Soundgarden

Released: May 21, 1996

Songwriter: Chris Cornell Matt Cameron

Producer: Soundgarden

[Verse 1]
Standing with my enemy
Hung on my horns
With haste and reverie
Killing with charm

[Chorus]
Only happy when you hurt
Only deadly in a swarm
Only healthy in the dirt
Only empty in your arm

[Verse 2]
I play, I'm sick and tame
Drawing the hordes
I wait, and show the lame
The meaning of harm
The skull beneath my feet
Like feathers in sand
I graze among the graves
A feeling of peace

[Chorus]
Only bending when you break
Only feeding when you're cold
Only healing when you ache
Only feeling when you don't

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
Only bending when you break
Only feeding when you're cold
Only healing when you ache
Only feeling when you don't

One of the biggest rock bands out of Seattle, Soundgarden was formed in 1984 by singer and rhythm guitarist Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto. Matt Cameron became the band’s full-time drummer in 1986, while bassist Ben Shepherd became a permanent replacement for Yamamoto in 1990. While one of the creators of the Grunge alternative rock and the first to sign to a major label, they only rose to stardom once the genre was popularized by Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains in the early 90s. After achieving great success with 1994’s Superunknown, the band decided to call it quits three years later due to internal squabbles. Eventually they reunited in 2010, releasing new album King Animal two years later. Frontman Chris Cornell committed suicide in a Detroit hotel room on May 17, 2017. He was 52 years old.

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