Greatest Line Eddie Ever Wrote

Droevig

"if I behave, can you arrange a spacious hole in the ground
Somewhere nice, make it nice..."

That one gets me every time...

"The direction of the eye, so misleading
The defection of the soul, nauseously quick"

The entire song Garden hits at home though

and in the live version (acoustic) of black, at the very end when he sings/yells

"we belong, together....together" ....wow emotion..

MAB

"OOOHhh DAAAARRKK GRIIIN... HE CAN'T HELP WHEN HE'S HAPPY HE LOOKS INSANE"

"Nature has its own religion, gospel of the land"

"His face seemed pulled and tense, like he's riding on a motor-bike in the strongest winds"

my sig

"I let go of the rope, thinkin' that's what held me back, and in time I've realized it's now wrapped around my neck"

"I don't see men as half empt, I see 'em as half full of shit"

and while everyone glorifies the deserving "I know someday..." from Black there is also "The love gone bad turned my world to black and tattooed all I see, all that I am, all I'll be."

pearljammer

After 7 or 8 pages, I wonder if anyone chose this line?...

"Sliding... out of reverse, into drive.. next, we will be turning right, then straight.. off in the sunset we'll ride..."


just once of Ed's greatest lines..

Numerus 76

paulhealey wrote:

"I've got straches all over my arms, one for each day, since I fell apart."
This is my favourite line of all time, I wish I could get a tattoo of it on me.

I agree, It`s just fantastic......

jorge_cbr

Its a hard pick, but..."I can't be free with what's locked inside of me.
If there was a key you took it in your hands."
What to say? Eddie is a genius!

B good!

ania76

dbr_of_matrix wrote:

i wish i was the verb to trust and never let you down - wishlist

but this is so hard, picking up lines of so many great ones.

I agree absolutely! that one is also one of my favourites

NewZealandJamFan

'The man they call my enemy, ive seen his eyes , they look like just me'

'I know one day youl have a beautiful life, I know you will be a star , in somebody elses sky , but why, why cant it be mine?'

'No time to be void or save up on life, youve got to spend it all'

'We were but stones, your light made us stars'

Damn I dont wanna pick one.

paulhealey

NewZealandJamFan wrote:

'The man they call my enemy, ive seen his eyes , they look like just me'

I can't believe I didn't think of this one, it is so great, so great.

TheEvolution

"Where's Mike Mccready, my god he's been ate!!!"

2010

"standing like a statue/a chin of stone, a heart of clay"

STXLAX

"If there was a reason, it was you"
gives me chills everytime I hear it


I'll probably have a new one tomorrow tho

vedder_man

A few favs of mine :



" Indian summer and I hate the heat. I got a back street lover on the passenger seat......... "

"Will myself to find a home. A home within myself "

"I shit and I stink. I'm real join the club.I'd stop and talk but I'm already in love"

"And the sun is set. The sun will rise another day"

"All five horizons revolved around her soul. As the earth to the sun"



Guess this could go on for ever

IndianSummer

great thread !!


i like the lines of Indifference where he says " i'll hold the candle..."
"i'll swallow poison...", then "i'll stare teh sun down..."... the whole "I WILL" sequence from this song.


but the best "i will" in all pearl jam is " i'll ride the wave where it takes me/ i'll hold the pain release me".


i also like the entire spoken lines of "i'm open".

i like " pledge my greivance to the flag / cos you dont give blood and take it back again / we are all deserved something more" from Greivance.

i think he is most Eliot-ish in "cannot find the candle of thought to light your name" . this one, though nothing profound, is very poetic.

i think one of his most lyrical songs is Wishlist. thats more of a poem than a song.


there are many more..... pearl jam/vedder dishes out the best lyrics i know this side of Dylan.

E.Bloom

NewZealandJamFan wrote:

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'We were but stones, your light made us stars'

Damn I dont wanna pick one.

Amazing line.. Ed is the man

ania76

My eyes were both wide open and I got a glimpse
of my innocence
got back my innocence
STILL GOT IT... STILL GOT IT...

104 years and counting

"and the barrel waits..trigger shakes..aimed right at my head, wont you help me...help me from myself"

"everything has chains..absolutely nothings changed"

"ive got scratches all over my arms..one for each day since i fell apart...i did what i had to do..if there was a reason it was you"

"paint a picture..forty shades of grey..light your pillow, lay back, watch the flames..i tell a story..no-one listens that long"

"cannot stop the thought...running in the dark...coming up a which way sign..all good truants must decide"

"oh dear dad...can you see me now..i am myself..like you somehow"

Dreams of Red

this is probably the most difficult pj thread to choose an answer to..

NEARLY EVERY SONG HAS AMAZING LINES IN IT SOMEWHERE!!--'cept tunes like arc and such..

i'm gonna have to go with...

"red man's your neighbor, call it behavior, while you're climbing up slippery hills.."

