 Genius Lyrics
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Soundgarden – Dusty
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[Refrain] / Heeeeeeeeeeyyyyyy... / [Verse 1] / I think it's turnin' back around / And I think I like it / I think it's turnin' back around / Though I don't know why it is / I think
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Soundgarden – Dusty (Live)
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[Intro] / Heeeeeeeeeeyyyyyy / [Verse 1] / 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
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Soundgarden – Dusty (Moby Mix)
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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
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Soundgarden – Burden in My Hand
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Guitarist Kim Thayil considered it “the contemporary ‘Hey Joe.’ I thought there was something to the melody, the lyric, and the feel — the overall emotive sort of discomfort and
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Soundgarden – Spoonman
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“Spoonman” was the leading single off Superunknown. Its story begun once Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament started to consider a name for the fictional band in the 1992 film Singles
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Soundgarden – An Unkind
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[Verse 1] / We see the vipers of distance / Crawl into our lives everyday / Breeding our Edens of hatred / Pathetically stupid and unkind / [Pre-Chorus 1] / We couldn't look the
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Soundgarden – Rusty Cage
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This Chris Cornell penned song was released as the third single from Soundgarden’s third studio album, Badmotorfinger. The song became an instant hit peaking at #41 in the UK and
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Soundgarden – Outshined
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One of Soundgarden’s earliest songs to achieve mainstream success, “Outshined” was the band’s first to appear on the US Rock chart back in early 1992. Chris Cornell wrote it about
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Soundgarden – Karaoke
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(You) Gonna shake your head / Gonna shake and spin / Gonna pick it up abed with something new / First I heard it in my car / Then I saw it on the set / It's nothin' I can't do / It
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Soundgarden – Fopp (Fucked Up Heavy Dub Mix)
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Originally from the reissue of Fopp/Screaming Life
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Soundgarden – Rusty Cage (Live)
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[Verse 1] / You wired me awake / And hit me with a hand of broken nails / You tied my lead and pulled my chain / To watch my blood begin to boil / [Chorus] / But I'm gonna break
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Soundgarden – Never Named
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[Verse 1] / 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 / But I'm downsized inside / [Chorus] / I'
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Soundgarden – Switch Opens
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[Verse 1] / 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 / [Bridge 1] / Here at
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Soundgarden – Ty Cobb (Live)
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[Verse 1] / I'm sitting in a magic hat with smoke and mirrors / And tire rubber fires watch me disappear, yeah / What made it slow you down sucking on a ball and chain / Another
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Soundgarden – Twin Tower
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Originally recorded in 1988, “Twin Tower” was an instrumental written by drummer Matt Cameron during studio sessions for what would become their sophomore album Louder Than Love.
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Soundgarden – Fell on Black Days
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“Fell on Black Days” is a song about futility, depression, and frustration, but with subtle hints at hope despite one’s struggles with such feelings. According to Songfacts, singer
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Soundgarden – Blow Up the Outside World
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[Verse 1] / 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 / No / [Verse 2] / And nothing
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Chris Cornell – Seasons
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Chris Cornell has never really said on record what this song is about. Not until in 2012 a fan attending his concert in Paris asked him “What is Seasons about Chris?”
Chris
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Soundgarden – Applebite
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The ninth song on Down on the Upside, “Applebite” introduces the psychedelic undertone that’s present for much of the second half of the album.
The title is likely a reference to
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Soundgarden – Rhinosaur
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This second Track on Down On The Upside is not featured as it’s own single but does appear on the “Ty Cobb” single as a B-Side.
It is unclear whether “rhinosaur” is meant as a
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Soundgarden – Head Down (Live)
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[Verse 1] / I see that smile / I see that smile / I see that smile on your face / We hear you cry / We hear you wail / We see that smile on your face / [Verse 2] / We see you laugh
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Soundgarden – Nothing To Say (Live)
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[Intro] / Nothing, nothing, nothing but the one thing / [Verse 1] / Someone said my words are out of balance / Nothing to say, you've got nothing to say / Dying words I bury
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Soundgarden – Pretty Noose
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Pretty Noose is about an opportunity that looks good at first, but actually turns out to be disastrous.
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Soundgarden – Never the Machine Forever
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Kim Thayil wrote this tune “about a life-and-death match between an individual and a less specifically defined entity. And, yes, it’s based on personal experience.”
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Soundgarden – Fell On Black Days (live)
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[Verse 1] / Whatsoever I feared / Has come to life / Whatsoever I've fought off / Became my life / Just when every day / Seemed to greet me with a smile / Sunspots have faded / And
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Soundgarden – No Attention
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[Verse 1] / 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
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Soundgarden – Zero Chance
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The third track on Down on the Upside, “Zero Chance” touches on depression, specifically the pain that is left for others when someone ends their life. The title “Zero Chance
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Soundgarden – Birth Ritual
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“Birth Ritual” was based on a riff written by drummer Matt Cameron, and saw its original appearance in the 1992 movie Singles – both its soundtrack and one scene where Soundgarden
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Soundgarden – Ty Cobb
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The last single off Down on the Upside, released shortly before the band first broke up, “Ty Cobb” is an fast-paced and heavy song featuring mandolins and copious swearing
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Soundgarden – Boot Camp
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Apparently, this is a song about muting your dreams, your personal views and opinions, your own initiative—in the end, to deny your willing to be yourself for the sake of being
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Soundgarden – Outshined (Live)
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[Verse 1] / I got up feeling so down / I got off being sold out / I've kept the movie rolling / But the story's getting old now / Oh yeah / I just looked in the mirror / Things
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