Inside always trying to get back inside
But it's so hard to penetrate pig-thick skin

I'm 'bout as low as I can get
I'd leave but I can't forget
Still I wonder why it ain't right, mmm it ain't right, oooh
Ain't right, mmm it ain't right, yeah

'Bout as low as she can get
She'll leave me but she won't forget
And she wonders why she ain't right, she ain't right
Ain't right, she ain't right

Now we're as low as we can get
Can't leave and can't forget
We ain't right, we ain't right
Not right, we ain't right

(backround)Well it's hard to believe that somebody tricked you
when you can see you were only high
It's all up to you so you gamble
flat on your face and into the fire



Lyrics submitted by Ice

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    General Comment:Cornell kills it on that last verse.
    Flag gummoon October 19, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I love the part where Mark Arm comes in.(:
    Flag GrungeGirl95on July 30, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I think this one is as close to a "Drinking Song" for heroin as you can get...!
    Flag thewoodenmanon January 22, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation:Yep, I think it's about a relationship where the two people know it isn't right, but they are afraid of leaving.....very relatable. Amazing song - amazing vocals, soulful music, great melody.

    Nobody's mentioned the clear sexual innuendo with the first few lines, but I suppose I'm stating the obvious.

    I think the last few lines suggest she was cheating - she claims she was somehow tricked as a justification, and this is the author's response. She "gambles" with the relationship by messing around on him.
    Flag hoppingbunnyon December 31, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Truthfully, it makes no difference what this song is specifically about. Songs such as Right Turn trigger emotions we all share from a wide variety of experiences. When Chris Cornell screams this last verse,

    Well it's hard to believe that somebody tricked you
    when you can see you were only high
    It's all up to you so you gamble
    flat on your face and into the fire...

    I feel like a 50 foot giant, kneeling on the ground, snarling , slamming my car-sized fists to the ground in unison, smashing buildings, homes, everything in sight, savagely screaming the verses, shaking my head slowly from side to side, wondering how the fuck this woman did this to me. This song just turns me completely inside out.

    So you see, the meaning to songs is trigger emotions. The meaning is a completely individual thing. Who knows what it will trigger in your mind. That's why I love music. It's always an adventure to see where your mind takes you during a song.
    Flag HolePunchedHearton November 20, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:which singers sing which bits? I can only really tell if its Layne Staley or Chris Cornell!
    Flag Bowlofsoupon March 03, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:thank you nbutts, for posting that.
    i was about to nerdrage.
    Flag bitchfaceon May 29, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:This song is about his addiction to heroin -_-
    Not a break up. Not a girl. Not a relationship.
    Flag bitchfaceon May 29, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:This song is about Layne Staley's drug addiction, plane and simple, though of course everybody will interpret the lyrics to coincide with their own lives.

    "Inside, always trying to get back inside
    but it's so hard to penetrate pig thick skin" In this lyric, Layne is referring to the increasing difficulty of getting inside a vein to inject drugs. When an IV drug user injects drugs for an extended period of time, the veins collapse, the skin gets scarred and sometimes abcesses form.

    "I'm 'bout as low as I can get
    I'd leave but I can't forget
    Still I wonder why it ain't right, mmm it ain't right, oooh
    Ain't right, mmm it ain't right, yeah" In this lyric, Layne realizes drug addiction is bringing him to the lowest point of his life. "I'd leave but I can't forget" basically means that he would "leave", or quit, if he could, but he "can't forget" the relief heroin brings him. In the lyric "Still I wonder why it ain't right", Layne is referring to his contradictory feelings about drug addiction. The next group of lyrics refers to the same feelings and problems, but is referring to his then girlfriend who later died of complications related to IV use of drugs. The final part of the song only reinforces these themes, "It's hard to believe somebody tricked you/when you can see you were only high"
    Flag nbuttson October 22, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Forgot to mention. Great camping song.
    Flag jarofsapon July 25, 2007   Link

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