Greatest Line Eddie Ever Wrote

ed243421

I gather speed from you fucking with me

I am lost, I'm no guide, but I'm by your side

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

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

I shit and I stink, I'm real, join the club

I was bitten, must have been the devil
He was just paying me...
A little visit, reminding me of his presence
Letting me know, he's a-waiting... oh

I swallowed my words to keep from lying
I swallowed my face just to keep from biting I, I...
I swallowed my breath and went deep, I was diving, I was diving
I surfaced and all around me was enlightened

I'm like an opening band for the sun

I had a false belief
I thought I came here to stay
We're all just visiting
All just breaking like waves

I've used hammers made out of wood
I have played games with pieces and rules..
I've deciphered tricks at the bar...
But now you're gone,... I haven't figured out why...
I've come up with riddles... and jokes about war...
I've figured out numbers and what they're for...
I've understood feelings.. and I've understood words...
But how could you be taken away?...

I pledge my grievance to the flag
Cause you don't give blood... to take it back again
Oh we're all deserving something more
Progress,... taste it,... invest-it-all
Champagne breakfast for everyone

I've been harboring fleets in this resevoir,... red sun...
And this nation's about to explode...

I wanna rise
And say goodnight
Wanna take
A look on the other side

I know I was born and I know that I'll die
The in between is mine

I said
There's nothing wrong with what you say
Believe me
Just asking you to sway
No white
Or black
Just grey
Can you feel this...
World with your heart and not your brain?
G-R-E-E-D..... G-R-E-E-D

I remember when you sang
That song about today
Now it's tomorrow and
Everything has changed

I used to be a crustacean
In an underwater nation
and I surf in celebration
Of a billion adaptations

I feel the need
Planted in me
Millions of years ago
Can't you see
The oceans size?
Defining time
And tide
Arising
Arms laid upon me
Being so kind
To let me ride

I scream in affirmation
Of connecting dislocations
And exceeding limitations
Be achieving levitation

I'm not blind
I can see it coming
Looks like lightning
In my child's eye

I'm not frantic
I can feel it coming
Violently shakes
My body

I'm questioning my education
Is my education who I am now?
While you're deciding, I've been finding
Looking around in the here and now.
If I've been taught from the beginning
Would my fears now by winning?

I got scratches all over my arms. One for each day since I fell apart.

I got memories. I got shit so much it don't show.







they probably aren't all ed's, but i like 'em.

abogail

"Restless soul enjoy your youth"

Trying to live my life by that line

LiLiNY81

One line that has affected me a great deal (in a very good way) is:

"Escape is never the safest path"

A rusty sign

" The rusty signs we ignore throughout our lives , choosing the shiny ones instead ! "

Thumbing my way

candleofthought26

"Dream the dreams of other men, you'll be no one's rival."

"Before I disappear, whisper in my ear, give me something to echo in my unknown future's ear."

"It's funny when things change so much, it's all state of mind"

"I suggest you step on your porch - run away my son, see it all, see the world."

Eddie Vedder is the greatest lyricist of all time. Has an indescribable poetic way of explaining the world. For me there are some things only understood through his words.

Still Here

candleofthought26 wrote:

"Dream the dreams of other men, you'll be no one's rival."

"Before I disappear, whisper in my ear, give me something to echo in my unknown future's ear."

"It's funny when things change so much, it's all state of mind"

Eddie Vedder is the greatest lyricist of all time. Has an indescribable poetic way of explaining the world. For me there are some things only understood through his words.

Well put... and spot on. Those are 3 of my favorites.... and I haven't been here on this thread for a couple years, so let's just try & **BUMP** it up, shall we?

My always changing list [It's evolution, baby!!] at this moment includes the three you've mentioned, as well as:

"Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith...
Mine is mine, and yours won't take its place, now make your getaway" -- Getaway

"I don't need you to live, but I'll never let you go" -- Supersonic

"Three crooked hearts and swirls all around... I miss you all day" -- Smile

"When progress could be plausible ... In reverse we curse ourselves.
By thinking we're infallible ... We are tempting fate instead.
Time we best begin ... Here at the ending." -- Infallible

"I've got my indignation, but I'm pure in all my thoughts ... I'm alive." -- Guaranteed

CJMST3K

One on the most recent album:

"All my stolen, missing parts I have no need for anymore"

PJSEMPRE

I like these lines from LB:

An echo that rings/A bullet unchained/One life, one grave/Joins the parade/The sky grows dark/With fallen stars/Who'd come so far/A headstone engraved/The colors turn gray/The black and white fades - Yellow Moon

