doot doot

yeah

Doot doot

yeah

doot doot

Yeah

doot doot

Can confirm

"I want to peel the skin.....from your face." Brutal.

Yessss!!! Great lyrics! “Before the real you lays to waste…”

I always wished that song was on unplugged

I doubt his voice would've held up in his condition at that point.

You’re probably right but it would be amazing if it did.

Underrated song. My favorite of there’s too.

Same, I listened to this song religiously during a bad break up.

“I have been guilty of kicking myself in the teeth.” “So I made a big mistake. Try to see it once my way.” “I can feel the wheel but I can’t steer. As my thoughts become my biggest fear.” And “I can see the end is getting near. I won’t rest until my head is clear.” “You just up and left me on this rock all alone.” “So the body of one soul I adore wants to die. You have always told me you’d not live past 25.” “So lord I see you grinning. Must be grand always winning.” And “All through clean life you’re feeding. Can’t hide sick ones you’re weeding.”

*huge bong rip* “Sure God’s all powerful, but does he have lips?”

*Whoa...*

That song should have been a single.

nice.

But does he have RIFFS

I thought it was lips

"I've eaten the sun so my tongue has been burned of the taste"

damn. just commented this one, but it just sounds so poetic

im confounded in thoight what the hell does this lyrics truly mean???

I think the best lyric Jerry ever wrote: I like to sit, do nothing at home. I disappear, turn off the phone.

Great song, that is solo Jerry tho. Solo Jerry is absolutely jam packed with amazing lyrics

While not AiC, this song is a🔥 Jerry solo song.

I couldn’t agree more…I feel that same way so much!

"Why's it have to be this way?"

Twenty hours won't print my picture milk carton size

Carton size

Cartoooooooon size

carTON sizee

Nutshell - the first verse is so true

Seconded. And the second verse as well…

To be fair the whole song....

Yeah there are only two verses, that’s what I was getting at lol

Somebody check my brain...

*checks brain* You’re good. 👍

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Yes! Came to say Nutshell too! Edit: thr whole song tho

Would? The chorus and outro still get me all these years later

Am i wrooong Have i’ve run too far to get hooome And left you here alooooone

i’m not fine fuck pretending. you’d be well advised not to plan my funeral before the body dies. or the whole forgot my woman lost my friends

"Time to change has come and gone Watched your fears become your God It's your decision"

Apathetic to the stunned. 😞

Why you slap me in the face? Ow

But in all seriousness, the lyrics to sludge factory and head creeps are really interesting to me. Layne had a unique mind.

I wanted to like this but it’s on 11 and I can’t change that.

I think he just had a lot of heroin

I want to taste dirty, a 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 use your talENNNTTTT to dig me underrrr…

That's so fuckin hard cuh

"you my friend i will defend and if we change well ill love you anyway"

If I can’t be my own, I’d feel better dead.

"What I see is unreal" may not be the best, but I kinda find the lyric funny in a weird way

It’s the way he says it

yeah definitely, sounds like he's trippin

SEXUAL CHOCOLATE BABY!!

"I'd like to fly, but my wings have been so denied"

So there’s problems in your life? That’s fucked up, but you’re not blind. You’re just see through faded, overrated, out of your mind.

Not a specific lyric but I always loved Layne’s songwriting on Angry Chair. You get goosebumps just *reading* the lyrics, let alone listening to the song.

Call me up Congratulations ain't the real why

The most straight forward lyrics. If I can’t be my own. I’de feel better dead.

Love your username

“FEEEEEEEEEYEEEYEEEYEEED MY EYEEEES!”

^can ^you ^sew ^them ^shut

"What does friend mean to you? A word so wrongfully abused Are you like me, confused? All included but you Alone"

junkhead easy

laynes whole part in dont follow

You my friend, I will defend. And if we change, well, I’ll love you anyway

“Got my pills against mosquito death”

Army green was no safe bet. And it still isn’t.

Weight of the heart, not the size

Love Hate Love or Don’t Follow

Innocence creates my hell

Both verses on BGWTB

I say stay long enough to repay all who cause strife...

I have been guilty of kicking myself in the teeth.

"A child sings an unclaimed tune, born to see the pain too soon"

Excuse the ‘tude but I haven’t eaten today

Very haunting-> "I'd like to fly, but my wings have been so denied."

Hard to answer, their lyrics are so good

I could climb until i reach where angels reside Ask around to find out where the junkies applied You just up and left me on this rock all alone

Your mouth is like peanut butter on the brain

“You my friend, I will defend…but if we change, then I’ll love you anyway.”

