Pull me under was released in 92 or something. It's like accusing Tolkien of writing hack fantasy. DT was pretty much right there at the start of the genre. Pull Me Under is one if the earliest examples of a prog metal song. Queensryche came first, but DT really defined what the genre was going to sound like. Metropolis Part 1. Is really the standout track on that album anyway, Pull Me Under is just the closest they have ever come to a hit song.Cail wrote:It's funny, listening to The Boneyard last night and "Pull Me Under" came on. To me, it's a rote example of how to make that kind of music. Spacey keyboards? Check. Nebulous lyrics? Check. Stuttering drums and guitars? Check. Needless time changes? You betcha.
It's like someone went to the mall and visited the "Build a Prog-Metal Song Workshop".
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Well that just goes to show how little I know about them.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Shakespeare's overrated too.....
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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If you wanna hear how far DT has come (Pretty far IMO) Listen to Train of Thought. It's a stellar metal album from almost any perspective, while maintaining the prog emphasis on dynamic song structure and technical virtuosity. They have more ideas in a single (8 min plus 
) track than most metal bands have in their careers.
Edit: And this is actually pretty funny, because Pull Me Under is about Hamlet.
) track than most metal bands have in their careers.Edit: And this is actually pretty funny, because Pull Me Under is about Hamlet.
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Yeah, that was the joke.rdhopeca wrote:I was going to ask if they were cliches before Shakespeare used them, or if they became cliches because he was so copied...
Everyone copied him so much, and repeated his witty gems, that now it sounds like his work is full of cliches when you read him. Honestly, I don't know much about Dream Theater, either. I didn't realize they originated a sub-genre of prog. I thought sounded like a badly mixed emulsion of greater infuences.
BTW, Dreaming, I've listened to about half of your recommendations. There's some interesting stuff there, but none of it has really grabbed me yet. I can hear a lot of Beatles influences, though, which is always good.
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A few months later, I have to say the album's grown on me.
First off, if you really didn't like Cantrell's solo stuff (which was pretty much AiC without Staley), stay away from this album. DuVall doesn't play nearly as large a part as Staley did. That said, I think he provides an essential energy to the band (not to mention a second voice for the harmonies) while still keeping it Alice in Chains.
Vocals aside, there's really stuff here from across the band's catalog. "Last of My Kind" for Facelift, "Acid Bubble" for Dirt, "Your Decision" for Jar of Flies, "When the Sun Rose Again" (my personal favorite off the album) for Sap, and "A Looking in View" for Tripod.
Staley will always be missed, and it's not a perfect album, but it's a hell of a comeback.
First off, if you really didn't like Cantrell's solo stuff (which was pretty much AiC without Staley), stay away from this album. DuVall doesn't play nearly as large a part as Staley did. That said, I think he provides an essential energy to the band (not to mention a second voice for the harmonies) while still keeping it Alice in Chains.
Vocals aside, there's really stuff here from across the band's catalog. "Last of My Kind" for Facelift, "Acid Bubble" for Dirt, "Your Decision" for Jar of Flies, "When the Sun Rose Again" (my personal favorite off the album) for Sap, and "A Looking in View" for Tripod.
Staley will always be missed, and it's not a perfect album, but it's a hell of a comeback.
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Seeing the Duvall-fronted version of AiC convinced me they can still project their signature sound. Black Gives Way To Blue contains several songs I like, including "Lesson Learned", "Acid Bubble", "A Looking In View", "Take Her Out", and "Your Decision". I still haven't gotten around to purchasing The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, but hope to do so soon.
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Some Alice In Chains songs have choruses I just can't get out of my head, like with this song:
WHAT THE HELL HAVE I?
(Written by Jerry Cantrell)
The face before me flies
Laughs at me inside
Masks are made to hide the glow
Shining eyes
Distance 'tween us grows
Feeding lies
It's hard to start things over
You can feel the fire around us
All the time
Yeah
Something I should say
It takes you every day
What you give is not alive
Today
Your soul served on a plate
Throw it away
It's hard to start things over
You can feel the fire around us
All the time
Yeah
It's hard to start things over
Oh yeah
You can feel the fire around us
All the time
Yeah
It's hard to start things over
Oh yeah
You can feel the fire around us
All the time
Yeah
All the time
What the hell have I?
Little pride
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKXIk45pL0o
This song is very catchy to me. On a side note, it's also the first AIC song to feature bassist Mike Inez.
