Chris Cornell's lyrics never make sense. He's said multiple times in multiple interviews that he has a general feeling for a song, and then he picks words that fit that meeting and sound cool when he sings them. Just look at blackhole sun, or worse, any of his audioslave stuff. It's intelligible gibberish that rymes. Which is fine, but trying to find meaning in chris cornell lyrics is just a exorcise in futility.
What are you talking about? The character he's singing as shot and killed his love and hid her body in the riverbed. It's pretty straightforward in this case.
What are you talking about? The character he's singing as shot and killed his love and hid her body in the riverbed. It's pretty straightforward in this case.
What are you talking about? The character he's singing as shot and killed his love and hid her body in the riverbed. It's pretty straightforward in this case.
What are you talking about? The character he's singing as shot and killed his love and hid her body in the riverbed. It's pretty straightforward in this case.
@charliemopps He's also said in an interview that most his lyrics are existential based. He sings a lot about the pain of just existing, and if you don't understand that, then you really haven't took much of a look inside. Just because you think they're gibberish don't mean they are...take for example "like a stone" or "i am the highway" in audioslave. Like a stone is about all of the people around him dying while he's still alive (he said so himself) and I am the highway is like every man's ambition for others to believe and see himself as...
@charliemopps He's also said in an interview that most his lyrics are existential based. He sings a lot about the pain of just existing, and if you don't understand that, then you really haven't took much of a look inside. Just because you think they're gibberish don't mean they are...take for example "like a stone" or "i am the highway" in audioslave. Like a stone is about all of the people around him dying while he's still alive (he said so himself) and I am the highway is like every man's ambition for others to believe and see himself as God, the "I am" in man (well maybe not every man...just most). Black hole sun...is the wish to take away all of the bullshit, all of the subtle want and can't have, all of that which is life but for that which one doesn't have the courage to take his own life, wishing the world would just end, and wash away the pain. I personally think there's meaning in all his lyrics, but maybe not everyone can relate.
Burden in my hand the way I take it is, He hurts everyone and only the people he loves the most, yet he's trying to convince that he's right in doing so...though he knows somewhere that he's wrong. Deep shit, not gibberish, but to each his own.
Freaking hilarious.
Why?
Because this is one of Chris Cornell's most straight-forward tunes. It is about what it sounds like it's about.
And you still don't get it and call it gibberish.
And people agree with you.
Extremely funny in a tragic sort of way.
Freaking hilarious.
Why?
Because this is one of Chris Cornell's most straight-forward tunes. It is about what it sounds like it's about.
And you still don't get it and call it gibberish.
And people agree with you.
Extremely funny in a tragic sort of way.
@charliemopps
LOL- Slow down, Tex.
Lad,
Since you're a fan of Wikipedia read the page about this song. If you aren't familiar with the song "Hey Joe" listen to Jimi Hendrix's version.
THEN- Look into Freud quotes:
"Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar", Charlie.
Yes, Chris, like many songwriters, often crafts his songs based on lyrical imagery or aesthetic resonance - Jon Anderson (Yes), Peter Sinfield (Emerson, Lake and Palmer) and Prince are just a few others- and there IS plenty of that going on here. However- That's not "gibberish". WRONG word.
But there is also a straight-forward story: Guy kills girlfriend. Looks for a way...
@charliemopps
LOL- Slow down, Tex.
Lad,
Since you're a fan of Wikipedia read the page about this song. If you aren't familiar with the song "Hey Joe" listen to Jimi Hendrix's version.
THEN- Look into Freud quotes:
"Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar", Charlie.
Yes, Chris, like many songwriters, often crafts his songs based on lyrical imagery or aesthetic resonance - Jon Anderson (Yes), Peter Sinfield (Emerson, Lake and Palmer) and Prince are just a few others- and there IS plenty of that going on here. However- That's not "gibberish". WRONG word.
But there is also a straight-forward story: Guy kills girlfriend. Looks for a way to rationalize or explain it away. The end.
Charlie- This is NOT "Black Hole Sun", or "4th of July".
It's far closer to "Call Me A Dog", which is a song about a guy trying to talk things out with a judgmental girl(friend).
