Soundgarden is an American rock rock music band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1984 by lead singer and drummer Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto. Matt Cameron became the band's permanent drummer in 1986 while bassist Ben Shepherd became a permanent replacement for Yamamoto in 1990.
Soundgarden was one of the seminal bands in the creation of grunge, a style of alternative rock that developed in Seattle,... [read more] - APPLE BITE
Written by Chris Cornell music by Matt CameronIntro and piano: Adam KasparMoog: Matt CameronNo one can saveThe pure of the braveNo one can save them at allGrow and decayGrow and decayIt is only foreverLoosely or...
- Zero Chance
I think I know the answerI stumbled on and all the world fell downAnd all the sky went silentCracked like glass and slowlyTumbled to the groundThey all say if you look hardYou'll find your way back homeBorn without a...
- TIGHTER AND TIGHTER
written by Chris Cornell Shadow faceBlowing smoke and talking windLost my gripFell too far to start againA sudden snakeFound my shape and tells the worldRemember thisRemember everything is just blackOr burning sunAnd...
- Burden In My Hand
Follow me into the desertAs thirsty as you areCrack a smile and cut your mouthAnd drown in alcohol'Cause down below the truth is lyingBeneath the riverbedSo quench yourself and drink the waterThat flows below her...
- Never Named
I had a dog he was a mixHe loved me like a GodBut I was just a kidThe kind mother likesNow I'm big like the skyAnd I'm down sized inside I'll put this all to restI'm just a baby who looks like a boyI'm getting all...
- Dusty
I think it's turning back aroundAnd I think I like itI think it's turning back aroundThough I don't know why it isI think it's turning back on meI'm down on the upsideI think it's turning back on meNow I'm the good...
- Ty Cobb
I'm sittin' in a magic hatWith smoke and mirrorsAnd tire rubber firesWatch me disappearWhat made it slow you down*** on a ball and chainAnother mother***er goes down the drainHard headed *** you allJust add it...
- No Attention
I've got war on my mind blood on my handsAnd love on my headSo open your hands open your mouthLet it be said You know I've got it made in my mindDon't waste my time it's not going to changeSo say what you want spit it...
- Never The Machine Forever
I can't live when it livesIt won't live if I dieMachine has no heart to giveHeart it takes could be mineCome onCome downCome out from where you hideFollows me down the riverShadows me through the skyA sideways glance...
- An Unkind
We see the vipers of distanceCrawl into our lives everydayBreeding our Eden's of hatredPathetically stupid and unkindWe couldn't look a saint in the eyeOn the stormIt's time to goOn the stormIt's time to goMarching in...
- Boot Camp
I must obey the rulesI must be tame and cookNo staring at the cloudsI must stay on the groundIn clusters of the miceThe smoke is in our eyesLike babies on displayLike angels in a cageI must be pure and trueI must...
- Switch Opens
Hey you slave, go hang your ownersDraw your names among their ashesLay your children on their thronesGather 'round and fall right downHere at sundown nothing is whenEverything is all rightSwitch opensOpening around...
- Rhinosaur
Standing with my enemiesHung on my hornsWith haste and reverieKilling with charmOnly happy when you hurtOnly deadly in a swarmOnly healthy in the dirtOnly empty in your armsI play, I'm sick and tameDrawing the hordesI...
- Pretty Noose
I caught the moon todayPick it upAnd throw it away all rightI got the perfect stealA cleaner loveWith a dirty feel all rightFallout and take the baitEat the fruitAnd kiss the snake goodnightCommon ruse dirty...
- Applebite
No one can saveThe pure of the braveNo one can save them at allGrow and decayGrow and decayIt's only foreverLoosely or tightlyEverything fitsEven the wrist on your armGrow and decayGrow and decayIt's only forever
- Overfloater
Come on in and take me on an overrideBeen stuck inside and up all night at Dave'sNow trouble's far away, and mother in her cageAnd nothings gonna pinch this nerve of mineI wanna make it rightClose the door and pull...
- Tighter & Tighter
Shadow faceBlowing smoke and talking windLost my gripFell too far to start againA sudden snakeFound my shape and tells the worldRemember thisRemember everything is just blackOr burning sunAnd I hope it's a sweet...