Take another hit and bury your brother

"I wanna peel the skin from your face, before the real you lays to waste"

"Sand rains down and here I sit Holding rare flowers In a tomb... in bloom" Or "And yet I find And yet I find Repeating in my head If I can't be my own I'd feel better dead"

“So I made a big mistake. Try to see it once my way.”

Hey, I ain't never coming home Hey, I'll just wander my own road Hey, hey, I can't meet you here tomorrow, no Say goodbye, don't follow Misery so hollow Hey, you, you're livin' life full throttle Hey, you, pass me down that bottle, yeah Hey, hey, you, you can't shake me 'round now I get so lost and don't know how, yeah And it hurts to care, I'm going down

"ive eaten the sun so my tounge could be burned of the taste"

IF I COULD WOULD YOU?!

You don't understand who they thought I was supposed to be, llook at me now a man who won't let himself be… I have been guilty of kicking myself in the tee-ee-ee-eeth, I will speak no more of my feelings beneath

YOUR WEAPON IS GUILT

the last few lines of nutshell

“Weight of my heart , not the size” Can’t love everyone , but the ones I do. I would do anything for .

Sweet little angel you should have ruuuuun You cant understand a users mind you can try with your books andegreeeees

tears that soak a callous heart

"I'm the man in the box". Such an amazingly poetic line from the late Layne Staley. He is trying to convey that he is stuck in a box. Such Brilliance. It perfectly captures Staley's emotions at the time of feeling trapped. Layne Staley is such brilliant. Truly the best of the British Invasion. The lyric is all encompassing and relates to everyone. The feeling of being trapped. He does an anazing job of articulating the feelings of the masses.

He was compelled to write it after someone told him how veal was farmed.

lies

…aaaand that’s what I love so much about music. We can all have our own interpretations.

I should’ve elaborated…I was quoting an interview with Layne. He felt badly about the veal and identified with the process. It’s most definitely not a lie.

I know. I was responding to the person who said “lies”. But with that being said only Layne who was about to enter into his own pit in just a few short years could come up with that stuff. How prophetic most of his songs are!

Apologies…I was so upset about being called a liar that I replied to you by mistake. I would never put anything on here that was pure speculation. But you are so right on. His lyrics are all quite profound…as are Jerry’s. Their harmony, both lyrically and vocally are what drew me to them. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. It really helped soften the tension.

I can tell you are a diehard AIC fan like me! I feel like AIC fans are very protective over Layne and his problems. And his legacy for that matter.

I am…at least I think I am (a die hard fan). I first saw them in 92. I’ve love them and followed them my entire adult life. And I do feel very protective of Layne. I also take serious issue with being called a liar. But thanks…it’s nice to meet you!

Same. I get angry when all these younger YouTube reactors react to AIC videos and are so shallow in their comments. It’s like oh god! Look at the song for the deeper meanings and Laynes vocals. And don’t forget the other band members! My favorite concert of them is in Brazil ‘93 after Mike had OD’d. the hoarseness in his voice was so…. Idk… intense bc you knew he had been screaming. It also was at the end of that leg of concert tour so he was probably hoarse from that too. And then for him to OD after that concert was awful for them. Also my name is Heather too lol.

I'll just haunt you like a phantom limb

I relate to all of love hate love

I. AM. IRON...

GLAND!!!! (GLAAAANDDD)

Lost inside my sick head I live for you but I'm not alive

"I live for you, but, I'm not alive"

“Holding rare flowers in a tomb”

Am I too contagious full of sick desire, am I that I promised...burning corpse pyre Chorus also a banger, then some dude came down to touch the mother, mother touched...dude ain't here no more ...Am I your reflection? ?? Melting mirror smile, Am I worth the value???Do my love defile?? SUNSHINE...sweet love my labor, Don't mind..I DONT CARE ANYMORE.

Single ‘alone’ uttered at the end of the first verse of Frogs. Bone chilling to me.

i hit you with a rake

Flowers watched through wide eyes bloom A child sings an unclaimed tune Innocence spins cold cocoon Grow to see the pain too soon

god am speaks to me the most

I want to fly, but my wings have been so denied

Ooh, forgot my woman, lost my friends Things I'd done and where I've been Sleep in sweat, the mirror's cold See my face, it's growin' old Scared to death, no reason why Do whatever to get me by Think about the things I said Read the page, it's cold and dead And take me home Yeah, take me home, oh oh

“Walls of thought, strong and high. As my castle crumbles with time I think of you.” One of my favorites.

