Alice In Chains

Grind
In the darkest hole
You'd be well advised
Not to plan my funeral before the body dies
Come the morning ligh
tIt's a see-through show
What you may have heard
and What you think you know
Let the sun never blind your eyes
Let me sleep so my teeth won't grind
Hear a sound from a voice inside
Sure to play a part
Soyou love the game
And in truth your lies
Become one and same
I could set you free
Rather hear the sound
Of your body breaking
As I take you down
Let the sun never blind your eyes
Let me sleep so my teethwon't grind
Hear a sound from a voice inside
In the darkest hole
You'd be well advised
Not to plan my funeral before the body dies
Let the sun never blind your eyes
Let me sleep so my teeth won't grind
Hear a sound from a voice inside

Brush Away
I could use some time to curl away
My aggression is where you stake your claim
Why I question
This curve on which you grade
My conception
A joke?
Or latest craze?
I try to get away
And yet I stick around
So fall and crawl away
And brush away loose ground
My intention
Can I arrive at eight
Lie and dream some
Surprise you guys I'm late
All right, correction, forgetting something
Wait
Brush away loose ground
Brush away loose ground

Sludge Factory
You insult me in my home
You're forgiven this time
Things go well, your eyes dilate
You shake,and I'm high?
Look in my eyes deep and watch
The clouds change with time
20 hours won't print my picture milk carton size
Carton size
Carton size
Call me up congratulations
Ain't the real why
There's no pressure besides brilliance
Let's say by day 9
Endless corporate ignorance lets me control time
By the way,
by the way,
by the way,
by the way
Once again you see an in
Discolored skin gives you away
So afraid you kindly gurgle out a date for me
Now the body of one soul I adore wants to die
You have always told me you'd not live past 25
I say stay long enough to repay
All who caused strife
Once again you see an in
Discoloredskin gives you away
So afraid you kindly gurgle out a date for me

Heaven Beside You
Be what you wanna be
See what you came to see
Been what you wanna be
I don't like what I see
Like the coldest winter chill
Heaven beside you ...Hell within
Like the coldest winter chill
Heaven besideyou ...Hell within
Like the coldest winter chill
Put heaven beside you...Hell within
And you think you have it still,
heaven inside you
So there's problems in your life
That's fucked up
And I'm not blind
I'm just see-throughFaded
Super jaded
And out of my mind
Do what you wanna do
Go out and seek your truth
When I'm down and blue
Rather be me than you
Like the coldest winter chill
Heaven beside you ...Hell within
Like the coldest winter chill
Heaven beside you ...Hell within
Like the winter will
Heaven beside you ...Hell within
And you wish you had it still, heaven inside you
So there's problems in your life
That's fucked up
But you're not blind
You're just see-throughFaded
Overrated
And out of your mind
Like the coldest winter chill
Heavenbeside you ...Hell within
Like the coldest winter chill
Heaven beside you ...Hell within
Like the winter will
Heaven beside you ...Hell within
And you know you have it still,
heaven inside you

Head Creeps
No more time
Just one more time
So crazy, beat the strain
Too lazy, shake the gray
So, and she willed the drain
So let me be defamed
Your redundancy stains
Tired of infantile claims
Like puppets on theirstrings
Untangle you from me
Time to call the doggies off
Tired of the shadow in'
Slide me to the side again
Slapped in the face again
No more time
Just one more time
Your redundancy stains
Tired of infantile claims
Live puppets on a string
Untangle you from me
Chorus
One day my plane leaves
Some way my head creeps
Some day my head leads
Some way my head creeps
Empty room sets the scene
Pick at me slow, pain fiend
Suck me through barbed screen
Anger becomes our Queen
Tongue whipping forked black
How long until you crack
Surprised and set back
Lackey's loose talk for fact
Chorus
One day my plane leaves
Some way my head creeps
Some day my way leads
Some way my head creeps
So crazy feel the hate
Yeah, I've got years to wait
I know it's not too late
Lending clean hands to fate
Rise from the dirt I'm in
Hide in another's skin
Stick black dress doll with pin
Your mouth takes on my grin

