all five horizons

dimitrispearljam

Inside|The|Well wrote:

I read something the other day about the Greeks and how they believed that everything in the world had 4 elements. The four seasons, 4 directions (north, east, south and west) things such as hot, cold, wet and dry were linked etc. And I might be reading too much into this but Eddie may have been exagerrating this '4' theory... he may have been stating that everything physical revolves around her and there is something else that isn't quite real but it's all about her.
People do this with the five senses... they believe that there is another sense which no one can quite explain.
Yeah I've probably read far too much into that, but this line has really got me thinking!

im greek,,and yes that a very smart thought...by the way is the best song ever,,,
and if pearl jam made a video that song will be n1 ever..couse the picture is power in now days..and can u imagine a scene of eddie singing " i know some day" and a then the video show as her wedding day and she smile strangely strange...o.m.g.,,,

verbtotrust4130

I think it might have something to do with four horizons north south east west, but the fifth is his love/life, and she is the center of everything right in the middle of north south east and west horizons and also the center of his life and now that she is gone he is going down and becoming dark like a sunset...... i am just rambling I'm pretty sure..... I can't get out the words in the right way I guess.... I always said I love Black because it explains something that so many people have felt but never had the ability to express it in such a beautiful way...... And I think that lines like "All five horizons" are best left unexplained exactly by the artist because that is what is so great about music is that it is open to interpretation so that you can mix and match to fit you

Travels With

Maybe this is too literal but the horizon is where the sky meets the ocean -- there are five major oceans -- therefore, all five horizons.

TravisTheSky

I thought that five horizons referred to either five weeks, or months.

I read a Vedder interview early in PJ's career where he stated that he doesn't write songs about "Girls or cars." Therefore, Black is not about a relationship with a woman. It must be about an abortion. Many reports can be found where it is stated that Vedder made a young woman pregnant when he was about sixteen. The woman had an abortion.

Black is a tortured lovesong to Vedder's hypothetical child. Untouched canvas and clay are perfect metaphors for a foetus that never got to live. Why else would the laughter of children make him sear? After five horizons have revolved, his bitter hands "Cradle" broken glass. At the end of the song, he hopes for reincarnation: "I know some day you'll have a beautiful life, I know you will be a star in somebody else's sky. Why can't it be mine?"

Sleep.With.Innocence

Senses. It's that simple.

megatron

escarina wrote:

Originally posted by Werny
Escarina, what do you mean can a man love a woman this way? Some men have really deep feelings for the opposite sex.

Maybe he was just saying that she was very special in a fancy way .

i just wanted to know if others think its possible
then im not the only one....

yes it is..unfortunately

DangDang

TravisTheSky wrote:

Black is a tortured lovesong to Vedder's hypothetical child.

I guess this would fit in for some parts of the song, but not others. For example, he refers to "she" a lot. And she gave him all that she wore. Don't see how this could be a fetus.