Dalai Lama—To say that humility is an essential ingredient in our pursuit of spiritual transformation may seem to be at odds with what I have said about the need for confidence. But there is clearly a distinction to be made between valid confidence or self-esteem, and conceit - which we can describe as an inflated sense of importance, grounded in a false image of self.
The use of a tattoo as a metaphor for pain that, in theory, will last the life of the tattoo paints a picture of a person who will be in pain for the rest of his natural life. I can liken it to the Myth of Sisyphus, the Greek doomed to roll a rock up a hill for all of eternity. Both punishments are harsh and never-ending.
All the love gone bad, turned my world to black,
tattooed all I see
all that I am, all I'll be....
really is a powerful line.
Dalai Lama—To say that humility is an essential ingredient in our pursuit of spiritual transformation may seem to be at odds with what I have said about the need for confidence. But there is clearly a distinction to be made between valid confidence or self-esteem, and conceit - which we can describe as an inflated sense of importance, grounded in a false image of self.
It's hard to pick a song from the most recent album, but I think that Vedder's lyric writing has only improved over the years. The music might not be as intense or awesome as it was in the era of Vitalogy and No Code, but Eddie The Poet has evolved quite nicely, leaving some of the nicest gems on Backspacer.
My personal fave would have to be:
Last I saw, he was out there waiting
A silhouette in the black light, full moon glow
In the sand there he stands upon the shore
Forevermore
I just lost my 19 year old brother to cancer; he was a huge PJ fan. To me, these lyrics describe him and how I try to imagine him now. He's standing there on the shore watching over us, a silhouette in the black light, full moon glow.
While this clearly isn't the intent of the song, one way to define great poetry is that which can be applied to many contexts, and can touch different people in different ways. In this manner, EV is quite the poet.
It's hard to pick a song from the most recent album, but I think that Vedder's lyric writing has only improved over the years. The music might not be as intense or awesome as it was in the era of Vitalogy and No Code, but Eddie The Poet has evolved quite nicely, leaving some of the nicest gems on Backspacer.
My personal fave would have to be:
Last I saw, he was out there waiting
A silhouette in the black light, full moon glow
In the sand there he stands upon the shore
Forevermore
I just lost my 19 year old brother to cancer; he was a huge PJ fan. To me, these lyrics describe him and how I try to imagine him now. He's standing there on the shore watching over us, a silhouette in the black light, full moon glow.
While this clearly isn't the intent of the song, one way to define great poetry is that which can be applied to many contexts, and can touch different people in different ways. In this manner, EV is quite the poet.
so sorry for your loss
try to find your inner strength from his soul
and maybe we can all find each other on the other side
The whole world will be different soon... - EV
RED ROCKS 6-19-95
AUGUSTA 9-26-96
MANSFIELD 9-15-98
BOSTON 9-29-04
BOSTON 5-25-06
MANSFIELD 6-30-08
EV SOLO BOSTON 8-01-08
BOSTON 5-17-10
EV SOLO BOSTON 6-16-11
PJ20 9-3-11
PJ20 9-4-11
WRIGLEY 7-19-13
WORCESTER 10-15-13
WORCESTER 10-16-13
HARTFORD 10-25-13
I've used hammers made out of wood
I have played games with pieces and rules..
I've deciphered tricks at the bar...
But now you're gone,... I haven't figured out why...
I've come up with riddles... and jokes about war...
I've figured out numbers and what they're for...
I've understood feelings.. and I've understood words...
But how could you be taken away?...
For anyone who has lost someone special these lyrics are heavy, but then you think of the goods times and it becomes a bit easier.
and wherever you've gone
and wherever we might go
it don't seem fair...you seem to like it here
your light's reflected now, reflected from afar we were but stones, your light made us stars
Santiago I 2005
Santiago II 2005
West Palm Beach 2008
Alpine Valley PJ20 I 2011
Alpine Valley PJ 20 II 2011
Santiago 2011
Lima 2011
Buenos Aires 2013
Brooklyn I 2013
Brooklyn II 2013
Santiago 2015
Bogota 2015
Ft Lauderdale 2016
Miami 2016 Rio de Janeiro 2018 Boston 2 2018
Jee-sus how do u pick a favourite? So, so many great lyrics. For mine:
- Black
- Corduroy, particularly "Everything has chains, absolutely nothing's changed".
-"Some die just to live" - Immortality
- In My Tree. Just a great, great song.
- "I would've fallen from the sky to you, but parachutes have opened now" - Parachutes
- Come Back
- "Cannot find the candle of thought to light your name" - Elderly Woman
I've used hammers made out of wood
I have played games with pieces and rules
I undeciphered tricks at the bar
But now you're gone, I haven't figured out why
I've come up with riddles and jokes about war
I've figured out numbers and what they're for
I've understood feelings and I've understood words
But how could you be taken away?
And wherever you've gone
And wherever we might go
It don't seem fair... Today just disappeared
Your light's reflected now, reflected from afar
We were but stones, your light made us stars
With heavy breath, awakened regrets
Back pages and days alone that could have been spent, together...
