Alice In Chains

Dirt

Them Bones


I believe them bones are me


Some say we're born into the grave


I feel so alone, gonna end up a


Big old pile a them bones








 


Dust rise right on over my time


Empty fossil of the new scene


I feel so alone, gonna wind up a


Big ole pile a them bones








 


Toll due bad dream come true


I lie dead gone under red sky


I feel so alone, gonna end up a


Big ole pile a them bones








 


Dam That River


I broke you in the canyon


I drowned you in the lake


You a snake that I would trample


Only thing I'd not embrace








 


Oh, you couldn't dam that river


And maybe I don't give a damn anyway


So you couldn't dam that river


And it washed me so far away








 


I pushed and then you stumbled


I kicked you in the face


You stare at me so hollow


Got to keep that killin' pace








 


Oh, you couldn't dam that river


And maybe I don't give a damn anyway


So you couldn't dam that river


And it washed me so far away








 


I burned the place around you


I hit you with a rake


You piss upon my candle


So proving you're a fake








 


Rain When I Die


Is she ready to know my frustration?


What she slippin' inside, slow castration


I'm a riddle so strong, you can't break me


Did she come here to try, try to take me








 


Did she call my name?


I think it's gonna rain


When I die








 


Was it something I said, held against me?


Ain't no life on the run, slowly climbing


Caught in ice so she stares, stares at nothing


I can help her but won't, now she hates me








 


She won't let me hide


She don't want me to cry








 


Will she keep on the ground, trying to ground me


Slowly forgive my lie, lying to save me


Could she love me again, or will she hate me


Prob'ly not, I know why, can't explain me








 


Sickman


What the hell am I?


Thousand eyes, a fly


Lucky then I'd be


In one day deceased








 


Sickman, sickman, sickman








 


I can feel the wheel, but I can't steer


When my thoughts become my biggest fear








 


Ah, what's the difference, I'll die


In this sick world of mine








 


What the hell am I


Leper from inside


Inside wall of peace


Dirty and diseased








 


Sickman, sickman, sickman, sickman








 


I can see the end is getting near


I won't rest until my head is clear








Can you see the end?


Choke on me my friend


Must to drown these thoughts


Purity over rot








 


Yeah, though I walk through the valley of rape and despair


With head high and eyes alert


I tread on a plane of many








 


We who are of good nature and intention,


But cannot touch on the dark


Recesses of memory


And pain learned, so come walk


With me, feel the pain,


And release it








 


What the hell am I worn eroded pride


Saddened 10 mile wide


I'm gonna let it slide








 


Sickman, sickman, sickman, sickman








 


I can feel the wheel, but I can't steer


When my thoughts become my biggest fear


Ahh, etc., etc.








 


Rooster


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Ain't found a way to kill me yet


Eyes burn with stinging sweat


Seems every path leads me to nowhere


Wife and kids household pet


Army green was no safe bet


The bullets scream to me from somewhere








 


Here they come to snuff the rooster


Yeah here come the rooster


You know he ain't gonna die








 


Walkin' tall machine gun man


They spit on me in my home land


Gloria sent me pictures of my boy


Got my pills 'gainst mosquito death


My buddy's breathin' his dyin' breath


Oh god please won't you help me make it through








 


Junkhead


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A good night, the best in a long time


A new friend turned me on to an old favorite


Nothing better than a dealer who's high


Be high, convince them to buy








 


What's my drug of choice?


Well, what have you got?


I don't go broke


And I do it a lot








 


Seems so sick to the hypocrite norm


Running their boring drills


But we are an elite race of our own


The stoners, junkies, and freaks








 


Are you happy? I am, man.


Content and fully aware


Money, status, nothing to me


'Cause your life is empty and bare








 


You can't understand a user's mind


But try, with your books and degrees


If you let yourself go and opened your mind


I'll bet you'd be doing like me


And it ain't so bad








 


Say, I do it a lot!


