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Of He goes...

release30release30 Posts: 2,051
edited September 2011 in Words and Music...Communication
Pure perfection!!! I am wondering out there if this song is as important to you as it is to me....
Conversations getting dull
There's a constant ringing in my ears
Sense of humor's void and numb
And I'm bored to tears.......
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  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle Posts: 10,724
    I like "Off he Goes" better ;):D
    NERDS!
  • OffHeGoes132OffHeGoes132 Posts: 594
    I absolutely love this song, one of my favs if you can't already tell from my board name. The lyrics are so touching and the music is just gorgeous.
  • NeverbeenLedbetterNeverbeenLedbetter Posts: 213
    I love this song, it totally reminds me of one of my friends growing up who has a restless spirit, I think of him almost everytime I hear the song.
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  • wild-eyed crazychriswild-eyed crazychris Posts: 17
    release30 wrote:
    Pure perfection!!! I am wondering out there if this song is as important to you as it is to me....


    Oh, I LOVE this song! Hearing it live in Columbia was bliss.
  • i like matt.ci like matt.c Posts: 1,122
    I love everything about this song. The best time to listen to it is in summer.
  • Coming back to lifeComing back to life Posts: 401
    I love the song. Reminds me of myself sometimes.
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  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,290
    My favorite PJ song!

    Doesn't get any better IMO!
  • scoob1057scoob1057 Posts: 94
    I heard this once in Camden 98 been waiting a long ten years and 15-20 concerts later..thought I would have played it at state college....I guess this is what keeps me comeing back
  • BUFFALOBUFFALO Posts: 760
    love it, one of my favs. it needs to be played a hell of alot more .... no more alive evenflo ylb or rocking in the free world ... :)
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  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,561
    quite a few lines i love in this song..

    And now I rub my eyes, for he has returned!
    Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned

    the way eddie sings those are just awesome.
  • release30release30 Posts: 2,051
    He's at his best.....
    Conversations getting dull
    There's a constant ringing in my ears
    Sense of humor's void and numb
    And I'm bored to tears.......
  • JzacurJzacur Posts: 64
    I BrisK I wrote:
    quite a few lines i love in this song..

    And now I rub my eyes, for he has returned!
    Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned

    the way eddie sings those are just awesome.

    I could not agree more, great lyrics and great emotion.
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  • marker_in_the_sandmarker_in_the_sand Posts: 272
    current favourite pj song

    "He's been taken... where? I don't know... off he goes
    With his perfectly... unkept hope... there he goes..."
    I don't want to be the fool that's behind me but I am...

    I'll Hold The Pain... Release...

    Yourself
  • ballgameballgame Posts: 201
    Funny story. Ive always been a PJ fan but about a year 2 years ago I took singing lessons because I wanted to sing a song at my wedding. At time my PJ warmth had cooled because Id heard so much I was listening to other music. Anyway I wanted to learn Seethers version of Immortality. My teacher at the time was helping another student learn how to sing Off He Goes. Id never really paid attention the lyrics until he showed them to me. I was shocked how good they were (Off he goes). “Perfectly unkempt cloths”. Stuff like that

    But its kind of funny I learned Seethers version…which is basically the same
  • Surrounding BullshitSurrounding Bullshit Posts: 227
    I think you can tell by my screen name that I love this song. The best song on No Code, and that is saying alot...It is pure musical perfection.
    It's funny when things change so much
    It's all state of mind

    Don't sweat the small stuff and it's all small stuff

    You think you hate it now, wait till you drive it...

    Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
  • Stone IronsStone Irons Posts: 430
    hartamh wrote:
    I love this song too. Does anyone know if Eddie is singing to anyone in particular?

    The subject of the song is actually himself.
    Can't escape from the common rule...
    If you hate something, don't you do it too
  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    hartamh wrote:
    I love this song too. Does anyone know if Eddie is singing to anyone in particular?

    I don't know who he is singing TO ... but he's singing ABOUT himself ... in the third person.

    It might be the most self-aware song in the history of rock music.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • release30release30 Posts: 2,051
    This song gives me the chills everytime I hear it...It's one of the most special songs by PJ for me....