- Blow Up The Outside World
Nothing seems to kill me no matter how hard I tryNothing is closing my eyesNothing can beat me down for your pain or delightAnd nothing seems to break meNo matter how hard I fall nothing can break me at allNot one for...
- LOUD LOVE
Written by Chris Cornell There¡¯s no time to keep it lowI¡¯ve been deaf now I want noiseYou stay downBut I wont be quietI¡¯ll hammer on until you fightLoud LoveLoud LoveLoud LoveLoud LoveIf you¡¯ve got some...
- FLOWER
Lyrics by Chris CornellMusic by Kim Thayil All of seventeenEyes a purple greenTreated like a Queen, she wasOn borrowed self esteemShe would do a danceA painful masqueradeSpinning you into her webAlong her vain...
- Bleek Together
I know youre half awake yeah I know hateAnd I know how you do itHold it dont it outDont get it right or wrong no I dont get itI know youre afraid half amazedAll insane I know its all a cageAnd all arrange...
- HANDS ALL OVER
WORDS BY CHRIS CORNELLMUSIC BY KIM THAYIL HANDS ALL OVER THE EASTERN BORDERYOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK WE¡¯RE FALLINGFROM COMPOSUREHANDS ALL OVER WESTERN CULTURERUFFLING FEATHERS AND TURNING EAGLES INTO VULTURESGOT MY...
- Blind Dogs
Run awayNow it's HalloweenShave your head and burn your sheetsEvil could be right next doorWhat do blind dogs believe?I don't want to know[Chorus]BlindFollowing blindRun awayNow it's HalloweenThe safe bet is on your...
- BLEED TOGETHER
WI know you're half awakeAnd no hate and I know how to do itHold the door and let it outDon't get it right or wrongNo I don't get itI know you're half afraidHalf amazed, all insaneI know it's all a cageAnd all the...
- NOTHING TO SAY
Lyrics by Chris CornellMusic by Kim Thayil Someone says my words are out of balanceNothing to sayDying words I bury everydayNothing to sayYou¡¯ve got nothing to say, nothing to sayBog bad words spell it with four...
- GET ON THE SNAKE
Lyrics by Chris CornellMusic by Kim Thayil Get on the snakeWith a swarm of motor flysGet on the snakeUnder the cola colored skyDon¡¯t worry, everything¡¯s cleanRoad worthy, hungry and meanGet on the snakeWhere the...
- Room A Thousand Years Wide
Listen, hear he is insideOne who lives while others lieI close my eyes and walk a thousand yearsA thousand years that aren't mineIt seems he's near me when I walkOne who loved what love deniedHe lives these years that...
- Jesus Christ Pose
And you stare at meIn your Jesus Christ poseArms held outLike you've been carrying a loadAnd you swear to meYou don't want to be my slaveBut you're staring at meLike I need to be savedIn your Jesus Christ poseArms...
- Rusty Cage
You wired me awakeAnd hit me with a hand of broken nailsYou tied my lead and pulled my chainTo watch my blood begin t boilBut I'm gonna breakI'm gonna break myI'm gonna break my rusty cage and runToo cold to start a...
- New Damage
When new damage comesIt's faceless poisonA new world orderIt's new damage doneThe wreck is going downGet out before you drownThe wreck is going downGet out before you drownGet out before you drownWhen new damage...
- Holy Water
Holy water on the brainAnd I'm losing sleepHoly bible on the night standNext to meAs I'm raped by another Monkey circus freakTrying to take myIndigence away from meHoly water is rusting meBloody murder is the best...
- Drawing Flies
Sitting here like uninvited companyWallowing in my own obscenitiesI share a cigarette with negativitySitting here like wet ashesWith X's in my eyes and drawing fliesBathed in perspiration drowned my enemiesUsed my...
- Face Pollution
I can count it on my fingersI've got all my reasons not to feelI'm numb as rigor mortisScared by monkey facesDrowned in shark finsBut I don't feel like feelingFeeling like youNow I'm in the mirrorNow it's getting...
- Outshined
I got up feeling so downI got off being sold outI've kept the movie rollingBut the story's getting old nowI just looked in the mirrorThings aren't looking so goodI'm looking CaliforniaAnd feeling MinnesotaSo now you...
