Black Rain Lyrics
If I could hawk my love, could I trade
For your wings to cover me, unless I fall?
Half alive, I heard the most brilliant lie
The sleep is eyes closed to light
And death's the mind wide open
You can't stutter when you're talking with your eyes
Like cutting out your tongue to save face
Or feeding on the blood that's running from a black day
Cry on black rain
Cry on black rain
Cry on black rain
Cry on black rain
Cry on black rain
Cry on, cry on black rain
Black rain (cry on)
Black rain (cry on)
Cry on
If I could, Hawk my love Could I trade, For your wings To cover me, Unless I fall Half alive, I heard the most Brilliant lie, Sleep is eyes Closed to light, Deaths the mind Wide open...
You can't stutter When you're talking with your eyes Like cutting out your tongue to save face Or feeding on the blood That's running from a black rain
Cry on Black Rain
If I could, Hawk my love Could I trade For your wings To cover me, Unless I fall Sleep is eyes, Closed to light Death's the mind, Wide open.
Directly from the Box Set Lyric sheet...
I think I know the meaning. I think it means that Soundgarden is total bad ass!
This is about loving a liar, someone who lies to keep the reputation, this is what "save face" means. And rest your mind while you burn is like finally forgeting that one. Burn could mean forgeting, destroying the image or just that person getting punished.
I dunno though, how could it relate to the soundgarden music video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K913KVe3kH8&ob=av2e ? Could be a possible slap to religion saying the so called creators lie to us. It is tough to say on how I can connect the lyrics to that thought but It's easy to ponder on and connect with it yourself. Just a thought though since chris cornell did a lot of rage against machine stuff which slapped both religion and politics. Also in the music video the four dudes sitting in the chairs almost look like rulers of the universe and it also...
I dunno though, how could it relate to the soundgarden music video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K913KVe3kH8&ob=av2e ? Could be a possible slap to religion saying the so called creators lie to us. It is tough to say on how I can connect the lyrics to that thought but It's easy to ponder on and connect with it yourself. Just a thought though since chris cornell did a lot of rage against machine stuff which slapped both religion and politics. Also in the music video the four dudes sitting in the chairs almost look like rulers of the universe and it also show a bunch of planets aligning... could they be connected all this with 2012, religion, and/or something else along those lines? who knows, Soundgarden put some really creative art into this which makes it none the less very admirable. It has similar groove as old soundgarden had but it's also has a bite of fresh newness to it.
the men in the chairs with the hoods are the members of soundgarden, the men playing on the flying red stage are the band Dethklok, created for the tv show metalocolypse, animated by the man who animated the music video.
the men in the chairs with the hoods are the members of soundgarden, the men playing on the flying red stage are the band Dethklok, created for the tv show metalocolypse, animated by the man who animated the music video.
90's rock has been and will always be junkie rock.
touche.
I wonder if there is also a connection here to black hole sun. cornell's talking about stuttering again and the rain once again takes on a bad connotation. cry on black rain with black hole sun's - wont you come and wash away the rain. i.e take away all the shit thats wrong with this world.
sleepless eyes. close the light And rest your mind while you burn
seems to suggest his or the person he may be referring cant sleep because of the guilt and perhaps he will punished for his crime (maybe a lie) by god or karma...
wicked song though. hope they tour australasia.
This is an awesome song
this song is a b-side to badmotorfinger
Lol, i always heard "Feeding on the blood that's running from a black day" as "I feel like a blond bitch running from a black guy!" xD
That's EXACTLY what I always heard! HAHAHAHAHA
That's EXACTLY what I always heard! HAHAHAHAHA
I would say the fourth line is "Half alive, I 'heard' the most brilliant lie." Also, the 6th line kinda sounds like "And 'dust the' mind while you burn". Otherwise, you have excellent ears.
As for what it means:
I think the general meaning would be "Lying is bad for your image". I know there's probably something more, but this is just off of a first glance and a few listens.
cant wait to hear more from soundgarden!