meaning of wheel in the sky by journey
Wheel in the Sky The song's lyrics are sung from the point of view of a man trying to return to his home, hoping to reunite with a onetime lover who had scorned him; of his travels, he complains, "I can't take this very much longer."
Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? It alludes to "breaking on the wheel", a form of torture in which victims had their long bones broken by an iron bar while tied to a Catherine wheel.[1] The quotation is used to suggest someone is "[employing] superabundant effort in the accomplishment of a small matter".[2]