Journey: Wheel in the Sky Meaning

Song Released: 1978
Wheel in the Sky Lyrics
oh lord,
Haven't been home in a year or more.
I hope she holds on a little longer
Sent a letter,
on a long summer day,
made of silver not of clay.
Oh I've been running down this dusty road.
Oh the wheel in the sky...
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I was in Germany and I think this is what they are saying. There’s plenty of sleet and rain. We never knew where we would be the next day in the world.
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What are these people talking about??? Where is flying on coke?? What??
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I don't think it is too difficult to interpret. The wheel in the sky is a metaphor for the sun and the moon, so the wheel in the sky turning refers to the days and nights going by despite everything else going on, and the time can seem like it goes by quickly or slowly. Like several of Journey's other songs, this song has a theme describing the sadness caused by separation. The writer of the letter wants to return home to see his lover, but his work keeps him on the road away from home. Nevertheless, he writes his letter out of silver to help his lover stay positive and feel loved, even while he feels lonesome as if he is standing in sleet and rain. He feels hopeless that he will make it home again and doesn't know or care where he goes tomorrow because no matter where he goes, he won't be home.
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flying on coke...silver refers to a mirror and clay is a plate..so doing coke on a mirror instead of a plate.ohh and winter is coke.
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flying on coke...silver refers to a mirror and clay is a plate..so doing coke on a mirror instead of a plate
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"Wheel in the sky keeps on turning" this makes me think days go by
"Don't know where i'll be tomorrow"
I don't know where i'll be -
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