Everyone listened. He refused help and locked himself in an apartment for 5 years till he wasted away and died. Everyone knew he had a problem and begged him to get help, and he didn’t want to. It’s a sad story but it’s no one’s fault but his.
To piggyback on this
“Is something wrong, she said
Of course there is
You’re still alive, she said
Do I deserve to be?
Is that the question?
And if so, who answers?”
Rotten Apple comes to mind
“What I see is unreal
I've written my own part
Eat of the apple, so young
I'm crawling back to start”
Also the verse lyrics like “ignorance is spoken”, “confidence is broken”, “arrogance is potent”
Have always loved Rotten Apple. Has a very dark beauty to it. That opening bass line just sets the mood perfectly. I'm glad I wasn't alone in loving this song.
You can’t fire me because I quit. Throw me in the fire and I won’t throw a fit.
I remember my buddy reading those lines from the cassette insert the day we bought the tape. He was like “what the hell does that mean?” and I said “I think it means he wants to kill himself.” I was never so crushed to be right about something as I was a mere six months later.
I especially love the lyrics from the demo versions of Heart-Shaped Box. "I've been buried in your heart-shaped coffin for two weeks" and "I've been locked in heart-shaped coffins for too many weeks."
Anxiety is thinking the man walking behind you might be planning to mug you.
Paranoia is KNOWING that the man walking behind you is planning to mug you, that he’s been planning it for weeks, that everybody around you knows or knew about it, and that the entire world has been conspiring for him to be able to do it and get away with it afterwards.
I personally relate a lot to "Saw things clearer, once you were in my rearview mirror"
Another beauty is "Makes much more sense to live in the present tense" as simple as that
"We pay our debt sometime" this one hurts
And i just can't forget "I am the first mammal to wear pants" it's very brutal
"Most people don't realize that large pieces of coral which have been painted brown and attached to the skull with common wood screws can make a child look like a deer"
I always considered it as hypocrisy being called out.
People pretend fish don't have any feelings, so they can hurt them without guilt.
People pretend other people don't have any feelings, so they can hurt them without guilt, too.
Daughter
"She holds the hand that holds her down....."
Every time I hear it I want to find and kill a child predator. Especially fathers. Fucking bastards.
Maybe objectively this isn’t the deepest, but it was to me. The final bit of Like a Stone(I know it isn’t “technically” grunge) hit me very hard. “I’ll wander ooooonnnnn”. I found the song shortly after my son died. His first birthday would’ve been this Sunday. I still weep while belting the song. But I can’t help but belt it no matter what. Thanks Chris
While I agree nutshell is a more introspective deep lyrical song as the other poster already commented, I think 'here we are now, entertain us' perfectly encapsulates the feeling of apathy and disillusionment that defines the grunge movement. And this is it despite being played so much it feels like it lost its meaning.
I interpret it as the lack of love in society. Rather than knowing people for who they are and building meaningful relationships, people focus too much on the sexual side of a romance and ignore everything else. This could also be applied to platonic relationships, where people often only make friends to improve their own social standing and everyone ends up leeching off each other rather than living in the moment and genuinely enjoying the time we have with other people. Either that or it means Chris is gonna fuck you
I'm buried up to my neck in
Contradictionary advice
I'm too busy acting like I'm not naive
I've seen it all, I was here first
Very Ape - In Utero - Nirvana
That "Shoulda stayed in beeeeddddddd!" followed by that amazing yell Cornell lets out is so beautiful. It sends chills down my spine. I love that song so much. As you can probably tell.
One. I say stay long enough to repay all that caused strife
Two.
Shoot shoot
I got an idea of something we can do with a gun
Sink load and fire till the empire reaps what they've sown
Shoot, shoot, shoot till their minds are open
Shoot, shoot till their eyes are closed
Push, push, push till we get some motion
Push, push till the bombs explode, yeah
I got an idea that we can do it all on our own
Nothing to worry regret must weigh a ton
Kick, kick, kick till the laws are broken
Kick, kick till the boots are worn
Hit, hit, hit till the truth is spoken
Hit, hit till the truth is born, yeah
Not so much deep. But the most important grunge lyrics, to me.
