| Alice in Chains – Sunshine Lyrics | 5 years ago |
|
This is one of AiC's saddest songs in my opinion. As others have stated, I believe this song is about Jerry Cantrell's memories of his mother's last days. But I'm going to analyse it verse-by-verse: Am I too contagious? (Jerry asking himself if his negativity affects others too much) Full of sick desire (His negativity. I don't know exactly what he means by this, but the rest of the lyrics seem to indicate my interpretation) Am I that I promise? (questioning if he's strong enough to handle her death) Burning corpsed pyre (I believe this is a general vision of death and his fear of it, a burning corpse pyre) Then some dude came down to touch the Mother (his father coming down to his senses to support his mother) Mother touched, and dude ain't here no more (But his father very coldly just touches Jerry's mother a little then leaves) Suck your woman down (sarcastically asking his father to treat her worse, as if he isn't treating her bad enough already) He's very critical of his father in this song, remember this song was recorded way before Rooster (a homage to his father), when they made peace with eachother. Am I your reflection? (Jerry realizing how similar he is to his mother) Melting mirror smile (both of them smiling a sad smile at eachother, as both of them know she's dying) Am I worth the value? (Jerry asking himself if he deserves to have a mother) Do my love defile? (asking if his love will fade) Then some dude came down to touch the Mother Mother touched, and dude ain't here no more Ain't no day the sun don't crack (there was no day that wasn't sad when his mother was dying, his father contributing to this, as this is placed in the same verse of the other lines about him) Then to brand some name across my back, so you care? (yet his father has named Jerry after himself) Find someone to tell you (Jerry thinks his father is that cold because no one ever told him what he is about to mention) Sunshine... sweet love, my labor (his mother addressing Jerry at her deathbed, telling him he is the fruit her labor) Don't mind... I don't care no more (she tells him to not mind her death, as she herself has already accepted it) Memory, set me free, yeah (he's trying to forget the pain her death caused him) I don't care no more (remembering her words once again) Mother please, come for me (asking his mother to come back) Can you face the question? (facing the question of not knowing when we will die) Is my soul entire? (is his soul entire now that she died) Sunshine...sweet love, my labor Don't mind... I don't care no more |
|
| Alice in Chains – Love, Hate, Love Lyrics | 5 years ago |
|
So Kameradin almost nailed it, I also think it's about a guy who has been cheated. But in my view he is also about to kill his girlfriend, this song is a speech he does to her before he kills her. Notice how he's talking not 'about' her, but 'directly' to her, in second person. I tried to love you I thought I could I tried to own you I thought I would I want to peel the skin from your face Before the real you lays to waste (he wishes to keep her innocent-looking face with him before the "real" her, the cheater that she is, "lays to waste", dies by his hand) You told me I'm the only one Sweet little angel, you should have run (he is locked with her somewhere and now she can't flee, he did so after she confessed to him she cheated) Lying, crying, dying to leave (she tries to lie, cry, implore to leave the place where they're locked) Innocence creates my hell Cheating myself, still you know more (he's ironizing how killing her would be his end, yet she is the one who understands more of cheating out of them both) It would be so easy with a whore (contemplating how sleeping with a whore would be easier than this relationship) Try to understand me, little girl My twisted passion to be your world Lost inside my sick head I live for you but I'm not alive (again with irony, he says his life is hers, but he's not alive anymore after what she did) Take my hand before I kill (he's telling her to stop him before he loses control and kills her) I still love you, but, I still burn (he's telling her he still loves her, but also hates her) Yeah, love, hate, love Yeah, love, hate, love Yeah, love, hate, love Oh, Love, hate, love Yeah, Love, hate, love |
|
* This information can be up to 15 minutes delayed.