Kisah di Balik Lagu Audioslave: Like a Stone, Mendiang Chris Cornell Ingat Kematian
SEAToday.com, California – Lagu “Like a Stone” diciptakan oleh mendiang Chris Cornell saat ia membentuk Audioslave bersama tiga rekannya:Tom Morello, Tim Commerford, dan Brad Wilks. “Like A Stone” merupakan gerbang pembuka kesuksesaan Audislave sebagai grup musik setelah era Race Againts The Machine dan Soundgarden di masa lalu.
“Like a Stone” adalah lagu kelima Audioslave dalam album “Audioslave” pada tahun 2002. Album ini menampilkan 14 lagu. Selain “Like A Stone” ada ‘Shadow on the Sun, “Exploder”, hingga “What You Are”.
Sebelum “Like a Stone” dibuat, ketiga rekan Cornell di Audioslave sudah meminta sang vokalis untuk meninggalkan alkohol. Cornell pun melakukannya namun masa-masa sulit untuk memulai hidup baru dilakukannya dengan penuh perjuangan.
Saat menulis lirik lagu “Like A Stone” Cornelle seperti merenungkan hidup dan mengingat akan kematian. Dimana ada lirik-lirik yang cukup menyentuh soal dua hal yang akan dijalani semua manusia di dunia.
Dalam sebuah wawancara, Cornell pernah mengatakan bahwa lagu itu menceritakan tentang seorang pria yang duduk sendirian di dalam kamar hotel dan merenungkan kematian. “Kemudian muncul dengan gambaran yang disukainya. Seperti mengikuti filosofi, mungkin saat anda meninggal dan anda sudah cukup baik dalam hidup, maka anda bisa pergi ke suatu tempat yang anda ingat itu benar-benar keren,” ucap Cornell.
Tapi ada juga para fans Audioslave yang menduga “Like a Stone” adalah curahan hati Cornell yang memiliki beban masalah hidup. Bagaimana dia mencoba lepas dari jeratan masalah hidup yang tak kunjung berhasil.
Sampai akhirnya pada bulan Mei 2017, Cornell ditemukan meninggal dunia karena bunuh diri. Cornell senasib dengan musisi lain yang mengakhiri hidupnya dengan bunuh diri. Cornell memilih untuk gantung diri dibandingkan mengkonsumsi obat-obatan.
Untuk mengenang kebesaran Cornell dalam dunia musik alternatif hingga grunge, tak ada salahnya kita untuk mendengarkan dan meresapi lagu “Like a Stone”. Berikut lirik lagunya:
On a cobweb afternoon
In a room full of emptiness
By a freeway I confess
I was lost in the pages
Of a book full of death
Reading how we'll die alone
And if we're good, we'll lay to rest
Anywhere we want to go
In your house, I long to be
Room by room, patiently
I'll wait for you there
Like a stone
I'll wait for you there
Alone
And on my deathbed I will pray
To the gods and the angels
Like a pagan to anyone
Who will take me to heaven
To a place I recall
I was there so long ago
The sky was bruised
The wine was bled
And there you led me on
In your house, I long to be
Room by room, patiently
I'll wait for you there
Like a stone
I'll wait for you there
Alone
Alone
And on I read
Until the day was gone
And I sat in regret
Of all the things I've done
For all that I've blessed
And all that I've wronged
In dreams until my death
I will wander on
In your house, I long to be
Room by room, patiently
I'll wait for you there
Like a stone
I'll wait for you there
Alone
Alone
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