I'm so high I hold this one breath deep within my chest...
Breath... Deep
...makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
1996 - Buffalo
1998 - Barrie
1998 - Pittsburgh
2006 - Pittsburgh
2009 - Philly Night 4
2011 - EV - Detroit
2013 - Pittsburgh
2013 - Baltimore
every time i get me some it gets the best of me...
makes me think of got some... lol
...makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
1996 - Buffalo
1998 - Barrie
1998 - Pittsburgh
2006 - Pittsburgh
2009 - Philly Night 4
2011 - EV - Detroit
2013 - Pittsburgh
2013 - Baltimore
Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Oh please understand I just need, my friend, a way a way a way home.
Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Falling down,...not staying down, Could’ve held me up, rather tear me down, Drown in the river
Thumbing My Way: "All the rusted signs we ignore throughout our lives, choosing the shiny ones instead"
Man Of The Hour: "And the road the old man paved. The broken seems along the way. The broken seems along the way. The rusted signs, left just for me"
Barrie 08/22/98 Montreal 10/04/00 Toronto 10/05/00 Toronto 06/28/03 Kitchener 09/11/05 Ottawa 09/16/05 Toronto 08/21/09 Toronto 09/11/11 Ottawa 09/14/11 Buffalo 10/12/13 Ottawa 05/08/16 Chicago 08/20/18 Ottawa 09/03/22 Nashville 09/16/22
Bit of a stretch because it's a cover, but in Hard Sun:
"When I walk beside her, I am the better man...."
Barrie 08/22/98 Montreal 10/04/00 Toronto 10/05/00 Toronto 06/28/03 Kitchener 09/11/05 Ottawa 09/16/05 Toronto 08/21/09 Toronto 09/11/11 Ottawa 09/14/11 Buffalo 10/12/13 Ottawa 05/08/16 Chicago 08/20/18 Ottawa 09/03/22 Nashville 09/16/22
The End: Help me see myself, cause I can no longer tell. Looking out from the inside of a well, it's hell.... Nothingman: Empty stares, from the corner of a shared prison cell. One just escapes, one's left inside the well
and i have always wondered about these two No Code lines: Red Mosquito: If i had known then what i know now I'm Open: If he only knew now, what he knew then...
and i have always wondered about these two No Code lines: Red Mosquito: If i had known then what i know now I'm Open: If he only knew now, what he knew then...
This is a great observation that I had missed before. We know E.V. writes song cycles, famously Alive-Once-Footsteps and also Why Go-Leash (and others I'm probably not remembering), but this Red Mosquito-I'm Open lyric-share seems to be an obvious callback. They're too similar to be coincidence, right?
One such parallel lyric I *had* detected before occurs on Vs.—and is referenced by JB128716 in this thread—where Daughter and Rearviewmirror both reference "shades." Has anybody uncovered more callbacks on a single PJ album?
In both the No Code and Vs. examples, the parallel lyrics occur on different sides of the record and both reverse or negate the sentiment expressed on the other side. The "shades go down," then later, "finally the shades are raised."
From a textual reading of the lyrics, the "shades" reference in Daughter to me signifies to me window blinds being drawn to cover up abuse, e.g. "Young girl...violins(ence)," whereas the RVM "shades" reference I've always interpreted as sunglasses to cover bruising, e.g. "I guess it was the beatings" or "Wounds in the mirror waved."
Has anyone ever connected the narrator in Daughter and RVM as the same person? The similar use of "shades" in both songs makes me wonder. Furthermore, the two songs have traditionally gone together. PJ played both on ’94 SNL and the songs are the two most-frequently-played live Vs. songs.
The references on No Code, to me, seem to reference a loss of innocence and lingering regret. In both songs, the narrator is bound to a single room: "I was not allowed to leave the room" in Red Mosquito, and "A man lies in his bed, in a room with no door" in I'm Open. (What sort of room has no door, no exit? A coffin?) The first song references the sun, the second, the moon. (Sunrise, sunset. Life, death.)
In Red Mosquito, the narrator seems to regret a past decision or interaction with the titular character ("If I had known then what I know now"). In I'm Open, he regrets passage into adulthood, indicating that illusion trumps reality ("If he only knew now what he knew then").
08.06.2000 • Greensboro
06.26.2006 • St. Paul
11.30.2012 • Fort Lauderdale [EV]
10.29.2013 • Charlottesville
Oh and Yellow Ledbetter (at least the studio version!) says "...can you see them out on the PORCH?" I know there's another song that has the word porch in it too but I can't think of it right now...
