Sat suffering, I knew him when
Fair-weather friends of mine
Try not to think, I merely blink
Hope you wish away the lies

Can you protect
Me when I'm wrecked?
I pretend you're still alive-ive
Yeah

Who will deny
All in time
All the lies
Who will deny
All in time
All the lies

I choose the day, one damp and gray
Thick fog that hide our smiles

Clear all your sins
Get born again
Just repeat a couple lines-ines
Lines
Yeah, yeah

Who will deny
All in time
All the lies

Can you protect
Me when I'm wrecked
I pretend you're still alive

I choose the day, one damp and gray
Thick fog that hide our smiles

Sat suffering (who will deny, all in time, all the lies)
Get born again (who will deny, all in time, all the lies)
Sat suffering (who will deny, all in time, all the lies)
Get born again (who will deny, all in time, all the lies)
Sat suffering (who will deny, all in time, all the lies)
Get born again (who will deny, all in time, all the lies)
Sat suffering (who will deny, all in time, all the lies)
Get born again (who will deny, all in time, all the lies)
Sat suffering (who will deny, all in time, all the lies)
Get born again (who will deny, all in time, all the lies)
Sat suffering (who will deny, all in time, all the lies)


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    Guys, I think I have this one figured out. Yes, "religious hypocrisy" - but what does that really mean here? I think more, what he\'s referring to is mainstream religion being (typically, usually) sooo wrong in regards to the afterlife. I mean, the entire Catholic church has decided since forever ago that believing in reincarnation is some sort of sin that might increase your chances of going to hell ..or purgatory. Some sort of karmic debt you acquire in their eyes if you take on that belief structure; that reincarnation is very real. So that\'s the \'religious hypocrisy\' part..\nNow here\'s the twist. I think this might be yet another song about Andy Wood. I don\'t think Layne & Andy knew each other super super well (could be wrong tho I wasn\'t there*)...fairweather friend of mine...but under that theory; the reason he\'s fairweather is because he started a synchronicity, a stream of deaths in the Seattle music scene. I think because of these frequent deaths, (Andy, Kurt, (Demri?) etc. - & with Layne being so sick...there was a HUGE dark fascination with where the fuck these people had run off to. What REALLY happens in the afterlife. Can one get born again? "Do it, show me, prove mainstream patriarchal religion wrong," he seems to be urging. \nAnother reason I think this was about Andy is because I read a thing from Chris Cornell once that spoke about the day everyone found out Andy died, and apparently Layne was hysterical. After Layne\'s death, Chris came out with this story because he claimed it was one of his major regrets...trying to be a strong man rather than consoling a hysterical man who was actually willing to dive deep into his emotions in the moment. He claimed that he regretted that for a long time. I wish I could find the article//interview that spoke about this. \nThe person who said it was about Kurt had the right idea, but Mother Love Bone, Alice in Chains & Soundgarden all hung out in the same circle. Again, I wasn\'t there so I can\'t be sure - but to me it has always been apparent that Nirvana was in a (social) league of their own. They were all tied to K records and the scene in Olympia, which I don\'t believe MLB, SG or AIC really ran in circles with. That\'s why I think it\'s about Andy instead of Kurt. Kind of mad at Andy for starting a certain darkness in Seattle that no one could seemingly do anything about once it hit the scene. Trust me, the afterlife was of big fascination to these people. And the desire...and question of the possibility...(can one?) Get Born Again (?) If so, fucking do it, maybe we could erase the darkness. I think that\'s more the message of this track, but yeah "religious hypocrisy" covers it...in a way.....anyone else agree with or resonate with my theory?

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