Song of the day(Nothingman)
JDE-PJ
Posts: 721
The fifth song off of Vitalogy, this one is one of those songs where the lead singer really showcases his vocal talents live.
This is also one of those old posts that has a lot of interesting thoughts on this song, so I hope whoever read this, enjoys!
Nothingman
RrVwMirror
1/29/01 08:57 AM
SOTD: ...NOTHINGMAN
CandleOfThought
9/24/99 10:07 AM
The song of the day is NOTHINGMAN
I love this one... I'm eager to see what you have to say on it... I'll add to it later, since right now I am drowned in work...
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nothingman
(Vedder/Ament)
Once divided... nothing left to subtract
Some words when spoken... can't be taken back
Walks on his own... with thoughts he can't help thinking
Future's above... but in the past he's slow and sinking
Caught a bolt 'a lightnin'... cursed the day he let it go
nothingman
Isn't it something?
She once believed... in every story he had to tell
One day she stiffened... took the other side
Empty stares... from each corner of a shared prison cell
One just escapes... one's left inside the well
And he who forgets... will be destined to remember
nothingman
Isn't it something?
She don't want him...
She won't feed him... after he's flown away
Into the sun
Burn
nothingman
Isn't it something?
Coulda' been something
nothingman
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*** CandleOfThought ***
"Shower the people you love with love, show them the way that you feel"
wendi
9/24/99 10:22 AM
Re: The song of the day is NOTHINGMAN
A love relationship gone bad. The male is so wrapped up in his own world that he forces his soul mate away. He is suicidal, perhaps, and his mate can't stand it anymore, but they're stuck together in this self-imposed prison (of his mind?). In the end, he's got nothing left but his haunting memories.
share
9/24/99 1:58 PM
Re: The song of the day is NOTHINGMAN
to me this is like a bad marriage - two people who love each other but
at the same time cannot stay together - and once that "spark" has left it
has become unretrievable - pain/regrets/resignation - the future seems bleak
because you know that you met your one true love - and it didn't work - hollow/nothing
RrVwMIRROR
9/24/99 2:17 PM
Re: The song of the day is NOTHINGMAN
I read somewhere that Ed wrote this song the night before his wedding....I guess without her he said he would be like a kite without a string....a nothingman.....if this is true, is that the ultimate compliment or what?
Anyway, I just love this song! "he who forgets will be destined to remember" is my favorite line from this song and my second favorite line is "some words when spoken, can't be taken back".
I am not sure what they are to mean in this song, however if the wedding thing is true, then I suppose "some words when spoken can't be taken back" would refer to their vows...but I think this is a great line for people to keep in mind when they are having a disagreement with a loved one, for in anger it is so easy to say things you truly don't mean to say....but words can sometimes be our most dangerous weapon...they can hurt the most!
As far as the "he who forgets..." quote, well, in the song it may mean that he promised her so many things that she believed would come true, yet forgot to follow thru on them, and now that she is gone...he can't help but remember all the empty promises he made to her. In life, I think people should also keep this line in mind....for it is so easy to promise things, and even easier to forget those promises! They will always come back to haunt you if you forget about them....I know this one all too well....you NEVER get another chance, so be sure not to forget...or you WILL be destined to remember!
Well, these are my interps of just two lines....I will leave the rest of the song for someone else!.....
I Let My Music Take Me Where My Heart Wants To Go
~Cat Stevens
Bastet
9/24/99 6:54 PM
Re: The song of the day is NOTHINGMAN
Excellent interp RrVwMIRROR! The only thing I want to add is that for some reason the "into the sun" part on LO2L gets me misty-eyed every time. I'm afraid if (when) I ever see it live, I'll burst into tears. And I don't know why.
I really thought we'd get a lot of responses to this one. So far it seems that Vitalogy is harder to get into than the others. But I'll save my ideas about that for when (if) we discuss the albums as a whole.
>^--^<
evenkat
9/24/99 7:06 PM
Re: I agree RrVwMIRROR and Bastet
Very well done, RrVwMIRROR.
