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  • I can't get enough of this song... it haunts me.

  • @assdude89 Me too. I listen to it almost.....nah... *sigh* I DO listen to it too much- LOL- and I don't care, dammit. It covers so much; the death of my dad.. and many others. I'm surrounded by death. Why shouldn't I be surrounded by good music; regarding death? Fair enough trade...You know?

  • If you write and send money to the Layne Staley Foundation, chances are you will recieve a bunch of AIC schwag and memorabilia, such as the actual funeral bill served at Laynes Funeral. Nancy, Laynes mom wrote me back personally saying how much she appreciated the thoughts about her talented son, the money, and i even told her I struggled with drugs on and off. I would advise true AIC fans to write a letter. you may be surprised what you get back in the mail. This song kicks huge ass. RIP LAYNE

  • ironic how this is the last song AIC recorded with layne before he died.

  • 2 dislikes belong to the devil. live forever in heaven layne.

  • Best singer ever

    

  • classic song and brings back memories. Hit my page if your seeing this

  • haunting harmonies

  • @rockerduff1231 took the words right outta my mouth dude

  • Love my Layne and AliceNChains! Happy HollyDayz to all!!!! :)

  • For My Michael, Kathy and Greg.

  • You know what's really hard? Is listening to KICK ASS MUSIC, while the one who put it all together is DEAD. Rest in Peace, Layne, FFS!

  • Listen to the words; listen to the music...If it's not your taste, then move on...Get over it....

    My heart is dried up ..........beating slow.........." since my Dad died....and others.....So much love...going nowheres...

  • I'm still pissed off that my Dad died- therefore- I love this video and Alice in Chains. Nothing to do with Nirvana, Justin Bieber or anyone else. Geezus, people, GROW UP! Pain is real!

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  • haha you dicks who are arguing about nirvana and aic i say aic = nirvana those 2 bands are AWSOME r.i.p layne and kurt!

  • "My heart is tired of beating slow"

    what an amazing line.

  • @jimywho1 its "my heart is dried up, beating slow"

  • Rest In Paradise, Layne.

    \m/

  • the vocal harmonies on this song is just too fuckin haunting

  • Last night I dreamt someone very close to me was about to die.

    First riffs of this song started echoing in my dream.

  • aic is heavy metal, fuck the grunge

  • @iamodio

    AiC are just as much grunge as they are heavy metal.

  • Such a heavy fuckin riff.

  • gosh this song is just so sad. gives me the chills when he says '' since you died''

  • I want to personally dedicate this song and all other AiC songs about death and succumbing to drug addiction to my recently deceased alcoholic friend Michael Stockton (March 14, 1973 - July 27, 2011). Michael was a fan of major grunge bands like AiC, Nirvana, and Soundgarden, just to name a few. Rest In Peace friend, you are missed for your many appreciated attributes.

  • @philosophyismydrug I don't mean to be rude but I think I've read this before somewhere. If you loved your friend so much you would do more than copy and paste the same message all over internet.

  • @CobraKaiDojo100 Not sure what you mean captain. That comment is posted on several different videos which are in themselves different Alice in Chains songs. And there's a long story regarding some other details. This was one of the best ways I could offer a tribute, the rest is really a complex issue that can't be summed up or explained on the web, especially a YouTube page. It's just something simple and to the point. All in all its meant to reinforce the spirit of AiC's music.

  • @CobraKaiDojo100 Also, I posted that comment after the death was fairly recent. Time has passed since then and for me I'm quite used to the fact by now. I think things would be different if I were continually doing this even now, but I'm not. Things are said and done. That's really all that matters. There is one other place aside from YT I've brought this up, and I've mentioned it here because it's Alice in Chains, very relevant given how Layne died from his own afflictions.

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  • why is Layne dead?, or why is Cerati stuck in a coma? God, plz take bieber and all the dweebs and leave the good ones with us.

  • @HAT791 Perhaps the reason the good die young id because death is much better than life

  • @HAT791 U JUST HAD TO MENTION THAT FAGS NAME DIDNT U. FUCK OFF

  • @sixfeetontop fuck u dumbass.

  • great fn song

  • Freaky true story

    When i was told about Mike Starr's death, i was wearing an Alice in Chains shirt and listening to this song

  • @FutBoy182 i had a similar experience when i decided to listen to some Michael Jackson i found out he died a few hours later...i didnt know at the time.

