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“Black Hole Sun” is the 7th track and 3rd single from Soundgarden’s hit 1994 album Superunknown. It is one of their biggest hits, reaching #1 of the US Billboard Mainstream Rock chart and #2 on the Modern Rock chart.
Regarding “Black Hole Sun”, Cornell stated:
It’s just sort of a surreal dreamscap...
[Verse 1]
In my eyes, indisposed
In disguises no one knows
Hides the face, lies the snake
In the sun in my disgrace
Boiling heat, summer stench
'Neath the black, the sky looks dead
Call my name through the cream
And I'll hear you scream again
[Chorus]
Black hole sun, won't you come
And wash away the rain?
Black hole sun, won't you come?
Won't you come? Won't you come?
[Verse 2]
Stuttering, cold and damp
Steal the warm wind, tired friend
Times are gone for honest men
And sometimes far too long for snakes
In my shoes, a walking sleep
And my youth I pray to keep
Heaven send Hell away
No one sings like you anymore
[Chorus]
Black hole sun, won't you come
And wash away the rain?
Black hole sun, won't you come?
Won't you come?
Black hole sun, won't you come
And wash away the rain?
Black hole sun, won't you come?
Won't you come?
[Post-Chorus]
(Black hole sun, black hole sun)
Won't you come?
(Black hole sun, black hole sun)
Won't you come?
(Black hole sun, black hole sun)
Won't you come?
(Black hole sun, black hole sun)
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Hang my head, drown my fear
'Til you all just disappear
[Chorus]
Black hole sun, (Black hole sun)
Won't you come (Won't you come?)
And wash away the rain?
Black hole sun, (Black hole sun)
Won't you come? (Won't you come?)
Won't you come? (Won't you come?)
Black hole sun, (Black hole sun)
Won't you come (Won't you come?)
And wash away the rain?
Black hole sun, (Black hole sun)
Won't you come? (Won't you come?)
Won't you come? (Won't you come?)
[Post-Chorus]
(Black hole sun, black hole sun)
Won't you come?
(Black hole sun, black hole sun)
Won't you come?
(Black hole sun, black hole sun)
Won't you come?
(Black hole sun, black hole sun)
Won't you come?
(Black hole sun, black hole sun)
Won't you come?
(Black hole sun, black hole sun)
Won't you come?
Won't you come?
Black Hole Sun was written by Chris Cornell.
Black Hole Sun was produced by Soundgarden & Michael Beinhorn.
Soundgarden released Black Hole Sun on Wed May 04 1994.
Regarding “Black Hole Sun”, Cornell stated:
It’s just sort of a surreal dreamscape, a weird, play-with-the-title kind of song. Lyrically it’s probably the closest to me just playing with words for words' sake, of anything I’ve written. I guess it worked for a lot of people who heard it, but I have...