low light theorys please

christmas clean

I would love to read any details any one has about this song . Any info would be gratefully received

midgettown

Its a great song written by Jeff Ament. The first time that they played it live was at the Bridge Benefit concert 2001...three years after it was recorded.

FancyFacade

clouds roll by
reeling is what they say
or is it just my way
wind goes by
low light
sidetracked
low light
can't see my tracks
your scent...way back
can i be here all alone?
clear a path to my home
blood runs dry
books and jealousy tell me wrong
i will feel calm
voice blows by
low light
car crash
low light
can't wear my mask
your first, my last
voice goes by
two birds is what they'll see
getting lost upon their way
wind rolls by
low light
eyesight
low light
i need the light
i'll find my way from wrong
what's real, our dream i see


i have no idea what it is really saying..but i remember when this album came out....i carved 2 birds into this wall at my college, so this song does touch me in a special way...i kinda think it has to do with love between to people, but then, also God. that is what it means to me...."ill find my way from wrong, our dream i see" kinda like finding the right path with your life partner, and also God....also about the "i will feel calm" like you have a peace about this person youre supposed to be with..its not infatuation, its calmer and more rational i guess..i dont really know.. i know that "our dream i see" is very beautiful line, and i like it very much. "what's real, our dream i see" probably soulmate type thing.....very beautiful song

also, "can i be here all alone?" kinda makes me think about God too. i could and probably am wrong, but this song sounds like loneliness and a search for God, as well as a companion....some of the other lyrics on the album are about God too..well that is how i interpret it

little_wish

I found a couple on http://www.theskyiscrape.com...

Interpretations:

To me Low Light is about how every one of us need something familiar in our lives. Something we can always return to so we are reminded of where we started. Things change so quickly it's hard to keep up with people and situations from the past. Maybe the words "Low Light" are describing the dim lights of the stage. It's familiar to the band. It's what they need to remind them of their pasts, and how it all started out.

--Phil



it seems to me that low light is about a guy who was in a car accident and is now badly disfigured. low light refers to his fear to go out into the day for fear of people being revolted by his appearance. he may have also been blinded in the crash. it didnt kill him but he feels that where he is at now is worse then death. the line 'i need the light' shows his longing to step out of hiding and to have a regular life again.

--d. ames

christmas clean

Thanks for your theorys. Im still a bit not sure though. You know what I keep picturing when I listen to it? Some old black and white film. Two young lovers killed (maybe a car crash) just wandering around lost in time and dimensions. Being seen by the living as two birds.
This is crazy I know but thats what I feel.
Maybe as a kid I watched too many 'Tales Of The Unexpected' or something?

Uninvited Guest

I feel like it has something to do with soulmates or lovers. Since I got to hear this song live the first time it was played and it was my first experience seeing Pearl Jam it is a very special song to me. I was there with my current fiance and its kinda our song.

solat9

I've always interpreted it as two lovers maybe splitting and you need to find that one place where everything makes you feel OK.

vanilla.villain

Whenever I hear this song, in my mind, I picture this person, driving at night... driving kinda slow, and the low lights alluded to are the lights coming from the cars passing him by... and this person drives with a heavy heart because this person is driving away from the person he/she loves...