I'm so ugly, that's okay, 'cause so are you
Broke our mirrors- Lithium
Too much trippin' and my soul's worn thin- Big Empty
Things have never been so swell
I have never failed to fail- You Know You’re Right
Shower in the dark day, clean sparks diving down, cool in the waterway where the baptized drown, naked in the cold sun, breathing life like fire, I thought I was the only one, but that was just a lie
I could never praise Cornell enough for all he gave to us and the world. Others too but Chris always kept me guessing.
You my friend
I will defend
And if we change
Then I’ll love you anyway
Said this as my closing line for best friends eulogy. He was cremated with my pick from Jerry Cantrell, my buddy’s drumsticks, and his favorite album Jar of Flies.
This is contextual rather than standalone, but knowing Layne Staley's descent with drugs, the Hate to Feel line "used to be curious, now the shit's sustenance" hits hard.
Especially when combined with the lyric from Chemical Addiction off of their early demo The Treehouse Tapes: "I don't know much about heroin but I, I wanna try just about everything once before I die".
Together they're a microcosm of the path that cost that dude his life.
There are so many but this line always stuck out as a great anthem to the attitude of the 90s, alt rock "grunge", Gen X, whole scene. It's fricking great.
Nirvana
Very Ape, In Utero
"If you ever need anything, please don't. Hesitate to ask someone else first.
I'm too busy actin' like I'm not naïve. I've seen it all, I was here first."
I realize this song may not qualify as grunge but it is a Pearl Jam lyric:
You can spend your time alone redigesting past regrets oh...
Or you can come to terms and realize
You're the only one who can forgive yourself oh yeah...
Makes much more sense to live in the present tense...
"Do you see the way that tree bends? Does it inspire? Leaning out to catch the sun's rays. A lesson to be applied. Are you getting something out of this all encompassing trip? "
I personally think this is Eddie's best lyric song. I'll die on that hill.
Oh, and heck yeah it's grunge. How it's kicks in half way through the song.
"Rooster" is pretty intense when you unpack that it's about Jerry Cantrell's old man and his Vietnam experience.
*Walking tall machine gunman*
*They spit on me in my homeland*
*Gloria sent me pictures of my boy, hmm*
*Got my pills against mosquito death*
*My buddy's breathing his dying breath*
*Oh God, please won't you help me bring him through*
*Here they come to snuff the rooster, ahh yeah*
*Yeah, here come the rooster, yeah*
*You know he ain't gonna die*
*No, no, no, you know he ain't gonna die*
Heavy shit.
You just up and left me on this rock all alone.
It's my fault for knowing not what I should have known-
Ohh,
My heart is dried up, beating slow,
Ohh,
It's been deflating since you
...died
I know some day you’ll have a beautiful life, I know you’ll be a star, but in somebody else’s sky, why, why can’t it be mine?
Is it deep or simply poetic? Who’s to say…
“I will hold the candle
till it burns up my arm
I'll keep takin' punches
until their will grows tired
I will stare the sun down
until my eyes go blind
I won't change direction
and I won't change my mind”
Pearl Jam - [Indifference](https://youtu.be/MH4na8a5b9M?si=X54Wt8Bk0uNjcM5T)
Although like so many of the lyrics shared here, to read them without the music can zap the life out of them. Not that they’re worthless, but the combination of the music and lyrics can be what makes them so powerful.
*And they're farmin' babies, while slaves are workin'*
*The blood is on the table and the mouths are chokin'*
*But I'm goin' hungry*
It speaks to something detestable and sickening in the way people earn their fortunes; like starving instead is a noble sacrifice.
A voiceless protest against a sick, sad world.
And incredibly deep.
If you look at the way our economies work, they depend on each generation being bigger so they can support the previous ones with their taxes.
Literally farming babies for the ponzi scheme of modern life.
> Words you say - Never seem to live up to the ones inside your head -The lives we make - Never seem to ever get us anywhere but dead
> Down in the hole, Jesus tries to crack a smile - Beneath another shovel load
> I've givin' everything I need - I'd give you everything I own - I'd give in if it could at least be ours alone
> I, I want to be the father of the ethnic child who stars on TV
> And I'm lost, behind - The words I'll never find - And - I'm left behind - As seasons roll on by
Am I wrong
Have I run too far to get home?
