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, feelin' so small
Down in a hole, losin' my soul
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 the taste
I have been guilty of kicking myself in the teeth
I will speak no more of my feelings beneath

Down in a hole, feelin' so small
Down in a hole, losin' my soul
I'd like to fly but my wings have been so denied

Bury me softly in this womb
Oh I want to be inside of you
I give this part of me for you
Oh I want to be inside of you
Sand rains down and here I sit
Holding rare flowers in a tomb (oh I want to be inside of you)
Oh I want to be inside

Down in a hole, feelin' so small
Down in a hole, losin' my soul
Down in a hole, feelin' so small
Down in a hole, outta control
I'd like to fly but my wings have been so denied


Lyrics submitted by Ice, edited by virtuallypainless, hbabe65, 50tbt, kurtstaley

Down In A Hole Lyrics as written by Jerry Cantrell

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    My Interpretation

    To me it's about a man who gives up in life. This man speaks from a grave, where he sits and watches how people throws sand over him. People brings him "strange" flowers and he doesn't understand why, maybe because he feels he let them down with what he became.

    Why people brings me flowers, if they didn't like what I became?

    And maybe the girl he loves is there and he says he would love to be with her

    "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"

    Leave me here alone, buried underground. just keep the good memories. Sand is falling over me (like being buried alive) Holding the flowers that people brought I'm in a tomb (where I speak from)

    "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"

    In a grave (where I am), maybe I could be saved, but i don't know really. Don't care either. Look at my heart, I decorated it (maybe with other people expectations) so they remember me. You won't understand what they wanted me to be. Look at me, grown up, old. A man who is not what he wanted to be, and now it's too late.

    "Down in a hole, feelin' so small Down in a hole, losin' my soul I'd like to fly, But my wings have been so denied"

    In the grave, feeling like I became nothing In the grave, letting my life go, maybe dying. Giving up. I'd like to be another/happy/free/me. But they didn't let me.

    "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 the taste I have been guilty Of kicking myself in the teeth I will speak no more of my feelings beneath"

    In the grave, they already buried me and left, they gave up. So many times I was/did what i wanted to, but had to swallow the moment to not dissapoint them. It even hurted me. I am guilty of letting them do this to me. I won't say anything else about what i feel or think.

    "Down in a hole, feelin' so small Down in a hole, losin' my soul I'd like to fly, But my wings have been so denied"

    In the grave, feeling like I became nothing In the grave, letting my life go, maybe dying. Giving up. I'd like to be another/happy/free/me. But they didn't let me.

    "Bury me softly in this womb Oh I want to be inside of you I give this part of me for you Oh I want to be inside of you Sand rains down and here I sit Holding rare flowers (Oh I want to be inside of you) In a tomb...in bloom Oh I want to be inside..."

    Put me kindly in the tomb, I'd love to be inside of you, as a good memory, or maybe as a "normal" couple I leave the good parts of me to you. I'd love to be inside of you The sand falls all over me as I watch you bury me. With this strange flowers people brought, don't know why. In the grave. Oh!, I'd love to be with you.

    555STion March 29, 2014   Link

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