Again
Hey Let them do it again
Yeah
Hey You said you were my friend
Hey Turn me upside down
HeyFeelin' so down
Hey Hey Hey
I know I made the same mistakes
I won't do it again,
no
Why
Why you slap me in the face,owI
I didn't say it was okay,
no No No
HeyYou had time to think it out,
yeah
Hey
Your weak will won't help her heal her heart,
no
Hey
I'll bet it really eats you up

Shame In You
When I awaken
And I'm achin'
Time for sleepin', yeah
When I'm sayin'
Time to go and I've been hurtin', yeah
When I'm layin'
I'm still trying
Concentrating on dyin', yeah
You're right as rain
But you're wrong to blame
Agreed my crime's the same
My sins I'll claim
Give you back shed pain
Go find a place for own shame, yeah
So you can deal with this thing unreal
No one made you feel any hurt, yeah
Body's movin'
Onlyprovin'
No one needs to move
Still believin'
Yet mistaken
All God's children, yeah
And I must sayI was stupid
Selfishly she consumed, yeah
And you must change
Patterns all we trained
Or n'er regain peace you seek
Now you hear me
For the things I seeYeah,
I believe in inner peace, yeah
Throw out
Blow up
Hold in
Showfine
No signs
Grow blind

God Am
Dear God, how have you been, then?
I'm not fine, fuck pretending
All of this death you're sending
Best throw some free heart mending
Invite you in my heart, then
When done, my sins forgiven?
This God of mine relaxes
World dies I still pay taxes
Can I be as my God am
Can you be as God am
Can I be as myGod am
God of all my God am
So Lord, I see you grinnin'
Must be grand always winning
How proud are you being able
To gather faith from fable
Can I be as my God am
Can you be as God am
Can I be as my God am
God of all my God am
God am
My God am
God am God
All this respect I'm giving
Shared strength acquired bylivin'
All bloomin' life you're feeding
Can't hide sick ones you're weeding
Can I be as my God am
Can you be asGod am
Can I be as my God am
God of all my God am
God am
God am
God am

So Close
Why are we here again
It's the same ol' sit down roll around
Chewed up pen
Nothin' thrilling me too much, yeah
Nothing thrilling meYeah,
so close now Yeah,
so close now
Man, I nearly snapped my twig
Then again I nearly snapped
A few of you
So I hear you think highly now
So I hear you thinkYeah,
so closenowYeah,
so close now
Why
Why
Why

Nothin' Song
Began this take at 7:38
Head hit the board, enough that it aches
Wonder should I be workin' so late
Began this take at 7:38
Head hit the board, enough that it aches
Wonder should I be workin' so late
Wonder should I be workin' so late
The nothin' song sticks to your mouth
Like peanut butter on the brain
Nothin' ever stays the same
Nothin'Yeah, nothin' Nothin' Nothin'
Went outside to give all a break
Wearing cowhide, steak on a skate
Back inside, Sam throw away your cake
Went outside to give a break
Wearing cowhide, steak on a skate
Back inside Sam, throw away your cake
Back inside Sam, throw awayyour cake
Chorus
Gotta finish so I can awake
Feed the cat or she spreads all the waste
Snap her neck or trade in for new make
Gotta finish so I can awake
Feed the cat or she spreads all the waste
Snap her neck or trade in for new make
Snap her neck or trade in for new make
The nothin' song sticks to your mouth
Like peanut butter on the brain
Nothin' ever stays the same
The nothin' song sticks to your mouth

Frogs
What does friend mean to you?
A word so wrongfully abused
Are you like me, confused
All included bu tyou Alone...
The sounds of silence often soothe
Shapes and colors shift with mood
Pupils widen and change their hue
Rapid brown avoid clear blue
Why's it have to be this way
Be this way
Flowers watched through wide brown eyes
A child sings an unclaimed tune
Innocence spins cold cocoon
Grow to see the pain too soon

Over Now
Yeah, it's over now
But I can breathe somehow
When it's all worn out
I'd rather go without
You know it's been on my mind
Could you stand right here
Look me straight in the eye and say
That it's over now
We pay our debt sometime
Well it's over now
Yet I can see somehow
When it's all gone wrong
It's hard to be so strong
We pay our debt sometime
Guess it's over now
I seem alive somehow
When it's out of sight
Just wait and do your time
You know it's been on my mind
Could I stand right here
Look myself in the eye,
and say That it's over now
We pay our debt sometime