Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here lyrics
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Tracks 01. Hollow
02. Pretty Done 03. Stone 04. Voices 05. The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here 06. Lab Monkey 07. Low Ceiling 08. Breath On A Window 09. Scalpel 10. Phantom Limb 11. Hung On A Cook 12. Choke 01. Hollow Music & lyrics by Jerry Cantrell
Turning in circles, slowing down
Pulling against what's closing out Easy to fend off a weaker thing Harder to say what I really mean Hollow as a mountain All tunneled and drilled below Hollow as a mountain Crowned with a cold, blue sky All of your colours turn to grey Don't really matter anyway Bleeding impressions were you were tied Can't really say how you lost your mind Hollow as a mountain All tunneled and drilled below Hollow as a mountain Crowned with a cold, blue sky Hollow as a mountain All tunneled and drilled below Hollow as a mountain Crowned with a cold, blue sky Silence So loud Silence I can't tell my up from down Silence So loud Silence I can't tell my up from down All of the faces life can show Withered and ugly the one you know Hollow as a mountain All tunneled and drilled below Hollow as a mountain Crowned with a cold, blue sky Silence So loud Silence I can't tell my up from down 02. Pretty Done Music & lyrics by Jerry Cantrell
So you got the thing you wanted
Don't let it go Though it hurts your hand to hold it Don't let it show I'm pretty done Once a favored son I'm pretty done Slap me 'round for fun Finding no pleasant changes In old enemies Not a lead a bit part playing In my story I'm pretty done Once a favored son I'm pretty done Slap me 'round for fun I don't care to further amuse you Never had you how, could I lose you? Paid in full, I owe no one at all I'm supposed to smile and ignore it Better than some High roads are to fall from Already hung I'm pretty done Once a favored son I'm pretty done Slap me 'round for fun Pushing towards hopeless mission Curiosity, omission History colored since the fall I'm pretty done I'm pretty done I'm pretty done I'm pretty done 03. Stone Music & lyrics by Jerry Cantrell
I know you think I'm wrong, but I'm not your tour guide
Have a guess, I don't let you look inside Cold dry stone What makes you want to carve your initials in me? Rained and weathered, erasing, hard to read Find me distant, outwardly rough, obscene Cold dry stone Cold and dry a stone Cold and dry a stone I'm not a cornerstone in a palace for you Time will bring your very own hard truth Not to worry, ice covered rocks still move Cold dry stone Cold dry stone 04. Voices Music & lyrics by Jerry Cantrell
Who am I, is this me?
Am I one or thirteen? 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 05. The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here Music & lyrics by Cantrell, Sean Kinney, Mike Inez
Come to me, I'll fill the hole
Why would I be lying End fan, all planned out Offering a wonderful Peace of mind worth buying Bow down last round up I am wise and you don't know A cloud is my home Only some get in Got a 'maginary friend The devil put dinosaurs here Jesus don't like a queer The devil put dinosaurs here No problem with faith just fear Promise those who've gone before Waitin' on you flyin' Leading, receiving us I'm as flawed as any man Look at me I'm smiling Drink me, eat me up I am wise and you don't know A cloud is my home Only some get in Got a 'maginary friend The devil put dinosaurs here Jesus don't like a queer The devil put dinosaurs here No problem with faith just fear I am wise and you don't know A cloud is my home Only some get in Got a 'maginary friend The devil put dinosaurs here Jesus don't like a queer The devil put dinosaurs here The problem with faith Fear Liar 06. Lab Monkey Music & lyrics by Jerry Cantrell
Anybody out there
Anyone at all Can you finally hear this deep in Scratching through the wall Came far to find me Down the rabbit hole Watch me smiling back while chewing on my skull I know, won't forget Limped away from the wreck Is the monkey breathing Looking kinda sick Got a witty comment for me Have yourself a kick Does it make you feel good Are you full and strong Gonna end up in this cage and I hope your stay is long I know, won't forget Limped away from the wreck We'll never know what this is 'til we take a look inside I'm sure we'll find what came before it dies We'll never know what this is 'til we take a look inside I'm sure we'll find what came before Had enough, I don't need you to stick my hide Had enough, no more tears for me left to cry Had enough, I don't need you to blind my eyes Had enough, no more tears for me left to cry I know, won't forget Limped away from the wreck We'll never know what this is 'til we take a look inside I'm sure we'll find what came before it dies We'll never know what this is 'til we take a look inside I'm sure we'll find what came before it dies Had enough, I don't need you to stick my hide Had enough, no more tears for me left to cry Had enough, I don't need you to blind my eyes Had enough, no more tears for me left to cry 07. Low Ceiling Music & lyrics by Cantrell, Kinney, Inez
Old mister fun is back
