| Alice in Chains – Acid Bubble Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I tend to agree with myxsoma. I think this is written from the perspective of the remaining members of AiC. "You tried to kill me off ==> No Layne, no AiC Surprised I remain ==> Sediment toward continuing on as AiC A scale tips impossible ==> Pressure/feelings about comparison of old/new AiC Afraid of my own name" ==> Sediment about ruining the AiC legacy And I always paid attention to all the lines you crossed ==> They take the negative remarks about getting back together personally Forgive this imperfection it shows and know I am the child that lives and cries in a corner ==> They feel that with Layne gone and the Dies in a corner ==> anti-reunion sediment that they are ==> being almost punished and neglected ==> for something that they didn't have control ==> over Alone inside your mind Intend obsolescence Built into the system ==> A bit of a crack at the "all good things must come to an end" moniker I tried to shake it off ==> again remarks about fans negative feelings toward new AiC You can't remove this stain ==> this really hurt and will never really go away A scale breaks impossible ==> you cant really compare the the old to the new Afraid we are the same ==> the new sound might sound "too much" like Layne And you never paid attention to all the lines I crossed ==> they have crossed lines too, like getting Forgive this imperfection it shows and know ==> back together when they said they wouldn't I am the child that lives and cries in a corner Dies in a corner Alone inside your mind Hides in a corner Dies in a corner Alone inside your mind Intend obsolescence Built into the system |
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| Alice in Chains – When the Sun Rose Again Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think there are two things going on in this song. I think Jerry is trying to show how both he and Layne sold out for "score". Layne ended up choosing heroin (ie 'scoring' heroin) over the band which ultimately broke up the band and caused his death. Jerry chose music and although they said they would never get back together sold out for the "score" as well (as in musical score). I think ultimately Jerry is trying to get across the point that it is unfair for fans or even Layne(RIP) to be angry with AiC getting back together since both Jerry and Layne made their own choices, trading in what could have been for the "score." "It seems you prophesized All of this would end Were you burned away When the sun rose again?" What I like most about this is that he poses the second line as a question. I think Jerry is posing kind of a rhetorical question about how Layne will always be part of AiC and not just burned away and forgotten just because they reformed with a new singer. Lets not forget that the most common AiC logo is a picture of a sun. ..whew..ok that's all I've got. |
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