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Indifference

Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
edited March 2007 in Words and Music...Communication
I've just realized that for the past couple months of my relationship that just ended (over a year and a half in high school) I think I may have been playing the role of the other half in Indifference.. the indifferent half. Like I didn't put enough effort into it because I felt the connection was drying up.

Jesus..

Just sharing.

It's a pretty powerful song.
Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

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  • MargoMargo Posts: 256
    I sort of re-discovered Indifference today after wachting the Live at the Garden DVD. Gave me goosebumps!
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  • Androgynous MindAndrogynous Mind Posts: 520
    I will light the match this morning, so I won't be alone
    Watch as she lies silent, for soon light will be gone
    Oh I will stand arms outstretched, pretend I'm free to roam
    Oh I will make my way, through, one more day in...hell

    How much difference does it make
    How much difference does it make...

    I will hold the candle, till it burns up my arm
    I'll keep takin' punches, until their will grows tired
    Oh I will stare the sun down, until my eyes go blind
    Hey I won't change direction, and I won't change my mind

    how much difference does it make
    how much difference does it make..
    how much difference...

    I'll swallow poison, until I grow immune
    I will scream my lungs out till it fills this room

    How much difference
    How much difference
    How much difference does it make
    How much difference does it make...

    When something gets this bad it is time to get out.

    Definately a powerful song. You can feel it in Ed's voice.
    Oh he fills it up with the love of a girl...
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    if i were to get up on stage and sing just one song with pj, it would be indifference. :)
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    I have to admit I never actually liked this song until I heard it live in Dublin and it really got me. It was definitely one of the highlights of the concert and the crowd singing was amazing.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • m0jorisenm0jorisen Posts: 516
    love this lyric

    I'll keep takin' punches, until their will grows tired
    Had my eyes peeled both wide open, and I got a glimpse
    Of my innocence... got back my inner sense...
  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    I have to admit I never actually liked this song until I heard it live in Dublin and it really got me. It was definitely one of the highlights of the concert and the crowd singing was amazing.
    I've never heard of anybody (and I mean ANYBODY - not just pealr jam fans) not loving this song immediately.

    Glad you joined the winning team finally ;)
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

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  • thesovietthesoviet Posts: 41
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  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    m0jorisen wrote:
    love this lyric

    I'll keep takin' punches, until their will grows tired

    Right on, one of my favorite lines, if not my absolute favorite, of all time. I didn't realize how powerful and meaningful the song is until years after Vs. was released....I guess I needed to do a little more living and then that line made complete sense to me
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • threecrookedhearts6threecrookedhearts6 Posts: 82
    this song is amazing...the line "I will scream my lungs out til it fills this room" always makes me smile. the first time i heard this song was at a concert in 2005 and when Ed sang that line and it really did fill the huge room. the way Ed sings the studio version gives me chills, there is so much emotion pouring out of him. i cant begin to express how i feel about this song...i just dont know...
    “I don't know what this means. I don't think it means anything.”
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  • BrezBrez Posts: 570
    Really powerful song... especially when it just nails exactly how you feel when you're listening to it. When I saw them play it live in Boston this year it was even better, cause you could barely hear Ed the crowd was so loud.
    And before his first step... He's off again...
  • JamalJamal Posts: 2,115
    Bittersweet

    and it tastes like MORE !
    Surf little waves big... Charge big waves hard

    - Antwerp '06, Nijmegen '07, Werchter '07
  • 1Vedhead1Vedhead Posts: 147
    Yes, I LOVE this song..
    It can speak to so many different situations - and the way Ed sings it is just inspired.
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  • comebackwomancomebackwoman Posts: 7,271
    m0jorisen wrote:
    love this lyric

    I'll keep takin' punches, until their will grows tired


    Yeah...and this one too:

    "I will scream my lungs out till it fills this room"
    There's a light when my baby's in my arms :)
  • BrezBrez Posts: 570
    comebackgirl wrote:
    Yeah...and this one too:

    "I will scream my lungs out till it fills this room"

    yes y-e-s yes!

    Can never forget:

    "I'll swallow poison
    until I grow immune"

    I know someone probably already posted that line I'm sorry
    And before his first step... He's off again...
  • chrisg72chrisg72 Posts: 112
    I love singing the words to this song while driving. I first heard this song live in randalls island in 96 and ever since i love it!!!
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  • Androgynous MindAndrogynous Mind Posts: 520
    chrisg72 wrote:
    I love singing the words to this song while driving. I first heard this song live in randalls island in 96 and ever since i love it!!!

    Yeah, it definately is a great song to sing to while driving.
    Oh he fills it up with the love of a girl...
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Pearl Jam and toast wrote:
    I've never heard of anybody (and I mean ANYBODY - not just pealr jam fans) not loving this song immediately.

    Glad you joined the winning team finally ;)
    well you just did :p I really didn't like it at ALL... but to hear it live is amazing, one of the highlights of Dublin.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • audiodaveaudiodave Posts: 1,623
    Margo wrote:
    I sort of re-discovered Indifference today after wachting the Live at the Garden DVD. Gave me goosebumps!

