Satan's Bed

aNiMaL
aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
edited March 2007 in Words and Music...Communication
Satan's Bed

it's not all been said...been said and done...
i've never slept in satan's bed
although i must admit...still visits my place
uninvited, as you know, he don't wait
funny how he always seems to fit in
funny how i always want to give in
sundays, fridays, tuesdays, thursday, the same
sometimes the special guest, he don't like to leave
already...in love...
already...in love...
already...in love...
already...
who made, who made up, made up the myth
that we were born to be covered in bliss?
who set the standard, born to be rich?
such fine examples, skinny little bitch
model, role model, roll some models in blood
get some flesh to stick, so they look like us
i shit and i stink, i'm real, join the club
i'd stop and talk, but i'm already in love
already...in love...
already...in love...
already...in love...
already...
in love...ah ha ha ha...
ah torture...follows reward...
follows torture...follows reward...
oh, oh my butt...
never shook satan's hand, look see for yourself
you'd know it if i had, that shit don't come off
i'll rise and fall, let me take credit for both
jump off a cliff, don't need your help so back off
i'll never suck satan's dick...
again, you'd see it, you know, right round the lips
i'll wait for an angel, but i won't hold my breath
'magine they're busy, think i'm doing okay...
already...in love...
already...in love...
already...in love...
already...
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  • Superunknown_jam
    Superunknown_jam Posts: 83
    i'll wait for an angel, but i won't hold my breath
    'magine they're busy, think i'm doing okay...


    My favourite part ;)
    Speaking as a child of the 90's
  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    I just feel like discussing this song....I think it is one of the best off of Vitalogy. Lyrically I am just re-discovering it. It absolutely blows me away and really gives you an insight (as do most of the songs from this record) about where Ed and the band were in the scheme of things...and how it all made them (or him) feel....

    Here are a couple of my favorite lines from the song:

    "uninvited, as you know, he don't wait
    funny how he always seems to fit in
    funny how i always want to give in
    sundays, fridays, tuesdays, thursday, the same"

    "i shit and i stink, i'm real, join the club"

    "i'll rise and fall, let me take credit for both
    jump off a cliff, don't need your help so back off"

    "i'll wait for an angel, but i won't hold my breath
    'magine they're busy, think i'm doing okay..."
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,389
    I ran to that album today. I looked forward to that song because it meant my run was almost over . . . besides I really like that song, too.
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • whatsthefreezer
    whatsthefreezer Posts: 347
    Yeah awesome song. I was a little dissapointed when my Penn State official bootleg came in and Ed seemed like he didn't want to play the song at all. But if it's not his thing to play it anymore I totally understand. They've got plenty of other great songs. I just think that riff is one of the best Pearl Jam have ever had and those lyrics still get to me everytime.
  • eddies grrl
    eddies grrl Posts: 509
    whatsthefreezer wrote:
    Yeah awesome song. I was a little dissapointed when my Penn State official bootleg came in and Ed seemed like he didn't want to play the song at all. But if it's not his thing to play it anymore I totally understand. They've got plenty of other great songs. I just think that riff is one of the best Pearl Jam have ever had and those lyrics still get to me everytime.

    I have wondered if he was ASKED not to play it. Ya know.
    Life is the riddle
    Of which we're caught in the middle.
    A couple of lucky ones
    Tangled up in too much love
    ~cowboy junkies
  • whatsthefreezer
    whatsthefreezer Posts: 347
    eddie's grrl wrote:
    I have wondered if he was ASKED not to play it. Ya know.

    Didn't think about that. But it doesn't seem that way. He forgets almost all of the words and halfway through he just asks for Mike to start soloing. And he says the "Model Role Model" lines in a mocking way like he doesn't like them.
  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    Self Pollution has a fucking great version of this song....