WHAT THE HELL HAVE I?
(Written by Jerry Cantrell)
The face before me flies
Laughs at me inside
Masks are made to hide the glow
Shining eyes
Distance 'tween us grows
Feeding lies
It's hard to start things over
You can feel the fire around us
All the time
Yeah
Something I should say
It takes you every day
What you give is not alive
Today
Your soul served on a plate
Throw it away
It's hard to start things over
You can feel the fire around us
All the time
Yeah
It's hard to start things over
Oh yeah
You can feel the fire around us
All the time
Yeah
It's hard to start things over
Oh yeah
You can feel the fire around us
All the time
Yeah
All the time
What the hell have I?
Little pride
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKXIk45pL0o
This song is very catchy to me. On a side note, it's also the first AIC song to feature bassist Mike Inez.
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Alice In Chains are weird but accessible, unorthodox yet commercial. I don't ask myself why, I just embrace their contradictions. I love the past incarnations of the band, and I love the current version.
VOICES
(Written by Jerry Cantrell)
Who am I, is this me?
Am I one of the team?
I've gone cold, hard to deal
Used to stand where I kneel
Everybody listen
Voices in my head
Everybody listen
Does yours say what mine says?
I want more, than I need
I don't know what is real
Everybody listen
Voices in my head
Everybody listen
Does yours say what mine says?
Anytime I listen
Voices in my head
Everybody listen
Does yours say what mine says?
Whispering of names, faces
Uniforms I've worn
And all that is gone
Always climbing
To fall down again
Holding onto everything
It's not what it seems
I've been told, dreaming's free
Think I'll go back to sleep
Everybody listen
Voices in my head
Everybody listen
Does yours say what mine says?
Anytime I listen
Voices in my head
Everybody listen
Does yours say what mine says?
Calling out the names, faces
Uniforms I've worn
And all that is gone
Always climbing
To fall down again
Holding onto everything
It's not what it seems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YDPNl7PeUU
VOICES
(Written by Jerry Cantrell)
Who am I, is this me?
Am I one of the team?
I've gone cold, hard to deal
Used to stand where I kneel
Everybody listen
Voices in my head
Everybody listen
Does yours say what mine says?
I want more, than I need
I don't know what is real
Everybody listen
Voices in my head
Everybody listen
Does yours say what mine says?
Anytime I listen
Voices in my head
Everybody listen
Does yours say what mine says?
Whispering of names, faces
Uniforms I've worn
And all that is gone
Always climbing
To fall down again
Holding onto everything
It's not what it seems
I've been told, dreaming's free
Think I'll go back to sleep
Everybody listen
Voices in my head
Everybody listen
Does yours say what mine says?
Anytime I listen
Voices in my head
Everybody listen
Does yours say what mine says?
Calling out the names, faces
Uniforms I've worn
And all that is gone
Always climbing
To fall down again
Holding onto everything
It's not what it seems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YDPNl7PeUU
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Lately, I've been enjoying this song written by the band's late singer:
ANGRY CHAIR
(Written by Layne Staley)
Sitting on an angry chair
Angry walls that steal the air
Stomach hurts and I don't care
What do I see across the way, hey
See myself molded in clay, oh
Stares at me, yeah I'm afraid
Changing the shape of his face, oh yeah
Candles red I have a pair
Shadows dancing everywhere
Burning on the angry chair
Little boy made a mistake, hey
Pink cloud has now turned to gray, oh
All that I want is to play, hey
Get on your knees, time to pray, oh
I don't mind, yeah
I don't mind
I don't mind, yeah
I don't mind
Lost my mind, yeah
I don't mind
Can't find it anywhere
I don't mind
Corporate prison, we stay
I'm a dull boy, work all day
So I'm strung out anyway
Loneliness is not a phase
Field of pain is where I graze
Serenity is far away
Saw my reflection and cried, hey
So little hope that I died, oh
Feed me your lies, open wide, hey
Weight of my heart, not the size, oh
I don't mind, yeah
I don't mind
I don't mind, yeah
I don't mind
Lost my mind, yeah
I don't mind
Can't find it anywhere
I don't mind
Pink cloud has now turned to gray
All that I want is to play
Get on your knees time to pray, boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpEXM1Yziws
ANGRY CHAIR
(Written by Layne Staley)
Sitting on an angry chair
Angry walls that steal the air
Stomach hurts and I don't care
What do I see across the way, hey
See myself molded in clay, oh
Stares at me, yeah I'm afraid
Changing the shape of his face, oh yeah
Candles red I have a pair
Shadows dancing everywhere
