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“Birth Ritual” was based on a riff written by drummer Matt Cameron, and saw its original appearance in the 1992 movie Singles – both its soundtrack and one scene where Soundgarden plays it. It was eventually featured in both the 2010 compilation Telephantasm (which originally started as an album o...
[Verse 1]
Lying like needles on forest earth
Euphoric rush, trees bend to pray for us
I'm sputtering like cold machines
Late for the birth ritual
Ritual, ritual, ritual
[Verse 2]
You can drive my tail to watch the circus
A birth ritual, a birth of idiots
Now I woke up blessed, and good strives for heartache
Marked for the death ritual
Ritual, ritual
[Chorus]
As you start the song and face this garden
I light a cigarette before the execution
Now you see your crime for every miracle
Add another drug at every birth ritual
[Verse 3]
I took the drug to make me stay
And now everything dies in shyness
The snake retreats, admits defeat
And waits for the birth ritual
Ritual, ritual
[Chorus]
As you start the song and face this garden
I light a cigarette before the execution
Now you see your crime for every miracle
Add another drug at every birth ritual
[Bridge]
Shining light
Child's highs
Mark his sides
Bright until the newness wears off
[Guitar solo]
[Chorus]
As you start the song and face this garden
I light a cigarette before the execution
Now you see your crime for every miracle
Add another drug at every birth ritual
[Outro]
Ritual, ritual, ritual
Oh! Oh!
Birth Ritual was written by Kim Thayil & Chris Cornell & Matt Cameron.
Birth Ritual was produced by Soundgarden & Terry Date.
Soundgarden released Birth Ritual on Tue Jun 30 1992.