Hey Ah Na Na
Innocence is over
Hey Ah Na Na
Over
Hey Ah Na Na
Ignorance is spoken
Hey Ah Na Na
Spoken
Hey Ah Na Na
Confidence is broken
Hey Ah Na Na
Broken
Hey Ah Na Na
Sustenance is stolen
Hey Ah Na Na
Stolen
Hey Ah Na Na
Arrogance is potent
Hey Ah Na Na
Potent, yeah
What I see is unreal
I've written my own part
Eat of the apple, so young
I'm crawling back to start
Hey Ah Na Na
I repent tomorrow
Hey Ah Na Na
Tomorrow
Hey Ah Na Na
I suspend my sorrow
Hey Ah Na Na
Sorrow, yeah
What I see is unreal
I've written my own part
Eat of the apple, so young
I'm crawling back to start
Hey Ah Na Na
A romance is fallen
Hey Ah Na Na
Fallen
Hey Ah Na Na
Recommend you borrow
Hey Ah Na Na
Borrow, yeah
What I see is unreal
I've written my own part
Eat of the apple, so young
I'm crawling back to start
Hey Ah Na Na [4x]
Alice In Chains - Jar Of Flies Album Lyrics
Alice In Chains - Jar Of Flies Lyrics
Writer: LAYNE STALEY, MICHAEL INEZ, JERRY CANTRELL
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Nutshell
We chase misprinted lies
We face the path of time
And yet I fight
And yet I fight
This battle all alone
No one to cry to
No place to call home
Oooh...Oooh...
Oooh...Oooh...
My gift of self is raped
My privacy is raked
And yet I find
And yet I find
Repeating in my head
If I can't be my own
I'd feel better dead
Oooh...Oooh...
Oooh...Oooh...
We face the path of time
And yet I fight
And yet I fight
This battle all alone
No one to cry to
No place to call home
Oooh...Oooh...
Oooh...Oooh...
My gift of self is raped
My privacy is raked
And yet I find
And yet I find
Repeating in my head
If I can't be my own
I'd feel better dead
Oooh...Oooh...
Oooh...Oooh...
Writer: Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley, Michael Inez, Sean Kinney
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
I Stay Away
Yeah, hey
I want to travel south this year
I won't
Won't prevent safe passage here
Why you act crazy?
Not an act, maybe
So close, a lady
Shifty eyes, shady
Yeah, hey, yeah
Tears that soak a callous heart
Why you act frightened?
I am enlightened
Your weakness builds me
So someday you'll see
I stay away
Why you act crazy?
Not an act, maybe
So close, a lady
Shifty eyes, shady
I stay away
I stay away
I stay away
I stay away
I want to travel south this year
I won't
Won't prevent safe passage here
Why you act crazy?
Not an act, maybe
So close, a lady
Shifty eyes, shady
Yeah, hey, yeah
Tears that soak a callous heart
Why you act frightened?
I am enlightened
Your weakness builds me
So someday you'll see
I stay away
Why you act crazy?
Not an act, maybe
So close, a lady
Shifty eyes, shady
I stay away
I stay away
I stay away
I stay away
Writer: Layne Staley, Michael Inez, Jerry Cantrell
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
No Excuses
It's alright
There comes a time
Got no patience to search
For peace of mind
Layin' low
Want to take it slow
No more hiding or
Disguising truths I've sold
Everyday it's something
Hits me all so cold
Find me sittin' by myself
No excuses, then I know
It's okay
Had a bad day
Hands are bruised from
Breaking rocks all day
Drained and blue
I bleed for you
You think it's funny, well
You're drowning in it too
Everyday it's something
Hits me all so cold
Find me sittin' by myself
No excuses, then I know
Yeah, it's fine
We'll walk down the line
Leave our rain, a cold
Trade for warm sunshine
You my friend
I will defend
And if we change, well I
Love you anyway
Everyday it's something
Hits me all so cold
Find me sittin' by myself
No excuses, then I know
There comes a time
Got no patience to search
For peace of mind
Layin' low
Want to take it slow
No more hiding or
Disguising truths I've sold
Everyday it's something
Hits me all so cold
Find me sittin' by myself
No excuses, then I know
It's okay
Had a bad day
Hands are bruised from
Breaking rocks all day
Drained and blue
I bleed for you
You think it's funny, well
You're drowning in it too
Everyday it's something
Hits me all so cold
Find me sittin' by myself
No excuses, then I know
Yeah, it's fine
We'll walk down the line
Leave our rain, a cold
Trade for warm sunshine
You my friend
I will defend
And if we change, well I
Love you anyway
Everyday it's something
Hits me all so cold
Find me sittin' by myself
No excuses, then I know
Writer: JERRY CANTRELL
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Dont Follow
Hey, I ain't never coming home
Hey, I'll just wander my own road
Hey, I can't meet you here tomorrow
Say goodbye don't follow
Misery so hollow
Hey you, you're livin' life full throttle
Hey you, pass me down that bottle, yeah
