Released: September 24, 1991
Songwriter: Ben Shepherd Chris Cornell
Producer: Soundgarden Terry Date
[Verse 1]
Every word I said is what I mean
Every word I said is what I mean
Everything I gave is what I need
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Virgin eyes and dirty looks on
What I have and why I took
Counting all the hands I shook
Now I know why you've been shaking
Now I know why you've been shaking
Now I know why you've been shaking
Now I know why you've been shaking
[Chorus]
So bleed your heart out
There's no more rides for free
Bleed your heart out
I said, “What's in it for me?
What's in it for me?”
[Verse 2]
Everything I've held is what I've freed
Everything I've held is what I've freed
Everything I've shown is what I feel
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Buying lies and stealing jokes and
Laughing every time I choke
Biding all the time you took
Now I know why you've been taken
Now I know why you've been taken
Now I know why you've been taken
Now I know why you've been taken
[Chorus]
So bleed your heart out
There's no more rides for free
Bleed your heart out
I said, “What's in it for me?
What’s in it for me?
What’s in it for...
What’s in it for...
[Verse 3]
Every word I said is what I mean
Everything I gave is what I need
Everything I've held is what I've freed
Everything I've shown is what I feel
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Virgin eyes and dirty looks on
What I have and why I took
Counting all the hands I shook
Now I know why you've been shaking
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Buying lies and stealing jokes and
Laughing every time I choke
Biding all the time you took
Now I know why you've been taken
Now I know why you've been taken
Now I know why you've been taken
Now I know why you've been taken
Now I know why you've been taken
Now I know why you've been taken
Every word I said is what I mean
Every word I said is what I mean
Everything I gave is what I need
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Virgin eyes and dirty looks on
What I have and why I took
Counting all the hands I shook
Now I know why you've been shaking
Now I know why you've been shaking
Now I know why you've been shaking
Now I know why you've been shaking
[Chorus]
So bleed your heart out
There's no more rides for free
Bleed your heart out
I said, “What's in it for me?
What's in it for me?”
[Verse 2]
Everything I've held is what I've freed
Everything I've held is what I've freed
Everything I've shown is what I feel
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Buying lies and stealing jokes and
Laughing every time I choke
Biding all the time you took
Now I know why you've been taken
Now I know why you've been taken
Now I know why you've been taken
Now I know why you've been taken
[Chorus]
So bleed your heart out
There's no more rides for free
Bleed your heart out
I said, “What's in it for me?
What’s in it for me?
What’s in it for...
What’s in it for...
[Verse 3]
Every word I said is what I mean
Everything I gave is what I need
Everything I've held is what I've freed
Everything I've shown is what I feel
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Virgin eyes and dirty looks on
What I have and why I took
Counting all the hands I shook
Now I know why you've been shaking
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Buying lies and stealing jokes and
Laughing every time I choke
Biding all the time you took
Now I know why you've been taken
Now I know why you've been taken
Now I know why you've been taken
Now I know why you've been taken
Now I know why you've been taken
Now I know why you've been taken
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