I think the initial excitement about doing the song interps has died down a little, plus I think we have lost quite a few posters who used to respond to the song of the day post. And where is El Con?
"You know what it's like" EV
This is also one of those old posts that has a lot of interesting thoughts on this song, so I hope whoever read this, enjoys!
Nothingman
RrVwMirror
1/29/01 08:57 AM
SOTD: ...NOTHINGMAN
CandleOfThought
9/24/99 10:07 AM
The song of the day is NOTHINGMAN
I love this one... I'm eager to see what you have to say on it... I'll add to it later, since right now I am drowned in work...
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nothingman
(Vedder/Ament)
Once divided... nothing left to subtract
Some words when spoken... can't be taken back
Walks on his own... with thoughts he can't help thinking
Future's above... but in the past he's slow and sinking
Caught a bolt 'a lightnin'... cursed the day he let it go
nothingman
Isn't it something?
She once believed... in every story he had to tell
One day she stiffened... took the other side
Empty stares... from each corner of a shared prison cell
One just escapes... one's left inside the well
And he who forgets... will be destined to remember
nothingman
Isn't it something?
She don't want him...
She won't feed him... after he's flown away
Into the sun
Burn
nothingman
Isn't it something?
Coulda' been something
nothingman
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*** CandleOfThought ***
"Shower the people you love with love, show them the way that you feel"
wendi
9/24/99 10:22 AM
Re: The song of the day is NOTHINGMAN
A love relationship gone bad. The male is so wrapped up in his own world that he forces his soul mate away. He is suicidal, perhaps, and his mate can't stand it anymore, but they're stuck together in this self-imposed prison (of his mind?). In the end, he's got nothing left but his haunting memories.
share
9/24/99 1:58 PM
Re: The song of the day is NOTHINGMAN
to me this is like a bad marriage - two people who love each other but
at the same time cannot stay together - and once that "spark" has left it
has become unretrievable - pain/regrets/resignation - the future seems bleak
because you know that you met your one true love - and it didn't work - hollow/nothing
RrVwMIRROR
9/24/99 2:17 PM
Re: The song of the day is NOTHINGMAN
I read somewhere that Ed wrote this song the night before his wedding....I guess without her he said he would be like a kite without a string....a nothingman.....if this is true, is that the ultimate compliment or what?
Anyway, I just love this song! "he who forgets will be destined to remember" is my favorite line from this song and my second favorite line is "some words when spoken, can't be taken back".
I am not sure what they are to mean in this song, however if the wedding thing is true, then I suppose "some words when spoken can't be taken back" would refer to their vows...but I think this is a great line for people to keep in mind when they are having a disagreement with a loved one, for in anger it is so easy to say things you truly don't mean to say....but words can sometimes be our most dangerous weapon...they can hurt the most!
As far as the "he who forgets..." quote, well, in the song it may mean that he promised her so many things that she believed would come true, yet forgot to follow thru on them, and now that she is gone...he can't help but remember all the empty promises he made to her. In life, I think people should also keep this line in mind....for it is so easy to promise things, and even easier to forget those promises! They will always come back to haunt you if you forget about them....I know this one all too well....you NEVER get another chance, so be sure not to forget...or you WILL be destined to remember!
Well, these are my interps of just two lines....I will leave the rest of the song for someone else!.....
I Let My Music Take Me Where My Heart Wants To Go
~Cat Stevens
Bastet
9/24/99 6:54 PM
Re: The song of the day is NOTHINGMAN
Excellent interp RrVwMIRROR! The only thing I want to add is that for some reason the "into the sun" part on LO2L gets me misty-eyed every time. I'm afraid if (when) I ever see it live, I'll burst into tears. And I don't know why.
I really thought we'd get a lot of responses to this one. So far it seems that Vitalogy is harder to get into than the others. But I'll save my ideas about that for when (if) we discuss the albums as a whole.
>^--^<
evenkat
9/24/99 7:06 PM
Re: I agree RrVwMIRROR and Bastet
Very well done, RrVwMIRROR.
