Unplugged (1989–…): Season 7, Episode 3 - Alice in Chains - full transcript
Alice in Chains perform an accoustic concert as part of the MTV Unplugged series.
We chase misprinted lies
We face the path of time
And yet I fight, and yet I fight
this battle all alone
No one to cry to
No place to call home
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
My gift of self is raped
My privacy is raked
And yet I find, and yet I find
repeating in my head
If I can't be my own, I'd feel better dead
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
Frozen in the place I hide
Not afraid to paint my sky with
Some who say I've lost my mind
Brother try and hope to find
You were always so far away
I know that pain
So don't you run away
Like you used to do
Roses in a vase of white
Bloodied by the
thorns beside the leaves
That fall because my hand is
Pulling them hard as I can
You were always so far away
I know that pain
I won't run away
Like I used to do
Pictures in a box at home
Yellowing and green with mold
So I can barely see your face
Wonder how that color taste
You were always so far away
I know the way
So don't you run away
Like you used to do
It's alright, there comes a time
Got no patience
to search for peace of mind
Layin' low,
want to take it slow
No more hiding or
disguising truths I've sold
Everyday it's something
Hits me all so cold
Find me sittin' by myself
No excuses, that I know
It's okay,
had a bad day
Hands are bruised
from breaking rocks all day
Drained and blue, I bleed for you
You think it's funny?
Well, you're drowning in it too
Everyday it's something
Hits me all so cold
Find me sittin' by myself
No excuses, that I know
Yeah, it's fine,
we'll walk down the line
Leave our rain, a cold trade
for warm sunshine
You, my friend, I will defend
And if we change,
well I'll love you anyway
Everyday it's something
Hits me all so cold
Find me sittin' by myself
No excuses, that I know
You insult me in my home,
you're forgiven this time
There's no pressures besides brilliance,
let's say by day 9
...fuck!
We're allowed a couple of those,
it's been a while
You guys just get to hear more, that's all
That's just how these things go
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, carton size
Call me up congratulations
ain't the real why
There's no pressure besides brilliance
let's say by day 9
Corporate ignorance
lets me control time
By the way, by the way
Once again you see him in
This 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 cause strife
Once again you see him in
This discolored skin gives you away
So afraid you kindly gurgle
Out a date for me
Once again you see him in
This discolored skin gives you away
So afraid you kindly gurgle
Out a date for me
Bury me softly in this womb
I give this part of me for you
Sand rains down and here I sit
Holding rare flowers
in a tomb, in bloom
Down in a hole and I don't know
if I can be saved
See my heart,
I decorate it like a grave
You don't understand
who they thought I was supposed to be
Look at me now, a man who
won't let himself be
Down in a hole
Losin my soul
Down in a hole
Losin' control
I'd like to fly
But my wings have been so denied
Down in a hole and they've put
all the stones in their place
I've eaten the sun so my tongue
has been burned of thе taste
I have been guilty of kicking myself
in thе teeth
I will speak no more of my feelings beneath
Down in a hole
Losin' my soul
Down in a hole
Losin' control
I'd like to fly
But my wings have been so denied
Bury me softly in this womb
Oh, I wanna be inside of you
I give this part of me for you
Oh, I wanna be inside of you
Sand rains down and here I sit
Holding rare flowers in a tomb, in bloom
Oh, I wanna be inside
Down in a hole
Losin' my soul
Down in a hole
Feelin' so small
Down in a hole
Losin' my soul
Down in a hole
Out of control
I'd like to fly
But my wings have been so denied
Sitting on an angry chair
Angry walls that steal the air
Stomach hurts and I don't care
What do I see
across the way, hey
See myself molded in clay, oh
Stares at me,
yeah I'm afraid
Changing the shape of his face, aw yeah
Candles red I have a pair
Shadows dancing everywhere
Burning on the angry chair
Little boy made a mistake
Pink cloud has now
turned to gray, oh
All that I want is to play
Get on your knees, time to pray, oh
I don't mind, yeah
I don't mind, yeah
Lost my mind, yeah
Can't find it anywhere
Corporate prison, we stay
I'm a dull boy, work all day
So I'm strung out anyway
Loneliness is not a phase
Field of pain is where I graze
Serenity is far away
Saw my reflection and cried
So little hope that I died, oh
