 Genius Meanings
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Soundgarden – Room a Thousand Years Wide
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[Verse 1] / Listen, hear, he is inside / One who lives while others lie / I close my eyes and walk a thousand years / A thousand years that aren't mine / Hey / [Verse 2] / It seems
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Soundgarden – Room a Thousand Years Wide (Single Version)
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[Verse 1] / Listen, hear, he is inside / One who lives while others lie / I close my eyes and walk a thousand years / A thousand years that aren't mine, huh / [Verse 2] / It seems
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Soundgarden – Drawing Flies (2016 Remaster)
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[Intro] / Flies / [Verse 1] / Sitting here like uninvited company / Wallowing in my own obscenities / I share a cigarette with negativity / Sitting here like wet ashes with X's in
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Soundgarden – Black Rain
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An outtake from the Badmotorfinger sessions in 1991, later reworked and released as the sole new track on their 2010 compilation album Telephantasm. It was featured in the rhythm
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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 – Holy Water
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[Verse 1] / Holy water on the brain, and I'm losin' sleep / Holy Bible on the nightstand next to me / As I'm raped by another monkey circus freak / Tryin' to take my indignance
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Soundgarden – Face Pollution
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[Intro] / Woooh! / [Verse 1] / And I can count it on my fingers / I have all my reasons not to feel / I'm numb as rigor mortis / Scared by monkey faces drowned in shark fins / [
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Soundgarden – Jesus Christ Pose
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The lead single off Badmotorfinger is a mocking portrait of musicians using crucified poses:
You just see it a lot with really beautiful people, or famous people, exploiting that
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Soundgarden – Fell on Black Days (Video Version)
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The video version for the song Fell On Black Days
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Soundgarden – Mind Riot
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Written after the death of singer Chris Cornell’s friend Andrew Wood.
Interestingly, every guitar string is tuned to E. According to Kim Thayil, Jeff Ament “said to Chris, ‘Hey
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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 – New Damage
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[Intro] / Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaah! / [Verse 1] / When new damage comes / It's a faceless poison / A new world order / It's new damage done / [Chorus] / The wreck is goin' down, get out
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Soundgarden – Somewhere
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[Intro] / I wish to wish, I dream to dream / I try to try, and I live to live / And I die to die, and I cry to cry / But I know why / [Verse 1] / I wish to wish, and I dream to
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Soundgarden – Flower (BBC Session)
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[Chorus] / Along her vain parade / Along her veins / [Verse 1] / All of seventeen / Eyes a purple green / Treated like a queen / She was on borrowed self-esteem / She would do her
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Soundgarden – Slaves & Bulldozers
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Slaves and Bulldozers is the third track on the band’s 1991 album Badmotorfinger.
The song drop-tuned guitars and Chris Cornell’s iconic loud vocals display the heaviest and most
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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 – Searching with My Good Eye Closed
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[Intro] / This is my good eye / Do you hear a cow? (Moo) / A rooster says (Cock-a-doo) / Here is a pig (Squeal) / The devil says (Demonic roar) / [Verse 1] / Painted blue across my
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Soundgarden – Drawing Flies
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[Intro] / Flies, flies / [Verse 1] / Sitting here like uninvited company / Wallowing in my own obscenity / I share a cigarette with negativity / [Hook] / Sitting here like wet
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Heavy Temple – Ugly Truth
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[Verse 1] / You hide your eyes / But the ugly truth just loves to give it away / You gave yourself / If you were mine to give, I might throw it away / [Chorus 1] / You share / But
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The Smashing Pumpkins – 1979
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“1979” is an homage to youth and all the pain, angst, and happiness that goes along with it. With a fusion of alternative rock, new wave, and electronics, the Pumpkins stumbled
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Pearl Jam – Alive
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“Alive” is Pearl Jam’s first single and the first song they ever played together.
It appears on the band’s debut album, Ten (1991). Written by guitarist Stone Gossard, “Alive
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Rise Against – Savior
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A fairly straightforward tale of broken romance, “Savior” by Rise Against is an in-your-face, aggressive rock song with punk influences. A song about a relationship between a
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Savage Garden – Truly Madly Deeply
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Australian pop duo Savage Garden released a string of smash hits in the late ‘90s, but 1997’s “Truly Madly Deeply” became their signature song. Vocalist Darren Hayes reflected on
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J. Cole (Ft. Miguel) – Power Trip
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In 2013, Cole dropped Born Sinner’s lead single just in time for Valentine’s Day. His Facebook page stated this was a continuation of “Dreams,” a track off of his second mixtape
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Everclear – I Will Buy You a New Life
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[Intro] / Mmmm....oh / Yeah / [Verse 1] / Here is the money that I owe you / Yeah, so you can pay the bills / I will give you more when I get paid again / I hate those people who
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