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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Alice In Chains
Performer
Layne Staley
Vocals
Jerry Cantrell
Guitar
Sean Kinney
Drums
Mike Inez
Bass Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Layne Staley
Songwriter
Jerry Cantrell
Songwriter
Sean Kinney
Songwriter
Mike Inez
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Alice In Chains
Producer
Toby Wright
Producer
Sam Hofstedt
Assistant Engineer
John Seymour
Mixing Engineer
Stephen Marcussen
Mastering Engineer
Tom Nellen
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
What does friend mean to you?
A word so wrongfully abused
Are you like me, confused?
All included, but you
Alone
[Verse 2]
The sounds of silence often soothe
Shapes and colors shift with mood
Pupils widen, change their hue
Rapid brown, avoid clear blue
[Verse 3]
Why's it have to be this way?
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
[Verse 4]
Flowers watched through wide eyes bloom
A child sings an unclaimed tune
Innocence spins cold cocoon
Grow to see the pain too soon
[Verse 5]
Why's it have to be this way?
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
Be this way
[Verse 6]
At 7 a.m. on a Tuesday, usual August
Next week, I'll be 28
I'm still young, it'll be me
Off the wall, I scrape you
I can't wake, I gotta wake
To cause this wake, I gotta wake no more
It causes wake, to drown this hate
To never really stay, never will
You take your plate
Put me through heaven, and direct your fate
You say I can do it so well
Your expiration date
Your expiration date
Fate, date, expiration
Date
This was the last time, hate
And don't fuck with me again
My own clean slate
Don't fuck with me again
Makes your eyes dilate
Makes you shake, irate
Written by: Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley, Mike Inez, Sean Kinney