Lyrics for Blood Tears Little Girl as interpreted by No_Snow

Blood Tears Little Girl Lyrics
Little girl, where did you go?
Playing in the fields when the sun goes
Before the moon had changed at night
You had fallen out of sight

Little girl, why did you go away?
I was missing you, I knew when I strayed
Didn't mean to lie, didn't mean to cry
I just wanted to say goodbye

Little girl went to the city now
Got lost in this place up high
All the things you learned were almost real
But that denies our strength to heal

Little girl, why did you go away?
I was missing you, I knew when I strayed
Didn't mean to lie, didn't mean to cry
I just wanted to say goodbye

Walking down the street
Walking
My little girl...

Little girl gliding in the sky
came back down to say goodbye
I regret having scared you away
All my fault but nothing to say

Little girl, why did you go away?
I was missing you, I knew when I strayed
Didn't mean to lie, didn't mean to cry
I just wanted to say goodbye

Walking down the street
Walking
My little girl...

I had a girl
Little girl
She loved me more than I used to know
I loved that girl
I thought I would be with her forever

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No_Snow
08-05-2005

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This song is so beautiful and one of their best

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No_Snow
08-05-2005

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By the way I fucked up, they lyrics are "when you went away" not "I knew when I strayed" all apologies ;)

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innumerable
09-01-2005

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Where'd you hear this song?

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No_Snow
09-03-2005

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It's a very rare track I downloaded, its lyrics are posted on other sites so its not just me.

I don't understand how this wasn't a bigger song for them as it is so brilliant.

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No_Snow
09-03-2005

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Someone told me it's from the album "Singles"

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EndlessDreaming79
11-12-2005

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Wow I've been looking for the lyrics to this for along time. I had this song on a disc I made about 2 years ago, found it on AudioGalaxy, but now it is harder and harder to find. and no, it was not on the movie Singles, would have fit in well, but I am sure this was made after Demri's passing, and I think it was all Layne, don't think the rest of AIC was involved in this, but may be wrong

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tremorchrist
12-30-2005

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thats not layne!

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tremorchrist
12-30-2005

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i mean seriously..this sounds like someones trying too hard..anyway lyrics are horrible

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lpstandard
02-06-2006

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that isn't layne, no way

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TheDeaderMan
10-23-2006

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I'm convinced that it isn't Layne. Well, either a very young Layne or someone who thinks he sounds like Layne..

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born2Bwild
12-26-2006

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yeah, it's not Layne.. a friend told me that it's some Seattle band, but I forgot the name..

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onelokikitty
01-03-2007

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This track is on a demo tape from 1989. So it is a very young Layne or a very young person in the Seattle scene who is an almost exact match in timbre and cadence to Layne...of whom I think we can all agree has a very distinctive voice and style. I personally am much happier thinking it's Layne. I'm wondering if it maybe refers to his sister?

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Negrum
02-10-2007

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Are you guys seriously stupid. This is Jerry Cantrell...Tremorchrist is an idiot for saying this song sucks. You really don't appreciate AIC music. A reall fan don't say any AIC song sucks. Everything and i mean everything with AIC ROCKS! this is a beautiful song

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Trukk
03-29-2007

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The lyrics are not "I knew when I strayed" nor "when you went away" the lyrics should be "when you went astray"
And also, who ever sings, itīs not Jerry C, thats for sure.

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shineglass
04-20-2007

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im about 99% sure thats layne, but either way its an awesome song. i dont usually like this particular type of music, but you can really feel the pain in the lyrics and vocals. because of that im more inclined to think it really is layne

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ductape
05-07-2007

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i cant find this song, im sure its somewhere on the net but its must be hidden under piles and piles of capitalism. please won't someone email it to me?

ivanducttape@gmail.com

if you have any other rare bootleg mp3s or vids of aic they'd also be welcome. if you're looking for something, drop me a line, i might have it.

since I've not heard the song its probably unfair to comment, but since i dont give a crap... im very skeptical that this is AiC - Layne's voice was ALWAYS distinctive, if anything more so in their early demos. Plus the lyrics are rather contrived and superficial, with clearly forced rhyme schemes. Many other songs have been misattributed to aic on their bootlegs. It would also do well to point out that alice was exclusively metal in their early stages, to my knowledge acoustic songs and performances only appeared after facelift, and Demri only died in 1996, so its unlikely it was about her. Finally Alices early work was much more upbeat than their most famous stuff, this doesn't sound like an upbeat song to me?

but im still looking forward to hearing it... hope someone will take pity on me!!

