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In hiding is about ACID

nofxernofxer Posts: 18
edited July 2008 in The Porch
I was watching in hiding on my Uniondale 03 dvd and eddie did something that really caught my attention. After the second verse when he sings "it's all state of mind" he laughs, puts up his hands in surrender and says "i was tripping", he did it almost like a little kid caught stealing a cookie lol.

Funny to compare him to a child, cos he's always singing about keeping his innocence (in my tree, i am mine). Either way Eddie is such a charasmatic, 'innocent' but serious and aware type of guy, i can never get sick of his persona.

What's the point of the post? Give more acid to children? To think about how much fun it would have been to take a trip with Eddie? You be the judge, heres the In Hiding lyrics if u wanna read with a new perspective.

I shut and lock the front door.
No way in or out.
I turned and walked the hallway, and pulled the curtains down.
I knelt and emptied the mouth of every plug around.
But nothing's sound.
Oh, oh. Nothing's sound.

I stayed where my last step left me.
Ignored all my rounds
Soon I was seeing visions and cracks along the walls.
Oh. They were upside down. Oh. Oh.
I swallow my words to keep from lying.
I swallow my face just to keep from biting. I, I...
I swallowed my breath and went deep, I was diving. Diving.
I surfaced and all of my being was enlightened.
Now I'm...

I'm in hiding.

It's been about three days now since I've been aground.
No longer overwhelmed.
And it seems so simple now.
It's funny when things change so much, it's all state of mind.

I swallowed my words to keep from lying.
I swallowed my face just to keep from biting. I, I...
I swallowed my breath and went deep, I was diving. I was diving.
I surfaced and all of my being was enlightened.
Now I'm...

I'm in hiding. I'm in hiding, I'm...
I'm in hiding, I am, oh. I'm in hiding
I'm in hiding yeah. I'm in hiding, I am...
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  • possomistspossomists Posts: 428
    at the hartford show this year, ed yelled out during in hiding, "i was tripping balls", i loved it
    "you can say that we're, nocturnal, posssomists"
    -ed july 8th MSG 2004
  • EquallyWorthlessEquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    possomists wrote:
    at the hartford show this year, ed yelled out during in hiding, "i was tripping balls", i loved it


    haha yeah that was awesome !!
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  • EquallyWorthlessEquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    btw i never thought about it before but it is entirely plausible ...
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  • nofxernofxer Posts: 18
    got some kicks, want to take a ride?
    I said, yeah!
    take your pick, leave yourself behind
    I said, yeah!
  • EquallyWorthlessEquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    nofxer wrote:
    got some kicks, want to take a ride?
    I said, yeah!
    take your pick, leave yourself behind
    I said, yeah!


    that is severed hand and i think that is about DMT
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  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,066
    he made reference to acid (in a way) at Bonnaroo- but I can't remember what song it was after
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  • NevermindNevermind Posts: 1,006
    EquallyWorthless wrote:
    that is severed hand and i think that is about DMT
    Ehh. Ive done it. They were definately not dragons.
  • possomistspossomists Posts: 428
    EquallyWorthless wrote:
    btw i never thought about it before but it is entirely plausible ...

    entirely plausible? this song is about tripping, fact
    "you can say that we're, nocturnal, posssomists"
    -ed july 8th MSG 2004
  • EquallyWorthlessEquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    possomists wrote:
    entirely plausible? this song is about tripping, fact


    yeah its about tripping but not necessarily on ACID is what i meant.
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  • nofxernofxer Posts: 18
    more eddie acid moments!!! Let me hear em. "Under your tounge i'm like a tab, i will give you what your not supposed to have"
  • EquallyWorthlessEquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    Nevermind wrote:
    Ehh. Ive done it. They were definately not dragons.


    affects everyone differently ??
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  • nofxernofxer Posts: 18
    possomists wrote:
    entirely plausible? this song is about tripping, fact

    yum.
  • NevermindNevermind Posts: 1,006
    EquallyWorthless wrote:
    affects everyone differently ??
    Thats true. My buddies experiences have been similair. After 3 or 4 what? You could be right. Someone needs to ask Ed.
  • Gonzo1977Gonzo1977 Posts: 1,696
    At Molson Park 1998 after singing "No longer seeing visons and cracks along the walls" he added "Ahh...could have been the joint that I smoked".

