I think they've improved it with time. In recent years, they usually dedicate this song to someone and play it with a LOT more passion than in 2000.
+1, I'm pretty sure eds crying in the london o2 version from aug 18 09
Yeah as I said in early post he lost it in the first messed up intro. Great version. Plus I am pretty sure in release he replaces Dad with Jeff - I'm gonna have to check the boot now!
Now it all comes down to numbers, now I'm glad that I have quit
Folks these days just don't do nothing simple for the love of it
I mean, these have got to be some of the best lyrics Ed has ever written:
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?...
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 apar...t
Every inch between us becomes light years now...
No need 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 seemed 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
true dat...especially: "We were but stones...your light made us stars" ... and his delivery of it too...always has me in awe...
"I know I was born and I know that I'll die...the in between is mine"
Nothing much to add other than I've been to 10 shows I think and this is my #1 song I'm still chasing....have always loved it. Glad to see the love. I've read threads where people claim its one of pj's worst tunes...never understood that.
this is the one song of my favs which I still haven't heard live...I made a sign for it that I had for various shows of the last euro tour, and apparently they soundchecked it at copenhagen, but didn't end up playing it. :(
... is Light Years the only song explicity about a loved one's death?
Agree with all of that, however I view Sad as song about loved ones death as well. Funny my top 3 songs are Black, Light Years & Sad - I must be pretty dark!!
Shazam! Good one, had totally forgotten Sad. I scanned the studio albums but skipped Lost Dogs, my mind went "nope, nothing SAD on there...." Ha! That may take the cake from Light Years on sheer bummer of a tale. But Light Years overpowers in its elegance to me ... a masterpiece!
But all of these songs are among my favorites ... Black, Light Years, Sad, Last Kiss, Rearviewmirror, Come Back, Parachutes, The End, oh Parting Ways, sure. ANd their opposites like Wishlist, Thin Air, Faithful and Just Breath...
Yeah, we are a curious sort, those of us in this thread. These "slow" songs of love lost/relationships gone just bring a bunch of emotions bubbling up.
Why do that to yourself? Because the people we've lost (or are losing) meant that much to us, that we're willing to pull the scab off again, and again, experience the pain, watch the blood drip and continue whatever type of healing we can get. Because with pain and regret also comes the memories of all the happiness we've had. The intensity of the pain simply indicates the prior passion lived....
Not that I dwell on all that ... much.
At the Pinkpop Festival in 2000, Vedder dedicated "Light Years" to Diane Muus from Sony Music, a friend of the band who died at the age of 33 in 1997. He said there are "times you have got friends that don't fuck up at all and are great people. And then you just lose them for some reason. They are off the planet and you never had a chance to say goodbye. I only mention this because there was a person we used to know here and that was Diane and ah, we never got a chance to say goodbye. This is goodbye. And if you've got good friends, love them while they're here."
I think that it helps with the grieving process because when others tell you how sorry they are, at least I secretly wonder if they really get it. Because he is so able to explain exactly how he is feeling in these lyrics and they so closely match what I am feeling, I know he gets it. And I don't feel so completely alone in that grief.
And the sun it may be shining . . . but there's an ocean in my eyes
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he might be. great vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W801soTVAwo
Yeah as I said in early post he lost it in the first messed up intro. Great version. Plus I am pretty sure in release he replaces Dad with Jeff - I'm gonna have to check the boot now!
Folks these days just don't do nothing simple for the love of it
BEAUTIFUL
We were but stones,... your light made us stars</b>
Buffalo 5-10-10...First PJ show..Life changing..magical..
true dat...especially: "We were but stones...your light made us stars" ... and his delivery of it too...always has me in awe...
At the Pinkpop Festival in 2000, Vedder dedicated "Light Years" to Diane Muus from Sony Music, a friend of the band who died at the age of 33 in 1997. He said there are "times you have got friends that don't fuck up at all and are great people. And then you just lose them for some reason. They are off the planet and you never had a chance to say goodbye. I only mention this because there was a person we used to know here and that was Diane and ah, we never got a chance to say goodbye. This is goodbye. And if you've got good friends, love them while they're here."
I think that it helps with the grieving process because when others tell you how sorry they are, at least I secretly wonder if they really get it. Because he is so able to explain exactly how he is feeling in these lyrics and they so closely match what I am feeling, I know he gets it. And I don't feel so completely alone in that grief.
"What could be better than a beer with Eddie Vedder"
"Every inch between us becomes light years now"
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so so good
camden 08 was great- for tim russert
that one dedicated to tim russert in camden was really good.
6/19/08 - Camden N1
9/2/12 - Philly
Philadelphia! We're all still Alive!
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
To me it is:
"We were but stones,... your light made us stars"
Cause I am somewhat of an astronomy nut, this is poetry.
Best version i've heard, I think Buffalo is also up there.
buffalo 10-very good as well