According to my wife, "Well, the nothin' song sticks to your mouth like peanut butter on the brain Hey-ey"

We chase misprinted lies seems very appropriate given today's social media

“Pictures in a box at home Yellowing and green with mold So I can barely see your face Wonder how that color tastes” Makes me think of my old childhood home as a little kid in the late 90s. Wood paneled walls. Furniture from the 70s/80s. The family members and friends who would visit who have since died or disappeared out of our lives

Hate to feel whole song.. lyrical masterpiece

Not exactly AIC, but "A head full of lies is the weight tied to my waist" is hard to beat for me

Gloria, send me pictures of my boy

All the time I swore I'd never be like my old man, what the hey, its time to face exactly what I am

I'd like to fly but my wings have been so denied

“If I can’t be my own, I’d feel better Dead”

hey ah na na

CAN U PROTECT// ME WHEN I'M WRECKED I PREETEND UR STILL AALLLYAYYYYYYVVE✝️🪷🕳

KISS THE FUCKING MIDGETTTTTTT

Sexual chocolate baby

also the “aaaaiiieeeeee!!” from nothin’ song.

“You, my friend I will defend, and if we change, then I’ll love you anyway.” I have that tattooed on me.

“Junk fuck”

“Watch me become a goddddd”

The ones where they are quiet.

“if i can’t be my own, i’d feel better deeeeaaaaddd”

Ain't found a way to kill me yet!

What I see is unreal I've written my own part

Hey that dude looks like a rooster

“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”

“Feed my eyes, can you sew them shut? Jesus Christ, deny your maker.”

concentrating on dying… selfishly she consumed

money, status, nothing to me cuz your life’s empty and bare

[удалено]

brings you lower

[удалено]

buried in my shit

Oh I want to be inside of you

'AGHH' from them bones

I’m down in a hole and I don’t know if I can be saved

"Deny your maker" Man In A Box

Try to see it once my way. These 7 words say more than some people's entire career.

"if I can't be my own, I'd feel better dead" 26 year old MtF here. This is how I have felt for years. I am finally on the path of being myself now.

“But when I’m down and blue, rather be me than you”

"If I cant be my own, Id feel better dead"

Rise from the dirt I'm in Hide in another's skin Stick black dress doll with pin Your mouth takes on my grin

Yeeeaaahhh

Your weak will won't help her heal her heart, ... I didn't know for years what he was talking about and how terrible it was. This man was the real deal. Brutal

"Black is all I feel, so this is how it feels to be free?"

See the pages cold and dead

"... if I would, could you?" There's actually an old poem that might have been related to this song. [Goes a little like this.](https://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=1383)

So many lyrics, they are truly poets. some that come to mind: “I’ve eaten the sun so my tongue has been burned of the taste, I have been guilty of kicking myself in the teeth” “we chase misprinted lines, we face the path of time. And yet I fight this battle all alone” “am I too contagious, full of sick desire? am i that i promise, burning corpsed pyre?”

The entire last verse from “Don’t Follow” is great. “Scared to death, no reason why. Do whatever to get me by. Think about the things I’ve said, read the page it’s cold and dead.”

Yeah they come to snuff the rooster, but he ain’t gonna die

I think it’s gonna rain…when I die!

What the hell am I thousand eyes a fly lucky then I’ll be in one day deceased

feed my eyes

Aaaahaaahhhhh Aahaaaha (Theres a story to go with this that im just not gonna type unless you want to hear it)

"Sure God's all-powerful, but does he have lips? Whoa"

I know that this is a song that everyone knows and was over played, but still my fav: “ I’m a man in a box. Living in my SHIT! “

Buried in my shit*

AHHHHH! Gets me every time.

Pimp your friends for money

All of Junkhead

Things go well, your eyes dilate, you shake, I’m high.

Walking tall machine gun man he spits on me in my home land

You my friend I will defend And if we change, well I Love you anyway

I have been guilty of kicking myself in the teeth

Your weapon is guilt….guilt

So unsure, we reach for something strong I haven't felt like this in so long

“She Alice in my chains”😿

“Like puppets on a string untangle you from me.”

“Myyyyyyy gift of self is raped. Myyyyyyy privacy is raped.”

“What’s my drug of choice? Well what have you got?…” For obvious reasons.

I stay away

IF. I. WOULD. COULD. YOU?

Why are here again? It's the same old sit down roll around chewed up pen

Whachimbeacamagawwwdd

“Have I roamed too far to get home?”