Unpluggedp l a t i n u m c h a i n s
The "Unplugged" album was certified platinum as of
September 19th 1996, with sales of over 1,000,000 copies!
Alice In Chains performed for MTV Unplugged at the
Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York April 10th 1996.
Song list + comments by people who attented the show!
The album was released on July 30th.
Check out the Unchained interview with
Jerry Cantrell
(This page also contains four AIC Unplugged pictures)
Layne and Sean at the Unplugged show:
"This is the best show we've done in three years." - Layne
"This is the only show we've done in three years!" - Sean
Alice in Chains Unplugged has been released on VIDEO October 8th 1996
Nutshell
Lyrics by Layne Staley
Written by Mike Inez, Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney
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...
Brother
Music & lyrics by Jerry Cantrell
Frozen in the place I hide Not afraid to paint my sky With some who say I've lost my mind Brother, try and hope to find... You, were always so far away I know that pain So don't you run away like you used to do Roses in a vase of white Bloodied by the thorns Beside the leaves that fall because my hand is Pulling them hard as I can You, were always so far away I know that pain And I won't run away like I used to do Pictures in a box at home Yellowing and green with mold So I can barely see your face Wonder how that color taste You, were always so far away I know the way So don't you run away like you used to do
Layne: Thanks. We've been waiting a long time to play this show, and huh, I'd like to thank you all for coming out to see us, it means a lot to us. We're gonna have a good time, play some good songs for you. This song is called No Excuses.
No Excuses
Lyrics & music by Jerry Cantrell
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
Layne: Okay, now we're going to break to an LL Cool J video, so... [ short Enter Sandman intro by Metallica ]
Sludge Factory
Lyrics by Layne Staley
Music by Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney
You insult me in my home You're forgiven this time Things go well, your eyes dilate You shake, and I'm high? Look in my eyes deep and watch The clouds change with time 20 hours won't print My picture milk carton size Carton size Carton size Call me up congratulations Ain't the real why There's no pressure besides brilliance Let's say by day 9 [Endless] corporate ignorance lets Me control time By the way, by the way Once again you see an in Discolored skin gives you away So afraid you kindly gurgle out a date For me Now the body of one soul I adore wants to die You have always told me you'd Not live past 25 I say stay long enough to repay All who caused strife Once again you see an in Discolored skin gives you away So afraid you kindly gurgle out a date For me
Layne: This is called Down In A Hole...
Down In A Hole
Written by Jerry Cantrell
Bury me softly in this womb I give this part of me for you Sand rains down and here I sit Holding rare flowers in a tomb...in bloom Down in a hole and I don't know if I can be saved See my heart I decorate it like a grave You don't understand who they thought I was supposed to be Look at me now a man who won't let himself be Down in a hole, losin' my soul Down in a hole, losin' control I'd like to fly, but my wings have been so denied Down in a hole and they've put all the stones in their place I've eaten the sun so my tongue has been burned of the taste I have been guilty of kicking myself in the teeth I will speak no more of my feelings beneath Down in a hole, losin' my soul Down in a hole, losin' control I'd like to fly, but my wings have been so denied Oh I want to be inside of you Down in a hole, losin' my soul Down in a hole, feelin' so small Down in a hole, losin' my soul Down in a hole, out of control I'd like to fly but my wings have been so denied
Angry Chair
Written by Layne Staley
Sitting on an angry chair Angry walls that steal the air Stomach hurts and I don't care What do I see across the way See myself molded in clay Stares at me, yeah I'm afraid Changing the shape of his face Candles red I have a pair Shadows dancing everywhere Burning on the angry chair Little boy made a mistake Pink cloud has now turned to grey All that I want is to play Get on your knees, time to pray boy I don't mind, yeah I don't mind, yeah Lost my mind, yeah Can't find it anywhere Corporate prison, we stay I'm a dull boy, work all day So I'm strung out anyway Loneliness is not a phase Field of pain is where I graze Serenity is far away Saw my reflection and cried So little hope that I died Feed me your lies, open wide Weight of my heart, not the size I don't mind, yeah I don't mind, yeah Lost my mind, yeah Can't find it anywhere Pink cloud has now turned to gray All that I want is to play Get on your knees time to pray
Rooster
Written by Jerry Cantrell
Ain't found a way to kill me yet Eyes burn with stinging sweat Seems every path leads me to nowhere Wife and kids household pet Army green was no safe bet The bullets scream to me from somewhere Here they come to snuff the rooster Yeah here come the rooster You know he ain't gonna die Walkin' tall machine gun man They spit on me in my home land Gloria sent me pictures of my boy Got my pills 'gainst mosquito death My buddy's breathin' his dyin' breath Oh God please won't you help me make it through
Got Me Wrong
Music & lyrics by Jerry Cantrell
Yeah it goes away All of this and more of nothing in my life No colored clay Individuality not safe As of now I bet you've got me wrong So unsure you run from something strong I can't let go Threadbare tapestry unwinding slow Feel a tortured brain Show your belly like you want me too As of now I bet you've got me wrong So unsure we reach for something strong I haven't felt like this in so long Wrong, in a sense too far gone from love That don't last forever Something's got to turn out right You sugar taste Sweetness doesn't often touch my face Stay if you please You may not be here when I leave
Thank you. We've got a friend of ours today, Mr. Scotty Olson on guitar.
