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Would? (Alice in Chains cover) Lyrics
Know me broken by my master
Teach thee on child of love hereafter
Into the flood again
Same old trip it was back then
So i made a big mistake
Try to see it once my way
Drifting body it's sole desertion
Flying not yet quite the notion
Into the flood again
Same old trip it was back then
So i made a big mistake
Try to see it once my way
Into the flood again
Same old trip it was back then
So i made a big mistake
Try to see it once my way
Am i wrong?
Have i run too far to get home?
Have i gone?
And left you here alone?
If i would, could you?
Teach thee on child of love hereafter
Same old trip it was back then
So i made a big mistake
Try to see it once my way
Flying not yet quite the notion
Same old trip it was back then
So i made a big mistake
Try to see it once my way
Same old trip it was back then
So i made a big mistake
Try to see it once my way
Have i run too far to get home?
Have i gone?
And left you here alone?
If i would, could you?
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To me this song is talking about drugs, as do many of Alice in Chains songs. Layne Staley, as many know, was an addict who battled drugs for most of his life and sadly lost the war. This song is talking about trying to come out of the dark hole and get back on track, but he keeps making the same mistake, like the "same old trip it was back then". This doesn't only have to relate to drug addiction, it could relate to everyday life in a bad rut and trying to get out, but you seem to fall right back in.
No, this song was written by Cantrell as a hommage to Andrew Wood, late singer of Mothe Love Bone (hence the title 'would'). As far as the drugs relation, you're pretty much right, as Wood died of an overdose (see Whole Night Thing by Temple of the Dog).
No, this song was written by Cantrell as a hommage to Andrew Wood, late singer of Mothe Love Bone (hence the title 'would'). As far as the drugs relation, you're pretty much right, as Wood died of an overdose (see Whole Night Thing by Temple of the Dog).
This song is about addiction, not about taking drugs.
"Know me, broken by my master." That says it all.
Taking drugs and addiction are two things that can definitely be mutually exclusive.
Layne Staley did not write the lyrics, Alice in Chains recorded it as a cover. However, Staley certainly knew addiction as his cover of the song makes explicit. There is no arguing with the emotional intensity or honesty of his interpretation. I view Staley's cover of "Would" the same way I view Jimmy Hendrix's cover of "All Along the Watchtower"--Dylan wrote the words, but Jimmy owned the song.
@maryanne10 Jerry Cantrell wrote the song (who was Alice in Chains guitarist and co-vocalist). It was written in honour of Andrew Wood who was the late singer of Mother Love Bone.
@maryanne10 Jerry Cantrell wrote the song (who was Alice in Chains guitarist and co-vocalist). It was written in honour of Andrew Wood who was the late singer of Mother Love Bone.