SCREAMING LIFE/FOPP





The Screaming Life EP was recorded in 1987 by Jack Endino at Reciprocal Recording, Seattle.. and features the 6 songs: Hunted Down, Entering, Tears to Forget, Nothing to Say, Little Joe, and Hand of God...

The Fopp EP was recorded in 1988 at the Moore Theatre with the Dogfish Mobile Recording Unit and features 4 songs: Kingdome of Come, Swallow my Pride, Fopp, and Fopp (DUB)..






I bought this CD for $19.95
at CC Music in Brisbane, QLD, Australia in Oct. 1996








Chris Cornell: Vocals
Hiro Yamamoto: Bass
Matthew Cameron: Drums
Kim Thayil: Guitar





Songs


  • Hunted Down
  • Entering
  • Tears to Forget
  • Nothing to Say
  • Litle Joe
  • Hand of God
  • Kingdome of Come
  • Swallow My Pride
  • Fopp




    Lyrics


    
    HUNTED DOWN 
    
        They saw you today as you were leaving
        Now they run to hunt you down
        Dogs lead the chase and you are bleeding
        They run to hunt you down
    
        Your narrow escape
        Has wiped the smile right from your face
        Those starved dogs howling
        Run to hunt you down
        As they run, hunt you down
    
        You smile as you look in the mirror
        Tears have left your eyes
        Your face has a different exterior
        Permanent disguise
    
        Your narrow escape
        Has wiped the smile right from your face
        Those starved dogs howling
        Run to hunt you down
        As they run, hunt you down right now
        Right now, right now, right now, right now, right now
    
        (Music: Thayil; Lyrics: Cornell)
    
    
    
    back up top
    
    ENTERING 
    
        I'm entering
        Without a sound
        I'm entering
        On wings I've found
        A million miles
        Of covered ground
        I'm entering, entering yeah
        Well I'm entering
    
        I'm entering
        Without a sound
        I'm entering
        On wings I've found
        A million miles
        Of covered ground
        I'm entering, I'm entering yeah
        Well I'm entering, yeah, yeah
    
        I'm entering
        Bleeding hearts, two lights, goodness, stable
        Glass on bars won't hold me back
        Without a sound
        Or a thought
        I'm entering
        I'm entering
    
        Oh yeah without a sound
        I'm entering, entering
        On wings I've found
        A million, million miles, a million miles
        Well I'm entering, entering, entering, entering, entering, entering yeah
    
    
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    TEARS TO FORGET 
    
        These tears to remember
        These tears to forget
        When I try to cry one
        These tears do forget you
    
        I suckle life
        Its love and its beauty
        Well I scream from life
        Its honor and its beauty
    
        These tears to remember
        These tears to forget
        When I try to cry one
        These tears they do forget you
    
        I suckle life
        Its love and its beauty
        Well I scream from life
        Its honor and its beauty
          
        Remember, forget
    
        (Music: Thayil, Yamamoto; Lyrics: Yamamoto)
    
    
    
    back up top
    
    NOTHING TO SAY 
    
        Nothing, nothing, nothing but the one thing
    
        Someone said my words are out of balance
        Nothing to say, you've got nothing to say
        Dying words I bury everyday
        Nothing to say, I've got nothing to say
        Nothing but the one thing
    
        You've got nothing, nothing to say
        Nothing but the one thing
    
        Big bad word spell it with four letters
        Nothing to say, you've got nothing to say
        Oh my God, your words are out of balance
        Nothing to say, you've got nothing to say
        Nothing but the one thing
        Nothing, nothing
    
        You've got nothing, nothing to say
        Nothing but the one thing
    
        Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing
    
        (Music: Thayil; Lyrics: Cornell)
    
    
    
    back up top
    
    LITTLE JOE 
    
        Little Joe, run for the border
        Leave your home, leave your mother and father
        Go to where the reptiles roam
        On the side of the border that is your home
    
        Little Joe, eyes of your lover look back on you
        As you run for cover
        Those sticks and fire, sticks and fire, won't break your bones
        It is a lie
    
        Little Joe, just like your father
        Your eyes will water, your guts will splatter
        Those sticks and fire, sticks and fire, won't break your bones
        It is a lie
    
        Litle Joe, run for the border
        Leave your whole home, leave your mother and father
        Go to where the reptiles roam
        They're waiting for you little Joe
    