  • This song gives you invincibility

  • @gun4hire Yes that's the spirit music is eternal! 

  • One of the most haunting songs I've ever listened to.

  • Damn! I heard this for the first time yesterday, and since then, I havent been able to get that riff out of my head! Its so fucking awsome! R.I.P Layne... Alice in chains still rocks with DuVall, but not as good since you died!

  • Iam 14 and i wish that layne was still alive so i couldve seen him in concert wouldve been sweet

  • Not trying to start nothin but, 2 that disliked are bieber fans

  • R.I.P. Layne Staley such a good soul, your missed and loved and will never be forgotten!

  • best quality

  • It's my fault for knowing what I not should have known

  • r.i.p. layne staley. not many were as real as you.

  • i feel AIC ended in the april of 2002

  • @Dave and Ramsey

    Shut the fuck up

  • Demri's death really broke him over. I thik even though they were "seperated" they were still lovers, chronologically (she died in 96') I think that was the final straw for him. Noone knows for sure, but his love for that girl was very much a curse for him.

  • is it just me or does the vocal harmonies sounds both magical and creepy at the same time?

    Cantrell and Staley = geniuses of vocal harmonies.

    AIC rules. RIP Starr and Staley

  • @ermonski Dude..couldnt agree more...creepy good no doubt

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  • God bless both Layne and Mike Starr. R.I.P.

  • This song is definitely about Demri Parrott, his dead girl friend. How sad..

  • Every video on youtube is the same thing, people arguing over things that couldn't matter less. Grow up.

  • @deathmanu I agree! You will always finde morons talking about Nirvana vs Alice, and other fucks that cant shut the fuck up about popstars. Nobody wants to see that kinda shit on every god damn video!

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  • end of story you're a she-male who likes getting pissed on, like a queer bitch plus you're oriental, so good luck in life there bitchboy, hahahaa!!! everybody piss on this sad motherfucker for daring to come on a AIC page with his faggot shit, what a sad little bitchboy

  • @DaveS12382 Yeah like theyre gonna listen to you after they read your racist post. Thats how stupid you are, your looking for sympathy but people have no sympathy for shit...especially after they read yours. Good luck dumbass, are you really that fucking stupid. Thats a rhetorical question for you.

  • @DaveS12382 AWwwww, Mommy & Daddy locking you down for the night. Yeah, thats what I thought LIGHTWEIGHT....You'll never win because I wont allow it. Keep coming back with your bitterness. It only fuels my desire to annoy you.

  • @DaveS12382 and you are reported for being a douche, enjoy!

  • Great Song

    Great Band

    Great Frontman

    R.I.P Layne Staley.

  • este es un gran tema me encanta.........

  • bit of an ironic song

  • Layne died, get born again :)

  • poor guy you can tell his girls death haunts him, but makes for some wonderful jams

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  • @rolithegreat In fact, it's about his girlfriend's death

  • @johead22 Yes my mistake, it sounded like it! I went to wiki and they said it was to God but then others said for his girl so i wasn't sure... thanks for correcting me...

  • why does dope take all the great ones....

  • @jushaw01 cause its the best fuck all else drug that makes everything else look like candy. Only snorted and smoked it myself. Never shot up anything in my life.

  • @DaveS12382 ....well you should go get about 20 stampbags...load them in one needle and shoot them all at once.....then no more comments from the i am the aic god.

  • @jexotic28 Now thats just in bad taste girl or boy. First off, disrespectful to the junkies/drug addicts plight, and second of all I've never shot up a goddamn thing in my life. So I guess you're shit out of luck. Only hope you have is if I drink myself to death which will take years, or there's the possibility of an O.D. from Benzo intoxication plus alcohol which I guess you can always hope for. Slim chance on that at the moment, Other than that, I plan on sticking around for a while kid. Sorry

  • @DaveS12382 ..........well seeing that I lost my younger brother to a heroin addiction 3 weeks ago and that I myself am an addict in recovery,the only thing I saw disrespectful is calling smack" the best fuck all drug".If you walk a mile in my shoes and by gods grace come out the other side alive and clean,I have a feeling you won't have the same idea about heroin.

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  • @jushaw01

    Because the great ones take dope.

