hands all over - soundgarden

an environmentally conscious song from louder than love album. third album which was in fact the basis of the next successful album bad motor finger. the song is very simlpe and basic; one riff and one note as kim tahyl himslef explains. i like the simplicity of the song. it's pointing to us humans and what we are doing to mother nature!

hands all over

hands all over the eastern border
you know what?
i think we're falling from composure
hands all over western culture
ruffling feathers and turning eagles into vultures

got my arms around my baby brother
put your hands away
your gonna kill your mother, kill your mother
and i love her

hands all over the coastal waters
the crew men thank her
then lay down their oily blanket
hands all over the inland forest
in a striking motion trees fall down
like dying soldiers

got my arms around my baby brother
put your hands away
your gonna kill your mother, kill your mother
and i love her

hands all over the peasants daughter
she's our bride
she'll never make it out alive
hands all over words i utter
change them into things you want to
like balls of clay
put your hands away
your gonna kill your mother
and i love her