Heaven Beside You
Lyrics by Jerry Cantrell
Music by Jerry Cantrell, Mike Inez
Be what you wanna be See what you came to see Been what you wanna be I don't like what I see Like the coldest winter chill Heaven beside you ...Hell within Like the coldest winter chill Heaven beside you ...Hell within Like the coldest winter will Put heaven beside you Hell within And you think you have it still, heaven inside you So there's problems in your life That's fucked up And I'm not blind I'm just see-through Faded Super jaded And out of my mind Do what you wanna do Go out and seek your truth When I'm down and blue Rather be me than you Like the coldest winter chill Heaven beside you ...Hell within Like the coldest winter chill Heaven beside you ...Hell within Like the coldest winter will Heaven beside you ...Hell within And you wish you had it still, heaven inside you So there's problems in your life That's fucked up But I'm not blind I'm just see-through Faded Super jaded Out of my mind Like the coldest winter chill Heaven beside you ...Hell within Like the coldest winter chill Heaven beside you ...Hell within Like the coldest winter will Heaven beside you ...Hell within And you know you have it still, heaven inside you So there's problems in your life That's fucked up But you're not blind You're just see-through Faded Overrated And out of your mind
Layne: I would have to say that this is the best show we've done in three years.
Sean: Layne, it's the only one!
Layne: Huh! Well it's still the best!
Would?
Lyrics by Jerry Cantrell
Know me broken by my master Teach thee on child of love hereafter Into the flood again Same old trip it was back then So I made a big mistake Try to see it once my way Drifting body its sole desertion Flying not yet quite the notion Am I wrong? Have I run too far to get home Have I gone? And left you here alone If I would, could you?
Frogs
Lyrics by Layne Staley
Music by Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney, Mike Inez
What does friend mean to you? A word so wrongfully abused Are you like me, confused All included but you Alone... The sounds of silence often soothe Shapes and colors shift with mood Pupils widen and change their hue Rapid brown avoid clear blue Why's it have to be this way Be this way Flowers watched through wide brown eyes A child sings an unclaimed tune Innocence spins cold cocoon Grow to see the pain too soon
Jerry: Somebody's filming my ass, it's getting hot!
Over Now
Lyrics by Jerry Cantrell
Music by Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney
Yeah, it's over now But I can breathe somehow When it's all worn out I'd rather go without You know it's been on my mind Could you stand right here Look me straight in the eye and say That it's over now We pay our debt sometime Well it's over now Yet I can see somehow When it's all gone wrong It's hard to be so strong We pay our debt sometime Guess it's over now I seem alive somehow When it's out of sight Just wait and do your time You know it's been on my mind Could I stand right here Look myself in the eye, and say That it's over now We pay our debt sometime
Layne: Thanks. I think that's it.
Crowd: No! No!
A guy: Booooh!
Layne: Hey fuck you man!
Crowd: Laughs, noise. Be good! Good boys.
Layne: Okay, one more!
Jerry: This is huh, something we were screwing around with at soundchecks, we're
gonna just give it another shot here, try this out, see how it sounds.
Goes something like this, wrote a song about it, wanna hear it? Here it goes!
"That senator don't love no drug program, he been a dopehead for thirty years... There ya go... The senator don't like no women, he prefers young boys in leather..."
Jerry: It's called The Killer Is Me
The Killer Is Me
New song! By Jerry Cantrell
This track is incorrectly listed as "Killer Is Me" on the album,
this is a misprint (it should read The Killer Is Me).
Don't need a gun Pointed at me No need to run The killer is me The killer is me So the sun Shines upon me I'm havin' fun The killer is me Insane the mind In the name of me Can't find the time To let things be Insane the mind In the name of me Can't find the time To let things be Let things be Oh yeah... Can I start over Oh yeah... Can I start over And get over it So the sun Shines upon me I'm havin' fun The killer is me The killer is me The killer is me Oh yeah... Can I start over Oh yeah... Can I start over And get over it Let things be
Jerry: Thanks, that was really fun!
Layne: I wish I could just hug you all! But I'm not gonna.