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Temple of the Dog
[Lyrics by Chris Cornell]
Say Hello 2 Heaven||Reach Down
||Hunger Strike||Pushin' Forward Back
||Call Me A Dog
Times of Trouble||
Wooden Jesus||Your Savior||Four Walled World||All Night Thing
Please, mother mercy, take me from this place.
And the long-winded curses I keep hearing in my head.
Words never listen, and teachers never learn.
Now I'm warm from the candle, but I feel too cold to burn.
He came from and island, and he died from the street.
He hurt so bad like a soul breaking, but he never said nothing to me.
So...
Say hello to heaven.
New like a baby, lost like a prayer.
The sky was your playground, but the cold ground was your bed.
Poor stargazer, she's got no tears in her eyes. Smooth like whisper,
She knows that love heals all wounds with time.
Now it seems like too much love is never enough.
You better seek out another road 'cause this one has ended abrupt.
Say hello to heaven.
I never wanted to write these words down for you,
With the pages of phrases of things we'll never do.
So I blow out the candle, and I put you to bed,
Since you can't say to me now how the dogs broke your bone.
There's just one thing left to be said,
Say hello to heaven.
I had a dream the other night,
You were in a bar in the corner on a chair
Wearing a long white leather coat,
Purple glasses and glitter in your hair.
And you said "Hey, this is where I'm gonna sit
And buy you a drink someday."
You were going to the dog shows,
But you kinda lost your way.
You say "Now I got all this room
And no money to decorate it,
So some local customer put me in touch
With the man upstairs, he said
'Little man, you got no business gettin all frustrated.
You gotta rest, you gotta rest, you gotta
Reach down, and pick the crowd up.
Carry back in your hands to the promised land.'"
Now I had some angel shine my wings, she said
"Nothin' but the best for the golden boy."
She made me promise not to tell I had her under a spell
Singing golden words in a broken voice,
And I caught some blessing on the wind.
I'm feeling lighter than a whisper from a dove.
I've got no hands to tie behind my back
And I'm sparking like a heart attack.
Now I've got room to spread my wings
And my messages of love, yes love was my drug,
But that's not what I died of, so don't think of me
Crying louder than some billion dollar baby,
'Cause I gotta rest, I gotta rest, I gotta
Reach down, and pick the crowd up.
Carry back in my hands to the promised land.
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3)
Hunger Strike [Eddie Vedder on co-lead vocals]
I don't mind stealing bread from the mouths of decadence.
But I can't feed on the powerless when my cup's already overfilled.
But it's on the table, the fire is cooking.
And they're farming babies while the slaves are working.
The blood is on the table and their mouths are choking.
But I'm growing hungry.
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4)
Pushin' Forward Back [Eddie Vedder on backing
vocals]
Mother mother found me on her step.
Gracious mother held me to her breast,
Until the day I started pushin'.
Too late to cry, she turned away.
I started pushin'.
I saw no future in this lack.
I started pushin' forward back.
Baby brother clinging to her hair.
Gracious pleading, not another soul to bare.
He started pushin'.
All my kings have fallen down.
I started pushin'.
Fallen heroes feed the ground.
I started pushin' forward back.
Fallen down, now I know her.
I know I'll never drown.
I was pushin' forward back.
You call me a dog. Well that's fair enough.
'Cause it ain't no use to pretend you're wrong.
When you call me out, I can't hide anymore.
I have no disguise you can't see through.
Well you say it's bad luck to have fallen for me.
Well what can I do to make it good for you?
You wore me out like an old winter coat
Trying to be safe from the cold.
But when it's my time to throw the next stone,
I'll call you beautiful if I call at all.
You tell me I'm low 'cause I've slept on the floor,
And out in the woods with the badgers and wolves.
You threw me out 'cause I went digging for gold
And I came home with a handful of coal.
But when it's my time to throw the next stone,
I'll call you beautiful if I call at all.
And when it's my time to call your bluff,
I'll call you beautiful or leave it alone.
You call me dog, well that's fair enough.
It doesn't bother me as long as you know
Bad luck will follow you if you keep me on a leash
And you drag me along.
When the spoon is hot, and the needle's sharp,
And you drift away, I can hear you say
That the world in black in upon your back
And your body shakes, so you ditch away
And you close the shades.
Don't try to do it. Don't you try to kill your time.
You might do it, then you can't change your mind.
You've gotta hold on to your time,
'Till you break through these times of trouble.
When you try to talk, and the words get hard,
And they put you down, don't you stay.
Don't you ditch away.
I saw you singing, swingin your mother's sword.
I know you're playing but sometimes the rules get hard.
But if somebody left you out on a ledge,
If somebody loved you and left you for dead,
You got to hold on to your time
'Till you break through these times of trouble.
Wooden Jesus, where are you from?
Korea or Canada or maybe Taiwan?
Well I didn't know it was the holy land,
But I believed from the minute the check left my hand,
And I pray...
Can I be saved? I spent all my money on a future grave.
Wooden Jesus I'll cut you in on 20 percent of my future sin.
Porcelain Mary, her majesties pure, looking for virgin territory.
Coat hanger halos don't come cheap from television shepherds
With living room sheep, and I pray...
Can I be saved? I spent all my money on a future grave.
Wooden Jesus I'll cut you in on 20 percent of my future sin.
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8)
Your Savior [Eddie Vedder on background vocals]
People like you, I know myself,
Walk in the shoes of somebody else.
Whisper to me my tragic fate.
Whisper to me my tragic end.
But don't give me your savior.
People I choose life on my own.
Burn me your fuse, throw me your stones.
Give me your brand, burn on my hand,
Whisper to me my tragic end.
But don't give me your savior.
People I choose, I know myself.
Lay my need out, give me your help.
But you give me your blues,
And you whisper my fate,
But don't give me your savior.
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9)
Four Walled World [Eddie on background vocals]
Well she cried, and she cried all night
To the sound of the freeway hum.
And she swears she'll be gone
When the sun hits the ground.
And she ain't coming back to my cell.
Well she's tired, and she's tired of this life
She's been leading too long.
And the time turns around
Through the walls that surround
To the chimes of a jailor's song
In my four walled world.
Well she tries, and she tries,
But my feet just won't leave the ground.
And I'm tired, and I'm tired of this
Prisoner's life, and these chains
That drag me down
In my four walled world.
And now the sun is low
And these walls try to break my soul.
And now the moon is full
And I won't see nothing tonight
But the tears in her eyes and
My four walled world.
She motioned to me that she wanted to leave
And go somewhere warm where we'd be alone.
I do not know what's going on
But I'm guessing it's an all night thing.
If it's an all night thing, nobody is gonna make it end.
And if it doesn't begin, don't worry that I'll take offense.
And if it's an all night thing and we fall like a tear
Falling to the ground, I'll never come around,
And you'll never hear a word from me
If it's an all night thing.
I walked along feeling at ease,
And falling like rain into her scheme.
She won't let on what that will be,
But I'm guessing it's an all night thing.
If it's an all night thing, nobody is gonna make it end.
And if it doesn't begin, don't worry that I'll take offense.
And if it's an all night thing and we fall like a tear
Falling to the ground, I'll never come around,
And you'll never hear a word from me
If it's an all night thing.