  • Got to love that doomy guitar parts on the chorus

  • is it me or is this really weird, he wrote get born again and died the last 2 songs after he actually died ! this thought makes me feel unsafe. dont get me wrong, he is the best lead singer in my eyes ! rock on dudes and think about it..

  • love the riffs

  • he was a great artist and its sad that he is gone would be cool to see what all he could have been capable of today

  • @Babygirl30227 couldn't of put it better myself.

  • was this there last song written?

  • @kribock

    With Layne, yes.

  • I thought this song was about laynes wife who died back in i think 1996, not sure when she died. One of my favorite songs of all time!

  • @ArtCookies it was his girlfriend. this was recorded in 1999 like 3 or 4 years after she died

  • Amazing song..it makes me really sad when i think about layne and his last few years :(

  • Wow, why can't we all just get along here. Those that just drop the f bomb and other curse words just show that you have a low IQ. Talking like that does not get your point across any stronger. It just pisses people off. Then you are labeled as a troll or nuisance here on You Tube. The core Alice in Chains sound truely died with Staley in 2002.The man will be missed. The new AIC album does sound good. Not Staley though.

  • miss u man...........

  • I'm finally hearing this song for the very first time. Alice in Chains have been one of my favorite bands since I was in middle school. Although A.I.C. are moving on with William DuVall(and he is a good singer as well). Layne can never, ever be replaced. The song sounds great as well.

  • Lol those glasses in the first picture kill me, he looks hilariuos

  • Whenever I hear Layne and Jerry sing together I think to myself...wow...it sounds good every time. AiC isn't complete without Layne.

  • this was his last song that he did befor he died

  • @LuckEDeucE He also did a full solo record, in his condo 2001. Maybe one day it will be released. lets hope.

  • This is one of the most badass, chunkiest, heaviest riffs of all time! Jerry mother fucking Cantrella is a fucking GOD. He went to my junior high and high school (Spanaway, WA). Of all places, this man came from my hometown. Wow. What an inspiration! Cant wait to see him again, watch my vids, I got some badass footage of him soloing and tearing it up in Seattle March 2010.

  • @brand0 Yes, I'm still fighting the good fight, my friend...thanks for asking

  • Haunting

  • Was this written after Layne's fiance passed away? I'm just assuming, but I thought I'd confirm. If anyone knows, please appease my curiosity. Thanks.

  • @garagerawk27 demri died in 96 and this was recorded in 98

  • @MrMadaicseason Mmm, well that answers it. Thanks man,

  • @garagerawk27 yeah it was

  • One of the first albums i bought was the AIC music bank, i was probably about 11 or 12. I am 18 now and it is still with me, it still reminds me of the good times i had with my brother rockin' out and being young and dumb, for that 40 dollars wasn't enough. RIP L.S.

  • This was the final song they recorded with Layne.

  • I realized today that I had heard more words from Lyne though his lyrics than all of my family members combined over 44 years

    I will join you soon Layne, with Kurt, Jimi, The Lizard King and John Bonham.

    This is earthly existence is a lie..

  • @abbondanza23

    Yes it is, but are you still with us?

  • No The sound Died in 1996 after UnPlugged was done and recorded.

  • There will never be another Layne.. Bottom line

  • i love this fucking song. RIP LAYNE

  • AIC still sounds good...but not great...that sound 'DIED' in '02...no offense to present day fans...it is what it is

  • Actually cunt, it "died" in 08' which was when this and "get born again" were recorded. And Staley couldn't give a fuck. In my opinion AIC's music by and large still holds up very well and gets quite a bit of airplay. Almost more so than when they were current(I completely disreguard Cantrell's present incarnation of AIC) So, like go fuck yourself boyo.

  • @DaveS12382 ...apparently you need a little history lesson son. It would of been a bit hard to record with Staley in '08 since he was already dead punk ass. It was recorded in '98. Secondly, they do still sound good, but nothing like they did 15-20 years ago. That sound unfortunately died with Layne in '02. You need to pay more attention to the facts instead of the f bombs son.

  • @14smokem typo. so what? you got me on a fucking typo you want a medal? And the music died in 98' because after that year and bit of activity(2 songs with AIC for the box set) and A floyd cover with 'Class of 99" Appropriately enough "Another brick in the wall", Staley didn't do shit except become a recluse and smoke crack and do heroin everyday from 98'-02' when he died. Oh yeah I guess he huffed paint too.

