Jerry Cantrell

You were voted most likely to have your name go up in lights Only took a few years to see that through Now you're most likely to end up dead alone in a hotel room 31/32 Roust the boy, smack the wife Might have one case tonight Alcoholic breath, thick drool Re...

Time to get paid today Another face I file away Turned the corner long ago Never looked back, never slowed Under the still of night Standing in shifting light I am not one you see And all the days that will ever be Not for pleasure, not for show Bur...

Homely, thick in mind, never listen Worn, tired siren drawn tunnel vision Don't forget this chance only live once Sprung, hypnotized by light, had to get some Get it all She said I forgive you Don't regret our time You've got to move on love Angel ey...

Written by Jerry Cantrell Alabama trailer park they call home Boy standing at attention in the corner his own Terrified, scorpion crawling the wall By the way father, could you please beat me some more? Anger rising up inside him yet again Tell me you got a pl...

Don't deny I did you cold I broke your trust and lied Controlling, selfish, gossip abound Cocaine mouth over mind And I say… I wash my hands, pull the slivers No master plan, I deliver Enigma wrapped in riddle Your life I belittle Dignity I'd steal Now I kno...

Going to california Try and find my head Gonna swim in the ocean until I'm dead Let the infection spread On my way to texas Drive up on my ranch Gonna take you fishin' up big branch Well now you're my catch Somewhere in between the wrong and right We fight It'...

Through windows by my bed Miles away I rest my weary head Next to you No coldness in my eye Cut the skin and take my sorry hide Cover you Make love with you It bleeds upon my back Strapped with silver tacks Wish I'd loved you more And never shut that...

Daybreak, wind is blowing strong No escape, caught on a reef in the storm Castaway, licking his cracked lips sore Patient, waits, hoping the rats reach the shore… yeah… yeah Yesterday, seems a lifetime now Remembering, those he left and how Out in space, laug...

Should I live so long To see 'em dropping bombs Hope I have you near Check out what comes after here what comes after here Generation turned a chemical tribe Don't really care if we live or die Generation turned a chemical tribe Been sold out and it's...

Been awhile and you see his face So you can't ignore the waste All the empty spaces No one home, leaving only traces Give up, go 'way He's not yours to save And if you decide He's not that kind He got a cold piece inside Cold piece inside Now you hear that the...

I like to sit Do nothing at home I disappear turn off the phone I lose myself Hide from the sun I make a trip, when I'm out of fun I cut you in, come on let's go for a fall I cut you in, and you ain't leavin' at all I cut you in, don't let it go to your head...

Clear on the road tonight Headlamps shine on the one-way signs I try to clear my head Of thoughts better left unsaid Runnin' down an old elusive high One more time The wind upon my face No one here for to block my way I wake the setting sun Bullet s...

Once round outside and check the door Only thing he came here lookin' for One man wasting another man One hand washes the other hand Born traitor, Born traitor, Born traitor Soul fader Stoplight flashes in the street Injected concrete hide bloody feet Armed...

Long fat green, love what you do, so young must be nice Roll first class, limousine drool, packed house every night Hey rock star, got a cold beer? Sure you don't mind do you? Ain't life sweet. party non-stop, 24/7 - cool So proud would be your mother Anythi...

I can't feel my life Makes me want to cry How bad I feel inside Like I wanna die Can't explain, won't apologize Re-entry blown, while I was gone tilt of axis changed Destination unknown Wreckage in tow Depression grows I have no home Consequence of accepted...

Give it a name, get it out of your home Out in your backwoods a doghouse you own Give it a name like a howling blue hound Chasing your fears man he's hunting you down Give it a name, get it out of your eye Come from the dockland got your low hangin' high Give...

All dreams have died along the way I coughed up the price, I bought a cage I've had a hell of a time since I went away Don't know when I died or where to lay down Gone, gone away Yeah, gone, gone away God knows I've tried, I'm dyed in pain Strong yet simple...

Going down a last act scene Curtain call begin bowing Self-appointed abuse king Hellbound, that's my belief Black eat white, cassette thrill Whatever come, eat your fill Choke on bones, flowing stream long filled The truth is to some degree we all stea...

His hands are clenched His knuckles white He got a gun And gave up the fight When I found out I couldn't even cry Well I am now And I'm tryin' to figure out why I'll save it for you You save me from me And the hole in my head I can see Tell her I love her Tell...

i close my eyes and watch the darkness drawn to my world of make belive this world is filled with so much sorrow and ive seen all this world i care to see... i watch as castles fall around me ungrumbled ruins of my home this world is filled with much un...

