which song feels like it was written about u?
CHANGEinWAVES
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Not a situation you are going through, but you as a person... your internal thoughts and feelings about yourself. Which song makes you think... "Wow Pearl Jam knows me better then I know myself"?
For me it's Off He Goes. I don't think I could express myself any better then that song does.
I have to add All or None...it's the phrase my marriage therapist used to describe me.:rolleyes:
with this song....I see it as me talking about myself.
For me it's Off He Goes. I don't think I could express myself any better then that song does.
I have to add All or None...it's the phrase my marriage therapist used to describe me.:rolleyes:
Know a man...his face seems pulled and tense...
Like he's riding on a motorbike... in the strongest winds
So I approach with tact... suggest that he should relax...
But he's always moving much too fast...
Said he'll see me on the flipside... of this trip he's taken for a ride
He's been takin'... too much on... off he goes
With his perfectly... unkept clothes... there he goes...
He's yet to come back...but I've seen his picture
Doesn't look the same up on the rack...we go way back...
I wonder bout his insides...
Its like his thoughts are too big for his size
He's been taken... where? I don't know... off he goes
With his perfectly... unkept hope... there he goes...
And now I rub my eyes... for he has returned
Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...
For he still smiles... and he's still strong
Nothing's changed, but the surrounding bullshit... that has grown
And now he's home... and we're laughing...
like we always did... my same old... same old friend
Until a quarter-to-ten... I saw the strain creep in...
He seems distracted and I know just what is gonna happen next
Before his first step... he is off again
Like he's riding on a motorbike... in the strongest winds
So I approach with tact... suggest that he should relax...
But he's always moving much too fast...
Said he'll see me on the flipside... of this trip he's taken for a ride
He's been takin'... too much on... off he goes
With his perfectly... unkept clothes... there he goes...
He's yet to come back...but I've seen his picture
Doesn't look the same up on the rack...we go way back...
I wonder bout his insides...
Its like his thoughts are too big for his size
He's been taken... where? I don't know... off he goes
With his perfectly... unkept hope... there he goes...
And now I rub my eyes... for he has returned
Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...
For he still smiles... and he's still strong
Nothing's changed, but the surrounding bullshit... that has grown
And now he's home... and we're laughing...
like we always did... my same old... same old friend
Until a quarter-to-ten... I saw the strain creep in...
He seems distracted and I know just what is gonna happen next
Before his first step... he is off again
with this song....I see it as me talking about myself.
"I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
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she said to me, over the phone
she wanted to see other people
i thought, "well then, look around, they're everywhere"
said that she was confused...
i thought, "darling, join the club"
24 years old, mid-life crisis
nowadays hits you when you're young
i hung up, she called back, i hung up again
the process had already started
at least it happened quick
i swear, i died inside that night
my friend, he called
i didn't mention a thing
the last thing he said was, "be sound"
sound...
i contemplated an awful thing, i hate to admit
i just thought those would be such appropriate last words
but i'm still here
and small
so small.. how could this struggle seem so big?
so big...
while the palms in the breeze still blow green
and the waves in the sea still absolute blue
but the horror
every single thing i see is a reminder of her
never thought i'd curse the day i met her
and since she's gone and wouldn't hear
who would care? what good would that do?
but i'm still here
so i imagine in a month...or 12
i'l be somewhere having a drink
laughing at a stupid joke
or just another stupid thing
and i can see myself stopping short
drifting out of the present
sucked by the undertow and pulled out deep
and there i am, standing
wet grass and white headstones all in rows
and in the distance there's one, off on its own
so i stop, kneel
my new home...
and i picture a sober awakening, a re-entry into this little bar scene
sip my drink til the ice hits my lip
order another round
and that's it for now
sorry
never been too good at happy endings...
The backround to the story is when I was 21 (I'm now 32) I had a girl that I was with for 4 years. She broke up with me the day after my 21st birthday and I was crushed. Funny thing was I got her into Pearl Jam and she surprised me with No Code a week before it's release. We went to our first show at the first Randals Island night in '96. After she broke up with me she showed up at my house on night with Yield a week early also (she also had music connections and obviously still cared). When I heard In Hiding it reminded me of how I felt at the time and I related. Not just at the moment but how I felt when I had continuous bouts with depression in my teens.
Well I grew up a non depressed well to do adult. When you listen to the song he sings of how he gets out of Hiding and I relate a lot.