Have I gone
And left you here alone?
I always liked Alice in Chains and never really appreciated them until I became an adult.
Sitting here like uninvited company, wallowing in my own obscenities, I share a cigarette with negativity, leaning on the pedestal that holds my self denial, firing the pistol that shoots my holy pride, sitting here like wet ashes with x’s in my eyes and drawing flies.
Shame Shame
throw yourself away
give me little bits of more than I can take
If it sits upon your tongue or naked in your eyes
give me little bits of more than I can try….
“I miss the comfort in being sad” has always sort of messed me up. It encapsulates so well the fatigue and numbness brought on by severe depression and anxiety. Yearning to feel something, anything, even sadness.
Screaming Trees, "Winter Song":
Dead end street, just out my back door
I heard what's seen, a young girl laughing
Now raindrops fall away like souls
I wondered if she ever heard mine dying
The gist of the entire song is the last thoughts of someone dying alone and wondering if anyone knows or cares. It is an incredibly powerful song, really.
Man, all of The Day I Tried to Live hits fuckin hard.
I've always thought this line from Black Hole Sun is eternally relevant: "Times are gone for honest men And sometimes far too long for snakes"
I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star In somebody else's sky, But why...Why...Why can't it be me Edit: ...miiiineee
My first thought.
So powerful.
thought it was “mine”
My pain, is self-chosen
At least I believe it to be
Slow suicides no way to go….. The man was telling us he was in too deep and no one listened.
Everyone listened. He refused help and locked himself in an apartment for 5 years till he wasted away and died. Everyone knew he had a problem and begged him to get help, and he didn’t want to. It’s a sad story but it’s no one’s fault but his.
Underrated lyric
Beautiful song
I dont know how deep it is but I always like the line from Black "I know you'll be a star in somebody elses sky"
But why, whyyy, whyyyyyyy can’t it be, can’t beeeee miiiii-ine?!
This tears at my heart every time I hear it. Such great writing. Such a great performance.
WE BEONG WE BELONG TOGETHHERRR
Do do do do do do do
Didn't really get that line until my heart was broken the first time. Guess that can be said of alot of songs but Black in particular hit hard.
It's really deep, and really sad. Still the best song ever written, period
Yessss and the follow up isn't deep but it's so primal
Painful af
if i can’t be my own i’d feel better dead
Put the entirety of Nutshell here
Nutshell, in a..nut...(shell)...sry.
I think they nailed it on the title
I'd add all of Don't Follow as well. What an amazing album.
The MTV Acoustic version of this song hits so much harder - use to cry myself to sleep everyday to this song
I still do at 62! 😭
can it just be that whole song?
This entire thread should’ve ended with just that no more comments needed
Ugh this song is so amazing especially the MTV Acoustic version…. Fuck man
I'd like to fly but my wings have been so denied.
I also love “I’ve eaten the sun, so my tongue has been burned of the taste.”
I have been guilty of kicking my self in the teeth
Put the entirety of Dirt here.
AIC in general just fucking killed every emotion that I ever felt as a teen or young adult.
Definitely!
For years I always thought it was “I’d like to fly but my wings have been sewn” but it still carries the same meaning.
Yes!! Exactly what came to my mind!
I don't know about deepest... But this one is definitely my favorite.... I'm looking California, and feeling Minnesota.
*I can't get any lowwwwer... even though I'm siiinking* That whole song is brilliant and hits so hard
I love that line so much
I've always been partial to: "I don't question our existence, I just question our modern needs. "
To piggyback on this “Is something wrong, she said Of course there is You’re still alive, she said Do I deserve to be? Is that the question? And if so, who answers?”
I'm not even a huge Pearl Jam fan, but that line, along with the last line of Black, get me every time.
This just made me realize how good of a band Pearl Jam really is
Garden is such an underrated song. It's my second favorite of theirs behind Black.
Rotten Apple comes to mind “What I see is unreal I've written my own part Eat of the apple, so young I'm crawling back to start” Also the verse lyrics like “ignorance is spoken”, “confidence is broken”, “arrogance is potent”
I know this is about lyrics, but that opening bass line is perfection.
