Alice in Chains

Released: November 7, 1995

Songwriter: Layne Staley

Producer: Alice in Chains Toby Wright

[Refrain]
No more time
Just one more time

[Verse 1]
So crazy, beat the strain
Too lazy, shake the gray
So, and she willed the rain
So let me be defamed
Your redundancy stains
Tired of infantile claims
Like puppets on a string
So untangle you from me

[Chorus]
Time to call the doggies off
Tired of the shadowing
Slide me to the side again
Slapped in the face again

[Refrain]
No more time
Just one more time

[Verse 2]
Your redundancy stains
Tired of infantile claims
Like puppets on a string
So untangle you from me
So crazy, beat the strain
Too lazy, shake the gray
So, and she willed the rain
So let me be defamed

[Chorus]
Time to call the doggies off
Tired of the shadowing
Slide me to the side again
Slapped in the face again

[Post-Chorus]
One day my plane leaves
Some way my head creeps
Some day my way leads
Some way my head creeps

[Refrain]
No more time
Just one more time

[Verse 3]
Empty room sets the scene
Pick at me slow, pain fiend
Suck me through barbed screen
Anger becomes our queen
Tongue whipping forked black
How long until you crack?
Surprised and set back
Lackeys' loose talk for fact

[Chorus]
Time to call the doggies off
Tired of the shadowing
Slide me to the side again
Slapped in the face again
Time to call the doggies off
Tired of the shadowing
Slide me to the side again
Slapped in the face again

[Post-Chorus]
One day my plane leaves
Some way my head creeps
Some day my way leads
Some way my head creeps
Creeps

[Refrain]
No more time
Just one more time

[Verse 4]
So crazy feel the hate
Yeah, I've got years to wait
I know it's not too late
Lending clean hands of fate
Rise from the dirt I'm in
Hide in another's skin
Stick black dress doll with pin
Your mouth takes on my grin

[Outro]
So crazy
So crazy
So crazy

Alice in Chains are a Seattle-based rock band. They rose to international fame in the early 1990s as part of the ‘grunge’ movement. They are one of the most critically and commercially acclaimed acts of the 90s. Their first 3 studio albums all went multi-platinum and they have received 8 Grammy nominations for Best Hard Rock performance (sadly, never winning once).

Their unique sound comes from the harmonized vocals of co-founders Layne Staley and Jerry Cantrell, as showcased in some of their biggest songs like “No Excuses” from Jar of Flies, “Angry Chair” from Dirt and “Again” from the self-titled album. Cantrell also serves as the primary songwriter and guitarist of the band.

The band was never restricted to grunge. Cantrell believes it to be heavy metal; and indeed a lot of modern heavy metal bands cite Alice in Chains as an influence, including Metallica for Death Magnetic.

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Alice in Chains (1995)
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