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Daughter

Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
edited July 2005 in Words and Music...Communication
what is this song about?

something to do with mother/daughter relations or something? im really stumped.
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  • aldahliaaldahlia Posts: 17
    "Daughter" is probably my favorite PJ song.

    But, my interpretation of it is skewed, because I got hooked on it just as my father re-entered my life after 6 years of being completely absent and missing.
  • aldahliaaldahlia Posts: 17
    Originally posted by thumbing hitchhiker
    TO ME IT'S ABOUT A GIRL WITHOUT A DAD

    Yea! Then I'm not the only one that thinks so.
  • DabbaDabba Posts: 26
    It's about a child who lives in an abusive home, she's trying to conform but never seems to get it right, and blames herself for the way her mother treats her,

    '....mother reads aloud, child trys to understand it, tries to make her proud,....... the shades go down....'

    '...she holds the hand that holds her down.....'

    I think mostly about the abuse of trust.
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  • nicoolnicool Posts: 89
    this son is pretty much about a girl, and how her dad just isn't her dad. she never seems to be good enough for her mom. i think her dad walked out on her and her mom and never came back so the mom got left alone with her and doesnt know how to handle her by herself so she basically takes out all her anger on her daughter.
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  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    thanks, i kinda knew what it was about, but needed it explained in words really.

    get it? :)
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  • {[No_Code}]{[No_Code}] Posts: 4,059
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  • PearlJam05PearlJam05 Posts: 3
    "Daughter" is pretty much about a girl that is abused at home. And then she just always blames herself in the end.
  • Coming back to lifeComing back to life Posts: 401
    I don't think she does. "Don't call me daughter, not fit to"
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  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    Originally posted by Coming back to life
    I don't think she does. "Don't call me daughter, not fit to"
    you just controdicted yourself buddy.

    Dont call me daughter, (because I'm) not fit to be.
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  • MayaMaya Posts: 14
    I see "not fit to" as in "you are unfit to be my parent", not the daughter herself as unfit.
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  • cicatricecicatrice Posts: 20
    my basic interpretation of the song is sexual abuse by the male "parent"(not necessarily biological).."she holds the hand that holds her down"..sometimes abused kids will strive to please..that can be found in the lyrics too.it can also be seen in other ways,for example,a father who wasn't fit to be deemed as such..but the kid blames herself..thinks she must've done something wrong in order to be treated this way,hence the desperation to please.
    i relate to this song in more ways than i'm willing,or ready,to tell.but i like to think that it gave somebody else the courage to speak out...
    "heaven doesn't want me
    and hell's afraid i'll take over"

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  • UpHereInMyTree500UpHereInMyTree500 Posts: 1,772
    'dont call me daughter, not fit to'

    this means (in my opinion) that the mother shouldnt be calling the girl her daughter because she hasnt been a good mother, the mother is not fit to call the girl her daughter
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  • «¤tîg®ê§§¤»«¤tîg®ê§§¤» Posts: 5,137
    does anyone know eddie's phone number???
    maybe he can help us all figure it out...
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  • nicoolnicool Posts: 89
    the "don't call me daughter..not fit to" means that she doesn't want her "dad" or stepdad not to call her daughter because hes treated her like crap her entire life so she doesn't want him calling her daughter becuase she doesnt see him as her dad.
    You sheltered me from nothing but the weather...
  • EDDIEisMINEEDDIEisMINE Posts: 101
    I think Eddie once said the song is about dyslexia. I will try to find that article.
  • EDDIEisMINEEDDIEisMINE Posts: 101
    Here are some words
    I hope this helps you.
    It wasn't until a decade ago that `word blindness' or dyslexia was identified. Ten or so years ago, such learning difficulties were interpreted as stubborn, disobedience or plain stupidity. `Daughter' deals with the ignorance surrounding the issue, telling the story of a mother with a dyslexic daughter, whose problem she doesn't understand.
  • swingonthisswingonthis Posts: 11
    see i like the dyslexia theory....it makes a lot of sense... but has anyone ever thought that RVM was kinda like a sequel to daughter?

    daughter -> "the shades go down......"

    RVM - > "finally the shades are raised"

    and i always thought rvm was about some kinda abusive relationship
  • nicoolnicool Posts: 89
    ya i think so too.... with the rvm being the sequel to daughter... "wounds in the mirror waved" "saw things so much clearer once you were in my rear view mirror"
    You sheltered me from nothing but the weather...
  • lbhlbh Posts: 3
    anybody ever read the book "sybil"? there's a lot of similarities.

    and i agree about rvm being the sequel.
  • stuckinlinestuckinline Posts: 3,368
    this thread just proves that eddie is such a great lyricist

    i had never heard of the dslexia theory before
    thanks for sharing
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