Say, I do it a lot!


Say, I do it a lot!


Say, I do it a lot!








 


Dirt


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I have never felt such frustration


Or lack of self control


I want you to kill me


And dig me under, I wanna live no more








 


One who doesn't care is one who shouldn't be


I've tried to hide myself from what is wrong for me


For me








 


I want to taste dirty, stinging pistol


In my mouth, on my tongue


I want you to scrape me from the walls


And go crazy like you've made me








 


You, you are so special


You have the talent to 


Make me feel like dirt


And you, you use your


Talent to dig me under


And cover me with dirt








 


God Smack


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Care not for the men who wonder


Straw that broke your back, you're under


Cast all them aside who care


Empty eyes and dead end stare








 


Don't you know that none are blind


To the lie, and you think I don't find what you hide?








 


What in God's name have you done?


Stick your arm for some real fun








 


For the horse you've grown much fonder


Than for me, that I don't ponder


As the hair of one who bit you


Smiling bite your own self, too








 


And I think that you're not blind


To the ones you left behind


I'll be here








 


So be yearning all your life


Twisting, turning like a knife








 


Now you know the reasons why


Can't get high, or you will die


Or you'll die








 


So your sickness weighs a ton


And God's name is smack for some








 


Hate To Feel


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What's gone wrong, I can't see straight


Been too long, so full of hate








 


What the fuck will it take


Drown myself in my wake


Another shaggy D.A.


Now a dog, shake my leg


Plastic man, paper face


Candy heart, what a waste


Gotta change, set a date








 


Stare at me with empty eyes and


Point your words at me


Mirror on the wall will show you


What you're scared to see








 


I can see, yeah - (wish I couldn't see at all)


I can feel - (wish I couldn't feel at all)


Hate to see - (wish I couldn't see at all)


Hate to feel - (wish I couldn't feel at all)








 


So climb the walls,


Thin my blood now


And I crawl, back to bed now








 


What the hell, gotta rest


Aching pain in my chest


Lucky me, now I'm set








 


Little bug for a pet


New Orleans, gotta get


Pin cushion medicine


Used to be curious


Now the shit's sustenance








 


All this time I swore I'd never


Be like my old man


What the hay it's time to face


Exactly what I am








 


Angry Chair


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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


See myself molded in clay


Stares at me, yeah I'm afraid


Changing the shape of his face








 


Candles red I have a pair


Shadows dancing everywhere


burning on the angry chair








 


Little boy made a mistake


Pink cloud has now turned to gray


All that I want is to play


Get on your knees, time to pray, boy








 


I don't mind, yeah


I don't mind, I-I-I


I don't mind, yeah,


I don't mind, I-I-I


Lost my mind, yeah


But I don't mind, I-I-I


Can't find it anywhere


I don't mind








 


Corporate prison, we stay


I'm a dull boy, work all da y


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


So little hope that I died


Feed me your lies, open wide


Weight of my heart, not the size








 


Pink cloud has now turned to gray


All that I want is to play


Get on your knees time to pray








 


Down In A Hole


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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...in bloom








 


Down in a hole and I don't know if I can be saved


See my heart I decorate it like a grave


You don't understand who they 


Thought I was supposed to be


Look at me now a man


Who won't let himself be








 


Down in a hole, losin' my soul


Down in a hole, losin' control


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








 


Oh I want to be inside of you








 


Down in a hole, losin' my soul


Down in a hole, feelin' so small


Down in a hole, losin' my soul


Down in a hole, out of control








 


I'd like to fly but my 


Wings have been so denied








 


Would?


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Know me broken by my master


Teach thee on child of love hereafter








 


Into the flood again


Same old trip it was back then


So I made a big mistake


Try to see it once my way








 


Drifting body it's sole desertion


Flying not yet quite the notion








 


Am I wrong?


Have I run too far to get home


Have I gone?


And left you here alone


If I would, could you?