    I absolutely love this song, but is the L@TG version the one with Ben Harper? If so...he ruins it for me.
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  • doujodoujo Posts: 285
    audiodave wrote:
    I absolutely love this song, but is the L@TG version the one with Ben Harper? If so...he ruins it for me.


    i couldn't have said it any better.
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    doujo wrote:
    i couldn't have said it any better.
    I third that...
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • fkruegerfkrueger Posts: 2
    I was about 22 when i first heard this song. So about 1 year later after a long phone call with a recent ex whom i married 4 years later, this song made me drive a bit further than i had expected. I lived in San Diego and was driving home to PT. Loma and missed the turn and ended up in Oceanside before i realized what i had done. To this day though the song has evolved with my life and pulls me along. Sorry for the long winded comment. I could have written 10 pages or so.
  • lephtylephty Posts: 770
    i will light the match this morning; so i won't be alone

    could there have been a better opening line to this song? i think not!
  • BrezBrez Posts: 570
    audiodave wrote:
    I absolutely love this song, but is the L@TG version the one with Ben Harper? If so...he ruins it for me.

    I will not fourth that... why does he ruin it for you? Granted Ed has a much more fitting voice for the song, but I mean, a good song is a good song. And Ben Harper doesn't have a BAD voice, so I guess I just don't get how he would ruin it... Care to explain?
    And before his first step... He's off again...
  • BUFFALOBUFFALO Posts: 760
    threecrookedhearts6 wrote:
    this song is amazing...the line "I will scream my lungs out til it fills this room" always makes me smile. the first time i heard this song was at a concert in 2005 and when Ed sang that line and it really did fill the huge room. the way Ed sings the studio version gives me chills, there is so much emotion pouring out of him. i cant begin to express how i feel about this song...i just dont know...
    the line i will scream my lungs out ...was awesome at the hamilton show in 2005 ...the crowd was so electric when singing that part song ...i still get goooose bumps ....my all time fav song/show
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  • StrutterStrutter Posts: 37
    this song is "my precious"!

    it's so powerful and every line has it's place..not a word is an excess

    someone here mentioned that he was the indifferent one...but i don't think that that is the context of this song
  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    Strutter wrote:
    this song is "my precious"!

    it's so powerful and every line has it's place..not a word is an excess

    someone here mentioned that he was the indifferent one...but i don't think that that is the context of this song
    I think it's about unrequitted love.

    And in the last 2 months I've played the part of both charecters in the song to the teeth.

    *sigh*..
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

    http://www.wishlistfoundation.org

    Oh my, they dropped the leash.



    Morgan Freeman/Clint Eastwood 08' for President!

    "Make our day"
  • StrutterStrutter Posts: 37
    Pearl Jam and toast wrote:
    I think it's about unrequitted love.

    And in the last 2 months I've played the part of both charecters in the song to the teeth.

    *sigh*..

    I will light the match this morning, so I won't be alone
    Watch as she lies silent, for soon light will be gone
    Oh I will stand arms outstretched, pretend I'm free to roam
    Oh I will make my way, through, one more day in...hell
    (THESE LINES IMPLICATE THAT SHE'S GOING AWAY,NOW IS SHE DUMPING HIM OR DYING? EITHER WAY HE'S GONNA GO THROUGH HELL)
    How much difference does it make
    How much difference does it make...

    I will hold the candle, till it burns up my arm
    I'll keep takin' punches, until their will grows tired
    Oh I will stare the sun down, until my eyes go blind
    Hey I won't change direction, and I won't change my mind
    (WHY IS HE PHYSICALLY HURTING HIMSELF? WHO WANTS TO BRING HIM DOWN...BECAUSE HE HAS SOME KIND OF INTENTION BECAUSE HE WON'T CHANGE HIS DIRECTION OR HIS MIND?)
    how much difference does it make
    how much difference does it make..
    how much difference...

    I'll swallow poison, until I grow immune
    I will scream my lungs out till it fills this room

    How much difference
    How much difference
    How much difference does it make
    How much difference does it make...

    I DON'T GET THE CONNECTION BETWEEN I will light the match this morning, so I won't be alone
    Watch as she lies silent, for soon light will be gone AND THE REST OF THE SONG...EVERYTHING ELSE HAS SENSE...

    I'M SO CONFUSED...PLEASE HELP!

    p.s. sorry about my english :-)
  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    You're right it's more about a loss than an unrequitted relationship. Still I've caught a really profound interpretation for the latter, even if it's not true.

    That doesn't change my situation being exactly like it though, honestly.


    The match line could be a drug reference,.. A killing the lonliness sort of ordeal.

    Or even more likely a metaphor to his lover. A match burns brilliantly for a few seconds and disappears. You strike a match it's there and gone the next instant like he knows his love will or has done.

    your english is great btw.
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

    http://www.wishlistfoundation.org

    Oh my, they dropped the leash.



    Morgan Freeman/Clint Eastwood 08' for President!

    "Make our day"
  • bookmusebookmuse Posts: 277
    Pearl Jam and toast wrote:
    I've just realized that for the past couple months of my relationship that just ended (over a year and a half in high school) I think I may have been playing the role of the other half in Indifference.. the indifferent half. Like I didn't put enough effort into it because I felt the connection was drying up.

    Jesus..

    Just sharing.

    It's a pretty powerful song.

    Just curious if you eventually broke the relationship off or as the indifferent one, if you waited for her to?
    "Speak your mind even if your voice shakes" ~ M Kuhn
  • JamalJamal Posts: 2,115
    I cried when they played it live in Antwerp :o

    Fact is, that these lines can mean what you want them to mean...
    if you want them to be about love, well, they are, but if you want them to be about friendship, business, life in general...they can be that too :)

    Life can make you feel so alone, but hey, how much difference does it make?
    Surf little waves big... Charge big waves hard

    - Antwerp '06, Nijmegen '07, Werchter '07
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