Chris Cornell: as 20 melhores letras do cantor

Chris Cornell foi um dos mais prolíficos compositores do rock moderno, escrevendo clássicos com SOUNDGARDEN, AUDIOSLAVE, TEMPLE OF THE DOG e para sua carreira solo, por um período de três décadas. Embora o SOUNDGARDEN tenha sido o mais bem sucedido dos projetos de Cornell, suas contribuições líricas mais incríveis foram distribuídas uniformemente ao longo de sua discografia. O site Loudwire então elaborou uma lista com as 20 melhores letras escritas por Cornell, sem ordem de classificação. Confira abaixo.

"FELL ON BLACK DAYS"
"So don't you lock up / Something that you / Wanted to see fly / Hands are for shaking / No not tying" (do álbum "Superunknown", SOUNDGARDEN)

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"BLACK HOLE SUN"
"In my eyes, indisposed / In disguises no one knows / Hides the face, lies the snake / The sun in my disgrace" (do álbum "Superunknown", SOUNDGARDEN)

"MY WAVE"
"Don't come over here / And piss on my gate / Save it just keep it / Off my wave" (do álbum "Superunknown", SOUNDGARDEN)

"OUTSHINED"
"I'm looking California and feeling Minnesota" (do álbum "Badmotorfinger", SOUNDGARDEN)

"BEYOND THE WHEEL"
"Far beyond the wheel / It steers your life around / We're driving flesh and blood / Deep into the ground, ground" (do álbum "Ultramega OK", SOUNDGARDEN)

"RUSTY CAGE"
"You wired me awake / And hit me with a hand of broken nails / You tied my lead and pulled my chain / To watch my blood begin to boil" (do álbum "Badmotorfinger", SOUNDGARDEN)

"JESUS CHRIST POSE"
"And you stare at me / In your Jesus Christ pose / Arms held out / Like you've been carrying a load / And you swear to me / You don't want to be my slave / But you're staring at me / Like I need to be saved" (do álbum 'Badmotorfinger', SOUNDGARDEN)

"BE YOURSELF"
"To be yourself is all that you can do" (do álbum "Out of Exile", AUDIOSLAVE)

"SHOW ME HOW TO LIVE"
"Is this a cure, or this a disease?" (do álbum "Audioslave", AUDIOSLAVE)

"I AM THE HIGHWAY"
"I am not your rolling wheels / I am the highway / I am not your carpet ride / I am the sky / I am not your blowing wind / I am the lightning" (do álbum "Audioslave", AUDIOSLAVE)

"OUT OF EXILE"
"But the hours grew so empty / And the ocean sent her waves / In the figure of a women / She pulled me out to sea" (do álbum "Out of Exile", AUDIOSLAVE)

"COCHISE"
"Well, I've been watching / While you've been coughing / I've been drinking life / While you've been nauseous / And so I drink to health / While you kill yourself" (do álbum "Audioslave", AUDIOSLAVE)

"YOU KNOW MY NAME"
"I've seen angels fall from blinding heights / But you yourself are nothing so divine / Just next in line" (da trilha sonora de "Casino Royale")

"SUNSHOWER"
"Though your garden’s gray / I know all your graces / Someday will flower / In a sweet sunshower" (do álbum "Euphoria Mourning", CHRIS CORNELL)

"HUNGER STRIKE"
"I don't mind stealing bread / From the mouth of decadence / But I can't feed on the powerless / When my cup's already over-filled / But it's on the table" (do álbum "Temple of the Dog", TEMPLE OF THE DOG)

"LIKE A STONE"
"In your house, I long to be / Room by room patiently / I'll wait for you there / Like a stone" (do álbum "Audioslave", AUDIOSLAVE)

"BURDEN IN MY HAND"
"Follow me into the desert / As thirsty as you are / Crack a smile and cut your mouth / And drown in alcohol" (do álbum "Down on the Upside", SOUNDGARDEN)

"MIND RIOT"
"I was slipping through the cracks / Of a stolen jewel / I was tightrope / Walking in two ton shoes" (do álbum "Badmotorfinger", SOUNDGARDEN)

"NEARLY FORGOT MY BROKEN HEART"
"Every time I stare into the sun/ Trying to find a reason to go on / All I ever get is burned and blind / Until the sky bleeds the pouring rain" (do álbum "Higher Truth", CHRIS CORNELL)

"ZERO CHANCE"
"Why doesn't anyone believe in loneliness / Stand up and everyone will see your holiness" (do álbum "Down on the Upside", SOUNDGARDEN)