    "i shit and i stink, i'm real, join the club" ....I love that line
  • MoonlightDrive81
    MoonlightDrive81 Posts: 44
    never shook satan's hand, look see for yourself
    you'd know it if i had, that shit don't come off


    fucking love this line.
    And after all this, won't you give me a smile?
  • 12345against1
    12345against1 Posts: 24
    Id kill a man to hear it live. A good version though.
    9/28/2004 9/29/2004 10/1/2004 9/13/2005 9/15/2005 9/16/2005 9/19/2005 9/20/2005 5/12/2006 5/13/2006 5/24/2006 5/25/2006 5/27/2006 5/28/2006 6/1/2006 6/3/2006 6/16/2008 6/19/2008 6/20/2008 6/24/2008 6/25/2008 6/27/2008 6/30/2008 8/7/2008
  • darthvedder88
    darthvedder88 Posts: 1,023
    "I'll never suck Satan's Dick!!"

    I just totally think that this is the most in-your-face-fuck-you line Eddie has ever written. When I first heard it I was like "OMG THIS SONG IS SO FUCKING AWESOME!!!" Very detailed song, really paints a picture in my mind.
    "Darth Vader would say 'Impressive'."

    -Eddie Vedder

    6/24/06 Cincinatti, Ohio
    6/14/08 Manchester, Tennessee
  • whatsthefreezer
    whatsthefreezer Posts: 347
    12345against1 wrote:
    Id kill a man to hear it live. A good version though.

    Go to gdlive.com and look in the other music mp3 file. You'll find a 94' show with a great version of it.
  • mymanvedder
    mymanvedder Posts: 88
    whatsthefreezer wrote:
    Yeah awesome song. I was a little dissapointed when my Penn State official bootleg came in and Ed seemed like he didn't want to play the song at all. But if it's not his thing to play it anymore I totally understand. They've got plenty of other great songs. I just think that riff is one of the best Pearl Jam have ever had and those lyrics still get to me everytime.


    It would seem a little hypocritical(sp?) to sing it now... ya know.
    Some people have drugs... I have Pearl Jam.

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  • spilled_my_tincture
    spilled_my_tincture Posts: 84
    I didn't like this song too much at first but it grew me. I've always liked the lyrics though. It would be cool to hear it live with ed singing the "torture follows reward" part instead of mumbling it.
    everything has chains
    absolutely nothing's changed
    take my hand, not my picture
    spilled my tincture...
  • RadioYam
    RadioYam Posts: 102
    mymanvedder wrote:
    It would seem a little hypocritical(sp?) to sing it now... ya know.
    :rolleyes:
  • pearlmutt
    pearlmutt Posts: 392
    who set the standard, born to be rich?


    thanks bill gates and rob glaser for flattening the world. the "b" rate students are really grateful, fuckers!
  • Tremor Andronicus
    Tremor Andronicus Posts: 34
    i love listening to the crack of the whip on headphones but always wondered why they didn't come before whipping.

    anyhoo, the initial start-up of the song is so pixies, i love it.

    i love the lyrics too, except, i must admit the ones about satan are rather corny :eek:
    '00: 8/23,24,25; 9/1,2; MSG Ed 10/30.
    '03: 4/30; 6/28; 7/2,3,5,6,8,9,14;
    '04: 5/14: Ed, CCFA, Shwbx.
    '05: 3/18; 5/25 Ed w/ rck schl kds; 9/1,2;
    '06: 7/16,18,22,23.
    '08: 4/7
  • not4u
    not4u Posts: 512
    I LOVE this song...
    "i'll raise and fall take credit for both, jump off a cliff don't need your help so back off!"
    we don't want war, but we still want more?
  • VivaPalestina
    VivaPalestina Posts: 225
    mymanvedder wrote:
    It would seem a little hypocritical(sp?) to sing it now... ya know.

    So true and unfortunate...love, love this song. There are not many people out there who stick to their beliefs. Sometimes I think maybe e.v. is just a great actor who even fooled himself. But I am sure we all have been guilty of that.
  • darthvedder88
    darthvedder88 Posts: 1,023
    Such a great work of art, as I have said before.
    "Darth Vader would say 'Impressive'."

    -Eddie Vedder

    6/24/06 Cincinatti, Ohio
    6/14/08 Manchester, Tennessee
  • its_not_1974
    its_not_1974 Posts: 6
    12345against1 wrote:
    Id kill a man to hear it live. A good version though.

    Atlanta 94, man

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