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Facelift is the debut studio album by the American rock band Alice in Chains. The album was released on August 21, 1990.

1 WE DIE YOUNG
Scary's on the wall Scary's on the wall Watch where you spit I'd advise you wait until it's over Then you got hit And you shoulda known better And we die young Faster we run Down, down, down you're rollin' Watch the blood float in the muddy sewer Take another hit And bury your brother Scary's on the wall Scary's on the wall Another alley trip Bullet seek the place to bend you over Then you got hit And you shoulda known better


2 MAN IN THE BOX
I'm the man in the box Buried in my shit Won't you come and save me, save me Feed my eyes, can you sew them shut? Jesus Christ, deny your maker He who tries, will be wasted Feed my eyes now you've sewn them shut I'm the dog who gets beat Shove my nose in shit Won't you come and save me, save me


3 SEA OF SORROW
Mind, of destructive taste I choose...to stroll amongst the waste That was your heart
Lost in the dark Call off the chase Walls of thought, strong and high As my castle crumbles with time... I think of you Oh, yes I do Such a crime You opened fire...and your mark was true You opened fire...aim my smilin' skull at you You opened fire... I live tomorrow, you I'll not follow As you wallow in a sea of sorrow Lines cut across my face Why you laugh at my disgrace I'll never know How far to go To reach that place


4 BLEED THE FREAK
My cup runnet over Like blood from a stone These stand for me Name your god and bleed the freak I like to see How you all would bleed for me When the pig runs slower Let the arrow fly When the sin lies bolder I'll pluck out thine eye If you scorn my lover Satan got your thigh If you steal in hunger I will kick you when you try


5 I CAN'T REMEMBER
I Can't Remember Turn around you say 'Scuse the 'tude but I haven't eaten today And my eyes are turning grey What's your name? I can't remember...I can't remember Bring me down you try Feel the pain and keep it all in till you die Without eyes you cannot cry Who's to blame? Remember identity, the visions in my mind from Screamin' at me And mama, mama, ooh...my angry brains of infancy Knocked down but I have enough hate to breathe, down your throat and steal your energy You took everyting but my will to be Now the loss of your god won't make me bleed I am alive Love, Hate, Love


6 LOVE HATE LOVE
I tried to love you I thought I could I tried to own you I thought I would I want to peel the skin from your face Before the real you lays to waste You told me I'm the only one Sweet little angel you should have run Lying, crying, dying to leave Innocence creates my hell Cheating myself still you know more It would be so easy with a whore Try to understand me little girl My twisted passion to be your world Lost inside my sick head
I live for you but I'm not alive Take my hand before I kill Still love you, I still burn Love, hate, love It Ain't Like That


7 IT AIN'T LIKE THAT
There I was, laid out on a table Screamin' sweat and bare feet to the floor In my life, I'd not soften Things that cut, and burn so often But I sit, think of somethin' Scared to face, the dyin' nothin' See the cycle I've waited for It ain't like that anymore Where I go is when I feel I'm able How I fight is why I'm feelin' sore In my sight, not forgotten Feel as though, a tooth were rotten Behind the smile, a tongue that's slippin' Buzzards cry, when flesh is rippin' Here I sit writing on the paper Trying to make the words you can't ignore In my mind, what I'm lacking Score at face, a ten for slacking Sign the deal, set in motion Smaller fish, so huge the ocean


8 SUNSHINE
Am I too contagious Full of sick desire Am I that I promise Burning corpsed pyre Then some dude came down to touch the Mother Mother touched, and dude ain't here no more Am I your reflection Melting mirror smile Am I worth the value Do my love defile Then some dude came down to touch the Mother Mother touched and dude ain't here no more Ain't no day the sun don't crack Try brand some name across my back so you care? Find someone to tell you Sunshine...sweet love my labor Don't mind...I don't care no more Can you face the queston? Is my soul entire?


9 PUT YOU DOWN
Heatbreaker, feelin' alright Body over...mind It's slower, reduction is addictive too Personality overview I can see what the cost will be You know I don'T need you I just can't put you donw I can see what it all means to me Honey I don't need you I just can't put you down Hard drinker...feelin' all right Your maker...mine It's slower...reduction is addictive too Personality overview Put you down, down, down, gon put you down Put you down, down, down, gon put you down Put you down, down, down, gon put you down Put you down, down, down, gon put you down Everything you buy is for the jingle Every time you lie it's all the same And if you need a rhyme to kill the singer Shoot me dead before I may be through


10 CONFUSION
there's no time to give at all I cause yo grief and blow my hatred Further in your mind
You ureach, I run, you fall On skinned knees you crawl I want to set you free, recognize my disease Love, sex, pain, confusion, suffering You're there crying, I feel not a thing Drilling my way deeper in your head Sinking, draining, drowning, bleeding, dead So you sit and think of love I wait, hate all the more, I fall On skinned knees I crawl Now there's time to give it all I put my fears behind again On skinned knees we'll crawl


11 I KNOW SOMETHING (BOUT YOU)
Why don'T I take it all OK? I like to dig and fuck around with your day I'm gonna tell your mamma
Yeh I'm gonna blackball your name Ain't now way you'll go without me Every chance I'll make you pay On your space, in my face, I tell you I know Somethin' 'bout you, I know somethin' 'bout you In my space, on your face, I tell you I know somethin' Bout you, I know somethin' Why can't I put your words away I'd like to have more of you in my veins I'm gonna tell your papa Yeh I'm gonna try and ball your babe Your gold key don't fit my crapper Ain't got no shit today I'm gonna tell your mama Yeh I'm gonna blackball your name Ain't no way you'll go without me Every chance I'll make you pay


12 REAL THING
I messed around as a little boy I grew up, made the blade my new toy Friends said boy with what you screwin' around I said Don't concern yourselves and just Gimme another blast Yeah Under the hill, with just a few notches on my belt Taake it away, don't want no more Even if you say just one more I won't leave you alone I grew up, went into rehab You know the doctors never did me no good They said son you're gonna be a new man I said thank you very much and Can I borrow fifty bucks? 'Cause I'm goin' down the steps on a white lne Goin' down the steps on a white line Goin' down the steps on a white line Straight to nowhere (REPEAT) I messed around as a little boy I grew up, made the blade my new toy Friends said boy with what you screwin' around I said Don't concern yourselves and just Gimme another blast Yeah 'Cause I'm goin' down the steps on a white line Goin' down the steps on a white line Goin' down the steps on a white line Straight to nowhere

Layne Staley – lead vocals
Jerry Cantrell – guitars, backing vocals, talkbox on "Man in the Box"
Mike Starr – bass guitar, backing vocals on "Confusion"
Sean Kinney – drums, percussion, additional backing vocals, piano on "Sea of Sorrow"
Additional personnel
Kevin Shuss - Additional backing vocals