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Innocent_Bystander
Innocent_Bystander Posts: 615
edited August 2005 in Words and Music...Communication
Don't feel like home. He's a little out.
And all these words elope. It's nothing like your poem.
Putting in. Inputting in. Don't feel like methadone.
A scratching voice all alone it's nothing like your baritone.

It's nothing as it seems. The little that he needs. It's home.
The little that he sees. Is nothing he concedes. It's home.

One uninvited chromosome. A blanket like the ozone.

It's nothing as it seems. All that he needs. It's home.
The little that he frees is nothing he believes.

Saving up a sunny day. Something maybe two tone.
Anything of his own. A chip off the corner stone.
Who's kidding? Rainy day. A one way ticket headstone.
Occupations overthrown. A whisper through a megaphone.

It's nothing as it seems. The little that he needs. It's home.
The little that he sees is nothing he concedes. It's home.
And all that he frees. A little bittersweet. It's home.
It's nothing as it seems. The little that you see it's home.


Such a beautiful song, at first, I had trouble listening to it, but now it's one of my favorites.
Life reveals what is dealt through seasons
Circle comes around each time
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  • Hitch-Hiker
    Hitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    Listen to it through a good pair of headphones. It sounds absolutely amazing.
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  • darthvedder88
    darthvedder88 Posts: 1,023
    Kick ass song, love it. Absolutely love it!!!!
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  • jeff's_the_man
    jeff's_the_man Posts: 660
    the sound of mike's guitar is just awesome. one of the best versions ive heard is on mansfield night 3....
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  • PJfanaaron
    PJfanaaron Posts: 15
    Ya know, Ament's contributions to Pearl Jam have been so awesome over the years. Of course I'm biased cause I'm a bassist and he's like, a HUGE influence on my playing (since 1993). It's just so subtle, the harmonic slide on 'evenflow', the fat eight string on 'jeremy', and who could forget 'solat'. And the newer tracks: 'god's dice', and 'sleight of hand' to name two. I mean he may not write as much as Stone or Eddie, but when he does, it hits the mark. I've also wondered if 'nothing as it seems' may be about Andrew Wood. Anyone think so? Peaceout......
    That's one more time around... and there is not a sound. . . he's lying dead, clutching benjamins never put the money down

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  • Innocent_Bystander
    Innocent_Bystander Posts: 615
    PJfanaaron wrote:
    Ya know, Ament's contributions to Pearl Jam have been so awesome over the years. Of course I'm biased cause I'm a bassist and he's like, a HUGE influence on my playing (since 1993). It's just so subtle, the harmonic slide on 'evenflow', the fat eight string on 'jeremy', and who could forget 'solat'. And the newer tracks: 'god's dice', and 'sleight of hand' to name two. I mean he may not write as much as Stone or Eddie, but when he does, it hits the mark. I've also wondered if 'nothing as it seems' may be about Andrew Wood. Anyone think so? Peaceout......
    I think it's to late to be about Andrew Wood. For some reason, I always thought it had something to do with Mike.
    Life reveals what is dealt through seasons
    Circle comes around each time
  • Possum
    Possum Posts: 15
    I think this may be the song that actually got me into Pearl Jam back in 1999 or 2000. Sure I heard Last Kiss on the radio and liked it, but when this song was played on my local pop station (wow, Pearl Jam on a pop station) it just stuck in my head for some reason.
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  • soapyrows
    soapyrows Posts: 235
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    Listen to it through a good pair of headphones. It sounds absolutely amazing.


    agreed 100%! good headphones, and turn the volume and bass levels up. it is one of the most powerful and moving pieces of music out there
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  • wakeupscreaming
    wakeupscreaming Posts: 71
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    Listen to it through a good pair of headphones. It sounds absolutely amazing.


    i especially bought a good pair of headphones when the album came out. it´s really cool to hear the record with good ones. the songs get more emotional.
    i hurt myself today,
    to see if i still feel,
    i focus all the pain,
    the only thing that´s real...
  • Innocent_Bystander
    Innocent_Bystander Posts: 615
    Good headphones make Binaural a great albm. I think the general dislike for it, is due to the fact that it needs better equipment to be heard in it's entirety
    Life reveals what is dealt through seasons
    Circle comes around each time
  • yotan18
    yotan18 Posts: 103
    Innocent_Bystander wrote:
    Good headphones make Binaural a great albm. I think the general dislike for it, is due to the fact that it needs better equipment to be heard in it's entirety

    yup. hearing NAIS in headphones lets your hear the smallest of sounds. Yeah, it took me a about 3 years to get into NAIS... but yes...

    NAIS ROCKS!!!!!!!!!
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  • RVM86
    RVM86 Posts: 76
    I agree with Hitch Hiker, its totally awesome through headphones. This is my fav song off Binuaral and one of my favorite PJ songs of all time. Its not so much the lyrics as it is Mike whaling away on his guitar. Gives me chills everytime I hear it, its also my cell phone ringer.
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