Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart
"Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" is a song by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots, featured on their third album, "Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop". An alternative rock tune, it was recorded in 1995 and released as a single the following year. The track is also on the greatest hits album, "Thank You". Composition and meaning. The core music was written by drummer Eric Kretz, while the lyrics were written by Scott Weiland. Weiland stated in a radio interview that the very ambiguous and mysterious lyrics  to the song alluded to a "very bad experience dropping acid." In his autobiography "Not Dead and Not For Sale", he adds that it "reflects my hunger for redemption" Critical reception. Marty Sartini Garner of "Pitchfork" praised "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" as a representation of alternative rock "whose burning chorus would've fit on Alice in Chains' "Dirt", and whose choppy, pepped-up verses cleared a happier path out of grunge that bands like Third Eye Blind would gladly follow." In 2015, "Loudwire" and "Stereogum" ranked the song number six and number one, respectively, on their  lists of the 10 greatest Stone Temple Pilots songs. Awards and accolades. The band has had seven songs reach the number one position on the "Billboard" Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, with "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" being their fifth single to reach the top. In 1997, the song received a nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance at the Grammy Awards.