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Ed's most hopeful lyrics

Bu$chlagerBu$chlager Posts: 498
edited August 2010 in The Porch
My fellow fans,

Looking for opinions on Ed's most hopeful/inspiring lyrics. Just a line or two that really sticks with you or can help you get through a tough day.

Mine is "Dream the dreams of others then, you will be no one's rival."

What's yours?
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  • AH129339AH129339 Posts: 25
    Great topic mine is without a doubt ...."Make myself a pact, not to shut doors on the past, Just for today,... I am free"
  • MoemaiMoemai The Netherlands Posts: 329
    I know I was born and I know that I'll die,
    The in between is mine,
    I am mine.
  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,431
    Is it so wrong to think that love can keep us safe?
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    There must be an open door
    For you to
    Come back
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • ComesFromYouthComesFromYouth Posts: 14
    I'm not sure if Ed or Mike wrote the lyrics to Down, but the part where he says, "If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done" is pretty hopeful.
  • fb282152fb282152 Posts: 24
    Wind in my hair, I feel part of everywhere
    underneath my being is a road that disappeared
    late at night I hear the trees
    they're singing with the dead
    overhead...

    Leave it to me as I find a way to be
    consider me a satelite for ever orbiting
    I knew all the rules but the rules did not know me
    guaranteed...
    I knew all the rules but the rules did not know me ... guaranteed
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,792
    no matter how cold the winter
    there's a springtime ahead
  • mermelada_alucinogenamermelada_alucinogena Posts: 59
    first he was stripped, and then he was stabbed by faceless men, Well fuckers, he still stands. And he still gets his love he just gives it away, the love he receives is the love that is saved
    Love ain't Love until you give it up!
  • Paulina87Paulina87 Poland Posts: 3,303
    You can spend your time alone, re-digesting past regrets, oh
    Or you can come to terms and realize
    You're the only one who can't forgive yourself, oh
    Makes much more sense, to live in the present tense

    And the young, they can lose hope cause they can't see beyond today,...
    The wisdom that the old can't give away

    I don't want to hear from those who know...
    They can buy, but can't put on my clothes...
    I don't want to limp for them to walk...
    Never would have known of me before...
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  • mysticweedmysticweed Posts: 3,710
    hold on to the thread
    the currents will shift
    glide me towards you

    i'll ride the wave
    where it takes me
    fuck 'em if they can't take a joke

    "what a long, strange trip it's been"
  • Spot In The SkySpot In The Sky Posts: 1,175
    bring it on cause im no victim
    he still stands
    the sun will rise another day
    "The world is dangerous, feel safe here tonight..." EV 9/17/06

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  • awang_vedderawang_vedder Jakarta, Indonesia Posts: 190
    ....i wish i was a messenger and all the news was good...
    - "I wish I was a messenger, and all the news was good" -
  • jwagnerjwagner Posts: 435
    oh wow...there are so many. So many. But I guess the line I quote from "I Am Mine" below will stand as my #1...
    "I know I was born and I know that I'll die...the in between is mine"
  • wsoltiswsoltis Posts: 31
    I like this one....from Love Boat Captain

    Once you hold the hand of love,.. it's all surmountable.
  • Citizen ZackCitizen Zack Posts: 1,763
    The whole world will be different soon
    The whole world will be relieved
    "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them." - Thoreau

    No time to be void, or save up on life, you've got to spend it all
  • KloddzKloddz Posts: 2,573
    Troubled souls unite, we got ourselves tonight
    I am fuel, you are friends, we got the means to make amends
    I am lost, I'm no guide, but I'm by your side
    I am right by your side...
    Bern - September 13, 2006
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    Lisbon - July 10, 2010
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    Zurich - June 23, 2022

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  • EraserheadEraserhead Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 2,960
    Already been said, but this one:

    "No matter how cold the winter, there's a springtime ahead"
    Manchester 04.06.00, Leeds 25.08.06, Wembley 18.06.07, Dusseldorf 21.06.07, Shepherds Bush 11.08.09, Manchester 17.08.09, Adelaide 17.11.09, Melbourne 20.11.09, Sydney 22.11.09, Brisbane 25.11.09, MSG1 20.05.10, MSG2 21.05.10, Dublin 22.06.10, Belfast 23.06.10, London 25.06.10, Long Beach 06.07.11 (EV), Los Angeles 08.07.11 (EV), Toronto 11.09.11, Toronto 12.09.11, Ottawa 14.09.11, Hamilton 14.09.11, Manchester 20.06.12, Manchester 21.06.12, Amsterdam 26.06.2012, Amsterdam 27.06.2012, Berlin 04.07.12, Berlin 05.07.12, Stockholm 07.07.12, Oslo 09.07.12, Copenhagen 10.07.12, Manchester 28.07.12 (EV), Brooklyn 18.10.13, Brooklyn 19.10.13, Philly 21.10.13, Philly 22.10.13, San Diego 21.11.13, LA 23.11.13, LA 24.11.13, Oakland 26.11.13, Portland 29.11.13, Spokane 30.11.13, Calgary 02.12.13, Vancouver 04.12.13, Seattle 06.12.13, Trieste 22.06.14, Vienna 25.06.14, Berlin 26.06.14, Stockholm 28.06.14, Leeds 08.07.14, Philly 28.04.16, Philly 28.04.16, MSG1 01.05.16, MSG2 02.05.16
  • GmoneyGmoney Posts: 1,618
    You're always saying that there's something wrong
    I'm starting to believe it's your plan all along
    Death came around, forced to hear its song
    And know tomorrow can't be depended on

    Seen the home inside your head
    All locked doors and unmade beds

    Open sores unattended
    Let me say just once that

    I have faced it, a life wasted
    I'm never going back again
    I escaped it, a life wasted
    I'm never going back again
    Having tasted, a life wasted
    I'm never going back again

    The world awaits just up the stairs
    Leave the pain for someone else
    Nothing back there for you to find
    Or was it you you left behind?

    You're always saying you're too weak to be strong
    You're harder on yourself than just about anyone

    Why swim the channel just to get this far?
    Halfway there, why would you turn around?

    Darkness comes in waves...tell me,
    Why invite it to stay?

    You're one with negativity
    Yes, comfort is an energy
    But why let the sad song play?
    heheheh...

    I have faced it, a life wasted
    I'm never going back again

    Oh I escaped it, a life wasted
    I'm never going back again

    Having tasted, a life wasted
    I'm never going back again

    oh i erased it, a life wasted
    I'm never going back again
    Further back and forth a wave will break on me, today...
  • fb282152fb282152 Posts: 24
    Hold me, and make it the truth,...
    That when all is lost there will be you.
    Cause to the universe I don't mean a thing
    And there's just one word that I still believe and it's
    Love,... love. love
    I knew all the rules but the rules did not know me ... guaranteed
  • Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Paulina87 wrote:
    You can spend your time alone, re-digesting past regrets, oh
    Or you can come to terms and realize
    You're the only one who can't forgive yourself, oh
    Makes much more sense, to live in the present tense

    And the young, they can lose hope cause they can't see beyond today,...
    The wisdom that the old can't give away

    I don't want to hear from those who know...
    They can buy, but can't put on my clothes...
    I don't want to limp for them to walk...
    Never would have known of me before...

    The first 4 lines you have written resonate w/ me! Very cool verse!
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • myramyra Posts: 1,257
    Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:
    Paulina87 wrote:
    You can spend your time alone, re-digesting past regrets, oh
    Or you can come to terms and realize
    You're the only one who can't forgive yourself, oh
    Makes much more sense, to live in the present tense

    And the young, they can lose hope cause they can't see beyond today,...
    The wisdom that the old can't give away

    I don't want to hear from those who know...
    They can buy, but can't put on my clothes...
    I don't want to limp for them to walk...
    Never would have known of me before...

    The first 4 lines you have written resonate w/ me! Very cool verse!

    I'll go for those too. Pretty self-explanatory hopeful indeed.
  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    "You can spend your time alone redigesting past regrets
    or you can come to terms and realise that you're the only one who can forgive yourself.
    It makes more sense to live in the present tense."

    Present Tense- Eddie Vedder.
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