Which song has the most intense lyrics?

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  • Still HereStill Here Posts: 661
    There are a whole truckload of Pearl Jam songs with "intense" lyrics,but a few really stick out to me right now:

    I'm Still Here

    Footsteps

    Bu$hleaguer...(vote him out please)

    Porch

    Other Side

    Man of the Hour...(if you haven't seen "Big Fish"...do so.)

    Wishlist

    those are just a few of the songs that are getting to me right now.

    to be continued...
    PJ: Toledo-9/22/96. E. Lansing-8/18/98. Detroit-8/23/98. Detroit-10/7/00. Detroit-6/25 & 6/26/03. Toledo-10/2/04 [VFC]. Detroit-5/22/06. Chicago-8/5/07 [Lolla]. Cleveland-5/9/10. Baltimore-10/27/13.

    EV: Honolulu-4/21 & 4/22/07 [Kokua]. Detroit-6/26/11.
  • Blood.

    "IT'S MY BLOOOOOD!!!!!"
    "This is a public service annowncement... with guitars!!"
  • EvaEva Posts: 73
    State of love and trust
    Betterman
    RVM
    I am mine
  • idvedderidvedder Posts: 27
    I'm a newbie and this is the first thread that i browsed...in entirety...and i was quite surprised at how long it took someone to mention "I got Id". "soon forget" is another unbelieveably deep song...
    St. Louis, 2003; Kansas City, 2010; Alpine Valley 1&2 2011; Wrigley Field, 2013; OKC, 2013; St. Louis, 2014; Memphis, 2014
  • soapyrowssoapyrows Posts: 235
    black, for obvious reasons, and arc, even though it has no words - very intense song
    EVENFLOW MEMBER #009 and i'm LOVIN the new PJ!!!! avacado all the way!!

    i know someday you'll have a beautiful life,
    i HOPE you'll be a star,
    in somebody elses sky, but why, why, why can't it be, why can't it be mine?!
  • Still HereStill Here Posts: 661
    There are some others that have really gotten the message across to me lately(some have been mentioned already).

    Just a few more home run hitters by Pearl Jam:

    Black-sorta describes my situation right now

    Present Tense

    Yellow Ledbetter-even if you don't understand what Ed is saying

    Green Disease

    Immortality

    MFC-also describes my feelings

    W.M.A.

    to be continued.....

    p.s.-Masters of War is a Bob Dylan tune, but it makes it no less meaningful.
    PJ: Toledo-9/22/96. E. Lansing-8/18/98. Detroit-8/23/98. Detroit-10/7/00. Detroit-6/25 & 6/26/03. Toledo-10/2/04 [VFC]. Detroit-5/22/06. Chicago-8/5/07 [Lolla]. Cleveland-5/9/10. Baltimore-10/27/13.

    EV: Honolulu-4/21 & 4/22/07 [Kokua]. Detroit-6/26/11.
  • scat catscat cat Posts: 27
    Satan's Bed and Breathe. Breathe doesn't seem like it'd be an intense song, but if you think about it, it sort of is.
    Become a vehicle that blossoms truth and freedom
  • releaseNYreleaseNY Posts: 153
    oh, come on, there is *nothing* more intense than i'm open. maybe that doesn't qualify as a song, since it's mostly spoken word?

    nah, it's a song, and it's intense.

    after spending half his life searching, he still felt as blank as the ceiling at which he stared.
    he is alive, but feels absolutely nothing.
    so is he?


    now that's intense, people.
    you paid to get in, you're free to leave.
  • Still HereStill Here Posts: 661
    Another "intense" spoken word song from Pearl Jam...
    "I'm Still Here"

    She said to me, over the phone
    She wanted to see other people
    I thought, "Well then, look around. They're everywhere"
    Said that she was confused...
    I thought, "Darling, join the club"
    24 years old, Mid-life crisis
    Nowadays hits you when you're young
    I hung up, She called back, I hung up again
    The process had already started
    At least it happened quick
    I swear, I died inside that night
    My friend, he called
    I didn't mention a thing
    The last thing he said was, "Be sound"
    Sound...
    I contemplated an awful thing, I hate to admit
    I just thought those would be such appropriate last words
    But I'm still here
    And small
    So small.. How could this struggle seem so big?
    So big...
    While the palms in the breeze still blow green
    And the waves in the sea still absolute blue
    But the horror
    Every single thing I see is a reminder of her
    Never thought I'd curse the day I met her
    And since she's gone and wouldn't hear
    Who would care? What good would that do?
    But I'm still here
    So I imagine in a month...or 12
    I'll be somewhere having a drink
    Laughing at a stupid joke
    Or just another stupid thing
    And I can see myself stopping short
    Drifting out of the present
    Sucked by the undertow and pulled out deep
    And there I am, standing
    Wet grass and white headstones all in rows
    And in the distance there's one, off on its own
    So I stop, kneel
    My new home...
    And I picture a sober awakening, a re-entry into this little bar scene
    Sip my drink til the ice hits my lip
    Order another round
    And that's it for now
    Sorry
    Never been too good at happy endings...
    PJ: Toledo-9/22/96. E. Lansing-8/18/98. Detroit-8/23/98. Detroit-10/7/00. Detroit-6/25 & 6/26/03. Toledo-10/2/04 [VFC]. Detroit-5/22/06. Chicago-8/5/07 [Lolla]. Cleveland-5/9/10. Baltimore-10/27/13.

    EV: Honolulu-4/21 & 4/22/07 [Kokua]. Detroit-6/26/11.
  • 3sheets3sheets Posts: 284
    lots of different kinds of intensity. so off the top of my head...

