A Looking in View

Album: Black Gives Way to Blue (2009)
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  • Hear footsteps creak the floor
    The shadows give away
    Someone outside the door
    Won't let 'em in

    Life damaged kids to crime
    A rundown broke machine
    That steals your peace of mind
    Before you know it's gone

    Lay
    Down
    Wait

    Silence burning
    Hold your tongue
    Keep us separate
    Sullen, dumb

    Hiding in the darkness under
    Boiling to the surface
    Stumble, fall

    A looking in view too long on the outside
    Desperate plans make sense in a low life
    Ah-ah-ah
    A looking in view too long on the outside
    Desperate plans make sense in a low life
    Ah-ah-ah

    These things I hate in you
    Also reflect, it seems
    Distortion laced with spite
    Takes you out of me

    Lay
    Now
    Lay

    Hiding in the darkness under
    Boiling to the surface, somethin'
    Crawling on your skin, discomfort
    Makes you break and run, stumble, fall

    A looking in view too long on the outside
    Desperate plans make sense in a low life
    Ah-ah-ah
    A looking in view too long on the outside
    Desperate plans make sense in a low life
    Ah-ah-ah

    It's why you never tell me heaven's on your mind
    It's why you never tell me heaven's on your mind
    It's why you never tell me heaven's on your mind
    It's why you never tell me heaven's on your mind

    A looking in view too long on the outside
    Desperate plans make sense in a low life
    Ah-ah-ah
    A looking in view too long on the outside
    Desperate plans make sense in a low life
    Ah-ah-ah

    It's why you never tell me heaven's on your mind

    A vengeful mind
    Oh God (oh)
    Selfish plans, a vengeful mind
    It's all gone (oh) Writer/s: Jerry Cantrell, Michael A. Inez, Sean H. Kinney, William B. Duvall
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • Aaron from Outer SpaceAIC has moved on, obviously being they have DuVall as lead singer. There is no way they can sound like old AIC being Layne is no longer here. Although Jerry still carries the torch it is impossible in every aspect to replicate the old AIC.
  • Kenny from Remsenburg, NyLove this song, it reminds me of Bleach-era Nirvana.
  • Nobody\'s Business from Nobody\\\'s Concern, OhIm not here to start an argument i just thought if you had as much talent as aic that 14 yrs would be enough time to write some stuff like they did in the beginning. Layne has been dead for 7 yrs and they give him a 3 min song. Jerry sings more than duvall. I know jerry sang alot with layne but how am i supposed to know how good of a singer duvall is if jerry is singing everything? the songs on a looking in view are okayy but looking at the lyrics and stuff its just not the same as it was when they was with layne. RIP Layne and AIC is still the greatest band ever
  • Adam from Indy, InI first heard this song in concert at X-Fest. I wasn't sure about it at first but after listening to it another time it has since become one of my favorite AIC songs.
    As far as the comment that this song lacks emotion, yeah right. AIC still sounds great, and if anything they'll gain more fans not loose them. Several of my friends are AIC fans and none of them agree with the ill-thought out comment that "ppl are going to go back and look at your nineties work and look at the stuff aic is putting out now and it's not going to be pretty" ....ummmmm ok...
  • Nobody's Business from Nobody\'s Concern, OhThe AIC with Duvall can't come close to AIC with Layne and they should move on without Layne but plz make some music that makes sense and has emotion put into it, layne put emotion into his music and it was good but Duvall needs to prove himself just cuz you're friends wit cantrell dont mean the albums going to be good the music has to be good or aic is going to loose fans, cuz ppl are going to go back and look at your nineties work and look at the stuff aic is putting out now and its not going to be pretty
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