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Switch OpensSoundgarden

Released: May 21, 1996

Songwriter: Ben Shepherd Chris Cornell

Producer: Soundgarden

[Verse 1]
Hey, you slaves, go hang your owners
Draw your names among their ashes
Lay your children on their thrones
Gather round and fall right down

[Bridge 1]
Here at sundown
Nothing is when everything is all right
Switch opens
Opening around and lets the garden rise

[Chorus]
Switch is on, switch is on
Switch is on, switch is on
Switch is on, switch is on
Switch is on, switch is on

[Verse 2]
Hey you patients, where's your surgeons?
Left you with your insides open
Left your heart out on the table
Gather round and fall right down

[Bridge 2]
Feel the wind now
Stumbling and wander in the moonshine
Switch opens
Opening around and lets the garden rise

[Chorus]
Switch is on, switch is on
Switch is on, switch is on
Switch is on, switch is on
Switch is on, switch is on

[Outro]
Switch is on
Switch is on

Soundgarden

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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