With no quiet to be found/Spirit lifted off the ground/And what lies beyond the grave/Might be welcome change/Time will come, come what may/With now rest in peace/Until that day - Swallowed Whole

Somehow it is the biggest things/That keep on slipping/Right through our hands - Infallible

TJ25487

ed243421 wrote:

I gather speed from you fucking with me

I am lost, I'm no guide, but I'm by your side

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

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

I shit and I stink, I'm real, join the club

I was bitten, must have been the devil
He was just paying me...
A little visit, reminding me of his presence
Letting me know, he's a-waiting... oh

I swallowed my words to keep from lying
I swallowed my face just to keep from biting I, I...
I swallowed my breath and went deep, I was diving, I was diving
I surfaced and all around me was enlightened

I'm like an opening band for the sun

I had a false belief
I thought I came here to stay
We're all just visiting
All just breaking like waves

I've used hammers made out of wood
I have played games with pieces and rules..
I've deciphered tricks at the bar...
But now you're gone,... I haven't figured out why...
I've come up with riddles... and jokes about war...
I've figured out numbers and what they're for...
I've understood feelings.. and I've understood words...
But how could you be taken away?...

I pledge my grievance to the flag
Cause you don't give blood... to take it back again
Oh we're all deserving something more
Progress,... taste it,... invest-it-all
Champagne breakfast for everyone

I've been harboring fleets in this resevoir,... red sun...
And this nation's about to explode...

I wanna rise
And say goodnight
Wanna take
A look on the other side

I know I was born and I know that I'll die
The in between is mine

I said
There's nothing wrong with what you say
Believe me
Just asking you to sway
No white
Or black
Just grey
Can you feel this...
World with your heart and not your brain?
G-R-E-E-D..... G-R-E-E-D

I remember when you sang
That song about today
Now it's tomorrow and
Everything has changed

I used to be a crustacean
In an underwater nation
and I surf in celebration
Of a billion adaptations

I feel the need
Planted in me
Millions of years ago
Can't you see
The oceans size?
Defining time
And tide
Arising
Arms laid upon me
Being so kind
To let me ride

I scream in affirmation
Of connecting dislocations
And exceeding limitations
Be achieving levitation

I'm not blind
I can see it coming
Looks like lightning
In my child's eye

I'm not frantic
I can feel it coming
Violently shakes
My body

I'm questioning my education
Is my education who I am now?
While you're deciding, I've been finding
Looking around in the here and now.
If I've been taught from the beginning
Would my fears now by winning?

I got scratches all over my arms. One for each day since I fell apart.

I got memories. I got shit so much it don't show.







they probably aren't all ed's, but i like 'em.

Wow! You sir, took this very seriously. Nice job.

EB60123

Caught a bolt of lightning, cursed the day he let it go. - NothingMan

The love he receives is the love that is saved
A human being that was given to fly
- both from Given to Fly

Jayneegirrl

This is such a difficult question to answer... So many beautiful lyrics written!!!!

Lyrics that have touched me personally and I think are universally understood are from "Immortality".

"Some die just to live"

Thanks for the great question. I've always wanted to share that!!

Pavlos

"I am lost, I'm your guide. I am by your side. I am right by your side." Leash

rtwilli4

I think about Pearl Jam in the chronological order of my life, so it only makes sense for me to go in order:

All five horizons revolved around her soul

I know someday you'll have a beautiful life,
I know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky, but why
Why, why can't it be, can't it be mine

I will light the match this mornin', so I won't be alone
Watch as she lies silent, for soon light will be gone
...
How much difference does it make

Caught a bolt 'a lightnin'...cursed the day he let it go...

And he who forgets...will be destined to remember...

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

Seems that needlessly it's gettin' harder
To find an approach and a way to live
Are we gettin' something out of this
All encompassing trip...
You can spend your time alone
Redigesting past regrets, Oh
Or you can come to terms and realize
You're the only one who cannot forgive yourself, Oh
Ah, makes much more sense to live in the present tense


Plenty more... that is just me going off the top of my head from each record... 6 more to go?!

NadjaZ

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BigRedMosquito

"You can spend your time alone, re-digesting past regrets, Or you can come to terms and realize you're the only one who can't forgive yourself, Makes much more sense, to live in the present tense" -Present Tense

insertpjreference

All of them!

But sticking to the rule of picking a single line that stands on it's own:

"I change by not changing at all."

"She's always home but so far away, like a word misplaced."