- Mind Riot
I was slipping through the cracksOf a stolen jewelI was tightrope walking in two ton shoesNow somebody is talking about aThird world warAnd the police said this was normal controlAnd the cradle was burning...
- Slaves And Bulldozers
Every word I said is what I meanEvery word I said is what I meanEverything I gave is what I needVirgin eyes and dirty looksOn what I have and why I tookCounting all the hands I shookNow I know why you've been...
- Searching With My Good Eye Closed
Painted blue across my eyesAnd tied the linen onAnd I'm on my wayLooking for the paradigmSo I can pass it offIs it on my sideIs to the skyLooking to the sky and downSearching for a groundWith my good eye closedIf I...
- Somewhere
I wish a wish I dream to dreamI try to try and I live to liveAnd die to die and I cry to cryBut I know whySomewhere in my dreamsThings that shouldStill the willow weepsOn roses for the deadIn laughs of loveFrom the...
- She's A Politician
A broken mirror and razor blade She's a politician Hot headed all the time She's a politician She doesn't misaccuse She doesn't misabuse She don't listen, even if she doesn't know what she's saying She's a politician...
- Come Together
Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowlyHe got joo-joo eyeball he one holy rollerHe got hair down to his kneesGot to be a joker he just do what he pleaseHe wear no shoeshine he got toe-jam footballHe got...
- 40 Days
Here I am at what feels like the endAnd so I come to You, my Lord, againWith this burden buried deep withinThis heart that You have madeIn this trial that I'm going throughI don't question 'cause I know it's trueThat...
- My Heart
I paint a picture, I think it's easier to live that wayBut my heart is really brokenI'm not the man you think I am when you see meeach day Torn apart and then left open(Bridge)Father come and fill me upI can't wait...
- 665
It's creepingIn so slowTrapping it, nobody's home(more mumbling)It's creeping inSo slowTrapping it, nobody's home[Played backwards, the Santa/Satan parody:Santa, I love you babyMy Christmas kingSanta, you're my kingI...
- HEAD INJURY
Head injury, head injury, head injuryYou got a kiss for me, it hits me hardMy hands on my head, your words are like arrowsMy hands on my head, there¡¯s permanent damageHead injury, head injury, head injuryYou got a...
- SMOKESTACK LIGHTNING
Smokestack lightningShine a light homeSmokestack lightningShining like goldTreats me like a clownWheels go driving slowTrucks me out of townWheels go driving slowTell me babySo when you coming homeTell me babyWhen you...
- Incessant Mace
He¡¯s afraid he¡¯ll suffer his fathers fateTwo sets of silver records and platesTwo bloody hands and bleeding heartsDon¡¯t feel it¡¯s not to late to startOnly the photographs on your wallAre chained and down...
- MOOD FOR TROUBLE
My mood was in full swingMy mood was in full swingI wanted to be freeFree to watch the hailI did not want to hearThe perfect thing to sayDying to squeeze outThe ugly truth for everyone to hearI did not wanna fightI...
- Nazi Driver
I don¡¯t care if it takes some timeI¡¯m gonna make it rightI¡¯m gonna make it rightTurn the head 360 degreesBite the hand that feedsI don¡¯t care if it tasted like PoissonRip the legs from the thighsFeed the...
- ALL YOUR LIES
All your fears are liesAll your fears are liesAll your fears are liesAll your fears are lies_______________________?[unknown line]Clipless, falling, limping, crawling, biting, fightingBack from dyingEndless endingAnd...
- 667
Kill them allSteal their goldFeed my boy's killerFeed the young, prepare it save youFeed the boy, hates to killFeed the youngFeed the youngCool Music: Yamamoto Lyrics: Cornell
- HE DIDN¡¯T
He did nothing perfectHe did nothing quite wellHe did nothing perfectly, much better then anyone I¡¯ve ever seenHe did nothing all the timeHe did nothing constantlyHe did nothing everyday, more often than anyone...
- BEYOND THE WHEEL
Far beyond the roadBetween your house and homeThere is a churning stormOf hailing burning bonesTiny baby criesLittle, tiny pawnIn the profit gainTiny baby growsMother, who's your manIs he doing what he canTo make a...
- CIRCLE OF POWER
The day will finally come in _____Cause we have conquered a kingdomAnd a place of rageCovered with assholesWell here we liveTo see their fear and their trembling wordsOf a _____A pretty(?), pretty(?) blank name on the...
