Lyrics to New Song - Dead Wishes

Cornell, who is also working on another Soundgarden album, wrote all types of songs for Higher Truth, including a journalistic tune called “Dead Wishes.” “The initial idea started with learning a new style of guitar playing,” he says. “I’m a fan of British folk, and I was playing around with that guitar style. When I was writing on my own, I was in Miami, and I’d wander around and go jogging and see the people, and there were a lot of out of work people. Just a lot of guys just sitting on the wall in the morning going through the help wanted ads. I would recognize people every day and started talking to some of them. I felt the compulsion to have conversations with them. It was a moving experience, and the different characters I saw really resonated. That’s where the lyrics came from.” Entertainment Weekly