Tripod

Grind

In the darkest hole
You'd be well advised
Not to plan my funeral before the
Body dies
Come the morning light
It'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
So you 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 teeth won'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
Discolored skin 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 beside you ...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-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 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-through
Faded
Overrated
And out of your mind
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 know you have it still, heaven inside you

Head Creeps
Music & lyrics by Layne Staley

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 their strings Untangle you from me Time to call the doggies off Tired of the shadowin' 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
Lyrics by Layne Staley
Music by Jerry Cantrell

Hey Let them do it again Yeah Hey You said you were my friend Hey Turn me upside down Hey Feelin' so down Hey Hey Hey I know I made the same mistakes I I won't do it again, no Why Why you slap me in the face, ow I I didn't say it was okay, no No No Hey You 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
Lyrics by Layne Staley
Music by Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney, Mike Inez

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' Only provin' No one needs to move Still believin' Yet mistaken All God's children, yeah And I must say I 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 see Yeah, I believe in inner peace, yeah Throw out Blow up Hold in Show fine No signs Grow blind

God Am
Lyrics by Layne Staley
Music by Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney, Mike Inez

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 my God 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 strenght acquired by livin' All bloomin' life you're feeding Can't hide sick ones you're weeding 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 God am God am

So Close
Lyrics by Layne Staley
Music by Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney

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 me Yeah, 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 think Yeah, so close now Yeah, so close now Why Why Why

Nothin' Song
Lyrics by Layne Staley
Music by Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney

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 away your 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
Lyrics by Layne Staley
Music by Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney, Mike Inez

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 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
Lyrics by Jerry Cantrell
Music by Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney

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

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