Soundgarden and Audioslave Frontman Chris Cornell’s Final Song Before Death: ‘Meet Me, Jesus, Meet Me in the Middle of the Air’ (Video)

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Famed Singer Chris Cornell died following a concert in Detroit last night, in what is now being confirmed as a suicide. Cornell was found in his MGM Grand hotel room after he hanged himself, according to Fox News.

The final song in the concert may have been a final farewell to the world, as he worked in lyrics to Led Zeppelin’s In My Time of Dying during one of his own hits, Slaves and Bulldozers. 

In My Time of Dying is Zeppelin’s version of a traditional Gospel song, which several bands have covered. Here are some of the lyrics:

In my time of dying, I want nobody to mourn
All I want for you to do is take my body home

Well, well, well, so I can die easy [x2]
Jesus, going to make up

Jesus, going to make up my dying bed
Meet me, Jesus, meet me
Meet me in the middle of the air
If my wings should fail me, Lord
Please meet me with another pair

Well, well, well, so I can die easy [x2]
Jesus, going to make up

Somebody, somebody
Jesus going to make up
Jesus going to make you my dying bed
Well, well, well, so I can die easy
Jesus, going to make up
Somebody, somebody
Jesus going to make up
Jesus going to make you my dying bed

Oh, Saint Peter, at the gates of heaven
Won’t you let me in
I never did no harm
I never did no wrong
Oh, Gabriel, let me blow your horn, let me blow your horn
Oh, I never did, did no harm
I’ve only been this young once
I never thought I’d do anybody no wrong
No, not once
Oh, I did somebody some good
Somebody some good
Oh, did somebody some good
I must have did somebody some good
Oh, I believe I did
I see the smiling faces
I know I must have left some traces
And I see them in the streets
And I see them in the field
And I hear them shouting under my feet
And I know it’s got to be real
Oh, Lord, deliver me
All the wrong I’ve done
You can deliver me, Lord
I only wanted to have some fun
Hear the angels marching, hear them marching, hear them marching
Hear them marching, the’ marching

There’s simply not enough information to know why, specifically, he chose to add that particular lyric into the closing song.

Cornell’s spiritual views have been hard to pin down over the years, sometimes he expressed angst toward organized religion, but he also wrote several spiritual songs and even had his kids baptized.

Cornell grew up Catholic.

Watch the closing song below:

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