Song for the Deaf
Lyrics
Nobody’s coming down the hall
Nobody echoes in my head
Broken reflection outta luck
Nobody ever needed it

I got what was
I want to take what's left
Ready now

Beautiful senses are gone
Canary in a gilded cage
Singin

Sweet, soft, and low
I will poison you all
Come closer, racing to your tongue

I got what was
I want to take what's left
No talk will cure
What's lost, or save what's left
For the deaf

The blind can go get fucked
Lie beside the ditch
This halo round my neck
Has torn out every stictch

Who are you hiding
Is it safe for the deaf
Beautiful cancer
Infiltrate and forget
I saw you coming
I heard not a thing
A mistake not to listen
When I knew where you'd been

And I got what was
I want to take what's left
No talk will cure
What's lost, or save what's left
For the deaf

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Old live lyrics

Livin underground
Ear against track
Cannot trace the sound
Nerve up to my neck

Kill
Killin time
Rock
Right on the vine
Pray
Prayin head
Love
Works in name

Not love
Not for gray someone’s love

Ready now

Oh, my best words cheat
Can’t have the words from your mouth
Can’t have the words that hold us together
Cause they’re fallin all around

Jump down in
Jump down in
Try to chatter it
Nerves to the strip

Not love
If not for gray someone’s left
If not love
If not for gray someone’s left

Love again

Like to take a walk
Lie beside the ditch
This halo round my neck
Strum out every stitch

Kill
Killin time
Right
Right on vine
Pray
Prayin head
Love
Put some back

Not love
If not for gray someone’s love
If not love
If not for gray someone’s love

Killin again

Note: based on the Aug. 18, 2001 live performance
Notes
Available On: Songs for the Deaf (2002)

"The title track, "Songs for the Deaf" snakes in small and then shows you it's teeth: the bassline here is a relentless doom tether that pounds and slithers and seems to make the F train fly by at impossible speeds." - from Movie Poop Shoot's Review

Musicians:
Mark Lanegan - Vocals
Josh Homme - Guitar, vocals
Nick Oliveri - Bass
Dave Grohl - Drums


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these lyrics are official; they come from the Japanese version of Songs for the Deaf
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