Burning on the angry chair
Little boy made a mistake, hey
Pink cloud has now turned to gray, oh
All that I want is to play, hey
Get on your knees, time to pray, oh
I don't mind, yeah
I don't mind
I don't mind, yeah
I don't mind
Lost my mind, yeah
I don't mind
Can't find it anywhere
I don't mind
Corporate prison, we stay
I'm a dull boy, work all day
So I'm strung out anyway
Loneliness is not a phase
Field of pain is where I graze
Serenity is far away
Saw my reflection and cried, hey
So little hope that I died, oh
Feed me your lies, open wide, hey
Weight of my heart, not the size, oh
I don't mind, yeah
I don't mind
I don't mind, yeah
I don't mind
Lost my mind, yeah
I don't mind
Can't find it anywhere
I don't mind
Pink cloud has now turned to gray
All that I want is to play
Get on your knees time to pray, boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpEXM1Yziws
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A favorite of mine from latter-day Alice In Chains:
FLY
(Written by Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney)
Led out on a leash behind you, holding ground
And I don't need no reminding, I've been around
Been around, yeah I am a sound
Yeah, aye
Lie down with your peace where you find it
Won't come cheap
Fill up on love when you're hungry, tired then sleep
Have your dreams
Don't let it wind you, let it bring you down
I hate to tell you how little I have found
They paved the road with fool's gold
And you're gonna fall out
You're gonna break down, choke, and cry
Waiting out the storm when there ain't no place to hide
And you're gonna fall out
You're gonna break down, choke, and cry
Waiting out the storm till the skies are clear to fly
And you're gonna fall out
You're gonna break down, choke, and cry
Waiting out the storm till the skies are clear to fly
Follow where it leads, your heart will
Know what's true
Don't be blinded by shiny pretty things well past due
It's on you, yeah, aye, it's on you, yeah, aye
Don't let it wind you, let it bring you down
I hate to tell you how little I have found
And you're gonna fall out
You're gonna break down, choke, and cry
Waiting out the storm when there ain't no place to hide
And you're gonna fall out
You're gonna break down, choke, and cry
Waiting out the storm till the skies are clear to fly
They paved the road with fool's gold
They paved the road with fool's gold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j_nOz7UV70 (Audio only)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEbzIXjIH5w (Video - viewer discretion advised)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA0k9F4u_U8 (Live audio)
FLY
(Written by Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney)
Led out on a leash behind you, holding ground
And I don't need no reminding, I've been around
Been around, yeah I am a sound
Yeah, aye
Lie down with your peace where you find it
Won't come cheap
Fill up on love when you're hungry, tired then sleep
Have your dreams
Don't let it wind you, let it bring you down
I hate to tell you how little I have found
They paved the road with fool's gold
And you're gonna fall out
You're gonna break down, choke, and cry
Waiting out the storm when there ain't no place to hide
And you're gonna fall out
You're gonna break down, choke, and cry
Waiting out the storm till the skies are clear to fly
And you're gonna fall out
You're gonna break down, choke, and cry
Waiting out the storm till the skies are clear to fly
Follow where it leads, your heart will
Know what's true
Don't be blinded by shiny pretty things well past due
It's on you, yeah, aye, it's on you, yeah, aye
Don't let it wind you, let it bring you down
I hate to tell you how little I have found
And you're gonna fall out
You're gonna break down, choke, and cry
Waiting out the storm when there ain't no place to hide
And you're gonna fall out
You're gonna break down, choke, and cry
Waiting out the storm till the skies are clear to fly
They paved the road with fool's gold
They paved the road with fool's gold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j_nOz7UV70 (Audio only)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEbzIXjIH5w (Video - viewer discretion advised)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA0k9F4u_U8 (Live audio)
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This following song is what first made me an Alice In Chains fan. I liked both vocalists, and the rhythm of the song had me quickly tapping my foot.
The original release of this song on the album Facelift credited Layne Staley and Jerry Cantrell with writing it, but later releases of this tune on compilation albums credit all four original band members with writing it. I will assume that the later credit reflects correcting a mistake, and credit all four original members with writing this one.