        Little Joe run for the border
        Leave your home, leave your mother and father
        Go to where the reptiles roam
        On the side of the border that is your home
    
        Little Joe, just like your father
        Your eyes will water, your guts will splattter
        Those sticks and fire, sticks and fire, won't break your bones
        It is a lie
    
        (Music: Thayil; Lyrics: Cornell)
    
    
    back up top
    
    HAND OF GOD 
    
        (preacher speaking)
        Now I would like friends if this evening
        We should stand there with all other of God's
        Creatures on the curbstone and watch this
        March of time. Let us take our stand with them
        And as we stand there I here one of them whispering
        He is a Hebrew sage, he says 'vanity of vanities the
        whole thing is a vain parade.  It has no meaning'
        (end preacher speaking)
    
        The hand of God lays high above me
        I'll be so good if you really love me
        Let me feel your mighty crunch
        As you rub me out like water, fire, coal, etc
    
        Let it be known today, if you got two hands
        You're supposed to pray
        Fingers of fire, coal, and lead
        Fondly love me 'til I'm dead
    
        The hand of God is thick and callous
        Bruised and torn from stones and sticks
        The hand of God has got a ring about the size of Texas
        Made of sweet, smelly stuff
        My fingers never smell
    
        Let me try on your hand and see if it fits
        Don't worry I won't touch anything unholy with it
        Let it be known today, if you got two hands
        You're supposed to pray
    
        (Music: Thayil; Lyrics: Cornell)
    
    
    back up top
    
    
    KINGDOME OF COME 
    
        So you think I got something on you
        I bet I know what you're gonna do
        [mystery line]
    
        Fill your head
        With crazy sounds
        It ain't as pretty comming out
    
        So glad to see you're at it again
        So glad I ain't your only friend
        When are you going to understand
        That it's okay
        Maybe now
        It ain't as pretty comming out
    
        Fill your head
        With crazy sounds
        It ain't as pretty comming out
    
    
    back up top
    
    SWALLOW MY PRIDE 
    
        She looked at me with dignity
        She said there's something you gotta see
        Even though this country's headed for war
        This nation is prouder than ever before
        Yeah that was spirit in the air
        We're more American than anywhere
        And I just smile cause I could tell
        This little girl was going to
        Hell
    
        Now I wouldn't mind
        If you swallowed my pride
        Make me feel alright
        Yeah now deep inside
        Feel alright
    
        Hey, all the warmth in her heart
        Couldn't keep my blood from running cold
        Cause I fell for her looks
        Now I wanna go for her throne
        I tried to tell her a thousand times
        But little girl didn't understand at all
    
        Now I wouldn't mind
        If you swallow my pride
        Make me feel alright
        Yeah now deep inside
        Feel alright
    
        Alright
        You can swallow my pride
    
        Now I wouldn't mind
        If you swallowed my pride
        Make me feel alright, deep inside
        Feel alright
        Pride...pride...pride
        You can swallow my pride
    
    
    back up top
    
    FOPP 
    
        Fopped last night and the night before
        I had to fopp outside and then I went indoor
        Fopped so hard I made the people roar
        They stood back and gave me all the floor
        I did the fopp, the fopp
        They wouldn't let me stop
        Yeah I was foppin' and rockin'
        Had the whole house boppin'
    
        Foppin', the way it makes you go, everybody was
        Foppin', everywhere you go, do all your
        Shoppin', wiggle to the floor, everybody was
        Foppin'
    
        Fopp with me and I'll fopp with you
        Foppin' is the brand new thing to do
        Fopped so hard that I lost my shoe
        I fopped so tough they had to make some room
        Break your leg, don't you pop your back
        Do your thing, don't you give no slack
        Shake your hips and then you turn around
        Well first you fopp it up
        And then you fopp it down
    
        Fopp me right, don't you fopp me wrong
        We'll be here foppin' all night long
        I'm too short, baby, but you're too tall,
        But when we're foppin' that don't mean a thing at all, yeah
    
        Foppin', the way it makes you go, everybody was
        Foppin', everywhere you go, do all your
        Shoppin', wiggle to the floor, everybody was
        Foppin'
        Yeah
    
        Fopp and rock
        Fopp and rock
        Yeah, I did the fopp and rock
        Fopp and rock
        Oh, fopp and rock
        Yeah, I did the fopp and rock
        Yeah, fopp and rock
        Yeah, I did the fopp and rock
        Yeah