  • What really pisses me off, is the fact that Layne didnt even get a chance to grow into an icon. His death made him an icon like all other musicans who took their life at an early age. His voice carried AIC this far, think of what they would've been if he didnt die, and his sobriety was 50/50. Truely amazing voice, he made you feel what he was singing about ....no singing lessons, no nothing pure talent!!

  • amo esta cancion.. died!!

  • morons you cant win a fight on youtube when you find that out you will live much better xD

  • Stupid people.....

  • @silverpoppsas stupid as your mom for keeping you.

  • what are your thoughts on heroin ? oh i should have said only a genius would try heroin... right sorry bud......

  • @silverpopps 1st im not your bud, douchebag. 2nd your talking shit about junkies on a AIC video. so im gona take it as your talking shit about layne. so you need to fuck off.

  • well see i geuss you like bands for what drugs they do and there image... i usually listen to music for the music not what the members do in there spare time but your clearly a pozer bitch

  • @silverpopps clearly you have no idea what you're talking about anyway. you're mad because you are a hater douchebag nerdy square, who probably took a couple of psych classes and think you know everyones mind processes. fail. and you think i like layne because he was a junky, that makes you look even more fuckin stupid.

  • @silverpopps and thats why you removed your first comment cause you're a bitch. so just shut the fuck up. and since you repeat yourself, again take your own advice and go fuck yourself.

  • tha had nothing to do with what i said how old are you 12 your really good at arguing.... i said i like music for the music and you said thats whi removed my first coment that doesnt make sence... and clearly you have no life you reply to comments in like five minuites go outside you fucking shut in

  • @silverpopps only bitches explain themselves.

  • wow..... only bitches explain themsleves your clearly a very intelligent person. i wish you the best in life.... maybe try to accomplish something ather then bitch on you tube.

  • @silverpopps lol

  • HOW STUPID ARE YOU FOR SAYING THAT!!

  • what ever some of these guy are like fuck yeah heroins awesome man like what the fuck get a life by the way GO FUCK YOUR SELF

  • @silverpopps nobody here said heroines awesome. your a fuckin dumb prick. you should take your own advise, and GET A LIFE, douche.

  • accept for the three guys a couple pages back talking and saying they get awesome deals seriouly go fuck your self

  • @silverpopps and you can't fuckin spell. idiot. and if im a poser, what the fuck are you? riddle me that. hipocrit. you want to say something else? do it. cause you're worthless, square. and i really dont give a fuck about your bullshit.

  • have you idiots not learned anything from Laynes death

  • this song is sooooooooooooooo fucking badass... listen to my new music, got two songs done, im a washington native and heavily influenced by alice, but yet we've adopted our own style for sure.. i play right handed guitar upside down left handed.. gives for some pretty unique sounds.. long live layne staley!!!

  • R.I.P Layne

    You will be remembered for your musical legacy by your fans

  • In one of his last interviews in the late 90's Staley said he was working on a project himself where he was writing everything and playing all the instruments, I'd be very interested in hearing that material. Theres gotta be some unreleased work there since he had his own home studio. As far as I know the last stuff put out is this song along with "Get Born again" and the cover of 'Another brick in the wall". If his family could release any remaining solo work it would be really incredible.

  • heavy heavy shit. For some reason, this sounds like a riff Toni Iommi of sabbath might come up with.

  • Ann Coulter smugly used the death of Layne Stayley to prove that Liberals don't have any morals and therefore, don't live very long.

  • Ann Coulter is a transvestite, so she has to pull everything out of her ass.

  • @MultiNobody3 Ann Coulter should choke on my cock, then I would proceed to fuck her ass doggy style. Afterwards I'd be interested in hearing her political views. Then I'd enjoy beating her savagely and forcing her to smoke crack. I would also like to dose her with Lsd without her being aware. Might change her whole outlook on shit.

  • @DaveS12382

    You're a fucking idiot. You sound like a brainwashed liberal animal. Which I don't understand how one gets like that. But if a dog could talk, it would sound exactly like that.

  • @psilocinfully Well, thankyou. I actually consider myself middle of the road politically but I do hate Ann Coulter. How does one get like that? difficult to explain really, combination of years of unrestrained mental illness coupled with first heavy psychedelic use then hardcore drug abuse and several years of alcoholism and prescription drug usage. Of course theres other environmental factors involved as well.