Feed me your lies, open wide
Weight of my heart, not the size, oh
I don't mind, yeah
I don't mind, yeah
Lost my mind, yeah
Can't find it anywhere
Pink cloud has
now turned to gray
All that I want is to play
Get on your knees time to pray, boy
Ooh-hoo ooh ooh ooh ooh oohoo
Ooh-hoo ooh ooh ooh ooh oohoo
Ain't found a way to kill me yet
Eyes burn with stinging sweat
Seems every path
leads me to nowhere
Wife and kids, household pet
Army green was no safe bet
The bullets scream
to me from somewhere
Here they come
to snuff the Rooster
Yeah here come the rooster, yeah
You know he ain't gonna die
No, no, no, you know
he ain't gonna die
Here they come
to snuff the Rooster
Yeah here come the rooster, yeah
You know he ain't gonna die
No, no, no, you know
he ain't gonna die
Walking tall machine gun man
They spit on me in my home land
Gloria sent me
pictures of my boy
Got my pills 'gainst
mosquito death
My buddy's breathing
his dying breath
Oh, God, please, won't you
help me make it through
Here they come to
snuff the Rooster
Yeah here come
the rooster, yeah
You know he ain't gonna die
No, no, no, you know
he ain't gonna die
Ooh-hoo ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh-hoo
Ooh-hoo ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh-hoo
Yeah, it goes away
All of this and more
of nothing in my life
No color clay
Individuality not safe
As of now I bet you got me wrong
So unsure, we run
from something strong
I can't let go
Threadbare tapestry
unwinding slow
Feel a tortured brain
Show your belly
like you want me to
As of now, I bet
you got me wrong
So unsure, we reach
for something strong
I haven't felt like
this in so long
Wrong, in a sense
too far gone from love
That don't last forever
Something's gotta turn out right
You sugar taste
Sweetness doesn't
often touch my face
Stay if you please
You may not be here when I leave
As of now, I bet
you got me wrong
So unsure, we run
from something strong
I haven't felt like
this in so long
Wrong, in a sense
too far gone from love
Strong, I haven't
felt like this in so long
Wrong, in a sense
too far gone from love
That don't last forever
Something's gotta turn out right
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 beside you, hell within
Like the coldest winter will
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-through, faded
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 coldest 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
And I'm not blind
I'm just see-through, faded
Super jaded
And out of my mind
Like the coldest winter chill
Heaven beside you, hell within
Like the coldest winter chill
Heaven beside you, hell within
Like the coldest winter will
Heaven beside you, hell within
And you know you have 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-through, faded
Overrated
And out of your mind
Know me broken by my master
Teach thee a
child, love hereafter
Into the flood again
Same old trip it was back then
So I made a big mistake
Try to see it once my way
Drifting body,
its sole desertion
Flying, not yet quite the notion
Into the flood again
Same old trip it was back then
So I made a big mistake
Try to see it once my way
Into the flood again
Same old trip it was back then
So I made a big mistake
Try to see it once my way, yeah
Am I wrong? Have I
run too far to get home?
Have I gone? Left you here alone
Am I wrong?
Have I run too far to get home? Yeah
Have I gone? Left you here alone
If I would, could you?
What does friend mean to you?
A word so wrongfully abused
Are you like me, confused?
All included but you
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
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Flowers watched
through wide eyes bloom
A child sings an unclaimed tune
Innocence spins cold cocoon
Grow to see the pain too soon
Why's it have to be this way?
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
At 7 AM
On a Tuesday in August
Next week, I turn 28
I'm still young, it'll be me
Off the wall, I scraped you
I gotta wake
Show me, young, I'm raped
I've shown my fate
It's today, afraid
Never gonna fuck with me again
Don't fuck with me again
Have one go
Hell's afraid
You
Irate
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 there
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
You know it's been on my mind
Could you stand right there
Look me straight in the eye and say
That it's over now?
We pay our debt sometime
Yeah, we pay our debt sometime
We pay our debt sometime
Yeah, 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 up
Look myself in the eye
And say that it's over now?