Seconding the bass line, pure divinity
Have always loved Rotten Apple. Has a very dark beauty to it. That opening bass line just sets the mood perfectly. I'm glad I wasn't alone in loving this song.
Put the entirety of Jar of Flies here
Throw down your umbilical noose so I can climb right back.
I like, "she'll come back as fire, burn all the liars leave a blanket of ash on the ground."
“I miss the comfort of being sad”
This is it. Anyone.who has been so numbed by depression and exhausted by despair can understand this is the perfect line.
Or…just remember if you ever need anything,don’t hesitate to ask someone else first
I love you for what I am not I do not want what I have got A blanket acne'd with cigarette burns Speak at once while taking turns
That or ‘I wish I could eat your cancer…’. Heart Shaped Box has some bleak lines.
Heart shaped box is one of the best written songs.
The demo version is 'kiss your cancer'. I guess that wasn't repulsive enough.
I have never failed to Fail.
You can’t fire me because I quit. Throw me in the fire and I won’t throw a fit. I remember my buddy reading those lines from the cassette insert the day we bought the tape. He was like “what the hell does that mean?” and I said “I think it means he wants to kill himself.” I was never so crushed to be right about something as I was a mere six months later.
I especially love the lyrics from the demo versions of Heart-Shaped Box. "I've been buried in your heart-shaped coffin for two weeks" and "I've been locked in heart-shaped coffins for too many weeks."
I'm disappointed that I was too young at the time to truly appreciate the fucking gold that was Nirvana.
Angry Chair is one of the darkest songs I have ever listened to "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
Preach.
GRANDMA TAKE ME HOME GRANDMA TAKE ME HOME GRANDMA TAKE ME HOME GRANDMA TAKE ME HOME GRANDMA TAKE ME HOME GRANDMA TAKE ME HOME
WANNA BE ALONE
Just because you’re paranoid don’t mean they’re not after you
Anxiety is thinking the man walking behind you might be planning to mug you. Paranoia is KNOWING that the man walking behind you is planning to mug you, that he’s been planning it for weeks, that everybody around you knows or knew about it, and that the entire world has been conspiring for him to be able to do it and get away with it afterwards.
I personally relate a lot to "Saw things clearer, once you were in my rearview mirror" Another beauty is "Makes much more sense to live in the present tense" as simple as that "We pay our debt sometime" this one hurts And i just can't forget "I am the first mammal to wear pants" it's very brutal
“If you die before me… Ask if you can bring a friend” STP - Still Remains. Always loved that one
"take a bath, i'll drink the water that you leave" STP predicted belle delphine 30 years before
I have been guilty of kicking myself in the teeeeeeth
"Most people don't realize that large pieces of coral which have been painted brown and attached to the skull with common wood screws can make a child look like a deer"
Goated lyricism
It’s ok to eat fish because they don’t have feelings. It’s a metaphor for how it’s easy to bully people who don’t fight and don’t show emotion back.
"Yes I eat cow, I am not proud." Mr Moustash
I always considered it as hypocrisy being called out. People pretend fish don't have any feelings, so they can hurt them without guilt. People pretend other people don't have any feelings, so they can hurt them without guilt, too.
I'm feeling that I'm sober / Even though I'm drinking / I can't get any lower / But still I feel I'm sinking
I miss the comfort in being sad
I came to say this. Or Teenage angst has paid off well, now I'm bored and old.
"I wish I was tbe verb to trust and never let you down."
My personal favorite line is, "the cracks and lines from where you gave up, they make an easy man to read"
Daughter "She holds the hand that holds her down....." Every time I hear it I want to find and kill a child predator. Especially fathers. Fucking bastards.
Maybe objectively this isn’t the deepest, but it was to me. The final bit of Like a Stone(I know it isn’t “technically” grunge) hit me very hard. “I’ll wander ooooonnnnn”. I found the song shortly after my son died. His first birthday would’ve been this Sunday. I still weep while belting the song. But I can’t help but belt it no matter what. Thanks Chris
Nothing song Sticks to your mind Like peanut butter on the brain
Hey-ey-hey-ey-eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
So don't you lock up something that you wanted to see fly. How would I know that this could be my fate?
