Soundgarden - Down On The Upside lyrics
Tracks 01. Pretty Noose
02. Rhinosaur 03. Zero Chance 04. Dusty 05. Ty Cobb 06. Blow Up The Outside World 07. Burden In My Hand 08. Never Named 09. Applebite 10. Never The Machine Forever 11. Tighter & Tighter 12. No Attention 13. Switch Opens 14. Overfloater 15. An Unkind 16. Boot Camp 01. Pretty Noose
I caught the moon today
Pick it up and throw it away, all right I got the perfect steal A cleaner love with a dirty feel all right Fallout and take the bait, eat the fruit And kiss the snake goodnight Common ruse, dirty face Pretty noose is pretty hate And I don't like what you got me hanging from And I don't like what you got me hanging from And I don't like what you got me hanging from Let your motor race Pick it up and get this mother gone Out from and far away, the wooden stake This thing has got me on Diamond rope silver chain Pretty noose is a pretty pain And I don't like what you got me hanging from And I don't like what you got me hanging from And I don't like what you got me hanging from And I don't like what you got me hanging from Common ruse, dirty face Pretty noose is pretty hate I don't care what you got I don't care what you need, I don't want anything And I don't like what you got me hanging from And I don't like what you got me hanging from And I don't like what you got me hanging from And I don't like what you got me hanging from And I don't like what you got me hanging from And I don't like what you got me hanging from 02. Rhinosaur
Standing with my enemies
Hung on my horns With haste and reverie Killing with charm Only happy when you hurt Only deadly in a swarm Only healthy in the dirt Only empty in your arms I plain, I'm sick and tame Drawing the hordes I wait and show the lame The meaning of harm The skull beneath my feet Like feathers in sand I graze among the graves A feeling of peace Only bending when you break Only feeding when you're cold Only healing when you ache Only feeling when you don't Only bending when you break Only feeding when you're cold Only healing when you ache Only feeling when you don't 03. Zero Chance
I think I know the answer
I stumbled on and all the world fell down And all the sky went silent Cracked like glass and slowly Tumbled to the ground Say if you look hard Find your way back home Born without a friend And bound to die alone I'm thinking of your highness And crying long upon the loss I've found and on the plus and minus Zero chance of ever turning this around Why doesn't anyone believe In loneliness Stand up and everyone will see Your holiness They say if you look hard You'll find your way back home Born without a friend And bound to die alone 04. Dusty
I think it's turning back around
And I think I like it I think it's turning back around Though I don't know why it is I think it's turning back on me I'm down on the upside I think it's turning back on me Now I'm on the good ride And nothing's gonna put me out It's backing down and under I'm down on the upside now It's turning back around, turning back around I think it's coming on the wind Just like you said it I think it's coming on the wind And I'm gonna let it I think it's turning back on me Everything's easy I think it's turning back on me Everything's real to me Nothing's gonna put me out It's backing down and under I'm down on the upside now It's turning back around, turning back around Turning back around I think it's coming on the wind Just like you said it I think it's coming on the wind And I'm gonna let it Nothing's gonna put me out It's backing down and under I'm down on the upside now It's turning back around, turning back around Turning back around, turning back around (Turning, turning, turning, turning) Turning back around (Turning, turning, turning, turning) Turning back around (Turning, turning, turning, turning) Turning back around (Turning, turning, turning, turning) Turning back around 05. Ty Cobb
I was sittin' in a magic hat
With smoke and mirrors And tire rubber fires watch me disappear And what made it slow you down Sucking on a ball and chain Another motherfucker goes down the drain Hard headed fuck you all Hard headed fuck you all Hard headed fuck you all Just add it up to the hot rod death toll Hard headed fuck you all Hard headed fuck you all Hard headed fuck you all Just add it up to the hot rod death toll Sick in the head sick in the mouth And I can't hear a word you say Not a bit, and I don't give a shit I got the glass, I got the steel I got the love to hate And all I need is your head on a stake Hard headed fuck you all Hard headed fuck you all Hard headed fuck you all Just add it up to the hot rod death toll Hard headed fuck you all Hard headed fuck you all Hard headed fuck you all Just add it up to the hot rod death toll Hard headed fuck you all Hard headed Hard headed fuck you all Hard headed Hard headed fuck you all Hard headed fuck you all Hard headed fuck you all Hard headed fuck you all Hard headed fuck you all Hard headed fuck you all Just add it up to the hot rod death toll Hot rod death toll Hot rod death toll Hot rod death toll Hot rod death toll 06. Blow Up The Outside World