But we were miles apart
Every inch between us becomes light years now
No time to be void or save up on life
You got to spend it all...
And wherever you've gone
And wherever we might go
It don't seem fair... You seem to like it here
Your light's reflected now, reflected from afar
We were but stones, your light made us stars
And wherever you've gone
And wherever we might go
It don't seem fair... Today just disappeared
Your light's reflected now, reflected from afar
We were but stones, your light made us stars
BLACK - I hope some day you have a beautiful life i know u'll be a star in somebody elses sky in somebody elses sky but why can't it be in mine. I remember breaking up to a girl and listening to the lyrics and crying lol...
1998 Sydney
2003 Sydney x 3
2006 Sydney x 3
2009 Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney
2010 Dublin , Belfast, Berlin, Venice
2011 Eddie Vedder Solo - Newcastle, Sydney x 3
I've always thought "born on third, thinks he got a triple" from Bu$hleaguer was a great line.....and very fitting for that situation, as well.
Also "It's not the world that's heavy, it's the things that you save" from Drifting- I try to remember not to carry the 'heavy' stuff with me all the time- but instead, set it free (set myself free)
"Forgive every being -the bad feelings, it's just me" from Can't Keep - again, I try to rember to let go of negative energy.
There's a TON more, but those came to mind at this moment
Also "It's not the world that's heavy, it's the things that you save" from Drifting- I try to remember not to carry the 'heavy' stuff with me all the time- but instead, set it free (set myself free)
"Forgive every being -the bad feelings, it's just me" from Can't Keep - again, I try to rember to let go of negative energy.
Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024
I may be wrong but when I hear Save You I think it's about us fans. This thought makes it great live.
i'm gonna save you fucker, not gonna lose you
i'm feeling cocky and strong, can't let you go
too important to me, and too important to us
we'd be lost without you
i'm there, let yourself fall, i'm right below you now
and fuck me if i say something you don't want to hear, from me
and fuck me if you only hear what you wanna hear, from 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 and hit me instead
let's pick up your will, it's grown fat and lazy
it's 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
whoa!
cuz there is but you, and something within you
has 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 from me (fuck me)
and fuck me if you only hear the tremble in your head
please help me to help you help yourself!
help me help yourself
help me, please want me to
please let me to, help you...
Lives opened and trashed..."look ma, watch me crash"...
No time to question...why'd nothing last...
Grasp and hold on...we're dyin' fast...
Soon be over...and i will relent...
Let the ocean swell, dissolve 'way my past
Three days, and maybe longer
Won't even know i've left...
I'll never suck Satan's dick. Again you' see it you know right 'round the lips.
Like egg, rolling thick and heavy, all the past we carry.
It's funny when things change so much, it's all state of mind.
Sorry is the fool who trades his soul for a corvette. Thinks he'll get the girl, he'll only get the mechanic.
I will swallow poison until I grow immune. I will scream my lungs out 'til it fills this room.
We go way back. I wonder about his insides. It's like his thoughts are too big for his size.
&
Nothing's changed but the surrounding bullshit. That has grown.
I could go on and on...but I guess I'll truncate it there.
"Not only do you have sunshine but you have better thunder...fuckers." -Ed, Phx 10/21/00
PJ * 10/21/00 - Phx * 6/7/03 - Phx * 6/29/06 - Milwaukee * 6/30/06 - Milwaukee * 11/19/13 - Phx *
EV * 11/4/12 - Phx, AZ *
Comments
Inspiring!
Breath
GIVES ME GOOSE BUMPS OOOOOOOHHHHHAA
Breath
GIVES ME GOOSE BUMPS OOOOOOOHHHHHAA
aaahahhahahahaha for me indifference
really is a powerful line.
See Signature below.
Of what was everything?
All the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything...
All the love gone bad turned my world to black
Tattooed all I see, all that I am, all I'll be...
Another habit says its long overdue
Another habit like an unwanted friend
I'm so happy with my righteous self
"He who forgets will be destined to remember" - Nothingman
"Don't see some men as half empty, see them half full of shit" - 1/2 full
"The ocean is full 'cos everyone's crying" - I am Mine
and all of Black and Indifference
My personal fave would have to be:
Last I saw, he was out there waiting
A silhouette in the black light, full moon glow
In the sand there he stands upon the shore
Forevermore
I just lost my 19 year old brother to cancer; he was a huge PJ fan. To me, these lyrics describe him and how I try to imagine him now. He's standing there on the shore watching over us, a silhouette in the black light, full moon glow.
While this clearly isn't the intent of the song, one way to define great poetry is that which can be applied to many contexts, and can touch different people in different ways. In this manner, EV is quite the poet.
