Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Stretch the bones over my skin
Stretch the skin over my head
I'm going to the holy land
Stretch the marks over my eyes
Burn the candles deep inside
Yeah you know where I'm coming from
So give up to greed, you don't have to feed me
Yeah, give up to fate, you don't have to need me
So let it go, let it go, let it go, won't you let it
Drown me in you, drown me in you, drown me in you
Slip down the darkness to the mouth
Damn the water burn the wine
I'm going home for the very last time
So throw it away, you don't have to take me
Make no mistakes I'm what you make me
So let it go, won't you let it go, won't you let it go, won't you let it?
And drown me in you, drown me in you, drown me in you
Drown me in you, drown me in
Drown me in, oh drown me in, yeah drown me in, yeah
I see you turn around and burning down
The feeling starts to sink
I feel the hurt surround me
Please dissolve me
She's resolved to be
So heal my wounds without a trace
And seal my tomb without my face
I'm going to the lonely place
Give up to greed, you don't have to feed me, yeah
Give up to fate, you don't have to need me
So let it go, won't you let it go, won't you let it go, won't you let it?
And drown me in you, drown me in you
Drown me in you, drown me in you
Drown me in you, drown me in you
Drown me in you, drown me in you
Drown me in
Stretch the skin over my head
I'm going to the holy land
Stretch the marks over my eyes
Burn the candles deep inside
Yeah you know where I'm coming from
So give up to greed, you don't have to feed me
Yeah, give up to fate, you don't have to need me
So let it go, let it go, let it go, won't you let it
Drown me in you, drown me in you, drown me in you
Slip down the darkness to the mouth
Damn the water burn the wine
I'm going home for the very last time
So throw it away, you don't have to take me
Make no mistakes I'm what you make me
So let it go, won't you let it go, won't you let it go, won't you let it?
And drown me in you, drown me in you, drown me in you
Drown me in you, drown me in
Drown me in, oh drown me in, yeah drown me in, yeah
I see you turn around and burning down
The feeling starts to sink
I feel the hurt surround me
Please dissolve me
She's resolved to be
So heal my wounds without a trace
And seal my tomb without my face
I'm going to the lonely place
Give up to greed, you don't have to feed me, yeah
Give up to fate, you don't have to need me
So let it go, won't you let it go, won't you let it go, won't you let it?
And drown me in you, drown me in you
Drown me in you, drown me in you
Drown me in you, drown me in you
Drown me in you, drown me in you
Drown me in
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To me, the first verse seems to signify shooting up.. The stretching is the tourniquet, he's going to the holy land (getting high) .. Burn the candle deep inside is about summoning the courage to commit to such a harmful act.
So give up to greed, you don't have to feed me: go live in the materialistic society, you don't support my habit, I do. Give up to fate, you don't have to need me: just let life happen without me, I choose this life. So let it go (etc. Etc..) leave me alone! Drown me in you: I'll die with my addiction (happily), (Chris Cornell refers to heroin as water frequently).
Slip down darkness to the mouth, damn the water, burn the wine: succumb totally to your addiction, damn heroin, destroy alcohol (the legal alternative).
So throw it away, you don't have to take me Make no mistakes I am what you make me: Throw away your perceptions of addiction, but you still don't have to accept me, I am whatever you think I am (but it doesn't matter to me.. Successful rock star that I am)
Drown me in you: I want to die of a heroin overdose (?), or.. Give me all the heroin, as much as I can take..
I see you turn around and burning down The feeling starts to sink I feel the hurt surround me Please dissolve me She's resolved to be
I see you looking at me angrily, My high is wearing off, The hurt returns, I want to die, She (who?) left because of this...
So heal my wounds without a trace And seal my tomb without my face I'm going to the lonely place:
I'll take more heroin to feel better, But I'll probably die just another junkie, No one knows how I feel.
The rest just reinforces the earlier statements of leaving him to his addiction.
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this is what i needed to hear tonight...just been through a fucked up end to a relationship and tonight i finally let it go..come home and listen to whats on...first thing is this song....god bless the boys of soundgarden, i wish they'd at least do one more show...
I crank this shit up when I hear it. Give up to greed, you don't have to need me. \m/
Wow, only 4 posts? This is one of the best SG songs!!
I always guessed that this song was about abortion. I guess I wasn't totally wrong :) Great lyrics. Thanks Treestump.
And just to confirm Treestump's post, Chris said it in an interview in RIP Magazine, April 1994 (check the Unofficial Soundgarden Homepage).
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great song, but the best part is in the beginning when he just yells "yeeeaAAAAHH" i laugh my ass off whenever i hear it