I think the initial excitement about doing the song interps has died down a little, plus I think we have lost quite a few posters who used to respond to the song of the day post. And where is El Con?
"You know what it's like" EV
I know someday you will have a beautiful Life
Jason
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9/24/99 7:14 PM
Nothingman....
OK... I've been waiting for this song for some time now. I've read most of the posts for all of the songs so far, and they are excellent. I've also cought most of ya'lls love stories.
Well... I have one of my own, and when I want to remember, I pull out good ol' Vitalogy! (Usually the LP)
I'm a bit nervous, and I wonder'd if I would ever get the nerve up... but then I made a promise that I would share when nothingman came up! Actually I should hold off until "aye davanita", but here goes...
Ok... 6 years ago (at the age of 20) I met this 18 year old goddess! My sister started work as a Hair Salon, and one of the girls that work'd there happen'd to have the same b-day as her... so they celebrated it! I just happen to be living with my sister at the time, and when they went out that night... I caught a glimpse (I fell in love). I never believed in that love at first sight crap, but when I look'd into her big beautiful brown eyes, and that gorgeous smile, not to mention a body to die for... I couldn't help myself, I had to ask this angel out! And with a little convincing of my sister, I got the date... the 1st date!
The first date... almost exactly 6 years old to the day, but I remember every second like it was just yesterday. We didn't travel to Spain or nothing, in fact is was the ordinary Movie, and Dinner, and the dinner was 2 happy meals! But it still was amazing... everything was perfect... almost dream like. I remember laughing so hard I almost piss'd myself, and just from being in her presence, I felt like I could rule the world. I had never felt this way, I had never felt like I was staring into the eyes of my soul-mate before now...
I made a wish that night (we use'd our golden arches like a wishbone)... a wish that I would kiss this incredible girl before I die. That might sound corney, but I believe that the kiss is one of the most incredible thing that 2 can share... (you can tell alot about a person from the kiss) And although it was the best time I have ever had, there was no good night kiss. Never fear, my wish did come true, in amazing fashion, just not that night!! After dinner and a long drive, we went back to my place (my sister') place, and got a little high... It was late, and she had a long way to go home, so after a few good-byes, and looks that make me melt, she was off.
Sounds like the beginning to a beautiful relationship... don't it? Well it was.. the most incredible time I ever had. I found my soul mate, I found the one that I want'd to spend the rest of my life with. As I mention'd earlier kissing is one of the most intimate things 2 can share, and Making Love is! She was my first! And before ya'll go back to the top to find out how old I was... yes, 20. Ok, now that the laughing is over... I have always held a high respect for sex. Maybe it is because I'm born catholic and that was drivin' into my head at a young age, or I just look around and see what has become of careless sex! (yes, I'm a man, too... believe it or not) I always pictured finding this woman, my soul-mate, and us journeyin' though life as one.
But anyway... at the age of 21, just a year later, I was kinda goin' to college, and had a couple pitiful jobs that barely supported me. And feelin' a bit pitiful about how my career was goin'.
And at my high paying 4$ an hour ticketmaster job... I ran into this very charismatic girl that liked to compliment me... and I liked it! Needless to say, I bit! I did what I thought I was uncapable of... I slept with this girl, I went against what I stood for, for 20 years! GOD DAMN!!!!!
Sorry, but here is where nothingman takes over... I can't listen to this song without crying, and wanting to go jump of a bridge somewhere... Every line holds true, and hits me like a baseball bat. Deserving every blow!
"Caught a bolt of lightnin'... cursed the day he let it go"
Well, anyway... you could read the guilt on me like it was written on my face. Then, in a letter I wrote to a friend, trying to figure the whole mess out... she found it and uncover'd for sure what she had only sense'd before.
"Empty stares... from each corner of a shared prison cell"
Life was over for me... at least that's what it felt like. In the letter I had said that she was the one I truly loved, and wanted to spend the rest of my life with, but there was no reading of that... just the fact that I had cheated on her.
