Alice In Chains
In the darkest hole You'd be well advised Not to plan my funeral before the Body dies Come the morning light It's a see-through show What you may have heard and What you think you know Let the sun never blind your eyes Let me sleep so my teeth won't grind Hear a sound from a voice inside Sure to play a part So you love the game And in truth your lies Become one and same I could set you free Rather hear the sound Of your body breaking As I take you down Let the sun never blind your eyes Let me sleep so my teeth won't grind Hear a sound from a voice inside In the darkest hole You'd be well advised Not to plan my funeral before the Body dies Let the sun never blind your eyes Let me sleep so my teeth won't grind Hear a sound from a voice inside
Brush Away
I could use some Time to curl away My aggression Is where you stake Your claim Why I question This curve on which you grade My conception A joke? Or latest craze? I try to get away And yet I stick around So fall and crawl away And brush away loose ground My intention Can I arrive at eight Lie and dream some Surprise you guys I'm late All right, correction, forgetting something Wait Brush away loose ground Brush away loose ground
Sludge Factory
You insult me in my home You're forgiven this time Things go well, your eyes dilate You shake, and I'm high? Look in my eyes deep and watch The clouds change with time 20 hours won't print My picture milk carton size Carton size Carton size Call me up congratulations Ain't the real why There's no pressure besides brilliance Let's say by day 9 Endless corporate ignorance lets Me control time By the way, by the way, by the way, by the way Once again you see an in Discolored skin gives you away So afraid you kindly gurgle out a date For me Now the body of one soul I adore wants to die You have always told me you'd Not live past 25 I say stay long enough to repay All who caused strife Once again you see an in Discolored skin gives you away So afraid you kindly gurgle out a date For me
Heaven Beside You
Be what you wanna be See what you came to see Been what you wanna be I don't like what I see Like the coldest winter chill Heaven beside you ...Hell within Like the coldest winter chill Heaven beside you ...Hell within Like the coldest winter chill Put heaven beside you Hell within And you think you have it still, heaven inside you So there's problems in your life That's fucked up And I'm not blind I'm just see-through Faded Super jaded And out of my mind Do what you wanna do Go out and seek your truth When I'm down and blue Rather be me than you Like the coldest winter chill Heaven beside you ...Hell within Like the coldest winter chill Heaven beside you ...Hell within Like the winter will Heaven beside you ...Hell within And you wish you had it still, heaven inside you So there's problems in your life That's fucked up But you're not blind You're just see-through Faded Overrated And out of your mind Like the coldest winter chill Heaven beside you ...Hell within Like the coldest winter chill Heaven beside you ...Hell within Like the winter will Heaven beside you ...Hell within And you know you have it still, heaven inside you
Head Creeps
Music & lyrics by Layne Staley
No more time Just one more time So crazy, beat the strain Too lazy, shake the gray So, and she willed the drain So let me be defamed Your redundancy stains Tired of infantile claims Like puppets on their strings Untangle you from me Time to call the doggies off Tired of the shadowin' Slide me to the side again Slapped in the face again No more time Just one more time Your redundancy stains Tired of infantile claims Live puppets on a string Untangle you from me Chorus One day my plane leaves Some way my head creeps Some day my head leads Some way my head creeps Empty room sets the scene Pick at me slow, pain fiend Suck me through barbed screen Anger becomes our Queen Tongue whipping forked black How long until you crack Surprised and set back Lackey's loose talk for fact Chorus One day my plane leaves Some way my head creeps Some day my way leads Some way my head creeps So crazy feel the hate Yeah, I've got years to wait I know it's not too late Lending clean hands to fate Rise from the dirt I'm in Hide in another's skin Stick black dress doll with pin Your mouth takes on my grin
Again
Lyrics by Layne Staley
Music by Jerry Cantrell
