Like the Wheel Lyrics

Oh, I wish I was the sparrow in your kid's eye
That could fly above this summer all day long
On an island in the heart he has to carry

Past the many you have let into your song

And I said, "Oh my lord, why am I not strong?"
Like the wheel that keeps travelers traveling on
Like the wheel that will take you home

In the forest, someone's whispering to a tree now
"This is all I am, so please don't fall on me

And it's your brother in the shaft that I'm a-swinging
Please let the kindness of forgetting set me free"

He said, "Oh my lord, why am I not strong?"
Like the wheel that keeps travelers traveling on
Like the wheel that will take you home

And on this Sunday, someone's sitting down to wonder
"Where the hell among these mountains will I be?"
There's a cloud behind the cloud to which I'm yelling
Oh, I could hear you sneak around so easily

And I said, "Oh my lord, why am I not strong?"
Like the branch that keeps hangman hanging on
Like the branch that will take me home

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Genius Annotation

Described, by Matsson, as a song “about killing yourself.” Suicide is a prevalent theme. The reader questioning himself as to why he “is not strong.” Then believing the “branch” will take him “home” i.e. creating a sense of release from suicide.

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Release Date
September 7, 2010
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