lives these years that I walk blind
    All these years can not be mine

    Tomorrow begat tomorrow
    Tomorrow begat tomorrow
    Tomorrow begat tomorrow

    A thousand doors a thousand lies
    Rooms a thousand years wide
    I walks in the cold sun and wind
    All these years can not begin

    Tomorrow begat tomorrow
    Tomorrow begat tomorrow
    Tomorrow begat tomorrow
    Tomorrow

    Tomorrow begat tomorrow

    Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow Writer/s: KIM A. THAYIL, MATTHEW D. CAMERON
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Larry from Forest Lake, Mn.I guess that I didn't know that Kim wrote the lyrics and Matt the music, but I like the song, just heard Tom Morello play it on his Sirius radio show.
  • Camilo from Temuco, ChileThe lyrics are written by Thayil, not Cornell.
  • Cel from Philadelphia, PaMaybe Chris is talking about an alter personality that he has. It's a little weird but the song's still awesome.
  • Stink from Male'I love this song. The lyrics is deep and hard to say what it is about. I have been thinking about the lyrics for a long time and still dont know what Chris is talking about. Is he talking about someone who is trying to live? Or a lost chance?
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