Chris Cornell's lyrics never make sense. He's said multiple times in multiple interviews that he has a general feeling for a song, and then he picks words that fit that meeting and sound cool when he sings them. Just look at blackhole sun, or worse, any of his audioslave stuff. It's intelligible gibberish that rymes. Which is fine, but trying to find meaning in chris cornell lyrics is just a exorcise in futility.
What are you talking about? The character he's singing as shot and killed his love and hid her body in the riverbed. It's pretty straightforward in this case.
What are you talking about? The character he's singing as shot and killed his love and hid her body in the riverbed. It's pretty straightforward in this case.
What are you talking about? The character he's singing as shot and killed his love and hid her body in the riverbed. It's pretty straightforward in this case.
What are you talking about? The character he's singing as shot and killed his love and hid her body in the riverbed. It's pretty straightforward in this case.
@charliemopps He's also said in an interview that most his lyrics are existential based. He sings a lot about the pain of just existing, and if you don't understand that, then you really haven't took much of a look inside. Just because you think they're gibberish don't mean they are...take for example "like a stone" or "i am the highway" in audioslave. Like a stone is about all of the people around him dying while he's still alive (he said so himself) and I am the highway is like every man's ambition for others to believe and see himself as...
@charliemopps He's also said in an interview that most his lyrics are existential based. He sings a lot about the pain of just existing, and if you don't understand that, then you really haven't took much of a look inside. Just because you think they're gibberish don't mean they are...take for example "like a stone" or "i am the highway" in audioslave. Like a stone is about all of the people around him dying while he's still alive (he said so himself) and I am the highway is like every man's ambition for others to believe and see himself as God, the "I am" in man (well maybe not every man...just most). Black hole sun...is the wish to take away all of the bullshit, all of the subtle want and can't have, all of that which is life but for that which one doesn't have the courage to take his own life, wishing the world would just end, and wash away the pain. I personally think there's meaning in all his lyrics, but maybe not everyone can relate.
Burden in my hand the way I take it is, He hurts everyone and only the people he loves the most, yet he's trying to convince that he's right in doing so...though he knows somewhere that he's wrong. Deep shit, not gibberish, but to each his own.
Freaking hilarious. Why? Because this is one of Chris Cornell's most straight-forward tunes. It is about what it sounds like it's about. And you still don't get it and call it gibberish. And people agree with you. Extremely funny in a tragic sort of way.
Freaking hilarious. Why? Because this is one of Chris Cornell's most straight-forward tunes. It is about what it sounds like it's about. And you still don't get it and call it gibberish. And people agree with you. Extremely funny in a tragic sort of way.
@BurningOldSage Read his own words dumbass: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hole_Sun
@BurningOldSage Read his own words dumbass: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hole_Sun
@charliemopps LOL- Slow down, Tex. Lad, Since you're a fan of Wikipedia read the page about this song. If you aren't familiar with the song "Hey Joe" listen to Jimi Hendrix's version. THEN- Look into Freud quotes: "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar", Charlie. Yes, Chris, like many songwriters, often crafts his songs based on lyrical imagery or aesthetic resonance - Jon Anderson (Yes), Peter Sinfield (Emerson, Lake and Palmer) and Prince are just a few others- and there IS plenty of that going on here. However- That's not "gibberish". WRONG word. But there is also a straight-forward story: Guy kills girlfriend. Looks for a way...
@charliemopps LOL- Slow down, Tex. Lad, Since you're a fan of Wikipedia read the page about this song. If you aren't familiar with the song "Hey Joe" listen to Jimi Hendrix's version. THEN- Look into Freud quotes: "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar", Charlie. Yes, Chris, like many songwriters, often crafts his songs based on lyrical imagery or aesthetic resonance - Jon Anderson (Yes), Peter Sinfield (Emerson, Lake and Palmer) and Prince are just a few others- and there IS plenty of that going on here. However- That's not "gibberish". WRONG word. But there is also a straight-forward story: Guy kills girlfriend. Looks for a way to rationalize or explain it away. The end. Charlie- This is NOT "Black Hole Sun", or "4th of July". It's far closer to "Call Me A Dog", which is a song about a guy trying to talk things out with a judgmental girl(friend).