Alice in Chains – Check My Brain

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  General Comment:I was skeptical about checking out this album, mostly because I thought there would be no point, but I was proven wrong. Even without Layne, Alice In Chains are still rockin'. This song and "Your Desicion" have to be my favorites off the album.

  Flag NeverXMindon October 24, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:this for anybody could be a song about moving on from a darker time of drug dependancy, but for jerry cantrell, it's about his move from seattle to la...check my brain is in reference to all the drugs he's done in the past...nowadays he's clean.

  Flag jerrylovesrock666on August 10, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:This song is so plain! I wonder how it is nominated for a Grammy! But not awful though...

  Flag Musicophileon February 02, 2010   Link

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    No more concessions to comp the consumers please.

    Flag JohnnyMontroseon May 15, 2012  
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  General Comment:Exactly how I feel about California, especially LA, too. Never expected to like it much after my first visit and now I like it. Cali is a MESSED UP place.. so somebody check my brain please :I

  Flag rachiedollyon January 28, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:I love Alice in chains..they arent one of my favorites...but i can never understand the meanings to their songs. And what really aggravates me is when they always say oh yeah or some form of yeah in their songs...other than that they are awesome.

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    Haha, totally agree.

    Flag NeverXMindon October 24, 2010  

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    It's a throwback to, or nod at, their glam metal/hair band days. It's not that big of a secret. The same goes for their lyrics, if you listen to them enough. Most people aren't receptive to their lyrics anyhow cuz they can't get the feeling right. You have to be affected in order to understand the affect, and the meaning, behind their songs.

    Flag JohnnyMontroseon May 15, 2012  
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  General Comment:This song is hands down about Jerry and the boys finally leving the dark state of Washington for Cali and they all can't believe it and they want us to check their brains! Who agrees?

  Flag Captainhookdickon December 24, 2009   Link

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  Song Meaning:This song is hands down about Jerry and the boys finally leving the dark state of Washington for Cali and they all can't believe it and they want us to check their brains! Who agrees?

  Flag Captainhookdickon December 24, 2009   Link

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  General Comment:not too sure what "tears have filled my bong" could mean but yeah the rest is pretty obvious that its about his thoughts on moving to LA. kickass song i love AIC! hope to be seeing them soon live...cant wait

  Flag creedudeon November 30, 2009   Link

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  General Comment:im like you Submetal, i have mixed feelings with this new stuff, because it never will be the old Alice in Chains, and I as you, feel they should have renamed the band. Though alot of these songs are good, this song is about the only one that has that Alice in Chains feel, and its a loose grip at that. Some Singers just shouldnt be replaced...

  Flag Plums72on November 16, 2009   Link

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  General Comment:Awesome song.... Jerry said in a sit down on MTV that it was about a kind of ironic reflection on the fact that he's living in LA now even though in the past he never thought that he would. And how despite all it's faults it's physically a beautiful place and also a place where people come to realize their dreams. It definitely has a bit of a stoner vibe to it too, I think.
  
  Speaking of which... the above lyrics are incorrect in a couple places. Particularly "I walked these streets a creep in a fog" not "and I fall" And also it's "Tears that filled my bong" not "bowl".
  
  Anyway, not sure about everyone else, but I'm OCD in buying solid copies so those lyrics are from the actual CD booklet. You should own it... the artwork is freakin fantastic too. Just sayin'.
  
  Here, I laid the song out, corrected...
  
  
  And so I found myself in the sun, oh yeah
  A hell of a place to end a run, oh yeah
  
  California, I'm fine
  Somebody check my brain
  
  California's alright
  Somebody check my brain
  
  Check my brain
  
  I walked these streets a creep in a fog, oh yeah
  When she sang I answered the call, oh yeah
  
  California, I'm fine
  Somebody check my brain
  
  California's alright
  Somebody check my brain
  
  Tears that filled my bong...
  Years expended gone...
  
  I hung my guns and put 'em away, oh yeah
  The trick of the trade and by the way, oh yeah
  
  California, I'm fine
  Somebody check my brain
  
  California's alright
  Somebody check my brain
  
  Tears that filled my bong,
  Years expended gone.
  Tears that filled my bong,
  Years expended gone.
  
  Check my brain (x3)
  

  Flag KrawlingKhaoson November 04, 2009   Link

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