MAN IN THE BOX
(Written by Layne Staley, Jerry Cantrell, Michael C. Starr, Sean Kinney)
I'm the man in the box
[Album version:] Buried in my s**t
[Music video version:] Buried in my pit
Won't you come and save me, save me?
Feed my eyes
Can you sew them shut?
Jesus Christ, deny your maker
He who tries will be wasted
Feed my eyes
Now you've sewn them shut
I'm the dog who gets beat
[Album version:] Shove my nose in s**t
[Music video version:] Shove my nose in spit
Won't you come and save me, save me?
Feed my eyes
Can you sew them shut?
Jesus Christ, deny your maker
He who tries will be wasted
Feed my eyes
Now you've sewn them shut
Feed my eyes
Can you sew them shut?
Jesus Christ, deny your maker
He who tries will be wasted
Feed my eyes
Now you've sewn them shut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAqZb52sgpU [Music video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1i5HaQV9ck [Album version]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naoSdrzqh-M [Live at the Moore Theatre 1990]
The original release of this song on the album Facelift credited Layne Staley and Jerry Cantrell with writing it, but later releases of this tune on compilation albums credit all four original band members with writing it. I will assume that the later credit reflects correcting a mistake, and credit all four original members with writing this one.
MAN IN THE BOX
(Written by Layne Staley, Jerry Cantrell, Michael C. Starr, Sean Kinney)
I'm the man in the box
[Album version:] Buried in my s**t
[Music video version:] Buried in my pit
Won't you come and save me, save me?
Feed my eyes
Can you sew them shut?
Jesus Christ, deny your maker
He who tries will be wasted
Feed my eyes
Now you've sewn them shut
I'm the dog who gets beat
[Album version:] Shove my nose in s**t
[Music video version:] Shove my nose in spit
Won't you come and save me, save me?
Feed my eyes
Can you sew them shut?
Jesus Christ, deny your maker
He who tries will be wasted
Feed my eyes
Now you've sewn them shut
Feed my eyes
Can you sew them shut?
Jesus Christ, deny your maker
He who tries will be wasted
Feed my eyes
Now you've sewn them shut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAqZb52sgpU [Music video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1i5HaQV9ck [Album version]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naoSdrzqh-M [Live at the Moore Theatre 1990]
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Soothing melodies, great percussive opening...
NO EXCUSES
(Written by Jerry Cantrell)
It's alright
There comes a time
Got no patience to search
For peace of mind
Layin' low
Want to take it slow
No more hiding or
Disguising truths I've sold
Everyday it's something
Hits me
I'm so cold
Find me sittin' by myself
No excuses, then I know
It's okay
Had a bad day
Hands are bruised from
Breaking rocks all day
Drained and blue
I bleed for you
You think it's funny, well
You're drowning in it too
Everyday it's something
Hits me
I'm so cold
Find me sittin' by myself
No excuses, then I know
Yeah, it's fine
We'll walk down the line
Leave our rain, a cold
Trade for warm sunshine
You my friend
I will defend
And if we change, well I
Love you anyway
Everyday it's something
Hits me
I'm so cold
Find me sittin' by myself
No excuses, then I know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r80HF68KM8g
NO EXCUSES
(Written by Jerry Cantrell)
It's alright
There comes a time
Got no patience to search
For peace of mind
Layin' low
Want to take it slow
No more hiding or
Disguising truths I've sold
Everyday it's something
Hits me
I'm so cold
Find me sittin' by myself
No excuses, then I know
It's okay
Had a bad day
Hands are bruised from
Breaking rocks all day
Drained and blue
I bleed for you
You think it's funny, well
You're drowning in it too
Everyday it's something
Hits me
I'm so cold
Find me sittin' by myself
No excuses, then I know
Yeah, it's fine
We'll walk down the line
Leave our rain, a cold
Trade for warm sunshine
You my friend
I will defend
And if we change, well I
Love you anyway
Everyday it's something
Hits me
I'm so cold
Find me sittin' by myself
No excuses, then I know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r80HF68KM8g
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I'm just having fun posting old favorites here, so please don't mind me! Such powerful beauty in the melancholy mood of this tune.
