I am the highway

OK I have a love of the word "bereft"
1 a : deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something —usually used with of
<both players are instantly bereft of their poise — A. E. Wier>
b : lacking something needed, wanted, or expected —used with of
<the book is…completely bereft of an index

and an admitted man crush on Chris Cornell, Audioslave's first album
perhaps my easiest listen as I'm digitizing my collection.

It's not a sexual thing, but his voice. Every song,
like transcendent. 

So to hear him use bereft, in the opening lyric ... I had to put this song up.
it moves me.

This is for all the guys out there, trying to come out
of their shell ... and wanting to relate to their women,
how much potential, how much strength
 ... but soulfully, so much more
they are.

Audioslave

08 I Am the Highway.mp3 (9.68 mb)

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

I am not your rolling wheels
I am the Highway
I am not your carpet ride
I am the sky

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

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..

Yeeah
I am not your rolling wheels
I am the Highway
I am not your carpet ride
I am the sky
But I am not your blowing wind
I am the lightning
I am not your autumn moon
I am the night, the night..