- Black Hole Sun
In my eyes, indisposedIn disguise as no one knowsHides the face, lies the snakeThe sun in my disgraceBoiling heat, summer stench'Neath the black the sky looks deadcall my name through the creamAnd I'll hear you scream...
- Let Me Drown
Stretch the bones over my skinStretch the skin over my headI'm going to the holy landStretch the marks over my eyesBurn the candles deep insideYeah you know where I'm coming fromGive up to greed, you don't have to...
- Like Suicide
Heard it from another roomEyes were making up just to fall asleepLove's like suicideDazed out in a garden bedWith a broken neck lays my broken giftJust like suicideAnd my last ditchWas my last brickLent to finish...
- Kickstand
Kicksand, you got loose and I threw upKickstand, you got the juice to fill my cupMy mother say that it's alrightMy mother says that's the only lifeSo do it rightDo it rightCome stand me upCome stand me upKickstand, I...
- She Likes Surprises
Girlie dress and making her bestShe makes up her hair for the 90sDirty shoes and hiding her bluesShe's dying to lose what she's findingSo easy to leave it or take it in strideSo easy to read when she's faking her...
- Limo Wreck
Tears of the feebleHands of the SlavesSkin of the mothersMouths of the babesBuilding the towersBelongs to the skyWhen the whole thingComes crashing downDon't ask me whyUnder the shelfThe shelf of the skyTwo eyes, two...
- Fresh Tendrils
Long time comingIt seemed to take me throughLong time comingMany served the fewAnd long to taste the shameThat bows down before youLong time coming It seemed to get me byLong time comingIt seemed to satisfyYou longed...
- Superunknown
If this isn't what you seeIt doesn't make you blindIf this doesn't make you feelIt doesn't mean you've diedWhere the river's highWhere the river's highIf you don't want to be seenWell you don't have to hideAnd if you...
- Head Down
We see you laughWe see you danceWe take that awayEvery dayWe see you cryWe turn your headThen we slap your faceWe see you tryWe see you failSome things never changeWe hear you cryWe hear you wailWE steal that smile...
- Fell On Black Days
Whatsoever I've feared has come to lifeWhatsoever I've fought off became my lifeJust when everyday seemed to greet me with a smileSunspots have faded and I'm doine timeCause I fell on black daysWhomsoever I've cured...
- 4th Of July
Shower in the dark dayClean sparks diving downCool in the waterwayWhere the baptized drown*** in the cold sunBreathing life like fireThought I was the only oneBut that was just a lieCause I heard it in the windAnd I...
- Half
When I hand my love inI'll be doneA handed gloveHides the doorHalf a chanceHalf a chanceWe still Have a chanceMr. Full, Mr. HaveKills Mr. Empty HandHalf a chanceHalf a chanceWe stillHave half a chance
- Spoonman
Feel the rhythm with your handsSteal the rhythm while you can, SpoonmanSpeak the rhythm on your ownSpeak the rhythm all alone, SpoonmanSpoonman, come together with your handsSave me, I'm together with your planSave...
- Mailman
Hello don't you know meI'm the dirt beneath your feetThe most important fool you forgot to seeI've seen how you give itNow I want to receiveI know that you Would do the same for meI'm know I'm headed for the bottomBut...
- My Wave
Take, if you want a sliceIf you want a pieceIf it feels alrightBreak, if you like the soundIf it gets you upIf it brings you downShare, if it makes you sleepIf it sets you freeIf it helps to breathDon't come over...
- The Day I Tried To Live
I woke the same as any other dayExcept a voice was in my headIt said seize the day, pull the trigger,Drop the bladeAnd watch the rolling headsThe day I tried to liveI stole a thousand beggar's changeAnd gave it to the...
- SWALLOW MY PRIDE
She looked at me with dignityShe said there's something you gotta seeEven though this country's headed for warThis nation is prouder than ever beforeYeah that was spirit in the airWe're more American than anywhereAnd...
- FOPP (Dub)
Fopped last night and the night beforeI had to fopp outside and then I went indoorsFopped so hard I made the people warmThey stood back and gave me all the floorI did the fopp, the foppthey wouldn¡¯t let me stopYeah...