"Got my indignation, but I'm pure in all my thoughts... I'm alive."

"Easy come and easy go... easy left me a long time ago."

"Feel the sky blanket you with gems and rhinestones."

"If there were no angels, would there be no sin?"

Plus many, many others. And every line from Wishlist.

evlover76

Are you woman enough to be my man..?

Aafke

"The shades go down it's in her head
Painted room, can't deny there's something wrong" - Daughter

"Is something wrong, she said
Well of course there is
You're still alive, she said"- Alive

Especially that last one still amazes me. Not the words for themselves but the recognizable feelings left out... Read between the lines.

candleofthought26

"Understand what we don't know.
This might pass. This might last.
This may grow."

The foresight here is brilliant.

brewcrew

..."You can spend your time alone, redigesting past regrets, oh.. or you can come to terms and realize you're the only one who can't forgive yourself, oh...makes more sense to live in the present tense..."
Present tense

..."Don't see some men as 1/2 empty, See them 1/2 full of shit..."
I/2 Full

..."I'm already cut up & half dead, I'll end up alone like I began..."
Corduroy

TalonTedd

"I remember when, I swore I knew everything"
IN MY TREE

"There is nothing back there for you to find, or was it you, you left behind"
LIFE WASTED

"Everyone is practicing, this worlds an accident"
CROPDUSTER

"Time to dream..to himself..he waves goodbye, to himself
I'll see you on the other side"
SLEIGHT OF HAND

"In joyous Part"
CAN YOU FEEL IT
POETRY FORUM

insertpjreference

Have you belief that the road ahead ascends off into the light?
PRESENT TENSE

23scidoo

Very hard..a few of my fav..



i am a seed wondering why it grows..

the smallest oceans still get big big waves..

to myself i surrender,to the one i'll never please

i'll ride the wave ,where it takes me

and he who forgets,will be destined to remember

you can spend your time alone, re-digesting past regrets, or you can come to terms and realize you're the only one who can't
forgive yourself, makes much more sense, to live in the present tense

marilor

you can spend your time alone, re-digesting past regrets, or you can come to terms and realize you're the only one who can't
forgive yourself, makes much more sense, to live in the present tense.
- Present Tense -

Having tasted, ... a life wasted,...
I'm never going back again.
- Life Wasted -

I wish I was the souvenir you kept your house key on
I wish I was the pedal brake that you depended on
I wish i was the verb to trust and never let you down
- Wishlist -

Champagne breakfast for everyone !!!
- Grievance -

It's a hopeless...situation
And I'm starting to believe
That this hopeless...situation
Is what i'm trying to achieve
- All or None -

We were but stones, ... your light made us stars
- Light Years -

Treyert14

At home drawing pictures of mountain tops, with him on top. Lemon Yellow sun.
Arms raised in a V
The dead lay in pools of maroon below.
-Jeremy
To me that is some clever stuff right there

korn-1

Too many to list, so ill just mention a couple ive used in my everyday life, outside of these boards and rocking out in my car.
Ill ride the wave where it takes me... love that line, have it tattooed amongst some waves on the sleeve im working on
Once you hold the hand of love, it's all surmountable... used this one in the speech i gave as the best man in my brothers wedding.
Someday we'll go all the way... a cubs fans(guilty) mantra, was so awesome to see Ed and Ernie do that at Wrigley. Highlight of the show for my father who is a lifelong cubs fan and very recent PJ fan.

northerndragon

I have faced it a life wasted and I'm never going back again.

I'll hold the pain, Release Me

I remember when you sang that song about today, now it's tomorrow and everything has changed

I can't be free with what's locked inside of me

felty77

Oh I'm a lucky man, to count on both hands the ones I love.
Some folks just have one, yeah, others they've got none…..

Did I say that I need you?
Did I say that I want you?
Oh, if I didn't I'm a fool you see
No one knows this more than me

Nami

"I change by not changing at all"

Has always stuck with me...words i try to live by to this day.

Karmaholic1

Eddie's lyrics are so good. A few favorites are

"I wish I was the souvenir you kept your house key on
I wish I was the pedal brake that you depended on
I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down
I wish I was a radio song, the one that you turned up"
-WISHLIST

"All the rusted sign we ignore throughout our lives
Choosing the shiny ones instead"
-THUMBING MY WAY

"Caught a bolt 'a lightnin'...cursed the day he let it go..."
-NOTHINGMAN

"I study your face
And the fear goes away"
-SIRENS

"I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star
In somebody else's sky, but why, why, why
Can't it be, can't it be mine"
-BLACK