    I was under the influence when I first posted this as you can see with the title "of" instead of "Off"...but I am sure you can all forgive...:)
    Conversations getting dull
    There's a constant ringing in my ears
    Sense of humor's void and numb
    And I'm bored to tears.......
  • Who PrincessWho Princess Posts: 7,305
    When I first heard it I realized what a brilliant songwriter Ed was becoming. I love it.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • Surrounding BullshitSurrounding Bullshit Posts: 227
    Had heard somewhere it is about when he is getting ready to go on tour.....
    It's funny when things change so much
    It's all state of mind

    Don't sweat the small stuff and it's all small stuff

    You think you hate it now, wait till you drive it...

    Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
  • PJstarsmanPJstarsman Posts: 5
    And now hes home....and we're laughing like always do, my same old my same old friend, until a quarter to till ten, i saw the strain creep in, he seems distracted and i know just what is gonna happen next, before his first step.... hes off again.

    Are you freakin kidding me ....... that shit is bad ass

    Damn thats good stuff
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    Best song ever!!
  • ballgameballgame Posts: 201
    release30 wrote:
    Pure perfection!!!

    but your spelling isnt

    Off He goes. Not Of he goes


    :)

    The words are amazing. Ed sure can write a song
  • release30release30 Posts: 2,051
    ballgame wrote:
    but your spelling isnt

    Off He goes. Not Of he goes


    :)

    The words are amazing. Ed sure can write a song



    Thanks for the spelling correction you were the first to notice...;)
    Conversations getting dull
    There's a constant ringing in my ears
    Sense of humor's void and numb
    And I'm bored to tears.......
  • illegal pantsillegal pants Posts: 13,471
    this song has really been resonating with me these past couple weeks, i can't shake it, just been completely consumed by it..

    would love to hear it live :)
    wah
  • WickedJeremyWickedJeremy Posts: 229
    hartamh wrote:
    I love this song too. Does anyone know if Eddie is singing to anyone in particular?
    I once heard Eddie say that the song is about a "shit friend" and that it is about himself. Seems like I heard that on a Gorge show.
    -Jeremy
  • PJSEMPREPJSEMPRE Posts: 687
    WickedJeremy wrote:
    I once heard Eddie say that the song is about a "shit friend" and that it is about himself. Seems like I heard that on a Gorge show.

    Katowice, Poland 06/16/00

    From "twofeetthick.com"
    Before 'Off He Goes' Ed says, "That's a little song about friendship. About a friend that is an asshole". Then he points his finger at himself saying quietly that he is an asshole. The audience responds: "Noooooo!".
    Let's say knowledge is a tree, yeah.
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  • smile05smile05 Posts: 600
    I BrisK I wrote:
    quite a few lines i love in this song..

    And now I rub my eyes, for he has returned!
    Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned

    the way eddie sings those are just awesome.

    Is EV just the best songwriter EVER?????

    Loved this one form the first time i heard it
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  • pirlo21pirlo21 Posts: 534
    Doesn't it annoy anyone else that the word 'perfectly' doesn't really fit in the line - “Perfectly unkempt cloths” ?!!

    Or maybe that's just the point...it doesn't fit perfectly!!!

    Gotta agree with everyone though. Beautiful song. Almost painfully beautiful.
    A true master at work.
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  • like.echoeslike.echoes Posts: 582
    This was the first PJ song I fell in love with - it never gets old or loses its emotional impact on me. I was out of my mind to hear it at Mansfield I.
    nothing's changed but the surrounding bullsh1t
  • NYPearlJammerNYPearlJammer Posts: 46
    I was totally having an outer body experience during the song at Mansfield I 2008. Then it turned into a very special PJ moment for me after the song ended!!!!! Usually when Ed wants someone to have his guitar pick he points to you and throws it!!! Well I almost had a heart attack!!!! Ed came over in front of me leaned over the pit,grabbed my hand very strongly and put the pick in my palm. The moment felt like it lasted forever!!!! A girl to my right said" You almost pulled him into the crowd!!!" WOW never gonna forget that, and especially after "OFF HE GOES"
    NYPearlJammer
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