- HUNTED DOWN
Lyrics by Chris CornellMusic by Kim Thayil They saw you yesterday as you were leavingNow they run to hunt you downDogs lead the chase as you are bleedingThey run to hunt you downYour narrow escape has wiped the smile...
- LITTLE JOE
Lyrics by Chris CornellMusic by Kim Thayil Little Joe, run for the borderLeave your homeGo where the reptiles roamOn the side of the border that is your homeLittle Joe, eyes of your lover look back on youAs you run...
- Kingdom Of Come
So you think I got something on youI bet I know what you¡¯re gonna say[unknown line]So glad to see you¡¯re at it againSo glad I ain¡¯t your only friendWhen are you going to understandThat it¡¯s okay, maybe...
- Tears To Forget
Lyrics by Hiro YamamotoMusic by Kim Thayil & Hiro Yamamoto These tears to rememberThese tears to forgetI tried and I criedThese tears to forgetI suckle lifeIts love and its beautyI scream from lifeThese tears to...
- HAND OF GOD
The hand of God lays high above meI¡¯ll be good if you really love meLet me feel your mighty crunchAs you rub me out like water, fire, coal, etcLet it be known today, if you¡¯ve got two handsYou¡¯re supposed to...
- FOPP
Fopped last night and the night beforeI had to fopp outside and then I went indoorsFopped so hard I made the people warmThey stood back and gave me all the floorI did the fopp, the foppthey wouldn¡¯t let me stopYeah...
- ENTERING
I¡¯m entering without a soundI¡¯m entering on wings I¡¯ve flownA million miles of covered groundI¡¯m enteringI¡¯m entering without a soundI¡¯m entering on wings I¡¯ve flownA million miles of covered...
- I AWAKE
Music by Hiro YamamotoLyrics by K. McDonald Woke up depressedI left for workYou have a good dayIt¡¯s not your faultI know it hurtsRemember, I love you, love youRemember, I love you, love youI loveWoke up depressedI...
- FULL ON KEVIN¡¯S MOM
Written by Chris Cornell You don¡¯t get nothing for freeKev & me were two of threeThree brothers to the endThe one went full on Kevin¡¯s momNow things have changedFull on Kev¡¯s momFull on Kev¡¯s momFull on...
- UNCOVERED
Small creature are youSmall creature you areHow quickly you are uncovered*** and coldMaumbling and cryingKnowing everything's been discoveredMany secrets have youMany secrets you haveBut it's only a matter of...
- GUN
Written by Chris Cornell I got an idea of something we can do with a gunSink load and fire till the empireReaps what they¡¯ve sownShoot shoot shoot till their minds are openShoot shoot shoot till their eyes are...
- UGLY TRUTH
Written by Chris Cornell You hide your eyesBut the ugly truthJust loves to give it awayYou gave yourselfIf you were mine to giveI might throw it awayYou share but money can¡¯t giveWhat the truth takes awayThrow it...
- BIG DUMB ***
Written by Chris Cornell Don¡¯t you don¡¯t you want to thrill meDon¡¯t you be afraid to tell meTell me if you think it¡¯s uglyBut now don¡¯t you want to touch it anywayI¡¯ve been looking for a rejectAnd...
- POWER TRIP
Lyrics by Chris CornellMusic by Hiro Yamamoto I want to beA cowboy star upon the screenOh hey and I want to drive My cowboy car across the sceneOh hey and I want to writeThe magazines the housewives readAnd I want to...
- NO WRONG NO RIGHT
Lyrics by Chris CornellMusic by Hiro Yamamoto Watch for vipers and poison snakesFeeling fingers make no mistakeGrabbing that pull your hairStealing everything there, everythingRestless widow in the darkCareless looks...
- Birth Ritual
Lying like needlesOn forest earthEuphoric rushTrees bend to pray for usI'm sputteringLike cold machinesLate for the birth ritual, ritual, ritual, ritualYou can drive my tailTo watch the circusA birth ritualA birth of...
- Sub Pop Rock City
I'm not stoned but I wanted to tell yaWhen I'm in the mood, I could think of playing thereGoing to Seattle where the rock's so heavyWith all them *** dogs in my ChevyAt the XTC, party, everybody's invitedCool! give it...
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