About Kurt Cobain's death, I was jealous of him: He had succeeded at suicide, me not. We were the same age, same artists, same addiction, same look with the blond hair even... I felt I related deeply to his lyrics and his tragic story. We'd start the show with this often, I had a gun in my hand for that song...
lyrics
BLINDED BY THE PAIN
Why did you have to kill yourself?
We still want you around
We heard what you had to say
and we wanted to hear more from you
Pretty stuf is so ugly when you're in pain
Even Frances saw with her baby eyes
All the pain and the shame,
and the sickness and the blame
We all cared for you but you didn't help yourself
I forgive you and I understand
what it's like to be
Blinded by the pain, numbed by the rain
Blinded by the pain, numbed by the rain
Blinded by the pain, numbed by the rain
Why did you have to kiss your death?
what did you hope to find there?
Is your ghost stil screwin' around
Waiting for an answer
Pretty stuff is so ugly when you're in pain
Maybe you saw in your baby's eyes
Daddy, daddy's lost in limbo
We all loved you but you didn't love yourself
I know
what it's like to be
Blinded by the pain, numbed by the rain
Blinded by the pain, numbed by the rain
Blinded by the pain, numbed by the rain
Blinded by the pain, numbed by the rain
Blinded by the pain, numbed by the rain
Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!
credits
from TALAMASCA - Sodom & Gomorrah,
released September 1, 1994
Word and Music by Chriss Lee (Eloha)
Produced by: Chriss Lee (Eloha)
Engineered by: Louis Boisvert
Recorded at: Studio 408, Montreal (June 1-7, 1994)
Photography: Jennifer Ansell
MotherHouse Records, 1994
Chriss Lee (Eloha): Vocals, Bass, Drum programming
Ophelia: Guitar, Back vocals
Morgana: Vocals
Canadian singer and founder of Montreal heavy metal sensation INSANE (1985-'89), Montreal bloody gothic hard rock vampire
stalkers TALAMASCA (1993-'99), Toronto diamond hard rockers
THE SEVENATE (2005-'13), then went solo after a move to Paris with
ELOHA & THE VELVETTES (2013-'14) and finally founded diamond rock aliens of
ELEV8 (2017- present)......more