Though I can't put my hands on you I can feel you now
In the bones and the blood flowing needles on the ground
In the ether I sail to you floating on the fumes
Run aground on the shore for you simple wreckage

Taree walk out and raise the road to my tilted shadow
I only know I've made it home when I drown in your ghost light

Though I can't put a name on you I will cry it out
In my heart I will hold what my bloody hands have dropped
Run aground on the floor for you simple wreckage

Taree walk out and raise the road to my tilted shadow
I only know I've made it home when I drown in your ghost light
In your ghost light

Taree walk out and raise the road to my tilted shadow
I only know I've made it home when I drown in your ghost light

In your ghost light

Taree! Taree! Taree!


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Taree Lyrics as written by Chris Cornell Benedict Shepherd Hunter

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    Whoever posted these lyrics is a moron.

    Its about the place that chris grew up in, and has been dubbed an "ode to nature". Its an important song for him, stating all the mystical emotions he experienced when he was amongst nature as a child. And the name is a reference to a sign saying "taree" that was styled like the hollywood sign, only it was overgrown with plants.

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