grunge

"Feel the rhythm with your hands (Steal the rhythm while you can) Spoonman Speak the rhythm on your own (Speak the rhythm all alone) SpoonmanSpoonman, come together with your hands, Save me, I'm together with your plan. Save me, yeah."

"You don't have to stray Though oceans away, waves roll in my thoughts. Hold tight the ring, The sea will rise, please stand by the shore."

"I woke the same as any other day, Except a voice was in my head. It said, "Seize the day, pull the trigger. Drop the blade and watch the rolling heads."The day I tried to live I stole a thousand beggars' change And gave it to the rich, yeah. The day I tried to win, I dangled from the power lines And let the martyrs stretch, yeah."

"Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay Her lace spread out before me, as her body once did. All five horizons revolved around her soul, as the Earth to the Sun. Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn.Ooh-oh, and all I taught her was everything. Mmm, oh, I know she gave me all that she wore.And now my bitter hands chafe beneath the clouds Of what was everything All the pictures have all been washed in black, Tattooed everything."

"Restless soul, enjoy your youth, Like Muhammad hits the truth. Can't escape from the common rule, If you hate something, don't you do it too (Too)."

"Once fastened, servile, now you're gettin' sharp, Movin' oh-so swiftly with such disarm. I pulled the covers over him, shoulda pulled the alarm, Turned to my nemesis, a fool, not a fucking god."

"Follow me into the desert, as thirsty as you are, Crack a smile and cut your mouth and drown in alcohol. 'Cause down below the truth is lying beneath the riverbed So quench yourself and drink the water that flows below her head.Oh no, there she goes Out in the sunshine Sun is mine, sun is mine.I shot my love today, would you cry for me? I lost my head again, would you lie for me?"

"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."

"Nothing seems to kill me, No matter how hard I try. Nothing's closing my eyes. Nothing can beat me down for your pain or delight. No."

""Is something wrong?" she said, well of course there is. "You're still alive," she said, oh, and do I deserve to be? Is that the question? And if so, if so who answers? Who answers?I, oh, I'm still alive. Hey, I, hey, I'm still alive."

"When she couldn't hold, oh, she folded. A dissident is here. Escape is never the safest path, oh, A dissident's-, a dissident is here."

"I swear I recognize your breath Memories, like fingerprints, are slowly raisin' Me, you wouldn't recall, for I'm not my former It's hard when you're stuck upon the shelf.I changed by not changin' at all. Small town predicts my fate Perhaps that's what no one wants to seeI just wanna scream, "Hello! My God, it's been so long! Never dreamed you'd return But now here you are, and here I am." Hearts and thoughts, they fade away."

"The waiting drove me mad. You're finally here, and I'm a mess. I take your entrance back; Can't let you roam inside my head.I don't wanna take what you can give. I would rather starve than eat your bread. I would rather run, but I can't walk. Guess I'll lie alone just like before."

"Alone, listless, Breakfast table in an otherwise empty room. Young girl, violence, Center of her own attention, the Mother reads aloud, child tries to understand it, Tries to make her proud. The shades go down, it's in her head, Painted room, can't deny there's something wrong.Don't call me daughter, not fit to, The picture kept will remind me. Don't call me daughter, not fit to, The picture kept will remind me. Don't call meShe holds the hand that holds her down. She will rise above!"

"At home, drawin' pictures of mountain tops With him on top, lemon yellow sun Arms raised in a "V" And the dead lay in pools of maroon below.Daddy didn't give attention Oh, to the fact that Mommy didn't care King Jeremy the wicked Oh, ruled his world.Jeremy spoke in class today. Jeremy spoke in class today."

"You can't go home, no, I swear you never can. You can walk a million miles and get nowhere. I got nowhere to go ever since I came back Just filling in the lines from the holes to the cracks Yeah!No one knows me No one saves me No one loves or hates me.I've been away for too long."

"You don't get nothing for free, Kev and me were two of three. Three brothers to the end. Then one went full on Kevin's mom now things have changed."

"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 staring at me Like ILike I need to be Saved."

"In my eyes, indisposed, In disguises no one knows Hides the face, lies the snake, In the sun in my disgrace. Boiling heat, summer stench, 'Neath the black, the sky looks dead Call my name through the cream And I'll hear you scream again.Black hole sun, won't you come And wash away the rain? Black hole sun, won't you come? Won't you come? Won't you come?"

"I caught the moon today, Pick it up and throw it away, alright. I got the perfect steal, A cleaner love with a dirty feel, alright. Fallout and take the bait, Eat the fruit and kiss the snake goodnight.Common ruse, dirty face, Pretty noose is pretty hate."

"I'm addicted to feeling. Stealing love isn't stealing. Can't you see that I understand your mind?I'm a walking believer, I'm a ghost and a healer. I'm the shape of the hole inside your heart!"

"Freezin', Rests his head on a pillow made of concrete, again. Oh, feelin', Maybe he'll see a little better set of days, ooh, yeah. Oh, hand out, Faces that he sees time again ain't that familiar, ooh, yeah. Oh, dark grin, He can't help, when he's happy he looks insane, hm, yeah.Even flow, thoughts arrive like butterflies. Oh, he don't know, so he chases them away (Ooh) Oh, someday yet, he'll begin his life again Life again, life again."

"Torture from you to me, yeah, Abducted from the street, and, uhI'd rather be, I'd rather be with, I'd rather be with an animal, oohh."

"Got a gun, fact I got two. That's okay, man, 'cause I love God. Glorified version of a pellet gun; Feel so manly when armed."

