reach down

temple of the dog

an initiative by chris cornell, a joint production of pearljam and sound garden members, a tribute to the founder and singer of mother love bone and indeed a key influence in progress of seattle rock movement in late 80's and early 90's andrew wood , whose former bandmates later set up pearljam and continued to produce great music along with other seattle bands like sound garden,alice in chains...
eddie wedder had just flown in to seattle to see whether he can take up the role of the singer for pearljam (which back then was not pearljam and practically didn't exist) and he ended up taking part in one of the finest rock songs of 90's, hunger strike.

reach down is a song along with say hello to heaven had been specifically written in andrew woods tribute.

for more info on temple of the dog go to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_the_Dog

reach down
(cornell)

i had a dream the other night
you were in a bar in the corner on a chair
wearing a long white leather coat
purple glasses and glitter in your hair
and you said hey this is where i'm gonna sit
and buy you a drink someday
you were going to the dog shows
but you kinda lost your way
you say now i got all this room
and no money to decorate it,
so some local customer put me in touch with the man
upstairs, he said little man you got no
business gettin' frustrated,

you gotta rest you gotta rest
you gotta reach down and pick the crowd up
carry back in your hands
to the promised land

now i had some angel shine my wings, she said
nothin' but the best for the golden boy
she made me promise not to tell i had her under
a spell singing golden words in a broken voice
and i caught some blessing on the wind i'm
feeling lighter than a whisper from a dove
i've got no hands to tie behind my back
and i'm sparking like a heart attack, now i've got
room to spread my wings and my messages of
love, yes love was my drug, but that's not
what i died of, so don't think of me
crying louder than some billion dollar baby

cause i wanna rest i wanna rest i gotta
reach down and pick the
crowd up, carry back in my
hand to the promised land