"She once believed... in every story he had to tell
One day she stiffen'd... took the other side"
This was the lowest point in my life... I actually had my car on the edge of a pier, and was ready to end everything. I just lost the most incredible woman of my life, I just lost my soul mate!!!!!!!!!!!! I pleaded for forgiveness, I cried until there were no more tears... and that night, on the hood of my car, I made myself a pact! I would do everything possible to earn forgiveness. Not just from her, but from God... Life itself! I would make this a better place for all of us to live in!
I never did get back together with her, in fact, she married the guy that she dated after me. I don't blame her... after what I did, any jerk that is somewhat loyal to her must look like a king!
"One just escapes... one's left inside the well"
We still kept in touch, even through it all... In fact, since the tear-jerking break up we have been pretty close. As I mention'd her and my sis' have the same B-day, so I make it a point to visit 'round that time, and each year after they come home from celebrating, we chat, and usually end in a kiss. We make it a point to send each other cards for every holiday, especially Valentines Day. She has also experienced a Greatful Dead show with me since, and recently I've made a few journeys back home specifically just to visit her. She is now goin' through a rough divorce, with this loser she married. And on top of it all... her new (psyco) neighbor was was found by the Police at 4am in her bedroom closet, and she lives alone. She is physically alright, but mentally she is all lost and confused and scared and alone.
You can't even imagine the helplessness that I feel... her so far away, and I can't do anything to help her, to comfort her, to ease her mind. GOD DAMN!!!
I don't know where life will take either of us, hopefully somewhere that will make us both happy, but until then I will continue the pact I made with myself... I will do everything I can to make this a better place for ALL!
I'll go ahead and wrap this novel up with this corney little ditty.... 6 years ago I met my soul-mate... 6 years ago PJ came out with Vitalogy... Her name is Anita, and there is a song call'd "aye davanita"... I don't know if that is some other language or not, but to me it is
I LOVE ANITA!
thank you all for listening... this was very hard to let out, and I wouldn't of ever said a word, but ya'll have been real good to me, and everyone with a story to tell. I love ya'll!
"And he who forgets... will be destin'd to remember"
JDE-PJ
9/24/99 8:00 PM
:Nothingman.... hopefully not for long
Thank you Openband4thesun for sharing that,we all sometimes make mistakes it is the wise one's, who learn from those mistakes that know true happiness!
Give her time for her wounds to heal and be there as support if she needs it, and you never know what might happen!
Once again good luck and whatever happens keep your pact, it is a good one to have.
I know someday you will have a beautiful life
Jason
hedonist
9/24/99 8:03 PM
Re: WOW
What an amazing story...
First of all, she is still in your life, and true sustained love is often built on a longtime friendship, so you never know...but if you do end up with someone else, she'll be very lucky to have you...you have an outlook and qualities that are unfortunately pretty rare in most men today (OK, women too). Of course it's easier said than done, and this is not a "get over it!" message, not at all...it's a shout out to hang in there...
I'm sure it took courage to relive everything again and make that post...thanks for trusting us enough to hear it
hedonist
9/24/99 10:02 PM
Re: ...and another thing...
...I forgot to mention that I totally agree with you about kissing...intimate, sensual, very telling...and highly underrated!!
OpenBand4TheSun
9/24/99 10:55 PM
Thank you all!
hedonist
9/24/99 11:05 PM
Re: so much to share...
...now we're even ;o)
Jason
9/24/99 11:41 PM
Re: WOW
It warms my heart to know that the jamily guys are such decent men. But then what else would we expect from guys who get what Pearl Jam is about? Thanks OB4TS for sharing that with us. And I agree with hedonist that real love often comes from friendship. You can't get a more solid foundation than that. I hope things work out for you. Just give it time. (And I'm really enjoying your perspectives on this great but difficult record.)
Oh yeah and this is a great song! Especially live.
RrVwMIRROR
9/25/99 00:30 AM
Re: Nothingman....
Hey Open,
I always had a feeling you were a special kind of guy, I just didn't realize how special! Your story is very moving, and it was told so well! Only something so true to the heart can be told to perfectly...Thanks for sharing that with us....I am sure it was difficult! I am so glad you are still friends.....your friendship is probably an important piece of stability for her right now in her life! It is amazing how this song, the albums timing, and the song 'aye davanita' all happend and intertwined so well with your life...the power of music..it was there for you when you needed it most! Good luck my friend....I believe in my heart that things will work out for you! You have an excellent attitude, and that is the secret to a happy life!
