+++ Cant Keep +++

VEDHEAD27

(( this is a LONG OVERDUE thread and I do apologize for the delay Can't Keep))


I love Can't Keep. It seriously is a song that takes you places. The way Ed draws out the chorus..."Can't keeeeeeeep me heeeeeeeere", really fuckin gets to me! Just they way he sings that it's like he's taken us away from where ever it is that we can't be kept. A total out of body journey for sure. The progression of it all is so beautiful. It's very uplifting and inspirational (not to mention highly underrated as well ). There aren't that many words to it, but that doesn't even matter. Like a few other PJ songs, this is a case where less is definitely more. These words are incredible.

"I've lived all this life like an ocean in disguise."

One of the best lines ever!!



Oh and THAT INTRO? :eek: Hell yeah! These drum rolls just do it to me. I LOVE IT!

There is much to love about this song and I think it's due time that it got much lovin back.

It makes me groove~~ like I'm riding one giant wave of independence.

*does weird little shuffle dance*

I don't know, it just has such a holy feel to it. Makes me feel strong and very happy.


THANK YOU PEARL JAM






+++CAN'T KEEP+++


I wanna shake. I wanna wind out.
I wanna leave this mind and shout.
I've lived all this life like an ocean in disguise.
I don't live forever. You can't keep me here.

I wanna race with the sundown.
I want a last breath. I don't let out.
Forgive every being.
The bad feelings. It's just me.
I won't wait for answers.
You can't keep me here.

I wanna rise and say goodnight.
I wanna take a look on the other side.
I've lived all those lives.
It's been wonder. Full at night.
I will live for ever.
You can't keep me here.

justam

I like Can't Keep very much, but I'm not quite sure what it's about. Does anyone have any ideas to share?

noteasy

I neede this song very much right now!!
thanx for posting this...



"you can't keeeeeeeeep me heeeeeeeeeere"

noteasy

Originally posted by justam
I like Can't Keep very much, but I'm not quite sure what it's about. Does anyone have any ideas to share?

welll. I always thought it's about death,,, but i think you apply evetrythg into pj songs ))

veddergurl

vedhead27 you certainly hit the nail on the head on how the song makes me feel. when i first got riot act i would listen to can't keep over and over and over again. it's so mystical. love it love it love it.

i forget

Great thread for a fabulous song. I was so thankful to get to appreciate this song live, and to have a chance to sing-a-long.
Thanks Pearl Jam for giving so much to the fans.

MeddleDeal

Another GREAT song from Riot Act. this song is AMAZING to hear live!! Talk about kicking your ass when you first hear this song. Whether it is live or studio version, you just can't deny the power of this song.

I got this one in Dallas, and I was BLOWN away!! I didn't know what else to say, just stood there in amazement hearing and seeing this song live!!

1/2 Full

This is long overdue.

Brilliant start to a Brilliant album.

Matt Cameron's work to an Ed's Uke tune is awesome.

Love The Lyrics.

I will have this song blaring in headphones the day i walk out of my current job.

"YOU CANT KEEP ME HEERRRREEEE"

Love It.

peace_rocks

It's one of my all time favorites.

ledfloyd

this song gets better and better everytime i hear it...it's such a great opener for the album and all or none is such a great ending...

MeddleDeal

Originally posted by ledfloyd
this song gets better and better everytime i hear it...it's such a great opener for the album and all or none is such a great ending...

So true!! I agree w/you ledfloyd. Riot Act is one amazing album as this song.:)

PlayfulBanter

Originally posted by justam
I like Can't Keep very much, but I'm not quite sure what it's about. Does anyone have any ideas to share?

For me this song is about living, and living each day and moment to its fullest. Its about doing whatever is in your heart to do. Its about not being held down by anything-- by fear, by expectations, by others. I get the feeling Ed wrote this in Hawaii staring out at the ocean and getting that incredible sense of freedom that brings. Maybe that sums it up best. . . its about truly being free.

Just my opinion

justam

Originally posted by PlayfulBanter
For me this song is about living, and living each day and moment to its fullest. Its about doing whatever is in your heart to do. Its about not being held down by anything-- by fear, by expectations, by others. I get the feeling Ed wrote this in Hawaii staring out at the ocean and getting that incredible sense of freedom that brings. Maybe that sums it up best. . . its about truly being free.

Just my opinion

I like that idea.

VEDHEAD27

Originally posted by PlayfulBanter
For me this song is about living, and living each day and moment to its fullest. Its about doing whatever is in your heart to do. Its about not being held down by anything-- by fear, by expectations, by others. I get the feeling Ed wrote this in Hawaii staring out at the ocean and getting that incredible sense of freedom that brings. Maybe that sums it up best. . . its about truly being free.

Just my opinion

Yes! I really like your take on this too.

