Did you know?
"Show Me How to Live" has a relatively fast tempo. The song contains
heavy guitar and drum riffs and a solo broken up with a phasing, fluttering effect by Tom Morello, achieved by using a combination of tremolo picking the high E-string, using his trademark Dunlop Crybaby wah pedal and a ring modulator effect.(B)[1] Singer Chris Cornell
also uses an interesting technique near the end of the song, when he
changes pitch multiple times to produce an unusual effect. He achieves
this by simply hitting his throat with the side of his hand and changing
the pitch of his voice."
And with the early dawn
Moving right along
I couldn't buy and eyeful of sleep
And in the aching night under satellites
I was not received
Built with stolen parts
A telephone in my heart
Someone get me a priest
To put my mind to bed
This ringing in my head
Is this a cure or is this a disease
Chorus
Nail in my hand
From my creator
You gave me life
Now show me how to live (x2)
And in the after birth
On the quiet earth
Let the stains remind you
You thought you made a man
You better think again
Before my role defines you
Chorus
Nail in my hand
From my creator
You gave me life
Now show me how to live (x2)
And in your waiting hands
I will land
And roll out of my skin
And in your final hours I will stand
Ready to begin
Ready to begin
Ready to begin
Ready to begin
Moving right along
I couldn't buy and eyeful of sleep
And in the aching night under satellites
I was not received
Built with stolen parts
A telephone in my heart
Someone get me a priest
To put my mind to bed
This ringing in my head
Is this a cure or is this a disease
Chorus
Nail in my hand
From my creator
You gave me life
Now show me how to live (x2)
And in the after birth
On the quiet earth
Let the stains remind you
You thought you made a man
You better think again
Before my role defines you
Chorus
Nail in my hand
From my creator
You gave me life
Now show me how to live (x2)
And in your waiting hands
I will land
And roll out of my skin
And in your final hours I will stand
Ready to begin
Ready to begin
Ready to begin
Ready to begin