Nothing seems to kill me, no matter how hard I try
Nothing is closing my eyes Nothing can beat me down for your pain or delight And nothing seems to break me No matter how hard I fall, nothing can break me at all Not one for giving up, though not invincible, I know I've given everything I need, I'd give you everything I own I'd give in, if it could at least be ours alone I've given everything I could, to blow it to hell and gone Burrow down in and blow up the outside And blow up the outside, blow up the outside world Someone tried to tell me something Don't let the world bring you down Nothing can do me in before I do myself So save it for your own and the ones you can help I've given everything I need, I'd give you everything I own I'd give in, if it could at least be ours alone I've given everything I could, to blow it to hell and gone Burrow down in and blow up the outside And blow up the outside, blow up the outside world Wanna make it understood, wanting though I never would Trying though I know it's wrong, blowing it to hell and gone Wishing though I never could and blow up the outside Blow up the outside, blow up the outside Blow up the outside world Blow up the outside, blow up the outside Blow up the outside, blow up the outside world Blow up the outside, blow up the outside Blow up the outside, blow up the outside Blow up the outside, blow up the outside Blow up the outside, blow up the outside Blow up the outside, blow up the outside Blow up the outside, blow up the outside Blow up the outside, blow up the outside Blow up the outside, blow up the outside 07. Burden In My Hand
Follow me into the desert
As thirsty as you are Crack a smile and cut your mouth And drown in alcohol 'Cause down below the truth is lying Beneath the riverbed So quench yourself and drink the water That flows below her head Oh no there she goes Out in the sunshine The sun is mine, sun is mine I shot my love today Would you cry for me I lost my head again Would you lie for me Close your eyes and bow your head I need a little sympathy 'Cause fear is strong and love's for everyone Who isn't me Kill your health and kill yourself And kill everything you love And if you live you can fall to pieces And suffer with my ghost I shot my love today Would you cry for me I lost my head again Would you lie for me I left her in the sand Just a burden in my hand I lost my head again Would you cry for me Just a burden in my hand Just an anchor on my heart It's just a tumor in my head And I'm in the dark So follow me into the desert As desperate as you are Where the moon is glued To a picture of heaven And all the little pigs have God Oh no there she goes Out in the sunshine The sun is mine, the sun is mine I shot my love today Would you cry for me, yeah I lost my head again Would you lie for me I left her in the sand Just a burden in my hand I lost my head again Would you cry for me Would you cry for me 08. Never Named
I had a dog he was a mix he loved me like a God
But I was just a kid the kind mother likes Now I'm big like the sky when I'm downsized inside I'll lay this all to rest I'm just a baby who looks like a boy I'm getting all depressed I'm just a baby who looks like a boy I got my father's sense and my big brother's pants And I look like a man and I feel like an ant Just a speck on the ground Growing like a weed, a fleck of a seed I'll put my hand in flames I'm just a baby who looks like a boy I feel like I'm born again I'm just a baby who looks like a boy I'll put this all to rest I'm just a baby who looks like a boy I'm getting all depressed I'm just a baby who looks like a boy I'm just a baby who looks like a boy And I'll keep hanging from your hair And I'll keep playing in the sand Just as long as I can 09. Applebite
No one can save
The pure of the brave No one can save them at all Grow and decay Grow and decay It's only forever Loosely or tightly Everything fits Even the wrist on your arm Grow and decay Grow and decay It's only forever 10. Never The Machine Forever
I can't live when it lives
It won't live if I die Machine has no heart to give Heart it takes could be mine Come on Come down Come out from where you hide Follows me down the river Shadows me through the sky A sideways glance in the mirror Stalemate machine in a tie Come on Come down Come out from where you hide Get up Get off Get on with your life Forever means all is not seen Never means forever brings everything I fashion will and desire Always I and I survive Mercurial mind the fire Ferrivorous direction and drive Come on Come down Come out from where you hide Get up Get off Get on with your life Presently, I see myself clearer Why time I visualize I spy device in the mirror Checkmate watch machine die 11. Tighter & Tighter
Shadow face