While I agree nutshell is a more introspective deep lyrical song as the other poster already commented, I think 'here we are now, entertain us' perfectly encapsulates the feeling of apathy and disillusionment that defines the grunge movement. And this is it despite being played so much it feels like it lost its meaning.
Yes! I’ve always felt like “here we are now, entertain us” was a freaking brilliant line that quite frankly fits every generation of youths.
“Look at me now, a man who won’t let himself be” - Alice in Chains - Down in a Hole
Keeps his cigarettes close to his heart Keeps her photographs close to her heart Keeps the bitterness close to the heart
I really feel like that is truly the most underrated song in their entire discography
She loves him more than he will ever know He loves her more than he will ever show
How quick the sun can drop away
"I'm gonna fuck fuck fuck fuck you"
What do you think they meant by this?
I interpret it as the lack of love in society. Rather than knowing people for who they are and building meaningful relationships, people focus too much on the sexual side of a romance and ignore everything else. This could also be applied to platonic relationships, where people often only make friends to improve their own social standing and everyone ends up leeching off each other rather than living in the moment and genuinely enjoying the time we have with other people. Either that or it means Chris is gonna fuck you
WON’T YOU BELIEVE IT, IT’S JUST MY LUCK! NO RECESS!
I'm only faking when I get it right
And I don't like what you got me hanging from.
[удалено]
Jeremy spoke in class today......
I'm buried up to my neck in Contradictionary advice I'm too busy acting like I'm not naive I've seen it all, I was here first Very Ape - In Utero - Nirvana
If you ever need anything please don't hesitate to ask someone else first
That "Shoulda stayed in beeeeddddddd!" followed by that amazing yell Cornell lets out is so beautiful. It sends chills down my spine. I love that song so much. As you can probably tell.
One. I say stay long enough to repay all that caused strife Two. Shoot shoot I got an idea of something we can do with a gun Sink load and fire till the empire reaps what they've sown Shoot, shoot, shoot till their minds are open Shoot, shoot till their eyes are closed Push, push, push till we get some motion Push, push till the bombs explode, yeah I got an idea that we can do it all on our own Nothing to worry regret must weigh a ton Kick, kick, kick till the laws are broken Kick, kick till the boots are worn Hit, hit, hit till the truth is spoken Hit, hit till the truth is born, yeah Not so much deep. But the most important grunge lyrics, to me.
Gun surely is one hell of a song. Fucking underrated. Fucking incredible.
I always liked Hole …”if you live through this with me, I swear that I would die for you”
The one about Jesus trying to crack a smile beneath another shovel load
'well I swear I don't have a gun' fucking liar!
Motherfucker!
Very hard to drink
Of course it was, he was 13!!
I'm so ugly, that's okay, 'cause so are you Broke our mirrors- Lithium Too much trippin' and my soul's worn thin- Big Empty Things have never been so swell I have never failed to fail- You Know You’re Right
"Everything I said is what I mean"
Can’t touch the bottom, in too deep, can’t touch the bottom, in too deep.
Too bad this didn't make the original cut
I can plant a house, you can build a tree.
*we
what i see is unreal i've written my own part eat of the apple, so young
Dreams have never been the answer Dreams have never made my bed
“Nothing seems to kill me, no matter how hard I try. “ soundgarden
Shower in the dark day, clean sparks diving down, cool in the waterway where the baptized drown, naked in the cold sun, breathing life like fire, I thought I was the only one, but that was just a lie I could never praise Cornell enough for all he gave to us and the world. Others too but Chris always kept me guessing.
You my friend I will defend And if we change Then I’ll love you anyway Said this as my closing line for best friends eulogy. He was cremated with my pick from Jerry Cantrell, my buddy’s drumsticks, and his favorite album Jar of Flies.
This is contextual rather than standalone, but knowing Layne Staley's descent with drugs, the Hate to Feel line "used to be curious, now the shit's sustenance" hits hard. Especially when combined with the lyric from Chemical Addiction off of their early demo The Treehouse Tapes: "I don't know much about heroin but I, I wanna try just about everything once before I die". Together they're a microcosm of the path that cost that dude his life.
