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Please, mother mercy
Take me from this place
And the long-winded curses
I hear in my head
The words never listen
And teachers, oh they never learn
My warmth from the candle
Though I feel too cold to burn
He came from an island
Then he died from the street
And he hurt so bad like a soul breakin'
But he never said nothin' to me, yeah
A'say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven
Say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven, yeah
New like a baby, lost like a prayer
The sky was your playground
But the cold girl was your bed
Ooh, I said, poor Stargazer
She's got no tears in her eyes
But fool like a whisper
She knows that love heals all wounds with time
Now it seem like too much love is
Never enough, yeah, you better
Seek out another road 'cause this one has ended abrupt, oh
Say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven
Say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven, yeah
Say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven, oh oh
(Heaven)
(Heaven)
(Heaven)
I, I never wanted
To write these words down for you
With the pages of phrases
Of things we'll never do
Yea, so I blow out, out the candle and I put you to bed
Since you can't say to me now
How the dog broke your bone
There's just one thing left to be said
Say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven
Say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven
Say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven, yeah
Say hello to heaven, to heaven, yeah yeah oh oh
Take me from this place
And the long-winded curses
I hear in my head
The words never listen
And teachers, oh they never learn
My warmth from the candle
Though I feel too cold to burn
He came from an island
Then he died from the street
And he hurt so bad like a soul breakin'
But he never said nothin' to me, yeah
A'say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven
Say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven, yeah
New like a baby, lost like a prayer
The sky was your playground
But the cold girl was your bed
Ooh, I said, poor Stargazer
She's got no tears in her eyes
But fool like a whisper
She knows that love heals all wounds with time
Now it seem like too much love is
Never enough, yeah, you better
Seek out another road 'cause this one has ended abrupt, oh
Say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven
Say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven, yeah
Say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven, oh oh
(Heaven)
(Heaven)
(Heaven)
I, I never wanted
To write these words down for you
With the pages of phrases
Of things we'll never do
Yea, so I blow out, out the candle and I put you to bed
Since you can't say to me now
How the dog broke your bone
There's just one thing left to be said
Say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven
Say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven
Say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven, yeah
Say hello to heaven, to heaven, yeah yeah oh oh
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I think this song has some references to Mother Love Bone songs, for explample:
"Poor stargazer She's got no tears in her eyes"
"Words never listen And TEACHERS NEVER LEARN"
So, Does anyone know any other reference in this song? (my english is pretty bad, and it's difficult find them for myself)
You betcha', references to MLB were blatant as this is a tribute to Andrew Wood (reletively unknown genius)....
@Javixu Stargazer by MLB was written about Andy's then girlfriend, Xana. When Chris Cornell references "stargazer" in Say Hello to Heaven, he's talking about her. Chris and Xana were friends as well, but they had a falling out after Andy's death. <br /> <br /> "He came from an island" is reference to Bainbridge, WA, an island town just across from Seattle, WA. where Andrew Wood grew up with his family. <br /> <br /> "He died from the street" is in reference to his heroin overdose.<br /> <br /> Andy and Chris were best friends, and I don't think that Chris ever truly got over his death.
@Javixu "poor stargazer...." I think also refered to Xana , Andrews fiancée who he sang about in the song Stargazer by Mother Love Bone.<br /> <br /> ChloeDancer /Crown of Thorns is alleged to be about his relationship with Xana but there is a conflicting account by a writer named DKING who was friends and loved with Andy, and he told Andy about a girlfriend who he wanted for his band as a lead guitarist but she was murdered and they were both having dreams very similar about her so Andy believed he was her soul twin and she became "Chloe" in the song because after she died DKING was having dreams about chasing her spirit through clubs in Tx but Andy changed the name as it meant a more elegant woman according to his research (?)(not to mine so ????♀️<br /> <br /> Stargazer by MLB was about Xana too allegedly because she tried to become a stripper to support them both (?!) Yeah not buying it either. Xana is a bit fkn loopy
the remaining members of Mother Love Bone, after losing their lead singer (Andrew Wood i think his name was) collaberated with some members of Soundgarden and pulled Eddie Vedder out of nowhere to do backup vocals for a one-time project tribute to Wood
This is just a beautiful tribute to Andrew Wood who was the lead singer for Mother Love Bone. The Other members were (Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament from Pj) and Greg Gilmore, and last Bruce Fairweather. I Just love the lyrics to this song, its sort of touching in a way.
although not about Layne Staley of Alice in Chains, this song could almost be about him after his passing in 2002. Its a sad, yet comforting song dedicated to Andrew Wood, but can be for anyone really.
Layne, Kurt, Michael Hutchence...etc etc take your pick
This song is amazing.
The entire album is the epitome of all good, scratch that, great 90's music. That being said, it is still timeless...
this song is truely amazing. chris is my most favorite artist, singer, songwriter in the entire world. with that being said...heres my story. my mother was in the hospital dying and we got the call to come coz she was slipping fast. we were on our way there and i had this intense feeling that i was choking..i felt like i couldnt breathe. i pressed the cd button on the car stereo and played say hello to heaven. it was so right for the moment and so emotional...we were too late getting there by like 5-10 minutes and i grabbed her hand nd told her to say hello to heaven. i believe that while that song was playing and i had the feeling like i couldnt breathe was when she passed. so sadly such a awesome song is forever linked with me to such a hard time.
This is about Andrew Wood, singer of Mother Love Bone, who died of a drug overdose in 1990. He was a friend of Chris Cornell's and the whole Temple of the Dog album is basically a big tribute to him. This is probably one of the more obvious songs that is dedicated to Wood,.
I recommend the album, it has a little bit of every 90s feel on it
@Alice_in_Soundweezer Yep. Even the band name "Temple of the Dog" was taken from an MLB song, "Man of Golden Words"
This is an amazing song. A beautiful dedication to a lost brother... My boyfriend turned me on to Temple of the Dog and Mother Love Bone. Now I enjoy the music probably more than him. We lose all the greats early.
they dont make more records cause no one else is dying, and i dont think anyone should want them to
@bigryoung that didn't age well
I can't even begin to express how great this is to me. Best TOTD song imo. 1991 was the year for Chris. This, Jesus Christ Pose, and Slaves & Bulldozers are among his greatest vocal preformances. Great lyrics too. Good song to listen to after losing someone dear to you. Again, I can't even begin...