I agree with a lot of it. It really has some sorta spiritual feel to it for me, like an out of body experience/high. Which is definitely how Ed feels when he is in the ocean I am sure. Just so free, so independent, so strong....SO ALIVE! Getting a rush that you can do anything. Hell yeah! Just one with the ocean and one with yourself, telling this world "fuck off, you can't keep me here" and going on a little journey of your own where the sky is the not the limit. I really can feel this feeling in the song too. I think that's why it feels so damn good.

Troubled Souls Unite

You're right. It's cool.

theskyiscrape

if it wasn't for last exit it would be the best album opener, i say!

Herd Behaviour

I think Eddie's a much deeper thinker than all that.

I like to think of it as a welcome to death. He enjoys life, but he doesn't want to live forever and he's glad he won't.

Otherwise, it could be a sign that the record contract will soon be finished they won't own his music anymore.

they both could be completly wrong but it's my opinion.

Unleashed

I was going through this section looking to see if anyone appreciated Can't Keep as much as I do!!! First song on the album and it just blows you away!!! It has such a haunting sound to it, love the words...................outstanding to me.

Riot Act is just awesome!!!!

VEDHEAD27

YES! Awesome Unleashed! More Can't Keep love!!! WOOHOO! Hell yeah I appreciate this song with a passion. It's so uplifting and just really sets me free. What a way to start things off ya know? It just elevates. I love it!!!! I love how in the beginning of the song he says "I don't live forever" and by the end it becomes "I will live forever." It just really creates this sense of confident strength for me. As the song builds, so does this super intense, free, immortal feeling. It really makes you rise and also just digs deep.

I think I'll go put this on right now actually. It's a journey I will never tire of.


(and yes, Riot Act is awesome! I must agree )

Unleashed

Well said!!! I had it playing in my car today!!! Immortal is right!!! What a feeling you get when listening to this song!!!!! A very deep song with amazing music behind it!!!!!!

Cheers to Can't Keep!!!!!!!

Gilly

Means a lot to me cause I had someone I couldn't keep here no matter how I tried, very poignant and a beautiful song.

Kaddikat

Kaddikat

VEDHEAD27

"na nana na na nana na na"



I've been listening to this one a lot lately. Never will I tire of this feeling. It just lifts me up and sends me off floating. These drums and tripped out guitar effects just put me in a trance!!! Every single thing in this song compliments the other. This twangy music, these fuckin incredible, inspiring lyrics and the way they're sung all dragged out?! Damn, it just seriously makes for one hell of a trip!!! This song definitely takes me away.

veddergurl

first time i heard it i had to hear it again and the again. i fell in love. it's my favorite off riot act

smilehabit

this is definetly in my top 5 Pearl Jam songs, I love that eastern tinged feel. To be honest the first time I heard it I instantly thought 'In My Tree' with the drum feel and as mentioned eastern feel that can be heard on the likes of Who You Are, In My Tree, Long Road

It would fit perfectly on No Code, it is by far the best track on Riot Act.

Spomenka

great song! love it since the first time i heard it (that was after i turned of 'Ghost constant repeat, and started listening the whole 'Riot Act')

I wanna leave this mind and shout .....

PJ17MKD

yeah ... Cant Keep is one of my faves off of Riot Act ...

VEDHEAD27

BUMP it up for some more Can't Keep love!

This song just frees my spirit I swear. I love it more every second! Such a refreshing little number...makes me feel like I'm flying. It washes over you, bathes you. It just captures something so holy, magical and pure. The feeling of this song is something all it's own. Damn it feels good!!

Thanks again PJ!

MeddleDeal

I LOVED this song b/f, but now since I have come across personal stuff in my life, especially my break-up, I see this song in a different light.

As I was taking a nap, I listened to Riot Act, this song came on, and I listened to the lyrics. This part of the song:

I wanna race with the sundown.
I want a last breath. I don't let out.
Forgive every being.
The bad feelings. It's just me.
I won't wait for answers.
You can't keep me here.

is what I identified the most w/. You really want to know why that person did that to you, but of course, you know you aren't going to get a straight answer out of them. And the line, "you can't keep me here" to me, I see it as, well, I am moving on and I am not going to wait for you, still love you and all, but I am not letting what that person did to me hold me back and be where I want to be.:)

The "forgive every being", which is hard to forgive someone that has done some harm to you, but of course you don't blame everyone else though b/c it is not their fault, but the person who is at fault.

That is the way I see the song now and it has now become one of the closest songs I identify with.:)

Sorry for the ramble. haha

EDDIEisMINE

i think its cute how they put the picture of matt cameron on the page of the lyrics for the album cover inside, like they were kiddin that they can't keep a drummer, lol. Of course i really don't think it's what the song is about. lol. it is just funny.

I always thought the song is about Eddie saying he wants to persue other interest other than singing, maybe like his true love surfing. I dunno.