We pay our debt sometime
Yeah we pay our debt sometime
We pay our debt sometime
Yeah we pay our debt sometime
Don't need a gun
Pointed at me
No need to run
The killer is me
The killer is me
So the sun
Shines upon me
I'm havin' fun
The killer is me
Insane the mind
In the name of me
Can't find the time
To let things be
Insane the mind
In the name of me
Can't find the time
To let things be
Let things be
Oh yeah... Can I start over
Oh yeah... Can I start over
And get over it
So the sun
Shines upon me
I'm havin' fun
The killer is me
The killer is me
The killer is me
Oh yeah, can I start over
Oh yeah, I start over
And get over it
Let things be
We face the path of time
And yet I fight, and yet I fight
this battle all alone
No one to cry to
No place to call home
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
My gift of self is raped
My privacy is raked
And yet I find, and yet I find
repeating in my head
If I can't be my own, I'd feel better dead
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
Frozen in the place I hide
Not afraid to paint my sky with
Some who say I've lost my mind
Brother try and hope to find
You were always so far away
I know that pain
So don't you run away
Like you used to do
Roses in a vase of white
Bloodied by the
thorns beside the leaves
That fall because my hand is
Pulling them hard as I can
You were always so far away
I know that pain
I won't run away
Like I used to do
Pictures in a box at home
Yellowing and green with mold
So I can barely see your face
Wonder how that color taste
You were always so far away
I know the way
So don't you run away
Like you used to do
It's alright, there comes a time
Got no patience
to search for peace of mind
Layin' low,
want to take it slow
No more hiding or
disguising truths I've sold
Everyday it's something
Hits me all so cold
Find me sittin' by myself
No excuses, that I know
It's okay,
had a bad day
Hands are bruised
from breaking rocks all day
Drained and blue, I bleed for you
You think it's funny?
Well, you're drowning in it too
Everyday it's something
Hits me all so cold
Find me sittin' by myself
No excuses, that I know
Yeah, it's fine,
we'll walk down the line
Leave our rain, a cold trade
for warm sunshine
You, my friend, I will defend
And if we change,
well I'll love you anyway
Everyday it's something
Hits me all so cold
Find me sittin' by myself
No excuses, that I know
You insult me in my home,
you're forgiven this time
There's no pressures besides brilliance,
let's say by day 9
...fuck!
We're allowed a couple of those,
it's been a while
You guys just get to hear more, that's all
That's just how these things go
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, carton size
Call me up congratulations
ain't the real why
There's no pressure besides brilliance
let's say by day 9
Corporate ignorance
lets me control time
By the way, by the way
Once again you see him in
This 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 cause strife
Once again you see him in
This discolored skin gives you away
So afraid you kindly gurgle
Out a date for me
Once again you see him in
This discolored skin gives you away
So afraid you kindly gurgle
Out a date for me
Bury me softly in this womb
I give this part of me for you
Sand rains down and here I sit
Holding rare flowers
in a tomb, in bloom
Down in a hole and I don't know
if I can be saved
See my heart,
I decorate it like a grave
You don't understand
who they thought I was supposed to be
Look at me now, a man who
won't let himself be
Down in a hole
Losin my soul
Down in a hole
Losin' control
I'd like to fly
But my wings have been so denied
Down in a hole and they've put
all the stones in their place
I've eaten the sun so my tongue
has been burned of thе taste
I have been guilty of kicking myself
in thе teeth
I will speak no more of my feelings beneath
Down in a hole
Losin' my soul
Down in a hole
Losin' control
I'd like to fly
But my wings have been so denied
Bury me softly in this womb
Oh, I wanna be inside of you
I give this part of me for you
Oh, I wanna be inside of you
Sand rains down and here I sit
Holding rare flowers in a tomb, in bloom
Oh, I wanna be inside
Down in a hole
Losin' my soul
Down in a hole
Feelin' so small
Down in a hole
Losin' my soul
Down in a hole
Out of control
I'd like to fly
But my wings have been so denied
Sitting on an angry chair
Angry walls that steal the air
Stomach hurts and I don't care
What do I see
across the way, hey
See myself molded in clay, oh
Stares at me,
yeah I'm afraid
Changing the shape of his face, aw yeah
Candles red I have a pair
Shadows dancing everywhere
Burning on the angry chair
Little boy made a mistake
Pink cloud has now
turned to gray, oh
All that I want is to play
Get on your knees, time to pray, oh
I don't mind, yeah
I don't mind, yeah
Lost my mind, yeah
Can't find it anywhere
Corporate prison, we stay
I'm a dull boy, work all day
So I'm strung out anyway
Loneliness is not a phase
Field of pain is where I graze
Serenity is far away
Saw my reflection and cried
So little hope that I died, oh
Feed me your lies, open wide
Weight of my heart, not the size, oh
I don't mind, yeah