Blowing smoke and talking wind Lost my grip Fell too far to start again A sudden snake Found my shape and tells the world Remember this Remember everything is just black Or burning sun And I hope it's a sweet ride Sleep tight for me Sleep tight for me I'm gone Warm and sweet Swinging from a windows ledge Tight and deep One last sin before I'm dead A sucking holy wind Will take me from this bed tonight And bloody wits Another hits me and I have to say goodbye And I hope it's a sweet ride Here for me tonight Cause I feel I'm going Feel I'm slowing down 12. No Attention
I've got war on my mind, blood on my hands
And love on my head So open your hands, open your mouth Let it be said You know I've got it made in my mind Don't waste my time, it's not going to change So say what you want, spit it out loud Into my face Now I'll pay no attention No attention I'll pay no attention I'll pay no attention They're gonna tell you where to walk When to smile and just what to say They say, have your own fall, make your own mind But don't make no waves And if you got a handful of change Don't throw it away it's gonna come So say what you want, suck all my lies Suck on my brain And I'll pay no attention I'll pay no attention I'll pay no attention I'll pay no attention I'll pay no attention I'll pay no attention I'll pay no attention I'll pay no attention I'll pay no attention, no attention No attention, no attention No attention, no attention No attention I'll pay no attention I'll pay no attention I'll pay no attention I'll pay no attention I'll pay no attention I'll pay no attention No attention I'll pay no attention No attention I'll pay no attention No attention No attention No attention No attention No attention No attention No attention They're gonna tell you where to walk When to smile and just what to say They say, have your own fall, make your own mind But don't make no waves And if you got a handful of change Throw it away it's gonna come So say what you want, suck all my lies Suck on my brain And I'll pay no attention I'll pay no attention I'll pay no attention I'll pay no attention I'll pay no attention I'll pay no attention I'll pay no attention I'll pay no attention 13. Switch Opens
Hey you slaves, go hang your owners
Draw your names among their ashes Lay your children on their thrones Gather 'round and fall right down Here at sundown Nothing is when everything is all right Switch opens Opening around and let's the garden rise Switch is on, switch is on Switch is on, switch is on Switch is on, switch is on Switch is on, switch is on Switch is on, switch is on Switch is on Hey you patients, where's your surgeon? Left with your insides open Left your heart out on the table Gather 'round and fall right down Feel the air now Stumbling and wander in the moonshine Switch opens Opening around and let's the garden rise Switch is on, switch is on Switch is on, switch is on Switch is on, switch is on Switch is on, switch is on Switch is on, switch is on Switch is on Switch is on Switch is on 14. Overfloater
Come on in and take me on an override
Stuck inside and up all night at Dave's Trouble's far away, Mother's in the cage Nothing's gonna pinch this nerve of mine I wanna make it right I wanna make it right Close the door and pull the shades and climb the walls Feel medicine heal the lines of age I'm here and now I'm gone, I'm there and far beyond Nothin's gonna pinch this nerve of mine And nothing's gonna pinch this nerve of mine I wanna make it right I wanna make it right I'm on the wire, over and higher Over the pretense, over the spire On and connected I'm overfloating now I'm overfloating now I'm overfloating now I'm overfloating Alone, alone, alone, alone Alone, alone, alone, alone Alone, alone, alone, alone Breathe and take in and gently blow it on Drink it down and swallow hard and gaze Hold the potion up, stare your shadow down Remember to forget and then rename your shame I wanna make it right I wanna make it right I wanna make it right I wanna make it right I'm on the wire, over and higher Over the pretense, over the spire On and connected I'm overfloating now I'm overfloating now I'm overfloating now I'm overfloating Alone, alone, alone, alone 15. An Unkind
We see the vipers of distance
Crawl into our lives everyday Breeding our Edens of hatred Pathetically stupid and unkind We couldn't look a saint in the eyes On the storm It's time to go On the storm It's time to go Marching in lines of contradiction Forgetting the history we make Loving our hangmen as the Penultimate joke We lack the Moses...to look A saint in the eye 16. Boot Camp
I must obey the rules
I must be tame and cool No staring at the clouds I must stay on the ground In clusters of the mice The smoke is in our eyes Like babies on display Like Angels in a cage I must be pure and true I must contain my views There must be something else There must be something good far away I'm far away from here Far away, I'm far away from here Far away, I'm far away from here Far away, I'm far away from here Lonely is the bird Boot camp |