Show Me How to Live is a song by Audioslave. It was released in June 2003 as the third single from their first album, Audioslave released in 2003. Produced by Rick Rubin, the song contains heavy guitar and drum riffs and an interrupted solo with a Tom Morello phasing and flutter effect.
The song is played at a tempo of approximately 90 BPM and contains heavy guitar and drum riffs and an interrupted solo with a Tom Morello phasing and flutter effect, achieved through the use of a combination of tremolo playing the high E string, using your trademark. Dunlop Cry Baby wah pedal and ring modulator effect.
Chris Cornell achieves an unusual effect by repeatedly slamming the side of his hand across his throat while changing pitch.
Tracklist:
- Show Me How to Live
- Super Stupid (Funkadelic cover) (Live BBC Radio 1 Session).
- Like a Stone (Live BBC Radio 1 Session).
- Gasoline (Live BBC Radio 1 Session).
Show Me How to Live – Lyrics
And with the early dawn
Moving right along
I couldn’t buy an eye full 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?
Nail in my hand
From my creator
You gave me life
Now show me how to live
Nail in my hand
From my creator
You gave me life
Now show me how to live
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
Nail in my hand
From my creator
You gave me life
Now show me how to live
Nail in my hand
From my creator
You gave me life
Now show me how to live
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
Nail in my hand
From my creator
You gave me life
Now show me how to live
Nail in my hand
From my creator
You gave me life
Now show me how to live
Show me how to live
Show me how to live
Show me how to live
Show me how to live
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Brad Wilk, Tim Commerford
The song’s music video is made from clips from the 1971 film Vanishing Point in which a white 1970 Dodge Challenger driven by a drug addict from Denver to San Francisco is involved in various car chases involving police cars and motorcycles, and a Jaguar E- Write.
Clips of a radio DJ (played by Cleavon Little) singing and dancing to 1970s music have been synced to the Audioslave song. Other parts have been redone with the band members, in the car driven by lead singer Chris Cornell, and playing in front of a small audience in the Nevada desert. The film and video end with the muscle car deliberately crashing into a bulldozer roadblock set up by police. Therefore, the video was banned from MTV.
Two Challengers were used during the filming of the video, one of which was given away in a contest held by the band. Cornell and the band’s drummer Brad Wilk autographed the inside of the trunk of this car. The video was filmed in Los Angeles, California, and was produced by Allan Wachs and directed by AV Club.
Audioslave
Tim Commerford – bass guitar
Chris Cornell – lead vocals
Tom Morello – guitar
Brad Wilk – drums
Rick Rubin – producer
Chris Cornell (July 20, 1964 – May 18, 2017)
