"You are e-VERY-thing, and everything is you..."
I can see how it gets mistaken as "a furry thing," but come on people... really? The actual lyrics are so beautiful in their symmetry, especially when considered in the context of the rest of the song -- it's the best line on the album, IMO, and I'm sad that so many people seem to mishear it.
"You are everything, and everything is you. Me, you. You, me. It's all related." Reminds me of tripping on mushrooms in college. Actually, I think I'm going to add it to my signature block on here. Hell, maybe I'll even start replying to some posts just to get it the exposure it apparently needs.
"You are everything, and everything is you. Me, you. You, me. It's all related." Reminds me of tripping on mushrooms in college. Actually, I think I'm going to add it to my signature block on here. Hell, maybe I'll even start replying to some posts just to get it the exposure it apparently needs.

"You are everything, and everything is you. Me, you... you, me -- it's all related."
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Tremor Christ is another one that has, what I believe to be, an intentional lyrical error: The Vitalogy liner notes say, of course, "Wounded is the organ, he left all... bloodied on the shore." But listening to the song, I've always heard, and I think it makes overwhelmingly more sense, "Wounded is the old man..."
Eddie just seems to have a great sense of humor for someone that is so thoughtful about people and the world's events. It was very evident during the Philly shows especially night one about Stone leaving the band unless he was allowed to sing.
Same reason the website's lyrics for In Hiding say, "I surfaced when all of my pen wasn't writing," instead of "I surfaced and all of my being was enlightened" (among countless other inaccuracies) -- they were cut-and-pasted from various fan websites a few years ago.
Do you think the Mona Lisa would have almost universal appeal if it were simply a beautiful painting? Every person who looks at that face sees a different smile. I see a girl with something to hide. I also hear furry. That's the way I like it and although I hesitate to state that Ed=DaVinci, I will say that he has allowed each of us to feel a stronger connection to his music by letting us, in some small way, to insert ourselves in the music and sunsequently create a more personal experience.
No... Ed writes wierd lyrics... like:
"All the seals sang, on a Porsche a little sad..."
What the heck does that mean?
...
And such is the mystery of Ed.
Hail, Hail!!!
i get a real kick out of ed's humor
And we all believe, we all believe it!
jo
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"How I choose to feel is how I am." ~ EV/MMc
"Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness and they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy, or they become legends." ~ One Stab ~
I see your point, and I agree with you to a large extent. But say a healthy number of fans honestly thought he sang, "Don't call me daughter, not fit to... the bitch's cat will remind me." Would you really defend it as a matter of opinion? I mean, some things are a matter of interpretation (what one takes from the Mona Lisa, for instance), and some things are just objectively right/wrong.
I know, right. My little sister always thought the words to Butter Man were: "She dreams of butter, she dreams of bread... she can't find the butter, man."
Interesting. Maybe it's a homographic pun, which makes it even more impressive. But there's no way the symmetry of "You are everything, and everything is you" was purely coincidental. It's too poetic and fits too flawlessly within the context of the song.
lol!~
jo
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"How I choose to feel is how I am." ~ EV/MMc
"Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness and they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy, or they become legends." ~ One Stab ~
Four or Five Virgins and a Pelican
heheheheeeeee
jo
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"How I choose to feel is how I am." ~ EV/MMc
"Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness and they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy, or they become legends." ~ One Stab ~
Maybe you mean live, but I'm pretty sure Irons drummed on Yield. Though maybe that's a matter of "opinion" here too
this thread just blew my mind. even more so than when i found out it was "everything has CHAINS" and not "changed".
I have also always heard "a furry thing."
"Torch her from you to me"
"Torture from you to me"
"Abduct it from the street"
"Abducted from the street"
"Young girl...violins...center of her own attention"
"Young girl...violence...center of her own attention"
2003-02-20 Melbourne
2006-11-13 Melbourne
2006-11-14 Melbourne
2006-11-16 Melbourne
2009-11-22 Sydney
2011-03-18 Sydney
2011-03-19 Sydney
Same with Breakerfall/break her fall.
how are these lyrics afraid of gay people?? this thread will be locked now because of your ignorance. thanks!
i see that you're a smart mariners fan... didn't know there was such a thing jk lol
That's up there with hot chili and military intelligence.
No, I didn't catch your joke. My bad. :oops:
I obviously hear the same things as this guy/girl. I too had both these lyrics wrong. Ah well . . .
Note the symmetry in the song structure, too. Instead of verse-chorus-verse-chorus, it's more like verse-chorus-chorus-verse. I think of that song as a musical mountain, with the peak in the middle between the two choruses with the building guitar riffs and drum fills. When the last verse quietly concludes, you're safely on the ground on the other side of the mountain.