Louder Than Love





Louder Than Love was recorded at London Bridge Studio, Seattle, WA... December, 1988 to January, 1989




I got this CD for $20 new in Brisbane, Australia
And you can get it below for just $13.49(US)!!








Chris Cornell - vocal & guitar
Kim Thayil - guitar
Hiro Yamamoto - bass
Matt Cameron - drums




Songs





LYRICS




UGLY TRUTH 

    You hide your eyes
    But the ugly truth
    Just loves to give it away
    You gave yourself
    If you were mine to give
    I might throw it away
    You share but money can't give
    What the truth takes away
    Throw it away

    I painted my eyes
    Ugly isn't what I want to see
    I painted my mind
    Ugly isn't what I want to be
    I don't mind but the truth
    Don't look that good on me
    Throw it away

    I don't think I really
    Understand you
    And I can't see why
    I'd ever want to
    And even if it isn't mine to say
    I'll say it anyway
    It's ugly

    If you were mine to give
    I might throw it away
    But money can't give
    What the truth takes away
    Throw it away

    (Music/Lyrics: Cornell)

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HANDS ALL OVER 

    Hands all over the Eastern border
    You know what? I think we're falling
    From composure
    Hands all over Western culture
    Ruffling feathers and turning eagles into vultures

    Got my arms around baby brother
    Put your hands away
    Your gonna kill your mother, kill your mother
    And I love her

    Hands all over the coastal waters
    The crew men thank her
    Then lay down their oily blanket
    Hands all over the inland forest
    In a striking motion trees fall down
    Like dying soldiers

    Hands all over the peasants daughter
    She's our bride
    She'll never make it out alive
    Hands all over the words I utter
    Change them into what you want to
    Like balls of clay
    Put your hands away
    Your gonna kill your mother
    And I love her

    (Music: Thayil; Lyrics: Cornell)

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GUN 

    I got an idea of something we can do with a gun
    Sink load and fire till the empire
    Reaps what they've sown
    Shoot shoot shoot till their minds are open
    Shoot shoot shoot till thei eyes are closed
    Push push push till we get some motion
    Push push push till the bombs explode

    I got an idea
    We can do it
    All on our own
    Nothing to worry
    Regret must weigh a ton
    Kick kick kick till the laws are broken
    Kick kick kick till the boots are worn
    Hit hit hit till the truth is poken
    Hit hit hit till the truth is born

    I got an idea of something we can do with a gun

    (Music/Lyrics: Cornell)

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POWER TRIP 

    I want to be
    A cowboy star upon the screen
    Oh hey and I want to drive
    My cowboy car across the scene
    Oh hey and I want to write
    The magazines housewives read
    And I want to be
    In control of everything
    I want to be King

    I want to make the toys
    You buy for Christmas Eve
    Yeah and I want to be
    The father of the ethnic child
    Who stars on T.V.
    Oh yeah and I, I want to write
    The magazines that housewives read
    Oh hey and I want all the leaders
    Of the Third World
    To answer to me
    I want to be King
    I want to be King
    So maybe now the Pope
    Will bow and kiss my ring
    I wanna be king

    (Music: Yamamoto; Lyrics: Cornell)

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GET ON THE SNAKE 

    Get on the snake
    With a swarm of motor flys
    Get on the snake
    Under the Cola colored sky

    Don't worry, everything's clean
    Road worthy, hungry and mean

    Get on the snake
    Where the metal river bleeds
    Get on the snake
    Where you never will believe
    Hey baby, what's your disease
    My heart's bleeding
    I'm dying to leave

    Get on the snake
    Where the water turns to steam
    Get on the snake
    With a suicide machine

    Don't worry, everything's clean
    Road worthy, hungry and mean
    Hungry and mean...
    Hungry and mean...

    (Music: Thayil; Lyrics: Cornell)

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FULL ON KEVIN'S MOM 

    You don't get nothing for free
    Kev & me were two of three
    Three brothers to the end
    Then one went full on Kevin's mom
    Now things have changed

    Full on Kev's mom
    Full on Kev's mom
    Full on Kev's mom
    Full on

    You don't get nothing for free
    And this one took the long way
    This one took the hard road
    I ain't saying who
    But it wasn't me

    We were three
    Kevin's mom made four
    (We don't come around anymore)

    (Music/Lyrics: Cornell)

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LOUD LOVE 

    There's no time to keep it low
    I've been deaf and now I want noise
    You stay down
    But I won't be quiet
    I'll hammer on until you fight

    Loud love
    Loud love
    Loud love
    Loud love

    If you've got some time to kill
    Slow resistance wins the war
    Well I know
    But that's no way to go
    You can't resist the louder pull

    Well that's right
    I want something to explode
    I've been deaf
    Now I want noise

    (Music/Lyrics: Cornell)








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I AWAKE 

    Woke up depressed
    I left for work
    You have a good day
    It's not your fault
    I know it hurts

    Remember, I love you, love you
    Remember, I love you, love you
    I love

    Woke up depressed
    I left for work
    You have a good day
    It's not my fault
    I know it hurts

    (Music: Yamamoto; Lyrics: K. McDonald)

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NO WRONG NO RIGHT 

    Watch for vipers and poison snakes
    Feeling fingers make no mistake
    Grabbing that pull your hair
    Stealing everything there, everything

    Restless widow in the dark
    Carelessly looks for a spark
    Near the trap fate rears its head
    No hesitation, victim dead
    Just from the start it's the end

    And it's all the same in the end
    It's all the same in the end

    Spider moving up your wall
    To the ceiling he slowly crawls
    Weaves a web above your bed
    Egg that cracks falls on your head
    And it's all the same
    It's all the same
    No hesitation, victim dead
    Just from the start it's the end

    No wrong no right or guilt admission
    It's all the same
    You've been bitten, you've been bitten

    (Music: Yamamoto; Lyrics: Cornell)

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UNCOVERED 

    Small creature are you
    Small creature you are
    How quickly you are uncovered
    Naked and cold
    Maumbling and crying
    Knowing everything's been discovered

    Many secrets have you
    Many secrets you have
    But it's only a matter of time
    Did you finally decide
    There's nowhere to hide
    And really no reason why

    Hey Mr. Shame
    Have you got a name
    I don't feel like calling you Buddy
    I don't want to hear your story
    I don't want to hear why
    And I don't even care if you're sorry

    Many secrets have you
    Many secrets you have
    But it's only a matter of time
    Did you finally decide
    There's nowhere to hide
    And really no reason why

    Strong is your body
    Strong are your bones
    Strong as your bloody lie is uncovered

    Small creature are you
    Small creature you are
    How quickly you are uncovered
    Naked and cold
    Mumbling and crying
    Knowing everything's been discovered

    (Music/Lyrics: Cornell)

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BIG DUMB SEX 

    Don't you don't you want to thrill me
    Don't you be afraid to tell me
    Tell me if you think it's ugly
    But now don't you want to touch it anyway

    I've been looking for a reject
    And you ain't had nothing like me yet
    Don't you think it's time for motion
    I can take what you've been pushin'

    Hey I know what to do
    I'm gonna fuck fuck fuck fuck you
    Fuck you
    Ya I know what to do
    I'm gonna fuck fuck fuck fuck you
    Fuck you I'm gonna

    I'm the beast and you're the master
    You're the meat of the matter
    I'm no fool for discretion
    When it's on the tip of my tongue

    Don't you don't you want to thrill me
    Don't you be afraid to tell me
    Tell me if you think it's ugly
    But now don't you want to touch it anyway

    (Music/Lyrics: Cornell)

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FULL ON (REPRISE) 

    (Music/Lyrics: Cornell)