  • @DaveS12382

    Coool mannnn

  • Layne you are greatly missed man R.I.P Brother, not a day goes by that I don't think about ya. Your music and lyrics will live on in our hearts and souls for fucking ever. You 2 below me are both a couple of fuckin tools.

  • H is cheaper than weed ? LOL

    $300 for a gram of decent crap and any hardened junkie could go threw that in a day.

    Just a bag to get off once will run you $15-20. Since when is weed $15-20 for enough to get stoned once ?

  • What??? My neighbor was into H and he said it was the same amount to get high like weed. 5 to get high on weed and 5 on H. You just don't get much for 5. If somebody had a 300 a day habit they would be dead. 20 an 1/8th in my area for weed and I get stoned every time. How old are you? You seem like a 10 year old.

  • @Abasuto 300? 15-20? do you even do drugs? cause if you do your getting ripped off.

  • What drug is that guy talkin' about?

  • @Boganator4 he said heroine was 300 bucks a gram and weed was 20

  • That's terrible. He should at least be spending 10 dollars on the gram of weed, or also know as a dime. The heroin though I wouldn't know because I don't do stuff that hardcore.

  • @Boganator4 yeah awready, but its a 50 for hero and if anyones spending 20 on a gram of weed they're totally getting ripped off

  • LOL

  • One of AIC's more underrated songs in my opinion. Layne is the greatest rock vocalist ever.

  • @jag528cbr hell fucking yes hes the greatest

  • @jag528cbr it cant really be underated you dope considering it was one of the last 2 songs Staley did with the band.

  • @DaveS12382 do you know the meaning of the word underrated? its a great song but its never played on the radio and its not very popular

  • @jag528cbr Don't forget Jerry added to the awesome harmony that made the sound that where angels reside! A.I.C. Is ALIVE saw Layne in my dream last night!

  • @skyehoyt1971 Jerry is not singing vocals in this song. This is Staley Double tracked. You can hear Jerry very clearly in "Get Born Again" singing backing vocals and the chorus. It's a misconception they sang together in every song, thats simply not the case at all. Not by a longshot.

  • @DaveS12382 Um thanks. But he was back up vocals on a lot of A.I.C. Who did back up on Don't Follow?

  • @skyehoyt1971 No he wasnt really. Jerry was. Even when Staley sings on a chorus like in "Heaven beside you or "Grind" it ends up being lead because his voice overpowers Jerrys. And Don't Follow has Jerry singing the first half of the song, then Staley doing the second half. Got that?

  • @DaveS12382 Dude you got me wrong. look carefully at my 1st comment!

     Get it? Got it? Good!!!

  • @skyehoyt1971 no, I looked at your last comment, the one that asked who did back up vocals on "don't follow?" and then I answered it and fucked you proper because you didn't know they each sang half the song. Fuck your first comment and shove that goodness up your ass bitch.

  • @DaveS12382 Man you need some Valium, If you don't like the things that I say well fuck off!!! What are you the A.I.C. biographer?

  • @skyehoyt1971 I don't need valium. I'm about to take a Klonopin and half a seroquel. I will fuck off if you stop sending me comments. And as far you're concerned, I am God concerning Alice In Chains.

  • @DaveS12382 And gods name is smack for some. I took my Valium so you take your klonopin. But as a12 year methadone (pain management) vet now 4 months clean I can tell you seroquel and other psychotropic meds are a long term mistake. Can you be as my God Am! Sure God is all mighty, but does he have lips? Whoa!!!

  • @skyehoyt1971 I take seroquel to fall asleep but want to get off it cause of a couple side effects I dislike. why do you say longterm psychotropic use is bad? In what way has it fucked you up, Your saying it throws your brains natural chemical balance off right?

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  • @DaveS12382 I have had the same fucked up drug usage as you (though it was great at times) My ex wife of 19 years was on multiple different meds for her "mental affliction" NONE of the medications did anything but turn her into a zombie. Now add her alcoholism on top of that and Life slowly became a horror movie. But this is only my experience and everyone has a different chemical balance or imbalance. If they work for you more power to ya! No anger on this side of the fence. Good luck to you..