Audioslave
Audioslave
Audioslave
Audioslave
Audioslave
Audioslave
Audioslave
Audioslave
Audioslave
Audioslave
Audioslave
Audioslave
Audioslave
Audioslave
This fourth single from the band’s debut album peaked at 66 on Billboard. It is about escaping a one-sided relationship and escaping from it. Most people speculate that it is either about Chris Cornell’s divorce from his wife or about him leaving Soundgarden.
[Verse 1]
Pearls and swine
Bereft of me
Long and weary
My road has been
I was lost in the cities
Alone in the hills
No sorrow or pity
For leaving, I feel, yeah
[Chorus]
I am not your rolling wheels
I am the highway
I am not your carpet ride
I am the sky
[Verse 2]
Friends and liars
Don't wait for me
Cause I'll get on
All by myself
I put millions of miles
Under my heels
And still too close
To you, I feel, yeah
[Chorus]
I am not your rolling wheels
I am the highway
I am not your carpet ride
I am the sky
I am not your blowing wind
I am the lightning
I am not your autumn moon
I am the night, the night
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Chorus]
Yeah! I am not your rolling wheels
I am the highway
I am not your carpet ride
I am the sky
Well, I am not your blowing wind
I am the lightning
I am not your autumn moon
I am the night, the night
[Outro]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I Am the Highway was written by Chris Cornell & Tom Morello & Tim Commerford & Brad Wilk.
I Am the Highway was produced by Rick Rubin.
Audioslave released I Am the Highway on Tue Nov 19 2002.