 Genius Meanings
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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 – 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 – Flower (Live from the Artists Den)
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[Intro] / Thank you very much / This is a song that goes all the way back to our SST Record / This is called "Flower" on a album called Ultramega Ok / [Chorus] / Along her vain
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Soundgarden – Bones of Birds (Live from the Artists Den)
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Time is my friend / Till it ain't, and runs out / And that is all / That I have, till it's gone / Tried to build on bones of birds / Singing in the cold and fall to earth / Hey
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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 – 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 – Slaves & Bulldozers (Live from the Artists Den)
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[Verse 1] / Every word I said is what I mean / Every word I said is what I mean / Everything I gave is what I need / [Pre-Chorus 1] / Virgin eyes and dirty looks on / What I have
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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 – 4th of July (Live from the Artists Den)
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[Intro: Chris Cornell] / This is called 4th of july and it's not actually about the / Um, America's Independence Day it's about being / Really, really, really, really fucked up on
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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 – 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 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 – Blind Dogs (Live from the Artists Den)
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[Spoken] / Alright we're doing uh / We're going to do a song we've actually never played in front of people before, ever / That was written a long time ago / And um / I know we're
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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 – 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 – 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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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 – 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 – Tighter & Tighter
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[Verse 1] / Shadow face / Blowing smoke and talking wind / Lost my grip / Fell too far to start again, start again / A sudden snake / Found my shape and tells the world / Remember
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Soundgarden – Overfloater
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[Verse 1] / 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 her cage / Nothing's gonna pinch this nerve of mine
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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 – Rhinosaur (The Straw That Broke The Rhino's Back Remix)
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[Verse 1] / Standing with my enemies / Hung on my horns / With haste and reverie / Killing with charm / [Chorus] / Only happy when you hurt / Only deadly in a swarm / Only healthy
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Soundgarden – Spoonman (Live)
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[Verse 1] / Feel the rhythm with your hands / (Steal the rhythm while you can) / Spoonman / Speak the rhythm on your own / (Speak the rhythm all alone) / Spoonman / [Chorus
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Soundgarden – Boot Camp (Live)
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[Verse] / 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
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Soundgarden – Big Dumb Sex
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A parody of the sex crazed rock bands (particularly of the hair metal genre) of the 1980s.
“Hiro, our bass player at the time, hated that song. He thought it was obnoxious butt
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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 – 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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Soundgarden – Jesus Christ Pose (Live)
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[Verse 1] / And you stare at me / In your Jesus Christ pose / Arms held out / Like you've been carrying a load / And you swear to me / You don't want to be my slave / But you're
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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 – Bleed Together
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An outtake from the Down on the Upside sessions that was used as a B-side for “Burden in My Hand” before its inclusion as the last track of compilation A-Sides.
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Soundgarden – Searching With My Good Eye Closed (Live)
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[Intro] / This is my good eye / Do you hear a cow? / A rooster says / Here is a pig / The devil says / [Verse 1] / Painted blue across my eyes and tie the linen on / And I'm on my
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Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun (Live)
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[Verse 1] / In my eyes, indisposed / In disguises no one knows / Hides the face, lies the snake / The sun in my disgrace / Boiling heat, summer stench / 'Neath the black the sky
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Soundgarden – My Wave (Live from the Artists Den)
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[Intro] / Thank you / This song's called "My Wave" / [Verse 1] / Take, if you want a slice / If you want a piece / If it feels alright / Break, if you like the sound / If it gets
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