Wonder where he's been hiding at Hanging round the edge Walls unfortified, inside No different, patchwork hack Toil away on an unlaid track Falls closing in, got nowhere to hide This time Finding ceilings low I'm too big or this room's too small Why's my ceiling another's floor Past twisted, expected wrap Attention span increasingly short Hard to breathe, this altitude will get you high I've tried Finding ceilings low I'm too big or this room's too small Why's my ceiling another's floor And nobody can tell you It's a moment in time That defines and deforms you Finding ceilings low I'm too big or this room's too small Why's my ceiling another's floor And nobody can tell you It's your moment in time Write me over, false reporter Can't you let me shine Write me over, false reporter Can't you let me shine And nobody can tell you It's a moment in time That defines and deforms you 08. Breath On A Window Music & lyrics by Jerry Cantrell
I mending fence along the road
Barely holding together Mapless zone the road signs holes Keep ahead of the weather Long past time to close dead eyes Find a break in the highway Out here I'm invisible Very few going my way Breath on a window showing tic tac toe Rear view reflecting there ain't nobody home Ghost town strip of misery I ain't feeling no better Road kill heart inside of me Follow it to the letter Sundown brings a welcome change Everything that's hiding More at home in landscapes strange Are you selling I'm buying Breath on a window showing tic tac toe Rear view reflecting there ain't nobody home Cigarette burn holes outline an old soul Connect the dot scribbling And you would never know Failed to heed the signal Thought you got through just in time Crashing hard upon your ego Penetrated from the side I'd let you go, but you're always in the way I'm the damage done, your scar of yesterday I'd love to go, but you're always in the way I'm the damage done, your scar of yesterday 09. Scalpel Music & lyrics by Cantrell, Kinney, Inez
Road narrows, pouring down
I'm breaking without a sound Bits and pieces of trying Get what you pay for, nothing Frozen dreaming of yesterday Potent, creeping I'm far away From my hometown I lit out To save my skin and shed some doubt I know how false the floor How high the sky Been down that road before It's a lie, you hide in someone else Like a shining scalpel, cut yourself Hard as truth is, been my friend Don't need to be invited in I'll go round 'til bested Pick up myself and try again I know how false the floor How high the sky Been down that road before It's a lie, you hide in someone else Like a shining scalpel, cut yourself All comes in time Don't fight it, don't mind it Whatever may come I know how false the floor How high the sky Been down that road before It's a lie, you hide in someone else Like a shining scalpel, cut yourself 10. Phantom Limb Music & lyrics by Cantrell, Kinney, Inez, William DuVall
No hope of rescue
I'm trapped here alone If I don't dig my own way out, I'll die here Gave my loyalty too soon Now the forked-tongue piper's bill is due Weather is shifting So cold, going numb Through a pinhole of light, I see vultures circling Bottom feeders pick my skin Weathered brain a parasite within Ego pulverized No better medicine Angels have been advised Don't want no requiem I'll just haunt you like a phantom limb I'll just haunt you like a phantom limb Gonna wear you like a second skin I'll haunt you like a phantom limb Every new second Getting harder to breathe No matter which side I end up on, this ain't over My regrets are many, true Still so much worse lies ahead for you Ego pulverized No better medicine Angels have been advised Don't want no requiem I'll just haunt you like a phantom limb I'll just haunt you like a phantom limb Gonna wear you like a second skin I'll haunt you like a phantom limb 11. Hung On A Cook Music & lyrics by Jerry Cantrell
Hung on a hook I'm a mirror
Cracked down the center I split you Counting the clouds in a storm behind your eyes Show you the face of a man who Not that he wants but he has to Look at the thing he's become, what I see I'm caught in a still life with no frame Sometimes people do, the world it don't change Give up awaiting someday Future between a gun and your head Pieces of me on a tile floor Look up at you as you change more Floating in fear I appear a hundred times Hold a reflection inside me I cannot feel you are empty Throw me away I am broken not your time I'm caught in a still life with no frame Sometimes people do, the world it don't change Give up awaiting someday Future between a gun and your head Not gonna save you Perform euthanasia 12. Choke Music & lyrics by Cantrell, Kinney, Inez
Before you ask for something better
You should know I'm practiced at goodbyes Are you so deprived Think you're doing me a favor I don't need no lesser savior I'm doing fine Fragile things so close together Taped up broken from before Part of something or all of nothing A very long hard way to fall Go then, if you don't feel right Living in our home Choking, eat your pride alone Needless tension, the walls around you Built before you came to tear them down It was you I found Take some time to think it over If it's so hard to walk this road we mind Then it's time to say goodbye Fragile things so close together Taped up broken from before Part of something or all of nothing A very long hard way to fall Go then, if you don't feel right Living in our home Choking, eat your pride alone So go then, if you don't feel right Living in our home Choking, eat your pride alone If you don't feel right Living in our home Eat your pride alone |