Alice In Chains - Nutshell (acoustic cover by Renard Libre)

"Nutshell" is Alice in Chains (AIC) vocalist Layne Staley "in a nutshell," meaning a tight summation of his internal world. He wrote the lyrics to the song. The rest of the band (guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell, bassist Mike Inez, and drummer Sean Kinney) wrote the music.
After completing the Jar Of Flies album, Staley entered rehab for his well-documented heroin addiction. He was deep into that fight while recording this song, and we can hear it in the opening lyrics.
There's more to the song than heroin struggles, though. Staley also reveals his problems with fame ("we chase misprinted lies") and his general battle with modern life.
We chase misprinted lies
We face the path of time
And yet I fight, and yet I fight
This battle all alone
No one to cry to
No place to call home
Ooh
Ooh-ooh
Ooh
Ooh-ooh
My gift of self is raped
My privacy is raked
And yet I find, and yet I find
Repeating in my head
If I can't be my own
I'd feel better dead
Ooh
Ooh-ooh
Ooh
Ooh-ooh