Room a Thousand Years Wide

best song off their best album

all these years cannot be mine - who cant relate to that?

I think the title of the song refers to the unlimited possibilities life offers us hence life is a "room a thousand years wide". In this case, though, the songwriter deals with having been denied certain paths his life could have taken (because he did a mistake, something wrong or because something bad and unexpected happened).

1) "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"

He still thinks about the time when he had certain expectations And his past self is still alive inside his mind He relies on his immagination to picture a future he could have lived but now he is unable to reach it

2) "It seems he's near me as I walk One who loved what love denied He lives these years that I walk blind All these years cannot be mine"

Same as above. Furthermore it seems love denied him other things he already loved so we can assume that the consequences of the love for something/someone is the cause of his dissatisfaction

3) "A thousand doors a thousand lies Rooms a thousand years wide He walks in the cold sun and wind All these years will not begin"

His past self is being finally taken away because he realizes that the years that he wished will not begin, because he will not live them and there is nothing he can do.

This song is quite close to me if my interpretation is correct: a disease I had some time ago prevented me from achieving certain life goals. I overcame that but sometimes is not so easy to quit thinking like "what if everything just didn't happen?". Great songwriting by Chris Cornell.

Room A Thousand Years Wide = Best Soundgarden Song Ever

all these years cannot be mine

its abotu living a life full of regrets and not living to your potential and reflecting back on your life thinking... man i should have done this .. i should have done that...

ha ha ha ha ha. Good one, sommy. This song seems to play with the concepts of onotogical, or our inner experince of time, and 'clock' time. To me this song means a lot. I was bottoming out from a drug addiction and the whole thing about, having something inside you that lives/sees while you are in denial or are dead in some metahporical way really helped me. It was like having a religious experience, listening to those lyrics, cause they really verbalised my 'reality'. It speaks to me of time lost to the addiction "all these years will not begin" and of a tomorrow that never arrives "tomorrow begat! tomorow!". The lies, the false opportunites "a thousand doors, a thousand lies". The grind of addiction, it was a period that seemed to be "a thousand years wide". With no recess! It was like being traped in a big room. And the sense of disbelief as encapsulated by the lines "all these years can not be mine". That's exactly what I used to think while I was in my addiction: this can't be my life. I walked " in the cold sun and rain", that is to say, no matter what my life looked like externally, I was cold, always, because of the addiction. And towards the end of my using, I thought that all my hopes "(would) not begin". Thats what I read into it at the time. Like I said, in the convalesence of withdrawl, a lot of things seem like religious experiences, what I'm saying now, is that this was one of mine, and it was so awesome that I just had to share it with you. Thanks for reading my rave!

Well my personal meaning of this song is completely off compared to all of yours; although, isn't the beauty of music how the individual sees it? Anyway I thought of this song as someone whom has another side to him/herself like another personality or a dark side.

Listen, hear, he is inside: I thought of this as if this thing is inside of him, but the thing itself can make noise as if it were speaking.

One who lives while others lie: The protagonist or the singer lies to him/herself saying that he is just imagining this all. Also as in a way that he is in denial.

I close my eyes and walk a thousand years: I thought this as of when he/she closes his eyes, as if he were sleeping, the other being is then dominant. Also he might think that he is just sleep walking.

One who loved what love denied: I considered this as if this other being is the protagonist's polar opposite, and his love is what he likes...as of where the other being likes the other.

He lives these years that I walk blind: This is just like what I spoke of earlier, and to me it seem to fit. When the protagonist is asleep, blind to what is occuring, that is when this being is active. [Or when he is unaware of it.]

Also one more thing when he is talking about thousands of doors I had this mental image like a labrynth of some sort, and if you think about it the mind is something very complex like a maze.

Then again this is just what I thought the song was about, and I am certain most of you won't agree with me.

i think that the opening 2 lines are about accepting satan as real in him and god a fake "Listen, hear, he is inside One who lives while others lie"

the 2nd paragraph tottaly on satan one who loved death and cruelity which love denies

"It seems he's near me as I walk One who loved what love denied He lives these years that I walk blind All these years cannot be mine"

no clue about thousand years wide room

just like let me drown has some dark satanic lyrics

so here is my throw

will somebody please tell me the meaning of this song?

No. Go away.

wow this must be the first entry by Oh_Pea that doesn't look like an utter troll to me. this might have made sense to you at the time, and it still is a viable interpretation, but i don't think that's the only one possible. i don't know what to make of it yet, but maybe some future posts might give me a clue.