    Pretty funny shit
  • 100 Pacer100 Pacer Toronto, ON Posts: 9,055
    found the tape i had of the Yield Radio Special, broadcast 01/27/98, that i recorded - the relevant transcription is as follows:

    [Pilate ends]

    Neil Mann (Interviewer): This is the North American premiere of Pearl Jam's Yield, it's in stores Tuesday Feb. 3rd. I'm Neil Mann, and that's a song called Pilate, lyrics by Jeff Ament. We also heard a song called Faithfull. I touched on this earlier in the show, but Yield seems to me a bit more personal than their previous work - not to say the band hasn't touched on things close to them in the past, but they've always been able to embrace issues without sounding preachy and they let you peak inside without giving away too much. The song In Hiding seemed like a deeply personal song.

    Ed: I would think anyone could understand it and what it's talking about, it's just, you know, pullling out of the game, you know, the daily race. I mean, I, I,...it doesn't (just) apply to a rockstar wanting to stay away from the paparazzi for four days, it has to do with anybody just needing a, um, a break to focus on self and, um, the spirit and, you know, i think it's a really healthy process and that's all it's saying is that, you know, "man, did i feel better after, you know, staying in bed for 4 days and doing nothing". But only 4 days, i mean, you know, 4 months, it's unacceptable.

    [In Hiding played]
    To quote the 10C from Newsletter #8: "Please understand we have a lot of members and it is very hard to please everybody. If you are one of those unhappy people...please call 1-900-IDN-TCAR."

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  • Brain Of EBrain Of E Posts: 499
    Yea I think Ed sings about drugs all the time. Personally I think Red Mosquito is aboust some sort of injection drug and In My Tree is about weed. Also, I remember reading somewhere that Matt Cameron said that the term "Get Right" means having a discussion with someone you've had a falling out with while passing the peace pipe. I think this idea is also referenced in Soundgarden's song Overfloater. There's a line that says "I wanna make it right."
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  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    Brain Of E wrote:
    Yea I think Ed sings about drugs all the time. Personally I think Red Mosquito is aboust some sort of injection drug and In My Tree is about weed. Also, I remember reading somewhere that Matt Cameron said that the term "Get Right" means having a discussion with someone you've had a falling out with while passing the peace pipe. I think this idea is also referenced in Soundgarden's song Overfloater. There's a line that says "I wanna make it right."

    the get right peace pipe thing must be true. The get right T shirt shows an indian smoking a hookah.
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  • velogatorvelogator Posts: 174
    100 Pacer wrote:
    found the tape i had of the Yield Radio Special, broadcast 01/27/98, that i recorded - the relevant transcription is as follows:

    [Pilate ends]

    Neil Mann (Interviewer): This is the North American premiere of Pearl Jam's Yield, it's in stores Tuesday Feb. 3rd. I'm Neil Mann, and that's a song called Pilate, lyrics by Jeff Ament. We also heard a song called Faithfull. I touched on this earlier in the show, but Yield seems to me a bit more personal than their previous work - not to say the band hasn't touched on things close to them in the past, but they've always been able to embrace issues without sounding preachy and they let you peak inside without giving away too much. The song In Hiding seemed like a deeply personal song.

    Ed: I would think anyone could understand it and what it's talking about, it's just, you know, pullling out of the game, you know, the daily race. I mean, I, I,...it doesn't (just) apply to a rockstar wanting to stay away from the paparazzi for four days, it has to do with anybody just needing a, um, a break to focus on self and, um, the spirit and, you know, i think it's a really healthy process and that's all it's saying is that, you know, "man, did i feel better after, you know, staying in bed for 4 days and doing nothing". But only 4 days, i mean, you know, 4 months, it's unacceptable.