    ...Porch, Release, Dissident, Blood, Corduroy, Tremor Christ, Last Exit, SOLAT, Sleight of Hand, Insignificance, Save You, Indifference, Do the Evolution, Given to Fly, I'm Open, Go
    Live Free or Die!
  • ~~~~~~~~~~ ONCE ~~~~~~~~~~~~
    ~~~~~~~~~~ DEEP ~~~~~~~~~~~~
    ~~~~~~~~~~tremor christ~~~~~~~~~~
    ~~~~~~~~~~black~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    ~~~~~~~~~~I'm Open~~~~~~~~~~~



    hell all of them !!!!!!!!!!
    ...It's only after disaster that we can be resurrected...
    it's only after you've lost everything ...that you are free to do anything....(Fight Club)

    ... I'll ride the wave...where it takes me....
  • ~~PRESENT TENSE~~
    &
    ~~JEREMY~~
    &
    ~~Nothingman~~
    ...It's only after disaster that we can be resurrected...
    it's only after you've lost everything ...that you are free to do anything....(Fight Club)

    ... I'll ride the wave...where it takes me....
  • brain of cbrain of c Posts: 5,213
    i got shit
    off he goes
  • andjaandja Posts: 14
    ALIVE-NOW I CAN'T SEE I JUST STARE I I'M STILL ALIVE.....
    BLACK-I CAN FEEL THEIR LAUGHTER SO WHY DO I SEAR,CANVAS,CLAY,HORIZONS.....
    RELEASE-RELEASE MEEEEEEEE
    HUNGER STRIKE
    PORCH-WOULD NOT EVER TOUCH YOU,HOLD YOU,FEEL YOU,EVER AGAIN....(ESPECIALLY THE WAY HE SINGS)
  • inner senseinner sense Posts: 74
    go
    I attack with love, pure bug beauty, curl my lips and crawl up to you.
  • Mr PyjamaMr Pyjama Posts: 253
    Black, although im being biased cos its my fav song in the world ever, probably.

    Woooohhhhhhh!!!!!!!! im an Animal!!!!!
    Situations get fucked up and turned around sooner or later...
  • GregorGregor Posts: 3
    hey... what about footsteps? and indifference of course.
    boat drinks,

    G
  • yes. Black. Sad. Hard To Imagine.
    "Will the last person to leave Seattle please turn off the lights?"
  • for me:
    Black
    Porch
    I Got Shit
    Present Tense
    "I'm making music for music's sake, and I have an audience I'm proud of." -EV

  • Rearview Mirror
    Go
    Jeremy
    Saw things so much clearer...
  • tecateca Posts: 6
    Originally posted by PearlJamDowner
    Black

    Present Tense, Black.....
  • FickleFickle Posts: 3
    Lukin
  • I think it must be Love Boat Captain because of the phrase

    'Lost 9 friends,we'll never know, two years ago today'

    I was at RockWerchter when we heard what had happened in Roskilde during the Pearl Jam performance. Pearl Jam was supposed to appear at Werchter the next day. It gives something of a personal touch for me to this beautiful song.

    Last Kiss is also a big tearjerker and a very intense song I think.
    I know someday you'll have a beautiful live. I know you'll be a Star.
  • jboelhowjboelhow Posts: 170
    "Why go home..."

    painful, intense... I never tire of this song
    Live the life you dream

    "Cause I can't wait to figure out what's wrong with me
    So I can say this is the way I use to be" -- John Mayer
  • Originally posted by Carolina
    I´m sure I miss some very amazing...

    Nothingman
    Wish List
    Release
    Thin Air
    Light Years
    In My Tree
    I´m open
    Given to Fly
    Black
    Deep
    Alive
    Why Go
    Footsteps
    Parting Ways
    Yellow LedBetter
    Dead Man
    All or None
    Long Road
    ARC
    Drifting

    PARTING WAYS!
    And now my bitter hands,grate on broken glass of what was everything...
  • suedesuede Posts: 247
    Nothingman
    Long Road
    Rearviewmirror
    ...just happen to be 3 of my most favorite, too
  • i'm trying to understand why i'm the first person to pick this song. where's the love??

    Have a drink they’re buying,
    Bottom of, bottle of denial,

    Big guy, big eye, watching me,
    Have to wonder what it sees,
    Progress, laced with, ramifications,
    Freedom’s big plunge.

    Pull the innocent from a crowd,
    Raise the sticks then bring ‘em down ,
    If they fail to obey,
    If they fail to obey.

    For every tool they lend us, a loss of independence.

    I pledge to my grievance to the flag,
    ‘Cause you don’t give blood, then take it back again,
    We’re deserving of much more.

    Progress, taste it, invest-it-all,
    Champagne breakfast for everyone.

    Break the innocent when they’re proud,
    Raise the stakes, then bring ‘em down,
    If they fail to obey,
    If they fail to obey.

    Pledge my grievance to the flag,
    Aw come on, don’t give blood, then take it back again,
    We’re all deserving something more.

    I wanna breathe, part of the seen,
    I wanna taste, everyone I see,
    I wanna run, when I’m up high,
    I wanna run to the sea,
    I only want life to be,
    I just wanna be,
    I will feel alive as long as I am free.
  • Mr PyjamaMr Pyjama Posts: 253
    BLACK!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Just listen to the way that you can hear Ed screaming with emotion even when he has finished the actual lyrics.

    INTENSE/TEARFUL
    Situations get fucked up and turned around sooner or later...
  • ripkidripkid Posts: 67
    black,porch,do the evolution,rvm,not for you...
    live to win
  • WernyWerny Posts: 63
    I don't understand the term, so I'll just say this because it seems intense to me.

    IT'S
    MY
    BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!
    This puke stinks like beer, and everybody's here, so come on come on come on, let's lay waste to this Century...
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