"Things were different then. All is different now.
I tried to explain. Somehow...." This lyric is probably one that will always hit my soul button. Always has, always will.. I think the best pearl jam lyrics are straight up descriptions of the state of the writers soul that particular moment.
Eastern Creek 95,Syd 1 98,Bris 2 98, Syd 1&2 03, Reading Fest 06, Bris 1 06, London 09, Hyde Park 10, Gold Coast BDO 14 Budapest 22 Krakow 22 Amsterdam 22 St Paul 1&2 23 Chicago 1&2 23 Chicago 1&2 24 New York 1 24 Philly 1&2 24 Boston 1&2 24 Gold Coast 24 Melbourne 1 24 Sydney 1&2 24
And he still gives his love, he just gives it away
the love he receives is the love that is saved.
why?
I believe in love and
I have come to believe all we leave this world with is love
He floated back down 'cause he wanted to share his key to the locks on the chains he saw everywhere
Burt first he was stripped and then he was stabbed by faceless men, well, fuckers
He still stands
And he still gives his love, he just gives it awas
The love he receives is the love that is saved
- Just a super powerful lyric, to me, about someone who gives of him/her self regardless of the consequences because they just beleive it's right.
I know someday you'll have a beautiful live, I know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky, but why, why, why can't it be mine?
This lyric may be their most powerful ever and hit's me right now because of a recent break up.
To me it is probably between to sets of lyrics, but one is not a PJ song(rockin in Free World) and is a particular show(Pink Pop 92'), so not sure if it relevant to your topic, but I am fairly sure most PJ fans would say it is extremely powerful to me. Here we go!
Oh, you know where, now I can't see, I just stare...
I, I'm still alive
and,
There's one more kid
that will never go to school
Never get to fall in love,
never get to be cool. version from Pink Pop 92' specifically is just in a word "POWERFUL"!
Love them both, but in general terms, got to go with "Alive" because everytime I hear it whether Live or from Album/CD version or Video version it gives me goosebumbs, meaning has chnaged over time, more like the feeling it aspires in me, from once was rage and agression to reflection and celebration of making it through lifes tougher times.
There are so many others I love and find deep meaning in, and I think that is what makes me Love PJ and their music from their beginning stuff(Ten to Backspacer) to now!
11/5/91: Troy NY "I Just Want to SCREAM... HELLO!"
8/4/92:Saratoga NY 4/6/94:Mass 9/13/98:CT
8/27/2000:Saratoga NY,10/04/2000:Montreal,Canada
04/29/03:Albany, 5/12/06:Albany NY,10/31/09:Philly,5/15/10Hartford CT
One of the
"MOST" powerful lyrics for me...........
Yea I dnt want to hurt, there's so much in this world to make me bleed....
Stay with meeeeeeee, you're all I seeeeeeeee..........
Did I say that I need you, did I say that I want you????
Oh if I didn't I'm a fool you see, no one knows this more than me.....
Cuz I come clean ahhhh....
Everyone that's ever been in love, you know what I mean.
yep! many times has my heart ached from these words, but also
"Can't buy what I want because it's free"
great choices! always loved 'I know someday...', but had forgotten bout the second one..."Can't buy what I want because it's free" ...always loved that line ..too true..
A wave came crashing like a fist to the jaw
Delivered him wings, 'Hey, look at me now'
Arms wide open with the sea as his floor
Oh, power, oh
But first he was stripped and then he was stabbed
By faceless men, well, fuckers
He still stands
A few lines of I'm Open:
He's alive, but feels absolutely nothing... So, is he?
When he was six he believed that the moon overhead followed him
By nine he had deciphered the illusion, trading magic for fact.
No trade-backs...
The last part of MOTH:
He was guiding me, love, his own way
Now the man of the hour is taking his final bow
As the curtain comes down
I feel that this is just goodbye for now
Release:
I'll ride the wave
Where it takes me
I'll hold the pain
Release me
And the whole of Light Years.