DOWN IN A HOLE
(Written by Jerry Cantrell)
Bury me softly in this womb
I give this part of me for you
Sand rains down and here I sit
Holding rare flowers in a tomb
Down in a hole
And I don't know if I can be saved
See my heart, now decorate it like a grave
You don't understand who they thought
I was supposed to be
Look at me now
I'm a man
Who won't let himself be
Down in a hole, feelin' so small
Down in a hole, losin' my soul
I'd like to fly
But my wings have been so denied
Down in a hole
And they've put all the stones in their place
I've eaten the sun so my tongue
Has been burned of the taste
I have been guilty of kicking myself in the teeth
I will speak no more of my feelings beneath
Down in a hole, feelin' so small
Down in a hole, losin' my soul
I'd like to fly
But my wings have been so denied
Bury me softly in this womb (oh I wanna be inside of you)
I give this part of me for you (oh I wanna be inside of you)
Sand rains down and here I sit (oh I wanna be inside of you)
Holding rare flowers in a tomb (oh I wanna be inside)
Down in a hole, feelin' so small
Down in a hole, losin' my soul
Down in a hole, feelin' so small
Down in a hole, out of control
I'd like to fly
But my wings have been so denied
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8hT3oDDf6c [Official video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWK0kqjPSVI [MTV Unplugged]
DOWN IN A HOLE
(Written by Jerry Cantrell)
Bury me softly in this womb
I give this part of me for you
Sand rains down and here I sit
Holding rare flowers in a tomb
Down in a hole
And I don't know if I can be saved
See my heart, now decorate it like a grave
You don't understand who they thought
I was supposed to be
Look at me now
I'm a man
Who won't let himself be
Down in a hole, feelin' so small
Down in a hole, losin' my soul
I'd like to fly
But my wings have been so denied
Down in a hole
And they've put all the stones in their place
I've eaten the sun so my tongue
Has been burned of the taste
I have been guilty of kicking myself in the teeth
I will speak no more of my feelings beneath
Down in a hole, feelin' so small
Down in a hole, losin' my soul
I'd like to fly
But my wings have been so denied
Bury me softly in this womb (oh I wanna be inside of you)
I give this part of me for you (oh I wanna be inside of you)
Sand rains down and here I sit (oh I wanna be inside of you)
Holding rare flowers in a tomb (oh I wanna be inside)
Down in a hole, feelin' so small
Down in a hole, losin' my soul
Down in a hole, feelin' so small
Down in a hole, out of control
I'd like to fly
But my wings have been so denied
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8hT3oDDf6c [Official video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWK0kqjPSVI [MTV Unplugged]
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I find it interesting that newest member William Duvall can right some of the most classic-sounding Alice In Chains material.
SO FAR UNDER
(Written by William Duvall)
I survive on the scraps you don't burn
Maybe love's something I'll never learn
This whole house all cut from red stone
If I disappear would you even know
The trap is time and no one gets off of this ride alive
The trap is time and no one gets off of this ride alive
So far under
Far I've never fell
Now forever dwell
So far under
So far under
Too much pain to tell
And now I've reeled us under
So far under
All my words start screaming to the boy
Same black hole where my heart was destroyed
The trap is time and no one gets off of this ride alive
The trap is time and no one gets off of this ride alive
So far under
Far I've never fell
Now forever dwell
So far under
So far under
Too much pain to tell
And now I've reeled us under
So far under
So far under
Far I've never fell
Now forever dwell
So far under
So far under
Too much pain to tell
And now I've reeled us under
So far under
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qusV7bKsrAE
SO FAR UNDER
(Written by William Duvall)
I survive on the scraps you don't burn
Maybe love's something I'll never learn
This whole house all cut from red stone
If I disappear would you even know
The trap is time and no one gets off of this ride alive
The trap is time and no one gets off of this ride alive
So far under
Far I've never fell
Now forever dwell
So far under
So far under
Too much pain to tell
And now I've reeled us under
So far under
All my words start screaming to the boy
Same black hole where my heart was destroyed
The trap is time and no one gets off of this ride alive
The trap is time and no one gets off of this ride alive
So far under
Far I've never fell
Now forever dwell
So far under
So far under
Too much pain to tell
And now I've reeled us under
So far under
So far under
Far I've never fell
Now forever dwell
So far under
So far under
Too much pain to tell
And now I've reeled us under
So far under
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qusV7bKsrAE
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Cord Hurn
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This one I find unsettling and mesmerizing at the same time.