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Breath... Deep
1996 - Buffalo
1998 - Barrie
1998 - Pittsburgh
2006 - Pittsburgh
2009 - Philly Night 4
2011 - EV - Detroit
2013 - Pittsburgh
2013 - Baltimore
every time i get me some it gets the best of me...
makes me think of got some... lol
1996 - Buffalo
1998 - Barrie
1998 - Pittsburgh
2006 - Pittsburgh
2009 - Philly Night 4
2011 - EV - Detroit
2013 - Pittsburgh
2013 - Baltimore
Hey wait -- I still have the winner: Let me catch my breath to breathe then reach across the bed
(as in Satan's Bed). Do I win now???!!!??
Duh.
"Caught a bolt 'a lightnin'...cursed the day he let it go..."
Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Oh please understand I just need, my friend, a way a way a way home.
Thumbing My Way: "All the rusted signs we ignore throughout our lives, choosing the shiny ones instead"
Man Of The Hour: "And the road the old man paved. The broken seems along the way. The broken seems along the way. The rusted signs, left just for me"
Montreal 10/04/00
Toronto 10/05/00
Toronto 06/28/03
Kitchener 09/11/05
Ottawa 09/16/05
Toronto 08/21/09
Toronto 09/11/11
Ottawa 09/14/11
Buffalo 10/12/13
Ottawa 05/08/16
Chicago 08/20/18
Ottawa 09/03/22
Nashville 09/16/22
He's yet to come back...but I've seen his picture
"When I walk beside her, I am the better man...."
Montreal 10/04/00
Toronto 10/05/00
Toronto 06/28/03
Kitchener 09/11/05
Ottawa 09/16/05
Toronto 08/21/09
Toronto 09/11/11
Ottawa 09/14/11
Buffalo 10/12/13
Ottawa 05/08/16
Chicago 08/20/18
Ottawa 09/03/22
Nashville 09/16/22
Nothingman: Empty stares, from the corner of a shared prison cell. One just escapes, one's left inside the well
and i have always wondered about these two No Code lines:
Red Mosquito: If i had known then what i know now
I'm Open: If he only knew now, what he knew then...
Well you know the pendulum throws.
Farther out to the one side swinging.
Edit: it's already posted :fp:
This! My tattoo has a rusty Yield sign in it because of these lyrics
From Swallowed Whole:
Down, down, down
Down, down, down, down
Seven song titles in two verses!!!
This is a great observation that I had missed before. We know E.V. writes song cycles, famously Alive-Once-Footsteps and also Why Go-Leash (and others I'm probably not remembering), but this Red Mosquito-I'm Open lyric-share seems to be an obvious callback. They're too similar to be coincidence, right?
One such parallel lyric I *had* detected before occurs on Vs.—and is referenced by JB128716 in this thread—where Daughter and Rearviewmirror both reference "shades." Has anybody uncovered more callbacks on a single PJ album?
In both the No Code and Vs. examples, the parallel lyrics occur on different sides of the record and both reverse or negate the sentiment expressed on the other side. The "shades go down," then later, "finally the shades are raised."
From a textual reading of the lyrics, the "shades" reference in Daughter to me signifies to me window blinds being drawn to cover up abuse, e.g. "Young girl...violins(ence)," whereas the RVM "shades" reference I've always interpreted as sunglasses to cover bruising, e.g. "I guess it was the beatings" or "Wounds in the mirror waved."
Has anyone ever connected the narrator in Daughter and RVM as the same person? The similar use of "shades" in both songs makes me wonder. Furthermore, the two songs have traditionally gone together. PJ played both on ’94 SNL and the songs are the two most-frequently-played live Vs. songs.
The references on No Code, to me, seem to reference a loss of innocence and lingering regret. In both songs, the narrator is bound to a single room: "I was not allowed to leave the room" in Red Mosquito, and "A man lies in his bed, in a room with no door" in I'm Open. (What sort of room has no door, no exit? A coffin?) The first song references the sun, the second, the moon. (Sunrise, sunset. Life, death.)
In Red Mosquito, the narrator seems to regret a past decision or interaction with the titular character ("If I had known then what I know now"). In I'm Open, he regrets passage into adulthood, indicating that illusion trumps reality ("If he only knew now what he knew then").
06.26.2006 • St. Paul
11.30.2012 • Fort Lauderdale [EV]
10.29.2013 • Charlottesville
SOLAT.. Step out on your porch..
But, this has been an interesting thread.