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sparklyblind
05-31-2007

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when i first heard this song i too was skeptical it was Layne because i wanted to be sure but i am now completely convinced. to add my 2cents about when the song is from you may call me crazy but it sounds to me to be from the Mad Season era because of the guitar, possibly a demo. i disagree with the person who says it's Jerry, no way. it may not be Layne but it is def not Jerry. also, it does not sound forced at all, he actually sounds about to cry, i agree about the Demri thing. this song is TOTALLY moving. it seems very personal and touching, almost too painfully, and although its great maybe that's why it didn't get past a demo stage.

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ductape
06-05-2007

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Nooooo.... Not Layne, not alice. 99% sure.

Here's why:

1. Weak lyrics... "Didn't mean to lie, didn't mean to cry/I just wanted to say goodbye"... no ways would Layne or Jerry be able to write that and sleep properly at night - superficial and contrived.

2. Layne had a flawless ear for music, I've never heard him sing out of tune even live (where it happens even to the best). In places, this is sung out of tune.

3. Out of style/character, ESPECIALLY for early AiC (as per inexperienced Layne theory). Also, there's no harmony, a classic feature of both Alice and Mad Season's vocals.

4. That guitar work is UNQUESTIONABLY not Jerry. Its amateurish. Same goes for the drumming. Bass is pretty slick though.

5. Layne had a natural wide vibrato, this is sung entirely without vibrato.

6. Layne's voice is much more nasal, this is breathy.

7. Underproduced, but still obviously semi-professionally recorded. (ie not live or anything, and there's no buzz). There would be a better mixing job done on a real alice song.

8. Neither Layne nor alice sang about pain. Dunno who keeps saying that. Maybe inspired by it, but he buried his pain in his lyrics. This song is too obvious.

9. Impossible to be about Demri, she died in 1996. What happened to Layne's sister? I missed that class.

10. Sorry, but this voice *does* sound forced, clearly inexperienced from the pronounciation of the words, and in places he's trying to eke out a vibrato that doesn't come, eg at "moon" and "fallen" in the first verse.

11. Layne's voice too distinctive to be mistaken; and too consistent to be unnatural - EVERY live recording, EVERY demo, EVERY acoustic and EVERY metal song is UNMISTAKABLY Layne. I really don't think he's putting that voice on, that's his natural singing voice. It wouldn't come through like this.

12. This wouldn't be the first misattribution...




On the other hand here's why it could be:

1. It could be Layne playing guitar, he wasn't as accomplished a guitar player as Jerry or Mike McCready (Mad Season & Pearl Jam).

2. Noone's come forward to claim it as in the case with the 5 misattributed Thread songs.

3. There is precious little information available about rare Alice tracks, they're not really a collector-friendly band I'd say. Sucks for me since I love rarities & bootlegs, although it does make a rare track a bigger treasure. So maybe this slipped through the cracks somehow.

4. If so, it MIGHT as sparklyblind said be from the Mad Season era, this is way too out of character for an alice song. Like she said, it might be him but the song was considered too personal or too different to be released.



Apologies to all those who like the song, but if you like a song it shouldn't make a difference who wrote it. Although I know it does... I probably would like this song if it was Alice. But as it stands, sorry, no... its just some high school band with a substandard lyricist singing about his ex-girlfriend. Really sorry.

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cloudspace
09-10-2007

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once again, with little more basis than his limited understanding and thought biases, ductape has successfully made himself into an ass. i move that from here on, Ductape take on the roll of Supreme Song Interpreter. in this way, the rest of us can stop wasting our time writing what we think, and simply relax until Ductape tells us how it is

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ductape
09-11-2007

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i second.

just kidding, sorry that i offend u cloudspace, but every poster has a stab at what they think, just because i disagree with you doesn't mean im not interested. of course i think my opinion is the best, otherwise i wouldn't have it. but i agree completely, i have limited understanding and am completely biased. and yeah, im a bit of an ass. thankfully, songmeanings is a great haven for asses...

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cloudspace
09-12-2007

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indeed

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Irishdeathpirate
09-13-2007

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The name of the band is Thread. They had a five song demo tape they released that got mislabelled as Alice in Chains rare material. The song 'Blue' is also one of these songs.

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ductape
09-19-2007

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according to Thread's website (www.itsnotalice.com), there were 5 Thread songs: Distance Aside, Foolish, Blue, We've Come and Look. they dont mention this one...

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AICfan
12-22-2007

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I do think this is Layne singing but none of the other AIC members are involved, layne's sister is alive and well so its not about her, its about demri. And heres my interpretation: Something happens to the girl, and she dies, and he feels guilty about cheating on her/ breaking up with her.

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Negrum
06-10-2008

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IDIOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS IS JERRY CANTRELL SINGING OOOMMMGGGGG WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP SAYING LAYNE WOOOOOOOOOOOOW!

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