FROGS
(Written by Layne Staley, Jerry Cantrell, Mike Inez, Sean Kinney)
What does "friend" mean to you?
A word so wrongfully abused
Are you like me, confused
All included but you
Alone...
The sounds of silence often soothe
Shapes and colors shift with mood
Pupils widen and change their hue
Rapid brown avoid clear blue
Why's it have to be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Flowers watched through wide brown eyes bloom
A child sings an unclaimed tune
Innocence spins cold cocoon
Grow to see the pain too soon
Why's it have to be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
"At 7 am on a Tuesday, usual August ...
Next week I'll be 28...
I'm still young, it'll be me...
Off the wall I scrape... you...
I can't wake, I gotta wake...
To cause this wake, I gotta wake no more...
It causes wake, to drown this hate....
To never really stay, never will.....
You take your plate...
Put me through hell, live, live...
Direct your fate...
You say I can do it so well...
Your expiration date...
Your expiration date...
Fate, date, expiration date...
(this was the last time)
Hate...
And don't fuck with me again...
My own clean slate...
Don't fuck with me again...
Makes your eyes dilate...
Makes you shake...
Irate..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZOiEa7BJO0 [Official audio]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7r6XgjVdMY [MTV Unplugged]
FROGS
(Written by Layne Staley, Jerry Cantrell, Mike Inez, Sean Kinney)
What does "friend" mean to you?
A word so wrongfully abused
Are you like me, confused
All included but you
Alone...
The sounds of silence often soothe
Shapes and colors shift with mood
Pupils widen and change their hue
Rapid brown avoid clear blue
Why's it have to be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Flowers watched through wide brown eyes bloom
A child sings an unclaimed tune
Innocence spins cold cocoon
Grow to see the pain too soon
Why's it have to be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
"At 7 am on a Tuesday, usual August ...
Next week I'll be 28...
I'm still young, it'll be me...
Off the wall I scrape... you...
I can't wake, I gotta wake...
To cause this wake, I gotta wake no more...
It causes wake, to drown this hate....
To never really stay, never will.....
You take your plate...
Put me through hell, live, live...
Direct your fate...
You say I can do it so well...
Your expiration date...
Your expiration date...
Fate, date, expiration date...
(this was the last time)
Hate...
And don't fuck with me again...
My own clean slate...
Don't fuck with me again...
Makes your eyes dilate...
Makes you shake...
Irate..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZOiEa7BJO0 [Official audio]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7r6XgjVdMY [MTV Unplugged]
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Cord Hurn
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Four entertaining vocalists in one song (Layne Staley, Jerry Cantrell, Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, Mark Arm of Mudhoney), with the band being dubbed as "Alice Mudgarden":
RIGHT TURN
(Written by Jerry Cantrell)
Inside, always trying to get back inside
But it's so hard to penetrate pig-thick skin
I'm 'bout as low as I can get
I'd leave but I can't forget
Still, I wonder why, it ain't right
Mmm, it ain't right, ooh, ain't right
Mmm, it ain't right, yeah
'Bout as low as she can get
She'll leave me but she won't forget
And she wonders why she ain't right
She ain't right, ain't right
She ain't right
Now we're as low as we can get
Can't leave and can't forget
We ain't right, we ain't right, not right
We ain't right
Well, it's hard to believe that somebody tricked you
When you can see you were only high
It's all up to you, so you gamble
Flat on your face and into the fire
Well, it's hard to believe that somebody tricked you
When you can see you were only high
It's all up to you, so you gamble
Flat on your face and into the fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBCTEM2Hga4
RIGHT TURN
(Written by Jerry Cantrell)
Inside, always trying to get back inside
But it's so hard to penetrate pig-thick skin
I'm 'bout as low as I can get
I'd leave but I can't forget
Still, I wonder why, it ain't right
Mmm, it ain't right, ooh, ain't right
Mmm, it ain't right, yeah
'Bout as low as she can get
She'll leave me but she won't forget
And she wonders why she ain't right
She ain't right, ain't right
She ain't right
Now we're as low as we can get
Can't leave and can't forget
We ain't right, we ain't right, not right
We ain't right
Well, it's hard to believe that somebody tricked you
When you can see you were only high
It's all up to you, so you gamble
Flat on your face and into the fire
Well, it's hard to believe that somebody tricked you
When you can see you were only high
It's all up to you, so you gamble
Flat on your face and into the fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBCTEM2Hga4