I Let My Music Take Me Where My Heart Wants To Go
~Cat Stevens
brokenarrow
9/25/99 07:59 AM
Oh Open.....VITALOGY.........whew......
...THANK YOU.....for sharing that with us.....
I had to go out on my porch to have a butt and think before I wrote about your experience...and this song.
I feel, that the two of you will somehow get back together...perhaps it is because you're still in touch with each other, and as was mentioned earlier, you seem like a stabile person in her life.
Her neighbor hid in her closet??? What is his problem? When she has finished with her divorce, I would make myself a prescence....as a matter of fact, I would be there with phone calls to check up on her emotions right now...just make it about her, so she can vent and talk about all of the stuff going on in her life right now.....tell her you're concerned and just be there for her...
Be her best friend.....I know you know how to do that....You love her.
This song means something different to me.
I had been in a 4 year relationship...we had some good times, but overall, it was a VERY bad match.....I had split up with him, and then got back together to try it again...One year later, I had had it.....
He was a mental abuser, played alot of head games and was just plain old mean.
He almost became a stalker...it was the most frightening period of my life.
In the meantime, I met my husband and we fell in love and got married.
I would still get nervous about him, I felt someday he would kill me. You read and hear about this stuff all of the time in the media.
On the Wednesday before Vitalogy was released, a friend from NY called and told me he was dying of cancer. My first reaction was to see him, to be there, and my husband (who is amazing) said, you do what you feel you need to do.
A couple of days passed, and I had an epiphany, I realised the WORST thing I could do would to be to go there. I realised I had been mentally raped and violated by this person, and the pain and anguish, and fear he had caused me was awful...I grew angry.....
...........Then Vitalogy was released on the Tuesday...
I picked up the album that first day because PJ is too amazing...
I started reading the large book in the album, There is so much in it about death and dying....cracking the window to let the soul escape etc....
.....I was floored at the timing of this record,,,it was if a fly was peering in my soul and relaying my story...."Last Exit"..."Not for You"...."Tremor Christ"...."nothingman"...."Pry, to"..."Corduroy"...."Bugs"...."Satan's Bed"....and "Immortality".......Talk about timing.....
nothingman.....I can't write about it, because I think you can figure out line for line what it means to me.......Literally....
I was so mad at him that the "Burn" lines were taken to heart by me.
For some reason, I feel we've made peace....He has died, but there is this spirituality thing that is too hard to put into words for me...If I tried, I think you would all think I was a Nut-case...It's just a feeling, and the souls are calm now! I'm at peace...and for some reason, I feel he is too.
Thank You OpenBandfortheSun......I wasn't going to write about nothingman, It's too hard to put into words,,,,,but you've inspired me.
peace my wee Jammers!
brokenarrow>
Ger
9/25/99 1:16 PM
Re: Music...healing artform
"They said timin' was everything......."
Souls being bared and shared......it's all good.
Love,
Ger
RrVwMIRROR
9/26/99 4:01 PM
Re: Oh Open.....VITALOGY.........whew......
Hey Brokenarrow....
What a story! I am so glad you did not go to see him, for that proved you finally were liberated from the mental hold he had on you!....I agree, that was the best decision! You don't need to explain that 'at peace' feeling at all, I know exactly what you experienced....and yes, you both are at peace now!
again, the timing of this album and how it related to your life, is uncanny, just as it was with Open.....sometimes I think about the effect PJ's music has had on me, and my life, and I believe I was destined to find them and their music........maybe we were all destined to find them for some reason....Pearl Jam and Fate.....kind of links to the theory of how some of us look at their music at a religious experience.....Hmmmm...............
Well, thank you for sharing your story....I am glad Open inspired you....and your story is truly an inspiration for anyone involved in an abusive relationship!