All of those choke me up, make me cry or give me goosebumps, mainly due to events that have happened in my life and shaped who I am.
Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
Reading this thread just makes you realise how talented Ed is......a real poet
There are just loads of meaningful Ed lyrics, many of which have already been mentioned.....but these lines are my favourite, never fail to make me feel 'uplifted'
One day... the symptoms fade. Think I'll throw these pills away.
And if hope could grow from dirt like me. It can be done.
Won't let the light escape from me.
Won't let the darkness swallow me.
Dublin, Reading 06 London, Copenhagen 07 MSG 08 SBE, Manchester, London 09 Dublin, Belfast, London 10
Oh dear Dad can you hear me now. Haunting & beautiful at the same time.
Eastern Creek 95,Syd 1 98,Bris 2 98, Syd 1&2 03, Reading Fest 06, Bris 1 06, London 09, Hyde Park 10, Gold Coast BDO 14 Budapest 22 Krakow 22 Amsterdam 22 St Paul 1&2 23 Chicago 1&2 23 Chicago 1&2 24 New York 1 24 Philly 1&2 24 Boston 1&2 24 Gold Coast 24 Melbourne 1 24 Sydney 1&2 24
So I approach with tact, suggest that he should relax, but he's always moving much too fast.... I wonder about his insides, it's like his thoughts are too big for his size... he's been taken... so on and so forth
... because I'm an unapproachable spastic little prick most of the time.
time to take leave of formal functions
time to plant seeds of reconstruction
more time, this time, to feign reluctance
it's like you're waiting for a diamond shore to wash your way
bets put aside, you're evil
let's crawl into your face
a vision, vague or not, raising a frightful wake-you-up
time for...
evacuation
it is the most difficult thing in the world to watch someone lose a battle with demons. Man it sucks, I just want to shake them and say this to them over and over
that’s right! Can’t we all just get together and focus on our real enemies: monogamous gays and stem cells… - Ned Flanders
It is terrifying when you are too stupid to know who is dumb
- Joe Rogan
it is the most difficult thing in the world to watch someone lose a battle with demons. Man it sucks, I just want to shake them and say this to them over and over
Comments
thought-provoking lyric for me...deeply
and,
"gonna save you facker, not gonna lose you...."
ed is cool & powerful !!
I tried to explain. Somehow...." This lyric is probably one that will always hit my soul button. Always has, always will.. I think the best pearl jam lyrics are straight up descriptions of the state of the writers soul that particular moment.
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh OOOOOOOOOOOOOHaaaa OHHHHHHHHHHHH..
absolute ironic poetry beautiful
the love he receives is the love that is saved.
why?
I believe in love and
I have come to believe all we leave this world with is love
Burt first he was stripped and then he was stabbed by faceless men, well, fuckers
He still stands
And he still gives his love, he just gives it awas
The love he receives is the love that is saved
- Just a super powerful lyric, to me, about someone who gives of him/her self regardless of the consequences because they just beleive it's right.
I know someday you'll have a beautiful live, I know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky, but why, why, why can't it be mine?
This lyric may be their most powerful ever and hit's me right now because of a recent break up.
When I heard the band start playing...
...I was always a DeadHead, but when I first heard Winston Rodney, aka the Burning Spear, sing, I became a SpearHead too!
Oh, you know where, now I can't see, I just stare...
I, I'm still alive
and,
There's one more kid
that will never go to school
Never get to fall in love,
never get to be cool. version from Pink Pop 92' specifically is just in a word "POWERFUL"!
Love them both, but in general terms, got to go with "Alive" because everytime I hear it whether Live or from Album/CD version or Video version it gives me goosebumbs, meaning has chnaged over time, more like the feeling it aspires in me, from once was rage and agression to reflection and celebration of making it through lifes tougher times.
There are so many others I love and find deep meaning in, and I think that is what makes me Love PJ and their music from their beginning stuff(Ten to Backspacer) to now!