Hey Let them do it again Yeah Hey You said you were my friend Hey Turn me upside down Hey Feelin' so down Hey Hey Hey I know I made the same mistakes I I won't do it again, no Why Why you slap me in the face, ow I I didn't say it was okay, no No No Hey You had time to think it out, yeah Hey Your weak will won't help her heal her heart, no Hey I'll bet it really eats you up
Shame In You
Lyrics by Layne Staley
Music by Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney, Mike Inez
When I awaken And I'm achin' Time for sleepin', yeah When I'm sayin' Time to go and I've been hurtin', yeah When I'm layin' I'm still trying Concentrating on dyin', yeah You're right as rain But you're wrong to blame Agreed my crime's the same My sins I'll claim Give you back shed pain Go find a place for own shame, yeah So you can deal with this thing unreal No one made you feel any hurt, yeah Body's movin' Only provin' No one needs to move Still believin' Yet mistaken All God's children, yeah And I must say I was stupid Selfishly she consumed, yeah And you must change Patterns all we trained Or n'er regain peace you seek Now you hear me For the things I see Yeah, I believe in inner peace, yeah Throw out Blow up Hold in Show fine No signs Grow blind
God Am
Lyrics by Layne Staley
Music by Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney, Mike Inez
Dear God, how have you been, then? I'm not fine, fuck pretending All of this death you're sending Best throw some free heart mending Invite you in my heart, then When done, my sins forgiven? This God of mine relaxes World dies I still pay taxes Can I be as my God am Can you be as God am Can I be as my God am God of all my God am So Lord, I see you grinnin' Must be grand always winning How proud are you being able To gather faith from fable Can I be as my God am Can you be as God am Can I be as my God am God of all my God am God am My God am God am God All this respect I'm giving Shared strenght acquired by livin' All bloomin' life you're feeding Can't hide sick ones you're weeding Can I be as my God am Can you be as God am Can I be as my God am God of all my God am God am God am God am
So Close
Lyrics by Layne Staley
Music by Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney
Why are we here again It's the same ol' sit down roll around Chewed up pen Nothin' thrilling me too much, yeah Nothing thrilling me Yeah, so close now Yeah, so close now Man, I nearly snapped my twig Then again I nearly snapped A few of you So I hear you think highly now So I hear you think Yeah, so close now Yeah, so close now Why Why Why
Nothin' Song
Lyrics by Layne Staley
Music by Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney
Began this take at 7:38 Head hit the board, enough that it aches Wonder should I be workin' so late Began this take at 7:38 Head hit the board, enough that it aches Wonder should I be workin' so late Wonder should I be workin' so late The nothin' song sticks to your mouth Like peanut butter on the brain Nothin' ever stays the same Nothin' Yeah, nothin' Nothin' Nothin' Went outside to give all a break Wearing cowhide, steak on a skate Back inside, Sam throw away your cake Went outside to give a break Wearing cowhide, steak on a skate Back inside Sam, throw away your cake Back inside Sam, throw away your cake Chorus Gotta finish so I can awake Feed the cat or she spreads all the waste Snap her neck or trade in for new make Gotta finish so I can awake Feed the cat or she spreads all the waste Snap her neck or trade in for new make Snap her neck or trade in for new make The nothin' song sticks to your mouth Like peanut butter on the brain Nothin' ever stays the same The nothin' song sticks to your mouth
Frogs
Lyrics by Layne Staley
Music by Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney, Mike Inez
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 Flowers watched through wide brown eyes A child sings an unclaimed tune Innocence spins cold cocoon Grow to see the pain too soon
Over Now
Lyrics by Jerry Cantrell
Music by Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney
Yeah, it's over now But I can breathe somehow When it's all worn out I'd rather go without You know it's been on my mind Could you stand right here Look me straight in the eye and say That it's over now We pay our debt sometime Well it's over now Yet I can see somehow When it's all gone wrong It's hard to be so strong We pay our debt sometime Guess it's over now I seem alive somehow When it's out of sight Just wait and do your time You know it's been on my mind Could I stand right here Look myself in the eye, and say That it's over now We pay our debt sometime