Best Lyrics from PJ

meeks10@aol.com

Almost every single lyric in Marker in the Sand is out of this world. Where did he come up with those lyrics.

Inspiring!

guypjfreak

for my wife
Breath
GIVES ME GOOSE BUMPS OOOOOOOHHHHHAA

guypjfreak

for my wife
Breath
GIVES ME GOOSE BUMPS OOOOOOOHHHHHAA
aaahahhahahahaha for me indifference

MarylandTeacher

dimitrispearljam wrote:

...turned my world to BLACK

Tattooed all I see, all that I am, all I'll be

MarylandTeacher

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.

wenlove22 wrote:

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.

Joe Ledbetter

Black...

See Signature below.

The Waiting Trophy Man

All the lyrics fromVitalogy.

abogail

"I'll ride the wave where it takes me" - Release (also my lifes motto)

"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

troubledsoulsuniteblog

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.

ed243421

troubledsoulsuniteblog wrote:

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

giggity

Meaning behind Lukin?

theoceansmademe

CantKeepMeHere wrote:

I wish I was the verb to trust, and never let you down

+1

theoceansmademe

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.

ageless_tide

I love Army Reserve - the best song on PJ-PJ album..

The Waiting Trophy Man

All the lyrics Ed wrote for Vitalogy.

Liesl

"she holds the hand that holds her down, she will RISE ABOVE"

HailHailOZ

Every year I get older I come back to:

"if I knew then what I know now"

Sounds corny but it's true

Cheo Ramirez

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

Azza78

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 could list so many more.

KP_McMinn

South of the Northern border....