Hey you, you can't shake me round now
I get so lost and don't know how, yeah
And it hurts to care, I'm going down
Forgot my woman, lost my friends
Things I'd done and where I've been
Sleep in sweat the mirrors cold
See my face it's growin' old
Scared to death no reason why
Do whatever to get me by
Think about the things I said
Read the page it's cold and dead
Take me home [5x]
Say goodbye Don't follow
Hey, I'll just wander my own road
Hey, I can't meet you here tomorrow
Say goodbye don't follow
Misery so hollow
Hey you, you're livin' life full throttle
Hey you, pass me down that bottle, yeah
Hey you, you can't shake me round now
I get so lost and don't know how, yeah
And it hurts to care, I'm going down
Forgot my woman, lost my friends
Things I'd done and where I've been
Sleep in sweat the mirrors cold
See my face it's growin' old
Scared to death no reason why
Do whatever to get me by
Think about the things I said
Read the page it's cold and dead
Take me home [5x]
Say goodbye Don't follow
Writer: JERRY CANTRELL
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Swing On This
Mother said come home
Father said come home
Sisters said come home
So my friends said come home
And I said
Let me be, I'm alright
Can't you see, I'm just fine
Little skinny, okay
I'm asleep anyway
Then I heard a voice
Said son you have a choice
I then slapped my face
Let me be, I'm okay
I'm awake anyway
It's too bright over here
I can shift, cannot steer
So I drive them away
For a while, then I stay
Little skinny, okay
I'm awake anyway
Now I have to go home
Do as, when in Rome
Let me be, I'm alright
Can't you see I'm just fine
Little skinny, okay
I'm asleep anyway
Let me be, I'm okay
I'm awake anyway
Toby's still laughing
It sounds f*ckin' pretty good
I'm laughing. That's tight as shit, what are you talkin' about?
Father said come home
Sisters said come home
So my friends said come home
And I said
Let me be, I'm alright
Can't you see, I'm just fine
Little skinny, okay
I'm asleep anyway
Then I heard a voice
Said son you have a choice
I then slapped my face
Let me be, I'm okay
I'm awake anyway
It's too bright over here
I can shift, cannot steer
So I drive them away
For a while, then I stay
Little skinny, okay
I'm awake anyway
Now I have to go home
Do as, when in Rome
Let me be, I'm alright
Can't you see I'm just fine
Little skinny, okay
I'm asleep anyway
Let me be, I'm okay
I'm awake anyway
Toby's still laughing
It sounds f*ckin' pretty good
I'm laughing. That's tight as shit, what are you talkin' about?
Writer: LAYNE STALEY, MICHAEL INEZ, SEAN KINNEY, JERRY CANTRELL
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Jar of Flies is the third studio EP by American rock band Alice in Chains. It was released on January 25, 1994, by Columbia Records. The band's second acoustic EP, after 1992's Sap, it was the first EP in music history to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, with the first week sales exceeding 141,000 copies in the United States.
The self-produced record was written and recorded over the course of just one week at the London Bridge Studio in Seattle. The tracks "No Excuses", "I Stay Away" and "Don't Follow" were released as singles to promote the EP. Jar of Flies was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 1995: Best Recording Package and Best Hard Rock Performance for "I Stay Away".
The EP was well received by critics and has been certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), making Jar of Flies one of the band's most successful releases. In Canada, Jar of Flies was certified double platinum for sales of 200,000 copies. In the United Kingdom, the album was certified silver after selling 60,000 copies there.
Performed By:
Alice In ChainsThe self-produced record was written and recorded over the course of just one week at the London Bridge Studio in Seattle. The tracks "No Excuses", "I Stay Away" and "Don't Follow" were released as singles to promote the EP. Jar of Flies was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 1995: Best Recording Package and Best Hard Rock Performance for "I Stay Away".
The EP was well received by critics and has been certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), making Jar of Flies one of the band's most successful releases. In Canada, Jar of Flies was certified double platinum for sales of 200,000 copies. In the United Kingdom, the album was certified silver after selling 60,000 copies there.
Genre(s): Acoustic rock, grunge, hard rock
Producer(s): Alice in Chains
Length: 30:49
Released: January 25th, 1994
Year: 1994