Eddie Vedder: 6/15/09 6/16/11
so sorry for your loss
try to find your inner strength from his soul
and maybe we can all find each other on the other side
RED ROCKS 6-19-95
AUGUSTA 9-26-96
MANSFIELD 9-15-98
BOSTON 9-29-04
BOSTON 5-25-06
MANSFIELD 6-30-08
EV SOLO BOSTON 8-01-08
BOSTON 5-17-10
EV SOLO BOSTON 6-16-11
PJ20 9-3-11
PJ20 9-4-11
WRIGLEY 7-19-13
WORCESTER 10-15-13
WORCESTER 10-16-13
HARTFORD 10-25-13
+1
I have played games with pieces and rules..
I've deciphered tricks at the bar...
But now you're gone,... I haven't figured out why...
I've come up with riddles... and jokes about war...
I've figured out numbers and what they're for...
I've understood feelings.. and I've understood words...
But how could you be taken away?...
For anyone who has lost someone special these lyrics are heavy, but then you think of the goods times and it becomes a bit easier.
Another habit says its long overdue
Another habit like an unwanted friend
I'm so happy with my righteous self
"if I knew then what I know now"
Sounds corny but it's true
and wherever we might go
it don't seem fair...you seem to like it here
your light's reflected now, reflected from afar
we were but stones, your light made us stars
Santiago II 2005
West Palm Beach 2008
Alpine Valley PJ20 I 2011
Alpine Valley PJ 20 II 2011
Santiago 2011
Lima 2011
Buenos Aires 2013
Brooklyn I 2013
Brooklyn II 2013
Santiago 2015
Bogota 2015
Ft Lauderdale 2016
Miami 2016
Rio de Janeiro 2018
Boston 2 2018
- Black
- Corduroy, particularly "Everything has chains, absolutely nothing's changed".
-"Some die just to live" - Immortality
- In My Tree. Just a great, great song.
- "I would've fallen from the sky to you, but parachutes have opened now" - Parachutes
- Come Back
- "Cannot find the candle of thought to light your name" - Elderly Woman
I could list so many more.
I have played games with pieces and rules
I undeciphered tricks at the bar
But now you're gone, I haven't figured out why
I've come up with riddles and jokes about war
I've figured out numbers and what they're for
I've understood feelings and I've understood words
But how could you be taken away?
And wherever you've gone
And wherever we might go
It don't seem fair... Today just disappeared
Your light's reflected now, reflected from afar
We were but stones, your light made us stars
With heavy breath, awakened regrets
Back pages and days alone that could have been spent, together...
But we were miles apart
Every inch between us becomes light years now
No time to be void or save up on life
You got to spend it all...
And wherever you've gone
And wherever we might go
It don't seem fair... You seem to like it here
Your light's reflected now, reflected from afar
We were but stones, your light made us stars
And wherever you've gone
And wherever we might go
It don't seem fair... Today just disappeared
Your light's reflected now, reflected from afar
We were but stones, your light made us stars
2003 Sydney x 3
2006 Sydney x 3
2009 Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney
2010 Dublin , Belfast, Berlin, Venice
2011 Eddie Vedder Solo - Newcastle, Sydney x 3
Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin at me
Oh, I paid the price...
Never held you in real life
Also "It's not the world that's heavy, it's the things that you save" from Drifting- I try to remember not to carry the 'heavy' stuff with me all the time- but instead, set it free (set myself free)
"Forgive every being -the bad feelings, it's just me" from Can't Keep - again, I try to rember to let go of negative energy.
There's a TON more, but those came to mind at this moment
i'm gonna save you fucker, not gonna lose you
i'm feeling cocky and strong, can't let you go
too important to me, and too important to us
we'd be lost without you
i'm there, let yourself fall, i'm right below you now
and fuck me if i say something you don't want to hear, from me
and fuck me if you only hear what you wanna hear, from 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 and hit me instead
let's pick up your will, it's grown fat and lazy
it's 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
whoa!
cuz there is but you, and something within you
has 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 from me (fuck me)
and fuck me if you only hear the tremble in your head
please help me to help you help yourself!
help me help yourself
help me, please want me to
please let me to, help you...
No time to question...why'd nothing last...
Grasp and hold on...we're dyin' fast...
Soon be over...and i will relent...
Let the ocean swell, dissolve 'way my past
Three days, and maybe longer
Won't even know i've left...
I'll never suck Satan's dick. Again you' see it you know right 'round the lips.
Like egg, rolling thick and heavy, all the past we carry.
It's funny when things change so much, it's all state of mind.
Sorry is the fool who trades his soul for a corvette. Thinks he'll get the girl, he'll only get the mechanic.
I will swallow poison until I grow immune. I will scream my lungs out 'til it fills this room.
We go way back. I wonder about his insides. It's like his thoughts are too big for his size.
&
Nothing's changed but the surrounding bullshit. That has grown.
I could go on and on...but I guess I'll truncate it there.
PJ * 10/21/00 - Phx * 6/7/03 - Phx * 6/29/06 - Milwaukee * 6/30/06 - Milwaukee * 11/19/13 - Phx *
EV * 11/4/12 - Phx, AZ *
If I think too much... I can get over... whelmed...
I study your face... The fear goes away...