If you ever torch your bridges If you're ever past the starlight If you're ever unassured Forever you will burn As you sleep unearthly grace Lay Jesus hands upon your face To this sea you've been shot down Now find the shore, it can be found Can be found Can b...

Haven't seen her, she hit the wall last night Bumped his head low, a cause-effected fight She says she ain't gonna take it no more (golden ring around her finger) But she won't ever set him free (golden ring around his finger) Come to find out, she'd been with...

Blame me Save a prayer for those who haunt you There now I don't mind if you still love me Don't come overhear what I say Don't come overhear what I say Don't come overhear what I say Just leave me alone Leave me alone Shame me Hide your heart from...

Everything you heard I did and maybe then some ok Does it make you happy and now is it out of the way? Everything you heard I done and probably then some ok Does it really matter of course I took it all the way What more can I say Locked on - what's the deal...

Mother's spinning in her grave 'cause she can't save Mother's spinning in her grave 'cause she can't save You wouldn't leave it alone Mother's spinning in her grave 'cause she can't save You couldn't leave it alone Glass cuts up your hide Black mark on your...

She won't tell me lies She want to see me smile, yeah Every time you let it show I didn't want to know By the time I had lost my soul You had to go She come, in disguise I want to say goodbye, yeah Every time I let it show You didn't want to know By the time I...

I'm a whore, can't ignore this my lot Live in guest house of palace i bought Guess my pimp treats me swell... I confess I'm a whore, might as well be the best Owned, breaking, sell the kids my soul Owned, raking, corporation roll Owned, breaking, sell the kid...

Well I'm a pig charmer, lie in filth getting off I make my bed in a wallow, lackey, fill my trough Digging through garbage bubble fried a pork rind I pick and save all my scabs to serve up dinner time And I say welcome to my sty Throw my shoe, turn the light...

Gave it all away, blood or song And there's nothing left, used to be someone Never really die, live in magazines and on the radio Hasbeen demi-god Pro false idol Pro false idol Pro false idol come pray Burned a ton of dough, no self-pride Used to run now cra...

I feel the fear take hold Reside in darkness, thrive where most won't go Adrift, I curse this gift And hope you never know Feel like a psychotic break comin' on Snapping two by fours Punching holes in dry wall Feel like a psychotic break comin' on Chalking u...

Didn't know what to say, nothing new to tell ya Downtime I create, enter self-destructor Sever all, no more ties, walk away from each other I know you're my brother and I don't even know ya Both beard and my face growing longer The stench of decay growing str...

I would like to know How you cage a bird aflight Feathers bright To show your might Are you such a stone Smile greasy, you pick my bones Crawl inside Have you no life Hard times on the refugee Keep a sidesteppin' over me Not sure but you think you might Can yo...

Though you're always on my mind Found a sickness that was mine Chose a life out on the run All alone inside this game Until I'm done Sometimes I don't think I can trust myself no more Seems I've failed you all my life Youthful dreams you'd be my wife Before I...

Copacetic, calm my frenetic, she's the shit y'all Highly-rated, well-educated, she's an angel She's ambitious, beautiful, delicious, got a restaurant I can take it, truth stripped me naked, yeah I fucked up… yeah She was my girl Used to be my world I mi...

Rolling over keys that dig in my side Try to get my ass out of bed and drive Feel I'm slipping day by day Past the time I was on my way Happiness and black both know, much learned Long and hard the way a path of twisted turns Disciple sift through lies, few...

There's no out, downside up for good No light, reflection understood Had to try, perversion satisfied Insane… so I undulge the beast awhile When hurting yourself feels right And there's nothing familiar in sight Take the time to pull the weeds choking flowers...

Caine Caine What was your name? Damn glad to meet ya Never been to your place, but I know it Twitching embrace, show me the spider Try to disappear, back crack in the sofa Caine Caine Caine Slow poison working inside Descending in shadow, cocoon me then bit...

Happy new day - does it matter? Thinning go low, high get fatter Well I'm flattered Joke... pissboy - ain't he a sight? Don't remember who won the fight Well I got it right How could you know for me what's right? Can't live for me, oh and you can't di...

It takes a mountain of faith River flowing pain It takes a hammer on a nail It takes a whole lotta love... yeah... It takes a lifetime of working A touch of understanding It takes a wind in the sails Little children singing... yeah... It takes a sun burning...