I like the words in breakerfall. I guess the meaning of the word is break-her-fall. She needs love to not be broken and to break the negative spiral she's in. I think that lyrics can be so very interesting, trying to figure them out somehow. People sometimes find different meanings for some reason.
"It's like she lost her invitation to the party on earth, and she's standing outside hating everyone here"
I like the words in breakerfall. I guess the meaning of the word is break-her-fall. She needs love to not be broken and to break the negative spiral she's in.
Spot on Anna!
Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / London 2024
I like the words in breakerfall. I guess the meaning of the word is break-her-fall. She needs love to not be broken and to break the negative spiral she's in.
"I'm a lucky man, to count on both hands the [shows I've done]. Some folks just have one, others they got none..."
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"He made the deal with the devil, we get to play with him. He goes to hell, of course. We're going to heaven."
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Quincy, IL originally from Weymouth, MA Posts: 278
I played this song for a friend. Not a close friend, but a guy that I know and respect. It was after the song was over, with tears in his eyes, that he told me about how his parents died when he was about 10 years old. He and his brother saw the smoke and jumped out a window only to see the house engulfed in flames. They watched their parents burn. He had never heard Given to Fly, but these lyrics touched him so deeply that now when I hear it, it's like I feel his pain. Man, I fucking love music.
GIVEN TO FLY He could've tuned in tuned in But he tuned out A bad time nothing could save him Alone in a corridor waiting locked out He got up outta there ran for hundreds of miles He made it to the ocean had a smoke in a tree The wind rose up set him down on his knee
A wave came crashing like a fist to the jaw Delivered him wings "Hey look at me now" Arms wide open with the sea as his floor Oh power oh
He's flying Whole High wide, oh
He floated back down 'cause he wanted to share His key to the locks on the chains he saw everywhere But first he was stripped and then he was stabbed By faceless men, well, fuckers He still stands
And he still gives his love, he just gives it away The love he receives is the love that is saved And sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky A human being that was given to fly
High flying Oh, oh High flying Oh, oh He's flying Oh, oh
Lollapalooza 1992 Mansfield MA STL 2014
Wrigley Aug 20th 2016
St Louis 2022
I'm a lucky man to count on both hands the ones I love.
No time to be void Or save up on life Uh you've got to spend it all
According to Wikipedia: The lyrics for Light Years were written by Eddie Vedder, and music was provided by Stone Gossard, Mike McCready and Eddie Vedder.
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with help from Stone
It's a hopeless... situation And I'm starting to believe That this hopeless... situation Is what I'm trying to achieve
So I imagine in a month...or 12 I'll be somewhere having a drink Laughing at a stupid joke Or just another stupid thing And I can see myself stopping short Drifting out of the present Sucked by the undertow and pulled out deep
late PJ bloomer- what was I doing in the 90's that I didn't know who Pearl Jam was???
"blood runs dry, books and jealousy tell me wrong. all i feel is calm ".."stunned by my own reflection looking back, see's me too clearly"...."in the blood the iron lies"..."admire my clones"..."12345 against 1"...."i just wanna scream hellllloooo!" ..."waves goodbye to himself"..."you don't wanna be famous you wanna be shy" ... "love is a tower of strength to me"... "you cant keep me here" ... "i only own my mind" ... "a dissident is here" ... "i saw the strain creep in" .... "i was bitten. mist have been the devil"... "P-R-I-V-A-C-Y" ... "loose weight,be safe" ... "went for a walk found a severed hand" ... "use him, use him, you wont offend him cause he's dead" ... " she's been diagnosed by some stupid fuck" .... it goes on and on and on! -pearl jam forever.
So I imagine in a month...or 12 I'll be somewhere having a drink Laughing at a stupid joke Or just another stupid thing And I can see myself stopping short Drifting out of the present Sucked by the undertow and pulled out deep
So I imagine in a month...or 12 I'll be somewhere having a drink Laughing at a stupid joke Or just another stupid thing And I can see myself stopping short Drifting out of the present Sucked by the undertow and pulled out deep
This.
Funny thing is this isn't even a song, just a verse, rambling, something of the sort but so poignant!! Gotta love those EDWORDS!!!
late PJ bloomer- what was I doing in the 90's that I didn't know who Pearl Jam was???
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So misleading
The defection of the soul,
Nauseously quick''
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
"It's like she lost her invitation to the party on earth, and she's standing outside hating everyone here"
"Only love,... Will breakerfall.
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Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
Slide on next to me, I'm just a human being.
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"He made the deal with the devil, we get to play with him.
He goes to hell, of course. We're going to heaven."
GIVEN TO FLY
He could've tuned in tuned in
But he tuned out
A bad time nothing could save him
Alone in a corridor waiting locked out
He got up outta there ran for hundreds of miles
He made it to the ocean had a smoke in a tree
The wind rose up set him down on his knee
A wave came crashing like a fist to the jaw
Delivered him wings "Hey look at me now"
Arms wide open with the sea as his floor
Oh power oh
He's flying
Whole
High wide, oh
He floated back down 'cause he wanted to share
His key to the locks on the chains he saw everywhere
But first he was stripped and then he was stabbed
By faceless men, well, fuckers
He still stands
And he still gives his love, he just gives it away
The love he receives is the love that is saved
And sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky
A human being that was given to fly
High flying
Oh, oh
High flying
Oh, oh
He's flying
Oh, oh
STL 2014
I'm a lucky man to count on both hands the ones I love.
No time to be void
Or save up on life
Uh you've got to spend it all
It's a hopeless... situation
And I'm starting to believe
That this hopeless... situation
Is what I'm trying to achieve
to dream of the next..
Oh the next.. time we touch..
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
So I imagine in a month...or 12
I'll be somewhere having a drink
Laughing at a stupid joke
Or just another stupid thing
And I can see myself stopping short
Drifting out of the present
Sucked by the undertow and pulled out deep
" it's funny when things change so much, it's all state of mind" - In Hiding (Yield)
"or you can come to terms and realize, you're the only one who can't forgive yourself" - Present Tense (No Code)
"and in the night, as I'm waiting on the real possibility I may meet you in my dream...I go to sleep" - Come Back (Avocado)
It's great to see what resonates with others and how we all connect through his words
"And I don't want to know your past
But together share the dawn
And I won't need nothing else
Cause when we're dead
We would've had it all and died"
As she finally decides that all her ..
Problems, they won't die with you ..
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..