"I took a drive today, time to emancipate. I guess it was the beatings made me wise, But I'm not about to give thanks or apologize.I couldn't breathe, holdin' me down, Hand on my face, pushed to the ground. Enmity gauged, united by fear, Forced to endure what I could not forgive.I seem to look away, the wounds in the mirror waved It wasn't my surface most defiled."

"I seem to recognize your face, Haunting, familiar, yet I can't seem to place it. Cannot find the candle of thought to light your name Lifetimes are catchin' up with meAll these changes takin' place, I wish I'd seen the place, But no one's ever taken me.Hearts and thoughts, they fade, fade away. Hearts and thoughts, they fade, fade away."

"Little secrets, tremors, Turned to quake. The smallest oceans still get Big, big waves, yeah."

"Once divided, nothing left to subtract, Some words when spoken can't be taken back. Walks on his own with thoughts he can't help thinkin', Future's above, but in the past he's slow and sinkin'.Caught a bolt of lightning, Cursed the day he let it go.Nothingman, nothingman. Isn't it something? Nothingman."

"Waitin', watchin' the clock, It's four o'clock, it's got to stop. Tell him, take no more, she practices her speech. As he opens the door, she rolls over, Pretends to sleep as he looks her over.She lies and says she's in love with him. Can't find a better man. She dreams in color, she dreams in red. Can't find a better man. Can't find a better man, can't find a better man."

"Vacate is the word Vengeance has no place so near to her. Cannot find the comfort in this world Artificial tear Vessel stabbed, next up, volunteers? Vulnerable, wisdom can't adhere.A truant finds home, And a wish to hold on, But there's a trapdoor in the sun."

"All of seventeen, eyes a purple green; Treated like a queen, she was on borrowed self-esteem."

"So give up to greed, you don't have to feed me, yeah Give up to fate, you don't have to need me So let it go, won't you let it go, won't you let it go Won't you let it, drown me in you, yeah?"

"Once upon a time I could control myself, Ooh, once upon a time I could lose myself, yeah."

"Though I can't put my hands on you, I can feel you now In the bones and the blood flowing, needles on the ground. In the ether I sail to you, floating on the fumes, Run aground on the shore for you, simple wreckage.Taree, walk out and raise the road To my tilted shadow. I only know I've made it home When I drown in your ghost light."

"Hands all over the coastal waters. The crew men thank her, then lay down their oily blanket. Hands all over the inland forest, In a striking motion, trees fall down like dying soldiers. Yeah, like dying soldiers."

"If you've got some time to kill, Slow resistance wins the war. Well, I know, yeah, but that's no way to go, You can't resist the louder pull."

"Oh, you wired me awake And hit me with a hand of broken nails. Yeah, you tied my lead and pulled my chain To watch my blood begin to boil.But I'm gonna break, I'm gonna break my I'm gonna break my rusty cage and run."

"Show me the power, child, I'd like to say That I'm down on my knees today. Yeah, it gives me the butterflies, gives me away, 'Til I'm up on my feet again. I'm feelin' Oh, I'm feelin' outshined, outshined, outshined, outshined."

"Take if you want a slice If you want a piece, If it feels right. Break if you like the sound, If it gets you up, If it takes you down. Share if it makes you sleep, If it sets you free, If it helps you breathe."

"Whatsoever I feared has come to life And whatsoever I've fought off became my life Just when every day seemed to greet me with a smile Sunspots have faded, now I'm doin' time, now I'm doin' time.'Cause I fell on black days I fell on black days."

"Even though we have been around and making records for 25 years, they hate us because we don’t play their game and we are not flying around in private jets. Why do you think they latch onto Paris Hilton and Courtney Love? You don’t need talent when you have the bucks to back it up! That is the mentality, understand that."

"Musicians tend to lose perspective. Here is a perfect example: I was on tour in Australia a little while back and prior to leaving I read this huge article on Neil Young where he is telling the interviewer how we should all convert our cars to electric and support the whole green thing. He converted one of his Cadillacs to electric and he feels everyone should do their part and follow the same standard of living to save the environment ... Who do I meet on that tour in Australia? The guy who flies Neil Young’s private jet. This guy tells me that Neil hasn’t flown commercial in more than 30 years. These artists want you and me to drive around in golf carts and sit under 2 watt bulbs while they are jet setting around the world! It’s crazy."

"Now, Nirvana. I always liked those guys, but I never liked when they got big, I never liked the people around them. I never liked their management and never liked any of the people that worked with them. And then you mix in the drugs, and the people that brought with it. And it’s a sordid tale. And it’s not a happy ending."

"Where I grew up was counterproductive, stifling, boring and didn’t help me at all ... We made 99 percent of our music when we moved to California and I was a much happier person."

"So, let me get this straight, if I take LSD and heroin, I’ll play like Jimi Hendrix? Really?! I beg to differ. I guarantee there are guitarists down at Guitar Center without a record contract that are on LSD and heroin and will never make any money playing music. They’re putting that little theory to the test every day. I don’t buy it. I don’t care what you do, but I don’t see alcohol and drugs as being anything other than a way to make whatever problems you have in your life bigger."

"You have to understand that my area of expertise is in music. For me to step outside of that area and make comments on social issues or political issues is crazy. Don't listen to me, because I honestly believe that people should look to higher sources than entertainers for their political beliefs. And whenever I hear people do that, you know, it irritates the fuck out of me, because I can't stand it, to hear some rock'n'roller or pseudo-rock'n'roller talking about how the world should run. Like, what do you know? You can't even write a good song, you think I should listen to you about who I should vote for? That's insane."

"Give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld So I can sigh eternally"

"Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea Distill the life that's inside of me Sit and drink Pennyroyal tea I'm anemic royalty"

"Afterbirth of a nation"

"Angel left wing, right wing, broken wing"