“Long Gone day is the only song Layne and i ever wrote together. he wrote a line, then he passed me the paper and then i wrote a line. It took like an hour and a half. I think its a beautiful song, i wish he was still around singing it” -Mark Lanegan
[Verse 1: Mark Lanegan]
So much blood, I'm startin' to drown, runs from cold to colder
Time to time the sky's comin' down to help me lose my way
Tears and lies for answers
You and open veins
God knows I'm gone, girl, I just want you to come on down
[Pre-Chorus: Mark Lanegan]
Lord, it's a storm in my head and I fall
These sins are mine, and I done wrong, oh babe
Come on down
Come on down, mamadananana
[Chorus: Layne Staley & Mark Lanegan]
Long gone day (Woah, woah-oh yeah, hmmm)
Hm-mm-mm-mm-mm, hm-mm-mm
Who ever said we'd wash away with the rain?
[Verse 2: Layne Staley]
See you all from time to time
Isn't it so strange how far away we all are now?
Am I the only one who remembers that summer?
Oh-woah, I remember
Every day, each time, the place was saved
The music that we made
The wind has carried all of that away
[Chorus: Layne Staley]
Long gone day
Hm-mm-mm-mm-mm, hm-mm-mm
Who ever said we'd wash away with the rain?
[Saxophone Solo]
[Verse 3: Mark Lanegan]
So many tears I'm startin' to drown, the rain in heaven's all come down
Silver spoons affix the crown, the luckless ones are broken
Fears and lies for answers
You and open flames
God knows I'm gone, and I just want you to come on down
[Pre-Chorus: Mark Lanegan]
Lord, it's a storm in my head and I fall
These sins are mine, and I done wrong
I want you to, oh, I just want you to
Come on down
[Saxophone Solo]
[Outro: Layne Staley]
I fear again, like then, I lost my way
And shout to God to bring my sunny day, yeah-oh
Long Gone Day was written by Mike McCready & Barrett Martin & Mark Lanegan & Layne Staley.
Long Gone Day was produced by Mad Season & Brett Eliason.
Mad Season released Long Gone Day on Tue Mar 14 1995.