    [In Hiding played]

    This sounds right, I remember reading that he said he went on a speaking "fast" for 4 days, no talking at all. Don't know if drugs were involved, but I think that "in Hiding" is about his speaking "fast".
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  • GmoneyGmoney Posts: 1,618
    Brain Of E wrote:
    Yea I think Ed sings about drugs all the time. Personally I think Red Mosquito is aboust some sort of injection drug and In My Tree is about weed. Also, I remember reading somewhere that Matt Cameron said that the term "Get Right" means having a discussion with someone you've had a falling out with while passing the peace pipe. I think this idea is also referenced in Soundgarden's song Overfloater. There's a line that says "I wanna make it right."
    your name fits this thread perfectly... I know ed has dabbled in a little E himself. I would give my left arm to smoke a J with the boys...
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  • knowkodesknowkodes Posts: 119
    I could have sworn that I read somewhere that Mike wrote that song after being snowed in his house - no kidding
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  • cincinnati dudecincinnati dude Posts: 117
    knowkodes wrote:
    I could have sworn that I read somewhere that Mike wrote that song after being snowed in his house - no kidding

    That was given to fly.
  • 100 Pacer100 Pacer Toronto, ON Posts: 9,055
    knowkodes wrote:
    I could have sworn that I read somewhere that Mike wrote that song after being snowed in his house - no kidding

    as i recall, Mike was talking about writing the music for Given To Fly after being snowed in at his condo in Seattle at the time,...

    EDIT: ^^^
    To quote the 10C from Newsletter #8: "Please understand we have a lot of members and it is very hard to please everybody. If you are one of those unhappy people...please call 1-900-IDN-TCAR."

    "Me knowing the truth, I can not concur."

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  • Stone IronsStone Irons Posts: 430
    This is what Ed said about "In Hiding":

    The song was about taking a fast from life, doing anything to get yourself back in touch with something real. Abstinence from anything is cool, because the normalcy of life is deceptive: It's enjoyable for a while, and there are good moments, but sometimes that's not enough. You start questioning what's the point. By not opening my mouth I was able to get into that state. Jack called me at the end of it; he couldn't understand what I was saying. It took a minute to get my speech back.

    Source: http://pearljamhistory.no.sapo.pt/PJArticles_Interviews_02-08-98_-_philadelphia_inquirer.htm
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  • DiRtyFranK38DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    he does do this but it actually has nothing to do with drugs .. at least when he initially wrote it. i read an interview a while back .. if i can find it i'll post it. but sean penn had interviewed this man .. dont remember his name .. and he explained about escaping the world and becoming one with yourself and enlightened by sleeping for like 3 days locked in your house, no lights, no music, nothing. just you and the atmosphere around you. after about 3 you're rejuvenated and feel like a new human being. ed was inspired by the interview and wrote the song completely about that. thats why in the yield booklet ed lists 'thanks' under it to sean.
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  • rcsrcs Posts: 711
    I found this in another thread about In Hiding from earlier this month:


    Charles Bukowski from Interview Magazine, 1987 (in an interview with Sean Penn.)


    ON LEISURE:

    This is very important -- to take leisure time. Pace is the essence. Without stopping entirely and doing nothing at all for great periods, you're gonna lose everything. Whether you're an actor, anything, a housewife...there has to be great pauses between highs, where you do nothing at all. You just lay on a bed and stare at the ceiling. This is very, very important...just to do nothing at all, very, very important. And how many people do this in modern society? Very few. That's why they're all totally mad, frustrated, angry and hateful. ln the old days, before I was married, or knew a lot of women, I would just pull down all the shades and go to bed for three or four days. I'd get up to shit. I'd eat a can of beans, go back to bed, just stay there for three or four days. Then I'd put on my clothes and I'd walk outside, and the sunlight was brilliant, and the sounds were great. I felt powerful, like a recharged battery. But you know the first bring-down? The first human face I saw on the sidewalk, I lost half my charge right there. This monstrous, blank, dumb, unfeeling face, charged up with capitalism -- the "grind." And you went "Oooh! That took half away." But it was still worth it, I had half left. So, yeah, leisure. And I don't mean having profound thoughts. I mean having no thoughts at all. Without thoughts of progress, without any self-thoughts of trying to further yourself. Just...like a slug. It's beautiful.
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  • rival.rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    DiRtyFranK38 wrote:
    he does do this but it actually has nothing to do with drugs .. at least when he initially wrote it. i read an interview a while back .. if i can find it i'll post it. but sean penn had interviewed this man .. dont remember his name .. and he explained about escaping the world and becoming one with yourself and enlightened by sleeping for like 3 days locked in your house, no lights, no music, nothing. just you and the atmosphere around you. after about 3 you're rejuvenated and feel like a new human being. ed was inspired by the interview and wrote the song completely about that. thats why in the yield booklet ed lists 'thanks' under it to sean.