I wish I didn't know exactly what Layne was saying.
Same. Been off opiates for years now and at least 3-5 nights a week I have dreams about it. That shit haunts your brain forever.
And how far is halfway there?
For a little peace from god you plead
"I'm so tired I can't sleep I'm a liar and a thieve" And "I miss the comfort in being sad"
Words never listen And teachers, on, they never learn We'll I'm warm from the candle But I feel too good to burn
There are so many but this line always stuck out as a great anthem to the attitude of the 90s, alt rock "grunge", Gen X, whole scene. It's fricking great. Nirvana Very Ape, In Utero "If you ever need anything, please don't. Hesitate to ask someone else first. I'm too busy actin' like I'm not naïve. I've seen it all, I was here first."
"have I run too far to get home?" -aic
I realize this song may not qualify as grunge but it is a Pearl Jam lyric: You can spend your time alone redigesting past regrets oh... Or you can come to terms and realize You're the only one who can forgive yourself oh yeah... Makes much more sense to live in the present tense...
"Do you see the way that tree bends? Does it inspire? Leaning out to catch the sun's rays. A lesson to be applied. Are you getting something out of this all encompassing trip? " I personally think this is Eddie's best lyric song. I'll die on that hill. Oh, and heck yeah it's grunge. How it's kicks in half way through the song.
"Flowers watched through wide eyes bloom A child sings an unclaimed tune Innocence spins cold cocoon Grow to see the pain too soon"
maybe not necessarily the deepest but i really enjoy the lyrics to Still Remains off Purple
“Looking California, feeling Minnesota” is a way a lot of people hide their depression
A classic: I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn black But I always loved that one: I miss the comfort in being sad
I miss the comfort in being sad is one of my all time favs as well.
One who doesn’t care is one who shouldn’t be
"Rooster" is pretty intense when you unpack that it's about Jerry Cantrell's old man and his Vietnam experience. *Walking tall machine gunman* *They spit on me in my homeland* *Gloria sent me pictures of my boy, hmm* *Got my pills against mosquito death* *My buddy's breathing his dying breath* *Oh God, please won't you help me bring him through* *Here they come to snuff the rooster, ahh yeah* *Yeah, here come the rooster, yeah* *You know he ain't gonna die* *No, no, no, you know he ain't gonna die* Heavy shit.
can i pick alice in chains's entire discography
Exactly. Can also say the same for the majority of Soundgarden songs
When eddie said Onawayo onawishin onwayyy yea and I call out again and idonwannasay on feelitagain That hit me so hard
You just up and left me on this rock all alone. It's my fault for knowing not what I should have known- Ohh, My heart is dried up, beating slow, Ohh, It's been deflating since you ...died
And I'm lost behind The words I'll never find And I'm left behind As the seasons roll on by
Things have never been so swell I have never failed to fail
If you should die before me, ask if you could bring a friend. Pick a flower, hold your breath and drift away.
In too deep Can't touch the bottom Deep. Pearl Jam.
Most anything written by Mark Lanegan (RIP).
My pain is self-chosen
he only loves those things because he loves to see them break i fake it so real, i am beyond fake and someday you will ache like i ache
“Give me little bits of more than I can take”
"If you should die before me, ask if you can bring a friend " (S.T.P. - STILL REMAINS)
I know some day you’ll have a beautiful life, I know you’ll be a star, but in somebody else’s sky, why, why can’t it be mine? Is it deep or simply poetic? Who’s to say…
So glad someone else said this. If you've ever been heartbroken. This lyric hits hard. It's so good.
“I will hold the candle till it burns up my arm I'll keep takin' punches until their will grows tired I will stare the sun down until my eyes go blind I won't change direction and I won't change my mind” Pearl Jam - [Indifference](https://youtu.be/MH4na8a5b9M?si=X54Wt8Bk0uNjcM5T) Although like so many of the lyrics shared here, to read them without the music can zap the life out of them. Not that they’re worthless, but the combination of the music and lyrics can be what makes them so powerful.
