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*** Given To Fly ***

ReleaseLetharmanReleaseLetharman Posts: 141
edited September 2003 in Words and Music...Communication
For some reason I felt like listening to this song today coming home from school.........by the last part I was doing 90!!!!!! Damn this song just never gets old!!!!!! Enjoy.

he could have tuned in, tuned in, but he tuned out
a bad time, nothing could save him
alone in a corridor, waiting, locked out
he got up out of there, ran for hundreds of miles
he made it to the ocean had a smoke in a tree
the wind rose up, set him down on his knee
a wave came crashing like a fist to the jaw,
delivered him wings, "hey look at me now..."
arms wide open with the sea as his floor
oh, oh, oh...
he's flying, whole!
high! wide! oh...
he floated back down cause he wanted to share
his key to the locks on the chains he saw everywhere
but first he was stripped, and then he was stabbed
by faceless men, well fuckers...he still stands
and he still gives his love, he just gives it away;
the love he recieves is the love that is saved
and sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky
a human being that was given to fly...
flying! whole...
high! flying! whole...
he's flying! woah...
high... woah... oh...
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  • brainofPJbrainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    i remember when i "discovered" Yield. i had already owned the cd for yrs. but like NO Code i never listened to it. i popped it in one day and put this song on repeat!!!

    :)


    Esther's here and she's sick?

    hi Esther, now we are all going to be sick, thanks
  • AngusAngus Posts: 376
    for me it's the best song ever made. Oh boy, it just got it all
    *****
    00: 7/2 (cancelled...)
    05: 9/11,9/12,9/13,9/15,9/16,9/19
    06: 8/23,8/30, 9/9, 9/11
    07: 6/26, 6/29
    *****
  • Pearl_JuPearl_Ju Posts: 49
    My fav. song :D
    ...We´re faithful, we all believe, we all believe...
  • ArcticangelArcticangel Posts: 1,443
    Originally posted by Angus
    for me it's the best song ever made. Oh boy, it just got it all

    I agree with you there...it's the song that got me hooked in the first place...and I just haven't stopped listening since then.
    PJ: St. Paul 6.16.2003, St. Paul 6.26.2006, St. Paul 6.27.2006, Hartford 6.27.2008, Mansfield 6.28.2008, Mansfield 6.30.2008, Beacon Theater 7.1.2008, Toronto 8.21.2009, Chicago 8.23.2009, Chicago 8.24.2009, Philly 10.30.2009, Philly 10.31.2009, Columbus 5.6.2010, Noblesville 5.7.2010

    EV: Los Angeles 4.12.2008, Los Angeles 4.13.2008, Nashville 6.17.2009, Nashville 6.18.2009, Memphis 6.20.2009
  • MeddleDealMeddleDeal Posts: 2,547
    Originally posted by ReleaseLetharman

    but first he was stripped, and then he was stabbed
    by faceless men, well fuckers...he still stands
    and he still gives his love, he just gives it away;
    the love he recieves is the love that is saved
    and sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky
    a human being that was given to fly...
    flying! whole...
    high! flying! whole...
    he's flying! woah...
    high... woah... oh...


    Oh man, that is my favorite part of the song, I still sing outloud during that part. It just seems so appropriate to sing and dance to this song.

    for some strange reason, when I heard this at MSG, I thought, oh man, I can't believe I am really here:)
    ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~
    ~*STONEY PONY all the WAY!*~
    ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~
    "For the world, not for the war"-Neil Finn
  • VEDHEAD27VEDHEAD27 Posts: 3,091
    Definitely one of the BEST "feel good" PJ songs. It always gives me goosebumps too. Oh god, and the TB2k version?!

    *faints*

    AWESOME song! I like how Mikey described it on SVT.

    :)
    ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤

    "Lo√e, you know the word
    ...YOU invented it!" ~ E√

    ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤
    ...::STONE--YOU--OWN!::...
    ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
  • MeddleDealMeddleDeal Posts: 2,547
    Man, I love the whole "Fuckers" part, awesome part in the song. :D

    Reminds me of TB2K as well, Kim doing that song, very awesome!!!
    ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~
    ~*STONEY PONY all the WAY!*~
    ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~
    "For the world, not for the war"-Neil Finn
  • [ G ][ G ] Posts: 9
    This song has got to be one of my personal favourites. It's one of those songs that has a special meaning for every individual. It makes me feel better to blast this song or play on the guitar. Makes me feel secure, strong... able to deal with anything that comes my way.

    "WELL FUCKERS HE STILL STANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
    Keep on Rockin' in the Free World

    [ G ]
  • LizardLizard Posts: 12,091
    PearlJunky--i have always felt that while listening to that song.
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • i forgeti forget Posts: 281
    Thanks for those lyrics, man.
    This was the song in my head
    when I woke up this a.m.
    Such freedom, and imagery,
    it stays fresh...
  • pirljamgirlpirljamgirl Posts: 259
    One of my friends is in love with this song: over the top in love! Everytime I hear it I think of him: It gives me this great adrenaline rush when i am listening to it and it was great to hear it in Raleigh!!!!!!
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  • PhillyPJPhillyPJ Posts: 1,266
    great f'n song!!!! I'm listening to it right now!!
  • pearljamfan1992pearljamfan1992 Posts: 14
    Love this song!!!
  • PJfanwillneverleave1PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    It's funny to hear comments from people this tour about that "strange metal bird thing".

    I think it is exactly what Given To Fly should have highlighted on stage while being played.
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