SONG MEANING Heaven Beside You by Alice In Chains

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SONG MEANING Heaven Beside You by Alice In Chains

"Heaven Beside You" was written by Alice In chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell following a break-up with a girlfriend he had been dating for seven years. In 1996 he told Rolling Stone:

"the most beautiful girl I've ever seen in my life... I still love her, but I'm too much of a f****** wolf—kill, attack, move on...It's so tough when you're so used to being hard. You can't tell an oak tree to be a pine." - Cantrell, To Hell and Back, Jon Wiederhorn, Rolling Stone (Feb 8, 1996)

He would later go on to explain in the liner notes of their 1999 box set Music Bank:

"Another attempt to reconcile the fact that my life and paths are tearing me apart from the person I love. All the things I write about her are a way for me to maybe speak to her, express things I could never express." - Cantrell, Liner notes, Music Bank box set. 1999. (Quoted through Wikipedia)