Teksty

Temple Of The Dog

 

Say Hello to Heaven

Please, mother mercy

Take me from this place

And the long winded curses

I keep hearing in my head

Words never listen

And teachers never learn

Now I'm warm from the candle

But I feel to cold to burn

He came from an island

And he died from the street

He hurt so bad like a soul breaking

But he never said nothing to me

So say hello to heaven

New like a baby

Lost like a prayer

the sky was your playground

But the cold ground was your bed

Poor stargazer

She's got no tears in her eyes

Smooth like whisper

She knows that love heals all wounds with time

Now it seems like too much love

Is never enough, you better seek out

Another road cause this one has

Ended abrupt, say hello to heaven

I never wanted

To write these words down for you

With the pages of phrases

Of things we'll never do

So I blow out the candle, and

I put you to bed

Since you can't say to me

Now how the dogs broke your bone

There's just one thing left to be said

Say hello to heaven

 

 

Reach Down

I had a dream the other night

You were in a bar in the corner on a chair

Wearing a long white leather coat

Purple glasses and glitter in your hair

And you said hey this is where I'm gonna sit

And buy you a drink someday

You were going to the dog shows

But you kinda lost your way

You say now I got all this room

And no money to decorate it, so some

Local customer put me in touch with the man

Upstairs, he said little man you got no

Business gettin' frustrated, you gotta rest

You gotta rest you gotta reach down

And pick the crowd up

Carry back in your hands

To the promised land

Now I had some angel shine my wings she said

Nothin' but the best for the golden boy

She made me promise not to tell I had her under

A spell singing golden words in a broken voice

And I caught some blessing on the wind I'm

Feeling lighter than a whisper from a dove

I've got no hands to tie behind my back

And I'm sparking like a heart attack, now I've got

Room to spread my wings and my messages of

Love, yes love was my drug, but that's not

What I died of, so don't think of me

Crying louder than some million dollar baby

Cause I gotta rest I gotta rest I gotta

Reach down and pick the

Crowd up, carry back in my

Hand to the promised land

 

 

Hunger Strike

I don't mind stealing bread

From the mouths of decadence

But I can't feed on the powerless

When my cup's already overfilled

But it's on the table

The fire is cooking

And their farming babies

While the slaves are working

The blood is on the table

And their mouths are choking

But I'm growing hungry

 

 

Pushin Forward Back

Mother mother found me on her step

gracious mother held me to her breast

Until the day I started pushin

Too late to cry she turned away

I started pushin

I saw no future in this lack

I started pushin forward back

Baby brother clinging to her hair

Gracious pleading not another

Soul to bare he started pushin

All my kings have fallen down

I started pushin

Fallen heroes to the ground

I started pushin forward back

Falling down, now I know her

I know I'll never drown

I was pushin forward back

 

 

Call Me a Dog

You call me a dog well that's fair eanugh

Cause it ain't no use to pretend

You're wrong

when You call me out I can't hide anymore

I have no disguise you can't see through

Well you say it's bad luck

To have fallen for me

Well what can I say to make it good for you

You wore me out like an old winter coat

Trying to be safe from the cold

But when it's my time to throw

The next stone

I'll call you beautiful if I call at all

You tell me I'm low cause I've slept on the floor

And out in the woods with the badgers & wolves

You threw me out cause I went digging for gold

An I came home with a handful of coal

But when it's my time to throw the next stone

I'll call you beautiful if I call at all

And when it's my time to call you a bluff

I'll call you beautiful or leave it alone

You call me a dog

Well that's fair enough

It doesn't bother me as long as you know

Bad luck will follow you

If you keep me on a leash and

You drag me along

 

 

Times of Trouble

When the spoon is hot

And the needle's sharp

And you drift it away

I can hear you say

That the world in black

Is upon your back

And your body shakes

So you ditch away

And you close the shades

Don't try to do it

Don't kill your time

You might do it

Then you can't change your mind

You've got a hold on to your time

Till you break through these

Times of trouble

When you try to talk

And the words get hard

And they put you down

Don't you stay

Don't you ditch away

I saw you singing

Swinging your mother's sword

I know you're playing but

Sometimes the rules get hard

But if somebody pushed you over the edge

If somebody loved you and left you for dead

You got to hold on to your time till you break

Through these times of trouble

 

 

Wooden Jesus

Wooden Jesus where are you from

Korea or Canada or maybe Taiwan

I didn't know it was the Holy Land

But I believed from the minute

The check left my hand, and I pray

Can I saved, I spent all my money

On a future grave

Wooden Jesus I'll cut you in

On twenty percent of my future sin

Porcelain Mary her majesties pure

Looking for virgin territory

Coat hanger halos don't come cheap

From television shepherds with living room

Sheep, and I pray

Can I saved, I spent all my money

On a future grave

Wooden Jesus I'll cut you in

On twenty percent of my future sin

 

 

Your Saviour

People like you, I know myself

Walk in the shoes of somebody else

Whisper to me, my tragic fate

Whisper to me, my tragic end

But don't give my your saviour

People I choose, life on my own

Burn me your fuse, throw me your stones

Give your brand, burn on my hand

Whisper to me, my tragic end

But don't give me your saviour

People I choose, I know myself

Lay my need out, give you my help

But you give me your blues

And you whisper my fate

But don't give me your saviour

 

 

Four Walled World

Well she cried, and she cried

All night to the sound of the freeway hum

And he swears she'll be gone

When the sun hits the ground

And she ain't coming back to my cell

Well she's tired and she's tired

Of this life she's been leading too long

And the time turns around

Through the walls that surround

to the chimes of a jailors song

In my four walled world

Well she tries and she tries

But my feel just won't leave the ground

And I'm tired and I'm tired

Of this prisoners life, and these chains

That drag me down

In my four walled world

And now the sun is low

And these walls try to break my soul

And now the moon is full

And I won't see nothing tonight

But the tears in her eyes and

My four walled world

 

 

All Night Thing

She motioned to me

That she wanted to leave

And go somewhere warm

Where we'd be alone

I do not know, what's going on

But I'm guessing it's an all night thing

If it's an all night thing

Nobody is gonna make it end

And if it doesn't begin

Don't worry that I'll take offence

And if it's an all night thing

And we fall like a tear falling

To the ground

I'll never come around

And you'll never heard a word from me

If it's an all night thing

I walked alone, feeling at ease

And falling like rain

Into her scheme

She won't let on what will be

But I'm guessing

It's an all night thing

If it's n all night thing

Nobody is gonna make it end

And if it doesn't begin

Don't worry that I'll take offence

And if it's an all night thing

And we fall like a tear falling

To the ground

I'll never come around

And you'll never heard a word from me

If it's an all night thing