Been Away Too Long is a song by Soundgarden, appearing on their sixth studio album King Animal (2012) as the opening theme. Been Away Too Long was released on September 27, 2012, as the first single from the album. Chris Cornell stated that the title Been Away Too Long came to him while he was listening to the radio trying to sleep, while Soundgarden began preparing King Animal. He forgot about it until another sleepless night at the end of production, where he decided to apply it to a song the band had been working on but had no lyrics yet. The music for Been Away Too Long began with a demo that Cornell did in a fairly compact form without a bridge”, a part provided later by bassist Ben Shepherd.
Been Away Too Loong by Soundgarden Lyrics
You can’t go home, no I swear you never can
You can walk a million miles and get nowhere
I got no where to go and it seems I came back
Just filling in the lines for the holes, and the cracks
Hey, no one knows me
No one saves me
No one loves or hates me
I’ve been away for too long
This place has a sṗecial kind of falling apart
Like they put the whole thing together in the dark
No one knows where the edge of the knife is
And no one knows where intelligent life is
Hey, no one knows me
No one saves me
No one loves or hates me
Going straight
I only ever really wanted a break
I’ve been away for too long
No I never really wanted to stay
I’ve been away for too long
I’ve been away for too long
I’ve been away for too long
Keyholes, trough keyholes
Where those
I am still hiding
Everyone inside
Tank girls and fly guns and silver boots on my way home
Going straight
I only ever really wanted a break
I’ve been away for too long
No I never really wanted to stay
Going straight
I only ever really wanted a break
I’ve been away for too long
No I never really wanted to stay
I’ve been away for too long
Songwriters: Chris Cornell, Ben Shepherd
Soundgarden
Chris Cornell: vocals, guitar
Kim Thayil: lead guitar
Ben Shepherd: bass guitar
Matt Cameron: drums, percussion
Chris Cornell (July 20, 1964 – May 18, 2017).
