Alice in Chains

Released: December 18, 2012

Songwriter: Jerry Cantrell

Producer: Alice in Chains Nick Raskulinecz

[Verse 1]
Turning in circles, slowing down
Pulling against a closing out
Easy to feed off a weaker thing
Harder to say what I really mean

[Chorus]
Hollow as a mountain
All tunneled and drilled below
Hollow as a mountain
Crowned with a cold
Blue sky

[Verse 2]
All of your colors turn to grey
Don't even matter anyway
Bleeding impressions where you were tied
Can't really say how you lost your mind

[Chorus]
Hollow as a mountain
All tunneled and drilled below
Hollow as a mountain
Crowned with a cold
Hollow as a mountain
All tunneled and drilled below
Hollow as a mountain
Crowned with a cold
Blue sky

[Post-Chorus]
Silence, so loud
Silence, I can't tell my up from down
Silence, so loud
Silence, I can't tell my up from down

[Verse 3]
All of the faces life can show
Withered and ugly, the one you know

[Chorus]
Hollow as a mountain
All tunneled and drilled below
Hollow as a mountain
Crowned with a cold
Blue sky

[Post-Chorus]
Silence, so loud
Silence, I can't tell my up from down
Silence, so loud
Silence, I can't tell my up from down

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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