"are we going to the same place?--if so can i come?" [all of HailHail deserves to be HailHailed]

"do you see the way that tree bends?--does it inspire?"

"My will is crashing. Synapses flashing slow. Ah, days like frame by frame. Where do they go?"

whoYOUare

i'd pick almost anything off of No Code, but in particular from In My Tree
"Knowledge is a tree, growin up just like me" and hte other one is from Driftin
"Driftin, Driftin, Driftin along, i feel like going back there, but never for long, I sometimes wonder if they notice im gone, im driftin, driftin along..."

darthvedder88

He's a genius, but here are some of my favs...

"All that's sacred comes from youth, dedications naive and true..."

"Ransom paid the devil, he whispers pleasing words, triumphant are the angels if they can get there first..."

"I'm so high, the sky I scrape..."

"So I'll just lie alone and wait for the dream, where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me..."

and many many more!!!

Heatherdipity

Oh man, my head is going to esplode there are so many....
this isnt gonna be brief.....
here goes...

1-The defection of the soul, nauseously quick
I don't question, our existence
I just question, our modern needs

2-I'll wait up in the dark for you to speak to me
I'll open up...Release me


3-Time to emancipate
I guess it was the beatings made me wise
But I'm not about to give thanks, or apologize


4-Oh, I'll keep takin' punches until their will grows tired.......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

5-Ransom paid the Devil...He whispers pleasing words...
Triumphant are the angels if they can...a get there first.....Puts his faith and love in Tremor Christ...


6-Caught a bolt 'a lightnin'...cursed the day he let it go...Empty stares...from each corner of a shared prison cell...
One just escapes...one's left inside the well...
And he who forgets...will be destined to remember...


7-...vengeance has no place so near to her
Cannot find the comfort in this world
Artificial tear...vessel stabbed...next up, volunteers
Vulnerable, wisdom can't adhere...


8-I get the words and then I get to thinkin'
I don't wanna think, I wanna feel
How do I feel?


9-No more crowbars to my head, yeah
I'm tradin' stories with the leaves instead, yeah..It's up here so high I start to mistake
Up here so high in the sky, i scrape
I'm so high I hold just one breath
A deep breath in my chest
Just like innocence....And my eyes peeled both wide open
And I got a glimpse of my innocence
Got back my innocence... Really got it... Still got it

10-I was bitten
Must have been the devil
He was just payin' me a little visit
Oh, reminding me of his presence
Lettin' me know he's waiting..If I had known then, what I know now

11-After spending half his life searching
He still felt as blank as the ceiling at which he stared
He is alive, but feels absolutely nothing, so is he?

When he was six, he believed that the moon overhead followed him
By nine, he deciphered the illusion, trading magic for fact, no trade-backs
So this is what it's like to be an adult?
If he only knew now what he knew then
...Lying sideways atop crumpled sheets and no covers
He decides to dream...Dream up a new self...For himself

12-All the advantage this life's got on me
Picture a cup in the middle of the sea ...So I'll just lie alone and wait for the dream
Where I'm not ugly and your lookin' at me ....If just once I could feel love ....I paid the price never held you in real life


13-He floated back down cause he wanted to share
His key to the locks on the chains he saw everywhere ,,,,And he still gives his love, he just gives it away...
The love he recieves is the love that is saved

14-So if there were no angels, would there be no sin?....Like a cloud dropping rain
I'm discarding all thought


15-It's like she lost her invitation to the party on earth and she's standing outside hating everyone here.
Yeah, she's her own disease, crying to her doll.
But only love can break her fall.

16-I pledge my grievance to the flag.
Cause you don't give blood then take it back again.


17-He was okay but wondering about wandering....A time to dream to himself. He waves goodbye to his self.
I'll see you on the other side.
Another man moved by slight of hand.


18-I can't be free with what's locked inside of me.
If there was a key you took it in your hands.
There's no wrong or right but I'm sure there's good and bad.
The questions linger overhead. .....I let go of a rope. Thinking that's what held me back.
And in time I've realized it's now wrapped around my neck.


19-Love is a tower and you're the key.....Sometimes I burn like a dot on the sun with no one knowing.
But you're keeping me strong. Moving along with you.

You are a tower of strength to me.
The darkening hour sees light again.


20-Wide awake and he shakes in a panic. Never woke up alone ever before.
...Out of bed and he dreams in the shower. She's standing naked and apologizing...On the streets he's walking wounded. Doesn't smile for the child at play.
Thoughts of suicide and alleviation. Anything to get his heart off of the coals.


21-Don't even think about reaching me. I won't be home.
Don't even think about stopping by. Don't think of me at all.
don't even think about getting inside. Voices in my head. Ooh, voices.
I got scratches all over my arms. One for each day since I fell apart.



22-This city's so filthy. Like my mind in ways.

Sin for sale. Buying just a need. Just who planted all the devils seeds?