Light Years

ttdman

This may be my first post...
10 years ago, 3 of my closest family members were killed and it was a real dark time in my life.
I remember the first song I listened to after those first few days was "Light Years".
Very powerful song to begin with but after what happened and what I was feeling, it meant more than just a song. Well 10 years later this song still means a great deal to me. Its almost as if it were me in the song.
I've done and experienced so much and moments when I could've called or just been there were just moments wasted. The line, which is tattoed on me, "Your light's reflected now, reflected from afar, we were but stones, your light made us stars." To me that last line means that their deaths ends their time here on earth but their memories remain and shine above me like a bright star light, like their deaths made 3 more stars in the sky.

Well thats just what it means to me, Im sure countless people have their own interpretation. Thanks.

giventofly69

Sorry to hear about the tough time you went through 10 years ago. Amazing that you chose Light Years as the first song to listen to (or maybe it just happened to be the one that came up).

It is a beautiful song, and I love this song too - it always makes me remember my dad, who passed away 3.5 years ago and usually brings a tear to my eye. His "light reflected down" reminds me of the amazing person he was and makes me want to be a better person, like the amazing person my dad was.

big mick

Light Years is one of my faves, I nearly wrote something similar on here. I tend to listen to it followed by Come Back, my grandfather died a number of years ago and I still sometimes have difficult times dealing with his death partly because I held him in such high regard. I had a dream a couple of years ago and cried when I woke up and thought about it and it affected me for a couple of days, in the dream I was at work somewhere strange and he saw me working and I looked round and there he was sat smiling, but he looked how he did when I was in my teens..... thats all. But those 2 tracks have helped me and I've never seen PJ play either of them live which is a shame, here's hoping for the future.

Thank you for sharing what happened to you and your loved ones.

Tom Wilbur

One of my favorite songs. So beautiful.

mumi

I've just read this post about light years lyrics meaning... It made me get in touch with what I'm feeling lately, and I couldn't help crying...
I'm about to move from the house my father bought 18 years ago when my mother died.
My parents got divorced when I was 2 years old... I think my mother didn't want my father on our lives, because she moved as far as she could from him.
I always understood them both... My father was very special, the kind of person who can go from caring and loving to irritated and hurting in seconds... But he really really loved us...
My mom... I guess she just didn't wanted us to suffer as much as she did 'cause of him.
Well, my mom died suddenly. Everything changed in minutes... Mi hometown, my family, even my toys and books, I lost them all (my clothes, my stuff... you know... everything). It was such a huge and sudden change, I'd always remembered my previous life as if it was and old sepia movie.
Today it was my mom's birthday... I remember her crying on her last birthday, because of something my father asked me to tell her. It will always make me feel horrible, even though I know it wasn't my fault, I was only 11... but I can recall how awful it was seeing my mom crying at the restaurant where we were supposed to be celebrating.
When I was 18 my father's wife got pregnant, and we needed to buy a bigger home... They went together to the bank to get some money we'd borrowed them (it was from my mom's heritage), and as they were leaving the bank, a group of guys (I think 3 of them on bikes) attacked them and stole the money... My father had a heart attack and died there, on the street... When the ambulance got there, there was nothing left to do for him...
Since then, for many years, this flat had been the only steady thing in my life... To me, it represented "family".
Until I met someone who changed my life forever. I was able to trust in life again. I knew what happiness meant when we had a child, my only child so far. Now I have a family, projects, I have love and a real home.
And I need to let go of my past, by realizing my mom and my dad will always be in me, and that somehow it's because of them and what they taught and showed me that I've been able to move on.
And I'm moving on, and I'm very moved 'cause of that.
And I just wanted to thank whoever posted the thread about Light years, 'cause it made me get in touch with all of this, and how grateful I am to my family and friends right now.
And, as always, to Pearl Jam, for creating my life's background music.

(Sorry for my english!!)

conman

ttdman wrote:

This may be my first post...
10 years ago, 3 of my closest family members were killed and it was a real dark time in my life.
I remember the first song I listened to after those first few days was "Light Years".
Very powerful song to begin with but after what happened and what I was feeling, it meant more than just a song. Well 10 years later this song still means a great deal to me. Its almost as if it were me in the song.
I've done and experienced so much and moments when I could've called or just been there were just moments wasted. The line, which is tattoed on me, "Your light's reflected now, reflected from afar, we were but stones, your light made us stars." To me that last line means that their deaths ends their time here on earth but their memories remain and shine above me like a bright star light, like their deaths made 3 more stars in the sky.

Well thats just what it means to me, Im sure countless people have their own interpretation. Thanks.

same thing happened to me about 6 years ago... i lost 3 family members and i was devastated. light years was the song that made me break down and realize how grateful i am that they were in my life.... powerful stuff