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You don't have to run and hide away
It's okay, it's okay
I love you anyway
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In response to the topic, I would like to say that with every song written a new belief is made, and with each new belief comes change. The change is the process in which the new belief is then made again and again and again, assuming that the written song is a reflection of one's personal beliefs. That said I would like to say that the one that describes me best is Satan's Bed; it still holds true no matter what else changes.
It's now time for me to go play dad before my daughter goes to sleep. Good night.
Underneath this smile lies everything
all my hopes, anger, pride and shame
make yourself a pact, not to shut doors on the past
just for today,... I am free
I will not lose my faith
It's an inside job today
I know this one thing well,...
I used to try and kill love, it was the highest sin
breathing insecurity out and in
Searching hope, I'm shown the way to run straight
pursuing the greater way for all,... human light.
How I choose to feel,... Is how I am.
How I choose to feel,... Is how I am.
I will not lose my faith
It's an inside job today
Holding on, the light of night
On my knees to rise and fix my broken soul
Again.
Let me run into the rain
To be a human light again
Let me run into the rain
To shine a human light today
Life comes from within your heart and desire
Life comes from within my heart and desire
Life comes from within your heart and desire
AND
Save you
Gonna save you fucker,....not gonna lose you
Feeling cocky and strong,.. can't let you go,...
Too important to me
Too important to us,... we'd be lost without you
Baby, let yourself fall,... I'm right below you now
And fuck me if I say something you don't wanna hear
And fuck if you only hear what you wanna hear
Fuck me if I care,... but I'm not leaving here
You helped me when I was down,... I'll help when you're down
Why are you hitting yourself?... c'mon hit me instead
Let's pick up your will,... it's grown fat and lazy
I'm sympathetic as well,... don't go on me now
And I'm not living this life without you, I'm selfish and clear
And you're not leaving here without me, I don't wanna be without
My best... friend. Wake up, to see you could have it all
Cause there is but you,... and something within you
It's taken control,.. let's beat it, get up let's go!
Oh you're in your own world, let's see the whole world
Let's pick up your soul
And fuck me if I say something you don't wanna hear
And fuck me if you only hear the treble in your head
Please help,... me,... to help you,... help yourself
Help me help yourself,... please want me to,... please let me to
Help you
Won't let the darkness swallow me.
st. john's newfoundland, sept. 25/2005
The Mamasan trilogy(Alive-Once-Footstep) are another favorite of mine. These are more about the past and brokenhome upbringings I definitely can relate to. Release, Better Man, and Nothinman are somewhat a trilogy version I used to describe mine and my parents' relationship.
Sorry, there are just WAY too many PJ songs I can relate too...
one just isn't enough for me.
EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
Especially hearing the speech Eddie gave during Night 2 of the Chicago United Center show in 2006. I was a few rows from the stage, and the speech he made related so much to how I was feeling at the time, and still feel today.
It said "Life is nothing but a dream."
I've spent so many years in question
To find I'd known this all along.
i have happy memories to the first time i heard particular songs ... the first bars of an opening set after you havent seen them in 3 years ... songs you hear when your in a particular mood, be it sad or happy that have lines that you relate with ... and simply hearing a song come on while your driving in the car and think 'remember when' - really, they've pretty much written the soundtrack to my adult life, so theres a personal thought to be had with every song i hear
one standout tho is nothingman - for sad reasons really ... it almost word for word describes the breakup of my kids dad and me
Off He Goes, when I know that I can't.
Wembley 18/06/07
If there was a reason, it was you.
O2 Arena 18/09/09
Working my way up to I Am Mine.
Big Balls by AC/DC.
I feel a combination of Other Side and Push Me, Pull Me.
I cant discuss it here so....
Anyway, the last verse of Ghost just hits me good every time.
"It doesn't hurt when I bleed
But my memories they eat me
I've seen it all before
Bring it on cause I'm no victim."
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No...not really!
I've always realted to a lot of the No Code-era stuff, especially during diffficult times in family and marriage..."Hail, Hail", "Long Road".
makes me think of my father who passed when i was six
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Present Tense, to remind me that I just need to live for the here and now
and Sleight Of Hand, I feel if all I do is the same thing day after day, time after time.
HOLY HELL!!!! how has this one managed to pass by me?
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
to a T
I am missing things from my life I wish I had.
and Parting Ways (at the moment - nothing to do with Dave
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.