I don't mind, yeah
Lost my mind, yeah
Can't find it anywhere
Pink cloud has
now turned to gray
All that I want is to play
Get on your knees time to pray, boy
Ooh-hoo ooh ooh ooh ooh oohoo
Ooh-hoo ooh ooh ooh ooh oohoo
Ain't found a way to kill me yet
Eyes burn with stinging sweat
Seems every path
leads me to nowhere
Wife and kids, household pet
Army green was no safe bet
The bullets scream
to me from somewhere
Here they come
to snuff the Rooster
Yeah here come the rooster, yeah
You know he ain't gonna die
No, no, no, you know
he ain't gonna die
Here they come
to snuff the Rooster
Yeah here come the rooster, yeah
You know he ain't gonna die
No, no, no, you know
he ain't gonna die
Walking tall machine gun man
They spit on me in my home land
Gloria sent me
pictures of my boy
Got my pills 'gainst
mosquito death
My buddy's breathing
his dying breath
Oh, God, please, won't you
help me make it through
Here they come to
snuff the Rooster
Yeah here come
the rooster, yeah
You know he ain't gonna die
No, no, no, you know
he ain't gonna die
Ooh-hoo ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh-hoo
Ooh-hoo ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh-hoo
Yeah, it goes away
All of this and more
of nothing in my life
No color clay
Individuality not safe
As of now I bet you got me wrong
So unsure, we run
from something strong
I can't let go
Threadbare tapestry
unwinding slow
Feel a tortured brain
Show your belly
like you want me to
As of now, I bet
you got me wrong
So unsure, we reach
for something strong
I haven't felt like
this in so long
Wrong, in a sense
too far gone from love
That don't last forever
Something's gotta turn out right
You sugar taste
Sweetness doesn't
often touch my face
Stay if you please
You may not be here when I leave
As of now, I bet
you got me wrong
So unsure, we run
from something strong
I haven't felt like
this in so long
Wrong, in a sense
too far gone from love
Strong, I haven't
felt like this in so long
Wrong, in a sense
too far gone from love
That don't last forever
Something's gotta turn out right
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 beside you, hell within
Like the coldest winter will
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-through, faded
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 coldest 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
And I'm not blind
I'm just see-through, faded
Super jaded
And out of my mind
Like the coldest winter chill
Heaven beside you, hell within
Like the coldest winter chill
Heaven beside you, hell within
Like the coldest winter will
Heaven beside you, hell within
And you know you have 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-through, faded
Overrated
And out of your mind
Know me broken by my master
Teach thee a
child, love hereafter
Into the flood again
Same old trip it was back then
So I made a big mistake
Try to see it once my way
Drifting body,
its sole desertion
Flying, not yet quite the notion
Into the flood again
Same old trip it was back then
So I made a big mistake
Try to see it once my way
Into the flood again
Same old trip it was back then
So I made a big mistake
Try to see it once my way, yeah
Am I wrong? Have I
run too far to get home?
Have I gone? Left you here alone
Am I wrong?
Have I run too far to get home? Yeah
Have I gone? Left you here alone
If I would, could you?
What does friend mean to you?
A word so wrongfully abused
Are you like me, confused?
All included but you
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
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Flowers watched
through wide eyes bloom
A child sings an unclaimed tune
Innocence spins cold cocoon
Grow to see the pain too soon
Why's it have to be this way?
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
At 7 AM
On a Tuesday in August
Next week, I turn 28
I'm still young, it'll be me
Off the wall, I scraped you
I gotta wake
Show me, young, I'm raped
I've shown my fate
It's today, afraid
Never gonna fuck with me again
Don't fuck with me again
Have one go
Hell's afraid
You
Irate
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 there
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
You know it's been on my mind
Could you stand right there
Look me straight in the eye and say
That it's over now?
We pay our debt sometime
Yeah, we pay our debt sometime
We pay our debt sometime
Yeah, 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 up
Look myself in the eye
And say that it's over now?
We pay our debt sometime
Yeah we pay our debt sometime
We pay our debt sometime
Yeah we pay our debt sometime
Don't need a gun
Pointed at me
No need to run
The killer is me
The killer is me
So the sun
Shines upon me
I'm havin' fun
The killer is me
Insane the mind
In the name of me
Can't find the time
To let things be
Insane the mind
In the name of me
Can't find the time
To let things be
Let things be
Oh yeah... Can I start over
Oh yeah... Can I start over
And get over it
So the sun
Shines upon me
I'm havin' fun
The killer is me
The killer is me
The killer is me
Oh yeah, can I start over
Oh yeah, I start over
And get over it
Let things be