8/4/92:Saratoga NY 4/6/94:Mass 9/13/98:CT
8/27/2000:Saratoga NY,10/04/2000:Montreal,Canada
04/29/03:Albany, 5/12/06:Albany NY,10/31/09:Philly,5/15/10Hartford CT
yep! many times has my heart ached from these words, but also
"Can't buy what I want because it's free"
"MOST" powerful lyrics for me...........
Yea I dnt want to hurt, there's so much in this world to make me bleed....
Stay with meeeeeeee, you're all I seeeeeeeee..........
Did I say that I need you, did I say that I want you????
Oh if I didn't I'm a fool you see, no one knows this more than me.....
Cuz I come clean ahhhh....
Everyone that's ever been in love, you know what I mean.
'Nothing's changed but the surrounding bullshit that has grown' - Off he goes
'All the rusted signs we ignore throughout our lves, choosing the shiny ones instead' - Thumbing my way
Awesome....the man's a genius, a poet!
Now the man of the hour
Is takin'
His final bow
As the curtain comes down
I feel that this is just
Goodbye for now.
Musically and lyrically, could not have been written any better.
- "Can I forgive what I cannot forget and live a lie? I could give it one more try."
great choices! always loved 'I know someday...', but had forgotten bout the second one..."Can't buy what I want because it's free" ...always loved that line ..too true..
It makes me
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SMELL YER MA!
one for each day since Ive fell apart
The whole song Footsteps for a matter of fact
A wave came crashing like a fist to the jaw
Delivered him wings, 'Hey, look at me now'
Arms wide open with the sea as his floor
Oh, power, oh
But first he was stripped and then he was stabbed
By faceless men, well, fuckers
He still stands
A few lines of I'm Open:
He's alive, but feels absolutely nothing... So, is he?
When he was six he believed that the moon overhead followed him
By nine he had deciphered the illusion, trading magic for fact.
No trade-backs...
The last part of MOTH:
He was guiding me, love, his own way
Now the man of the hour is taking his final bow
As the curtain comes down
I feel that this is just goodbye for now
Release:
I'll ride the wave
Where it takes me
I'll hold the pain
Release me
And the whole of Light Years.
All of those choke me up, make me cry or give me goosebumps, mainly due to events that have happened in my life and shaped who I am.
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
There are just loads of meaningful Ed lyrics, many of which have already been mentioned.....but these lines are my favourite, never fail to make me feel 'uplifted'
One day... the symptoms fade. Think I'll throw these pills away.
And if hope could grow from dirt like me. It can be done.
Won't let the light escape from me.
Won't let the darkness swallow me.
London, Copenhagen 07
MSG 08
SBE, Manchester, London 09
Dublin, Belfast, London 10
Seriously though, "Dream the dreams of others then you will be no one's rival" from that same song is pretty good.
Berlin - August 15, 2009
Lisbon - July 10, 2010
Berlin - June 26, 2014
Zurich - June 23, 2022
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all of should have been burned.
and
"Things were different then, always different then, I tried to explain somehow"
**Glad to see someone put a lyric from Ghost on here a few posts back. Underrated song and lyrics
and
So I approach with tact, suggest that he should relax, but he's always moving much too fast.... I wonder about his insides, it's like his thoughts are too big for his size... he's been taken... so on and so forth
... because I'm an unapproachable spastic little prick most of the time.
time to take leave of formal functions
time to plant seeds of reconstruction
more time, this time, to feign reluctance
it's like you're waiting for a diamond shore to wash your way
bets put aside, you're evil
let's crawl into your face
a vision, vague or not, raising a frightful wake-you-up
time for...
evacuation
How I choose to feel is how I am
it is the most difficult thing in the world to watch someone lose a battle with demons. Man it sucks, I just want to shake them and say this to them over and over
It is terrifying when you are too stupid to know who is dumb
- Joe Rogan
well said.