Thursday, April 19, 2007

This day in music history.

April 19, 2002, The body of Layne Staley (singer from the band Alice In Chains) is found by his mother. Staley had been missing for two weeks but he was found at his Seattle apartment. Layne had suffered from a heroin addiction for many years, his body was found on the couch surrounded by drug paraphernalia. The medical examiner's office eventually concluded that he had died from an overdose of cocaine and heroin and that he had died on April 5th, the anniversary of his friend Kurt Cobain's death. During an interview Staley once said "Drugs are not the way to the light. They won't lead to a fairy-tale life, they lead to suffering."
Angry Chair by Alice In Chains
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 gray
All that I want is to play
Get on your knees, time to pray,
boy
I don't mind, yeah
I don't mind,
i-i-i
I don't mind, yeah,
I don't mind,
i-i-i
Lost my mind, yeah
But I don't mind,
i-i-i
Cant find it anywhere
I don't mind
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
Pink cloud has now turned to gray
All that I want is to play
Get on your knees
time to pray