I Let My Music Take Me Where My Heart Wants To Go
~Cat Stevens
OpenBand4TheSun
9/26/99 8:31 PM
Thank you all!
For the kind words of encouragement, and just for being here to listen....
You guys are the best...
It is good to know you are always here...
I will be here for you, as well...
If only the whole world would join the Jamily...
Thanks again!
And special thanks to you Broken! Since I been on this board, I'd have to say you have been one of the most inspirational, and colorful fans. I am happy I had the chance to pay you back.
Your story was very touching, and between the two of us, it shows the spectrum of feelings that PJ brings to their fans. I am glad your story ends with peace of mind, and hope someday mine ends well too (I know it will)!
Thanks sweetheart! (and you pick the game I'll be there "wink, wink")
I also want'd to give a thanks to "WhoUR", I don't see you 'round much, but feel free to drop me a line anytime, your message has really given me inspiration, and would love to hear your story!
One last thing... PJ is the greatest band, Snyergy is the best fan-club, and PJ fans are the best in the world!!!!!
:-)
allareone
9/26/99 11:58 PM
Re: The song of the day is NOTHINGMAN
Wow! Great responses everyone. This song means so much to me (love the LO2L version
I can't mention the amount of times this song has altered decisions in my life, but i am so thankful for it:), OB4TS, may you and your true love unite, as Ger wrote though we all learn things in life that our situations help to teach us.
'He who forgets will be destined to remember' shit, this line is like the story of my life (my memory bank & i don't get on somedays, is early 'old timers' possible?, I've got it!).
I love the interps. above & the wedding vows is a good perspective, but for me it was an anger thing 'some words when spoken can't be taken back - it's so true. 'each corner of a shared prison cell'- that feeling of helplessness, nothing will change with that person, very unhealthy for each other & the relationship!!
'She once believed in every story he had to tell' then found so many lies, as in Brokenarrows reply(i think? if not sorry, in someones above - see that bloody memory thing again!)I don't know what this guys plan was but it ended that he too got some great ego boost by being a mental abuser & none of us need or deserve that. Love is not a war or a game. It SHOULD be the most wonderful union.
Ahhh, still rings so many truths home this one.
The man in my past that I think of on this one, is a bad soul & karma will catch him, one day.
Thanx for sharing & letting me share Jamily
Jason
9/27/99 4:32 PM
Damn!
That was sublime...
I can't write a comment on this song. Not now. Not anymore, even though I had intended on it, because all analysis is futile and meaningless when confronted with true feeling, with true experience. Do you want the *real* meaning of the song? This *is* the real meaning, because any meaning that connects with you becomes real, real beyond any artificial textual analysis anyone can make.
So I'll just leave you with a thought, in relation with the intimacy we all seem to feel with particular PJ songs. This is my miserable attempt at translation of a poem by Fernando Pessoa, one of the greatest poets of the Portuguese language:
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AUTOPSYCHOGRAPHY
(Fernando Pessoa)
The poet is a pretender.
He pretends so completely
That he indeed pretends is pain
The pain that he indeed feels.
And they who read what he writes
In the read pain truly feel
Not both of which he had
But only what they have not.
And thus in the wheeling tracks
Spins, entertaining reason,
That wind-up toy train
That goes by the name of heart.
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The translation is really awful, but I believe you get the point...
Anyway, I'll just add a fleeting comment, not on the lyrics, but on the song as a whole. I feel it as a soothing interlude between the tension of the previous songs and the next one, a moment to let go and surrender to self-contemplation. Beautiful sounds, the kind that melt your heart. And the most awesome transition ever in a song, from the low hum of resignation in the beginning, to that anguish in calling out, in the middle, to end in a powerful cry of regret... I too feel the tears in that final "burn"... pure emotion, unabridged and untarnished...
*** CandleOfThought ***
"Shower the people you love with love, show them the way that you feel"
brokenarrow
9/27/99 5:41 PM
Dearest Candle of Thought to light your name......
.....Lifetimes are catching up, to us! (Sorry, just had to add that!)
Don't ever feel that you can't add to what everyone has written! Your interpretations are phenomenal!!! And I am not exagerating....!
