Daughter lyrics- simple question!

Addie
Addie Posts: 1
edited April 2005 in Words and Music...Communication
is it "young girl, violins, center of her own attention."
or "young girl, violence, center of her own attention." ???
I've seen it both ways and I can't figure it out becuase I only have Vs. on an LP so it doesnt have the lyrics

they both make sense to me

anyone know?
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  • brain of c
    brain of c Posts: 5,213
    sax and violins.
    d'oh!!!!!!

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  • armanHammer
    armanHammer Posts: 471
    Eddie intended it to be open to interpretation, it is neither violins or violence.
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  • DarkStar
    DarkStar Posts: 734
    Addie wrote:
    is it "young girl, violins, center of her own attention."
    or "young girl, violence, center of her own attention." ???
    I've seen it both ways and I can't figure it out becuase I only have Vs. on an LP so it doesnt have the lyrics

    they both make sense to me

    anyone know?

    doesn't the paper sleeve for the album have some of the lyrics? mine does.

    anyway, it says: "young girl...violins (ence)..."

    it's a play on words...the song is about a struggle between a young girl and her mother and the effects the struggle has on the young girl...the exact nature of the struggle isn't clearly/neatly defined for the listener...instead a general sense of the struggle is hit upon...the "violins(ence)" lyric indicates one aspect of the struggle is violence that the daughter experiences at the hand of her mother...but since the play on words muddles the meaning, it's open to interpretation...which I believe is generally one of Ed's intentions and why the band doesn't publish lyrics beyond the semi-cryptic offerings in all of their album liner notes.

    ds
    And no one sings me lullabyes
    And no one makes me close my eyes
    So I throw the windows wide
    And call to you across the sky....
  • Flying2Give
    Flying2Give Posts: 16
    I like to think its 'volence' instead of 'violins'. I think it goes with the lyrics a bit better
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  • Pearl-Fighter
    Pearl-Fighter Posts: 46
    I agree that Ed intends for the lyrics to be open to interprutation, but the lyrics in the notes say "violins." Wether or not that clears anything up, i don't know...
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  • EDDIEisMINE
    EDDIEisMINE Posts: 101
    violins i think. I've never heard it as violence. Doesn't sound right.
  • tita
    tita Posts: 6
    i think it says "violins"... it's just about poetry. ;)
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  • ii44
    ii44 Posts: 430
    It's both, says so on the lyrics sheet.
  • Listless
    Listless Posts: 37
    Flying2Give wrote:
    I like to think its 'volence' instead of 'violins'. I think it goes with the lyrics a bit better

    yes it does go better and it would be easier to interp it that way but pearl jam always does things the hard way so I'm almoust 100% sure it's violins...becouse it DOESN'T make sense
    trust me I'm listless...
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  • jamjam
    jamjam Posts: 491
    it's violins, my father used to play one--- rock on

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