someone asked for a lyric type up - i did this quick, so feel free to correct anything i misheard or couldn't make out: (not sure why it is double spaced?
Can’t Deny
And now you want me to breathe
And be so grateful
For the air that I need
Don’t make me pitiful
And in the morning light,
We’re just the same, you and me
Out on the ghost officials…?
Our propensity to breathe
The higher, the farther, the faster you fly
You may be rich, but you can’t deny me
Got nothin’, got nothin’, but the will to survive
You can’t control, and you can’t deny me
Your lives are sick, your sick and ….(a-vi)?
You can’t deny me
You try and talk down to me,
My mind, it ain’t so simple
Where’s your vocabulary?
Your ignorance is sinful
You bred your liar-cies…?
Watch as the roots take hold
The country you are representing
Conditional critical
The higher, the farther, the faster you fly
I know what’s true, and you can’t deny me
Got nothin’, got nothin’, you got nothing to hide
….? Bullshit …? And you can’t deny me
The higher, the farther, the faster you fly
Your souls are sick and you can’t deny me
you can’t deny me
you can’t deny me
you don’t define me
you can’t deny me
The higher, the farther, the faster you fly
You know your sick, and you can’t deny me
Got nothin’, got nothin’, you got something to hide
We see right through you, and you can’t deny me
Darkness, darkness, darkness alive
You can’t deny me
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"...what a different life had i not found this love with you..."
someone mentioned a typewriter return bell, which made the drumming sound like typing to me, and I thought a also heard a rattle-y sound like when you move the typewriter back to it's start to begin the next line of typing. could be totally wrong, but i imagine the song as the musical manifestation of ev banging this out angrily on a typewriter.
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"...what a different life had i not found this love with you..."
If a Trump admin doesn't motivate Ed to write again, nothing will.
Ok song, I just wish there was a culturally relevant band for the youth that projected these type of anti-establishment lyrics.
It doesn't have to be anti-e for me, rather a musician or band that is writing about current events in a meaningful way. Music was such an important part of the Vietnam era, yet we've never been able to sustain that type ongoing, cultural pressure. And we pay for it with a pliant, lethargic citizenry.
For those who didn't like it to start, I felt the same on the first listen. But, remember Pearl Jam isn't bubble gum or candy. It's vegetables and super fruits; as in the more you ingest, the better you feel. So, give a yourself a steady diet, and see what you think. I've had it on repeat for about an hour, and all that emotional, mental, spiritual nutrition is setting in
Post edited by gettingright on
"...what a different life had i not found this love with you..."
If a Trump admin doesn't motivate Ed to write again, nothing will.
Ok song, I just wish there was a culturally relevant band for the youth that projected these type of anti-establishment lyrics.
It doesn't have to be anti-e for me, rather a musician or band that is writing about current events in a meaningful way. Music was such an important part of the Vietnam era, yet we've never been able to sustain that type ongoing, cultural pressure. And we pay for it with a pliant, lethargic citizenry.
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Berlin 2009
Los Angeles 2022 x 2
Hampton 2016
Can’t Deny
And now you want me to breathe
And be so grateful
For the air that I need
Don’t make me pitiful
And in the morning light,
We’re just the same, you and me
Out on the ghost officials…?
Our propensity to breathe
The higher, the farther, the faster you fly
You may be rich, but you can’t deny me
Got nothin’, got nothin’, but the will to survive
You can’t control, and you can’t deny me
Your lives are sick, your sick and ….(a-vi)?
You can’t deny me
You try and talk down to me,
My mind, it ain’t so simple
Where’s your vocabulary?
Your ignorance is sinful
You bred your liar-cies…?
Watch as the roots take hold
The country you are representing
Conditional critical
The higher, the farther, the faster you fly
I know what’s true, and you can’t deny me
Got nothin’, got nothin’, you got nothing to hide
….? Bullshit …? And you can’t deny me
The higher, the farther, the faster you fly
Your souls are sick and you can’t deny me
you can’t deny me
you can’t deny me
you don’t define me
you can’t deny me
The higher, the farther, the faster you fly
You know your sick, and you can’t deny me
Got nothin’, got nothin’, you got something to hide
We see right through you, and you can’t deny me
Darkness, darkness, darkness alive
You can’t deny me
I TOLD YOU PLAYING WITH HER WAS A GOOD THING!