Soundgarden — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 73 songs across 6 albums by Soundgarden. They use 1,429 unique words out of 5,486 (lexical richness MATTR 0.58), with an average of 75 content words per song. Emotional tone: 47% of songs positive, 0% neutral, 53% negative.
Most used words by Soundgarden
- come (78)
- away (57)
- head (54)
- love (54)
- time (48)
- know (44)
- want (42)
- one (41)
- sun (41)
- fuck (41)
- black (40)
- around (39)
- make (37)
- wave (36)
- break (34)
- right (34)
- way (33)
- sky (33)
- let (33)
- blow (33)
Signature phrases
- “black hole sun” (30)
- “blow outside blow” (25)
- “outside blow outside” (25)
- “hard headed fuck” (20)
- “hole sun come” (19)
- “turning back around” (15)
- “fuck hard headed” (15)
- “headed fuck hard” (15)
- “wave keep wave” (15)
- “one time around” (14)
Colors in the lyrics
- black (40)
- red (7)
- gold (4)
- blue (3)
- silver (1)
- brown (1)
- grey (1)
- green (1)
Albums analyzed
- Ultramega OK (1988)
- Louder Than Love (1989)
- Badmotorfinger (1991)
- Superunknown (1994)
- Down on the Upside (1996)
- King Animal (2012)