When Bad Does Good

Album: Chris Cornell (2018)
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  • Standing beside an open grave
    You're fate decided, your life erased
    Your final hour has come today
    Lit by the fire of your temples burning

    You were a child and so was I
    Now you're a hunter but I am a lion
    And I will cut you down like I've done so many times
    But sometimes bad can do some good
    Sometimes bad can do some good
    Sometimes bad can do some good

    And I heard you say that flesh sells by the pound
    When blood is raining down it cuts a deep river
    And I'm diving

    Now shine a light down onto the earth
    And shake this gold dust out, out of the dirt
    No saints beside me and no prayers to guide me
    Sometimes bad can do some good
    Bad can do some good
    Sometimes bad can do some good

    (Rain down, heaven is falling)
    I've chosen a side and I will show no pity (rain down, heaven is falling)
    And spare no lives
    For those who try me (rain down, heaven is falling)
    Let it be understood
    Sometimes bad can do some good (rain down, heaven is falling)
    Sometimes bad can do some good (rain down, heaven is falling)
    Sometimes bad can do some good Writer/s: Christopher J Cornell
    Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Universal Music Publishing Group
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