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Like Suicide
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"Like Suicide" is a song by the American alternative rock band Soundgarden. It is the last track (or the second-to-last track on international versions) on the band's 1994 album Superunknown. Origin and recording The song was written by frontman Chris Cornell. Kim Thayil said that the song's guitar solo is one of his favorites. In order to greater emphasize the dynamic shift in "Like Suicide", Matt Cameron used two drum kits, the latter having shells larger both in depth and diameter. The song was recorded as an electric and an acoustic version. The electric version of the song was released on Superunknown and the acoustic version was released on the singles "Black Hole Sun" and "The Day I Tried to Live", and the EP Songs from the Superunknown. Lyrics Frontman Chris Cornell was inspired to write the song when a bird flew into a window at his house. He found the suffering creature and subsequently put the bird out of its misery by hitting it with a brick, hence the lyrics "was my last brick, lent to finish her". Cornell on the song: "Like Suicide" was specific once I wrote out the lyrics. I was writing the music to that in my basement when I heard this loud thump from above. I thought someone was trying to break in, so I was going up the stairs to investigate when I heard it again - a loud THUMP! When I got to the door, there was this beautiful female robin writhing on the ground. She'd broken her neck flying into the window. It was obviously broken, flipped back, but she was still breathing. So I went and found this cinder block and smashed her head with it. Then I went back downstairs, and with the title of that song in mind I just wrote about the incident. It seemed opportune - someone, or someone else's misery, can often be a great opportunity for a song." 
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