[Verse 1]
Some things last, sometimes you never get over
Live in the past, you find out it's hard to stay sober
My see-through skin like Eurythane
Lost and then found, on view for all and I wouldn't trade

[Pre-Chorus]
You'd never know a long time ago you were frowning
Thinkin' it over
It's raining down, and somehow you know

[Chorus]
It reminds me why I even care anymore
You can find me writhing in the ghost of a song
Rising through the Rainier fog

[Verse 2]
Some people change, sometimes you leave how it oughta be
Find a new way to come clean, let it wash over me
My see-through heart like Eurythane
Beats for you proud, up down and through all the love and pain

[Pre-Chorus]
You'd never know a long time ago you were crowning
Thinkin' it over
It's raining down, and somehow you know

[Chorus]
It reminds me why I even care anymore
You can find me writhing in the ghost of a song
Rising through the Rainier fog

[Bridge]
Left me here so all alone, only for me to find
Hear your voice on waves we rode, echoes inside my mind
Disembodied just a trace of what it was like then
With you here we shared a space that's always half empty
Grinding, grinding on
Always half empty
Grinding, grinding on
Always half empty

[Verse 3]
So we can laugh it's inside, never hear me complain
My see-through city of cellophane
You'd never know a long time ago you were drowning
Thinking it over
It's raining down, and somehow you know

[Pre-Chorus]
It reminds me why I even care anymore
You can find me writhing in the ghost of a song
Rising through the Rainier fog

[Chorus]
Reminds me why I even care anymore
You can find me writhing in the ghost of a song
Rising through the Rainier fog


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    great solng and great sounding new cd love me some jerry cantrell

    radioheadsteron August 28, 2018   Link
  • +1
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    ok it's "urethane," and I feel like this song is about their return to Seattle from Los Angeles and how they're creating something new out of the ashes of the former Alice In Chains lineup

    Alice_in_Soundweezeron September 25, 2018   Link

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