I like your reaction to this song. . If you want to see Lane’s real vocal power check out “Love Hate Love” the live version… you cannot be disappointed
Now do Down In A Hole and I’ll subscribe.
LS’s music is very depressing and wouldn’t recommend it to someone suffering from depression to listen to it. I feel Staley had the potential of making better music, the kind that wouldn’t make you feel down, his addiction rechanelled his talent in a dark direction.
He utters a line in this song where he says, “I’d feel better dead.”
The only ones who could’ve reached out to him were his bandmates because they were the ones who knew him personally, they hung around with him, they made music together, and their livelihoods relied on him. Did they try helping him? Maybe they did and it wasn’t enough, or they didn’t care.
You should do Down In A Hole from same MTV unplugged. It’s amazing.
Fuck I’ve been waiting for you to listen to this one. It’s such a beautiful song. And this has to be the realest performance and sadly the last. I hope you do down in a hole from
This performance as well.
Should hear the unheard singers that aren’t millionaires
AIC helps me get through every single day. I’ve battled addiction and depression for 30 years now. Sometimes AIC and Soundgarden are the only bands that understand how dark things can really get. If nobody has told you today I love you and life is beautiful. You have now. 
Okay, I already am guessing she thinks this song is gonna be about addiction. It isn’t. It wouldn’t be powerful if that’s all it were. Layne Stayley is telling us he wants to kill himself because he has been robbed of the agency from which all dignity and worth of life come. Layne is telling us he took a fist up his ass at some point in his life and death is the only way to get it out. THAT’S what this song is about. It’s got nothing to do with drugs.
I just found your channel and your reaction touched me in a way that I’ve never experienced before 
I have I’ve been told extreme PTSD from many friends family and strangers dying in my arms some violently and I became an addict and have been on Suboxone for a year and still struggle with depression anxiety insomnia and just battling each day to get out of bed and go to work and not end it all , sorry to comment like this I just felt like you are a good listener if you read this don’t think less of me I’m a good man I think I just had a bad hand in life I’ve been told anyway thank you for this reaction it got me thinking that I’m not alone Bless you , Michael 
Layne had one of those rare voices. He could sing.
It’s unfortunate that when it comes to addiction some must die so that others See and make a choice to live. 20yrs ago I was arrested in Los Angeles for possession of heroin and found myself cuffed to a bench facing a poster on the wall that read "Maybe the purpose of your life was meant to be a warning to others. I was in my 30’s then. " What if I’m stuck in this role for life no matter what I do? I’m 56, been arrested in 5 states, done time in 2 of them and I’m still an active addict who loves to get high despite consequences! Some people are meant to be pilots, doctors, therapists, writers, even lawyers. Some, like myself, are seemingly meant to be the Warning to others; a living, breathing PSA potentially carrying more weight than a TV, billboard or radio ad. Should I embrace this role now or hold out for divine intervention? It doesn’t even have to be divine really…
When Nutshell comes on you just be quiet and listen.
I was waiting for the happy income of being a carbon-based lifeform…
Miss you Legend along with Chris and Scott
Thankyou all for giving us all the gift of what we have in the sound
i need a therapist but i have to wait so long for insurance
Rotten Apple is a great (sadder melodically) one as well. +1 to anyone recommending the Jar of Flies EP. We miss you Layne 
Layne was probably one of the greatest vocalists of our time. He could bring the place down with his power. Or his sincerity with this song nutshell. Addiction is a terrible thing that can destroy you and your essence.
so cool seeing AiC unplugged. despite Layne’s state at the time the audical performance is amazing, supported of course by Jerry Cantrell
6 months after this his fiancée past away and he never really recovered from her passing
He was high when he did this concert!