    good info. i think i recall that too.

    but thinking the song is about acid is an interesting spin on in it.
  • PearlybakerPearlybaker Posts: 217
    I think I'll start my life fast after I see Ed Saturday night!
    "Hey, listen asshole, one more fucker throws a fuckin' quarter up here and we're outta here, I'm tellin' ya, FUCKER! What the fuck, you're blowin' it for fuckin' everybody. Hit me with a fuckin' quarter again and, fuck it, I'm outta here. We're all outta here. Fuck you, and if anyone sees someone throw fuckin' change right next to them, you have my permission to beat the fuckin' holy shit outta them."
  • Mrs.Vedder78Mrs.Vedder78 Posts: 4,585
    nofxer wrote:
    I was watching in hiding on my Uniondale 03 dvd and eddie did something that really caught my attention. After the second verse when he sings "it's all state of mind" he laughs, puts up his hands in surrender and says "i was tripping", he did it almost like a little kid caught stealing a cookie lol.

    Funny to compare him to a child, cos he's always singing about keeping his innocence (in my tree, i am mine). Either way Eddie is such a charasmatic, 'innocent' but serious and aware type of guy, i can never get sick of his persona.

    What's the point of the post? Give more acid to children? To think about how much fun it would have been to take a trip with Eddie? You be the judge, heres the In Hiding lyrics if u wanna read with a new perspective.

    I shut and lock the front door.
    No way in or out.
    I turned and walked the hallway, and pulled the curtains down.
    I knelt and emptied the mouth of every plug around.
    But nothing's sound.
    Oh, oh. Nothing's sound.

    I stayed where my last step left me.
    Ignored all my rounds
    Soon I was seeing visions and cracks along the walls.
    Oh. They were upside down. Oh. Oh.
    I swallow my words to keep from lying.
    I swallow my face just to keep from biting. I, I...
    I swallowed my breath and went deep, I was diving. Diving.
    I surfaced and all of my being was enlightened.
    Now I'm...

    I'm in hiding.

    It's been about three days now since I've been aground.
    No longer overwhelmed.
    And it seems so simple now.
    It's funny when things change so much, it's all state of mind.

    I swallowed my words to keep from lying.
    I swallowed my face just to keep from biting. I, I...
    I swallowed my breath and went deep, I was diving. I was diving.
    I surfaced and all of my being was enlightened.
    Now I'm...

    I'm in hiding. I'm in hiding, I'm...
    I'm in hiding, I am, oh. I'm in hiding
    I'm in hiding yeah. I'm in hiding, I am...


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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    Brain Of E wrote:
    Yea I think Ed sings about drugs all the time. Personally I think Red Mosquito is aboust some sort of injection drug and In My Tree is about weed. Also, I remember reading somewhere that Matt Cameron said that the term "Get Right" means having a discussion with someone you've had a falling out with while passing the peace pipe. I think this idea is also referenced in Soundgarden's song Overfloater. There's a line that says "I wanna make it right."

    yea, agreed, i've never bought that story that red mosquito was about a bad tuna sandwich either.
  • burnerbenburnerben Posts: 80
    Brain Of E wrote:
    Yea I think Ed sings about drugs all the time. Personally I think Red Mosquito is aboust some sort of injection drug and In My Tree is about weed. Also, I remember reading somewhere that Matt Cameron said that the term "Get Right" means having a discussion with someone you've had a falling out with while passing the peace pipe. I think this idea is also referenced in Soundgarden's song Overfloater. There's a line that says "I wanna make it right."

    I've always associated In My Tree with the Italo Calvino novel "Baron of the Trees." Incredible book, Calvino's most readable by far. If you haven't read it, I highly recommend it.
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