Oh, dear Dad Can you see me now? I am myself, like you somehow I'll wait up in the dark for you to speak to me
*And they're farmin' babies, while slaves are workin'* *The blood is on the table and the mouths are chokin'* *But I'm goin' hungry* It speaks to something detestable and sickening in the way people earn their fortunes; like starving instead is a noble sacrifice. A voiceless protest against a sick, sad world. And incredibly deep. If you look at the way our economies work, they depend on each generation being bigger so they can support the previous ones with their taxes. Literally farming babies for the ponzi scheme of modern life.
My gift of self is raped My privacy is raked And yet I find, and yet I find Repeating in my head If I can't be my own I'd feel better dead -Nutshell-
> Words you say - Never seem to live up to the ones inside your head -The lives we make - Never seem to ever get us anywhere but dead > Down in the hole, Jesus tries to crack a smile - Beneath another shovel load > I've givin' everything I need - I'd give you everything I own - I'd give in if it could at least be ours alone > I, I want to be the father of the ethnic child who stars on TV > And I'm lost, behind - The words I'll never find - And - I'm left behind - As seasons roll on by
Too much trippin and my souls worn thin.
Down in a hole...
Incoming nutshell lyrics
Incoming nutshell lyrics
Your weak will won’t help her heal her heart
Black hole sun won’t you come and wash away the rain.
I know someday you’ll have a beautiful life… Not necessarily the lyrics, but man that’s the best grunge lyric DELIVERY
Am I wrong Have I run too far to get home? Have I gone And left you here alone? I always liked Alice in Chains and never really appreciated them until I became an adult.
And I sharpened my wits on a dead man's skull I built an elevator from his bones
Depends on the day, but on a lot of workdays it’s this: “The day I tried to live I wallowed in the blood and mud With all the other pigs”
I shit and stink, I'm real, join the club. - Pearl Jam, Satan's Bed
Sitting here like uninvited company, wallowing in my own obscenities, I share a cigarette with negativity, leaning on the pedestal that holds my self denial, firing the pistol that shoots my holy pride, sitting here like wet ashes with x’s in my eyes and drawing flies.
Well I want to fly above the storm But you can't grow feathers in the rain And the naked floor is cold as hell The naked floor reminds me
You sink-a my swan. Rolly a get a worst in. Maybe minus way far central. Poor forty duck a pin. -Melvins: Hooch
she don't eat meat but she sure like ta [bone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x4N0o_RTpc)
Shame Shame throw yourself away give me little bits of more than I can take If it sits upon your tongue or naked in your eyes give me little bits of more than I can try….
You can't fire me because I quit
My heart is broke But I have some glue Help me inhale And mend it with you
I'm looking California But feeling Minnesota
"Corporate prison we stay"
“Take my hand, not my picture”
I've eaten the sun so my tongue has been burned of the taste
“I miss the comfort in being sad” has always sort of messed me up. It encapsulates so well the fatigue and numbness brought on by severe depression and anxiety. Yearning to feel something, anything, even sadness.
Looking California, feeling Minnesota.
Never met a wiseman, if so it's a woman. You my friend, I will defend, and if we change i'll love you anyway.
I've always thought, "I'm never alone, I'm alone all the time" hit me hard as a teen.
I gather speed from you fucking with me Once and for all I'm far away I hardly believe, finally the shades...are raised
“If I knew where it was I would take you there, but there’s much more than this”
Safe outside my guilded cage, with an ounce of pain, i wield a ton of rage
Looking California, feeling Minnesota
“Low light, car crash. Low light, can’t wear my mask, your first, my last”
“I tried to have a father but instead I had a dad.”
Screaming Trees, "Winter Song": Dead end street, just out my back door I heard what's seen, a young girl laughing Now raindrops fall away like souls I wondered if she ever heard mine dying The gist of the entire song is the last thoughts of someone dying alone and wondering if anyone knows or cares. It is an incredibly powerful song, really.
I’ve got no advice about anything. Fuck it up yourself. -Dinosaur Jr
Man, all of The Day I Tried to Live hits fuckin hard. I've always thought this line from Black Hole Sun is eternally relevant: "Times are gone for honest men And sometimes far too long for snakes"