Thank you for the poem, and thank you for adding what you felt at the end about "nothingman"....
brokenarrow>
yellow ledvedder
9/27/99 8:23 PM
Re: Not for Nothing.....
"Cannot find the comfort in this world"
I too want to just say how much some of your posts ring true in my life as well, I'm relatively new here and already feel 100% at home. Good luck with love to all
Anyways....Just wanted to post on one of my favorite PJ songs and its meaning. Not one story or situation but for my whole life... Sometimes
you feel worthless, after a relationship ends or life's struggles have got you down, I"ve felt the pain of nothingman. The way this song is presented on LO@L
(which some of you have already poignantly discussed) is especially powerful. I saw PJ in Portland last summer and can honestly say that during this
song ("into the sun" part) I had tears welling up in my eyes. Ed's emotion comes through these lyrics like nothing else I have ever experienced. Sometimes
we are the nothingman, exactly the way he tells it. Many thanks to my new Jamily, keep on keepin' on.....
ledvedder
MFC
9/27/99 8:41 PM
Re: Not for Nothing.....
this is a powerful song. its always been one of my favorites... and yall seem to hold it in the same respect i do..=) thanks for shareing.
'there's alot to be said for Nowhere.'
-robby
allareone
9/28/99 03:36 AM
Re: Nothingman....something man
i just re read this post and my heart is pounding so hard for you Open, just reading it makes me want to cry for all your heartache but I don't want to drown in tears, so I'm smiling and wishing for your dreams to come true, I believe they will. Your amazing, you'll never be a nothingman!Isn't it something:)(kissing that is) Thank you again for sharing this
A big cyber hug to you Open, you really are a special soul with a heart of gold.
So much Love & Peace to you
I let my music take me where my heart wants to go....
~C.S.
RrVwMirror
1/29/01 09:10 AM
Re: SOTD: ...NOTHINGMAN
This is such a great song....one worthy of adding to!
Anyone????
I let my music take me where my heart wants to go....
~C.S.
jetta28
1/29/01 09:25 AM
Re: SOTD: ...NOTHINGMAN
That line, Caught a bolt of lightening, cursed the day he let it go, makes tears burn in my eyes. I can't help reflecting back to times when I had something really good and I just let it go. Why?
This song made me weep at the Seattle 2 show openly.
hedonist
1/29/01 09:28 AM
Re: SOTD: ...NOTHINGMAN
Tough one to re-read :(
RrVwMirror
1/29/01 09:37 AM
I'm sorry!
:-(
I let my music take me where my heart wants to go....
~C.S.
hedonist
1/29/01 09:43 AM
Re: I'm sorry!
No apologies necessary from you, my friend.....
krzzzymary
3/10/01 6:07 PM
Re: SOTD: ...NOTHINGMAN
I read a post earlier asking about this song.... just thought I would try and bring it up to the top....
Jason
Don't let me know we're invisible
We could dance, dance, dance thru' the fire
Dance, dance, dance thru' the fire
The part that goes "She don't want him, She won't feed him, After he's flown away, Into the sun" reminds me of the myth of Icarus, included below.
Icarus (ik-uh-ruhs)
In classical mythology, the son of Daedalus. Icarus died tragically while using artificial wings, invented by his father, to escape from the Labyrinth. When Icarus flew too close to the sun, it melted the wax that held the wings together, and he fell into the sea.
For me, it denotes the characters self-destructive behavior that ultimately leads to his ruin. The stories of the other posters are, as always, very moving and inspiring.
-Eddie Vedder
6/24/06 Cincinatti, Ohio
6/14/08 Manchester, Tennessee
aside from the love story in the song i also take it in another personal way:
"caught a bolt of lightning.. cursed the day he let it go.
nothingman.. nothingman.. isn't it something.. nothingman.."
specially that part makes me think of how small and uninportant we are, but still we cand do something good and we can mean something, even if it doesn't really make any big difference.
i like to think of that and i think it's a great message and something nice to think about.. hope you like to see it like that too
ALIVE
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