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I Am Mine

OneMoreGameOneMoreGame Posts: 4
edited November 2005 in Words and Music...Communication
How about some love for this great song? Its been playing non stop in my car for about a week.
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  • Cropduster49Cropduster49 Posts: 102
    Hell yeah, this song rules......When I first got Riot Act and I heard this song for the first time, I was in love...After I listened to it 8,000 times I went straight for my guitar and I learned how to play it.
    YOU CAN'T BE NEUTRAL ON A MOVING TRAIN.
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,301
    I like to find the meanings in Pearl Jam songs on the forum because it's fun to look in between the lines - literally. However, sometimes I have a hard time wanting to pick apart songs from Riot Act. I just think of the entire album as a memorial. Is it wrong to think of it that way - this is a serious question, actually.
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  • OneMoreGameOneMoreGame Posts: 4
    it took me a few runs through the CD to actually realize the songs brilliance, but man, this song can really get you upbeat and energized in a heartbeat
  • jamjamjamjam Posts: 491
    I find comfort in this song.
  • anarchist_grungeranarchist_grunger Posts: 161
    OneMoreGame wrote:
    How about some love for this great song? Its been playing non stop in my car for about a week.


    wooooooohooooooooo finnaly I am fuckin' mine...it was time for a thread like this...this song and this video made me what i am today...so what more can i say about it then IT RULES!
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  • NothinGBetteRPJMaNNothinGBetteRPJMaN Posts: 530
    It is a sweet song and is one of the many songs I listen to before I fall asleep. The lyrics are incredible too. I have only saw about 3 seconds of the video though. :(
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  • romybianromybian Posts: 1,644
    I really don't know if I should post this... since I used to see this song as an "upside" one, then I started thinking about when it was ritten, how ed mentioned those 9 friends... and did some research... I was right, but that song's turned into a sad one... (It's a really nice happy song if you don't know these facts)

    "[The saddest song on Riot Act is] 'I Am Mine,' without a doubt. It was written in a hotel room just before our first show after the Roskilde tragedy." -Eddie Vedder (Humo [Belgium], November 2002)

    After reading that and listening to it again, it kinda makes me feel bad about how ed felt when this happened, though it's really sweet, "we're safe tonight"... first show after roskilde.... It still makes me wanna cry.
    :o

    Maybe i'm trying to read into it too much but here's what I think (actually feel) when I listen to these lines...

    the selfish, they're all standing in line
    faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
    me, i figure, as each breath goes by
    i only own my mind

    Picture ed, during that fuckin' moment, as each breath goes by, after trying to get everyone to behave... (ha can also be talking about that first show after the tragedy, who knows) And "the selfish, standing in line"... Those who were right there but just didn't give much attention to what was going on around them.. :(

    and the feeling, it gets left behind
    all the innocence lost at one time
    significant behind the eyes
    there's no need to hide
    we're safe tonight

    The feeling gets left behind, maybe the regular feeling he used to have when they were playing... About the innocence, do I really have to say it?... It's obvious, sad...

    But then the song gets to that part... that's when I feel like crying, Theres no need to hide, we're safe tonight... I can't imagine how ed felt playing the first show after all that shit... Must have been so weird... And he's telling everyone that they're going to do anything and everything for them to be safe that night, and every single night they play.

    the ocean is full cuz everyone's crying
    the full moon is looking for friends at high tide
    the sorrow grows bigger when the sorrow's denied

    The ocean... thats sad
    About the sorrow, maybe meaning you have to deal with things, so hey, they're still there, standing in front of everyone, doing what they love to do, cuz they could face sorrow...

    (I'm kind of inspired, sorry about this post being so long)
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  • CheeseMasterCheeseMaster Posts: 10
    That's an interesting perspective I had never thought about.
    I always assumed it was more about being an individual, regardless of how much everything takes from you, and all the shit that happens to you, you're still yours.
    I dunno, that's the first assumption I got, that's a new perspective though that I hadn't thought about...thanks man
  • anarchist_grungeranarchist_grunger Posts: 161
    but didn't ed sayd at the concert in Atlanta, 19-04-2003:"when i write a love song i write it about myself (laughs)...this song is about claming your own personal space and admit that's ok...it's called:I AM MINE!"
    "It was a kind of a sick, disturbed rock opera - if Nietzsche were to write a rock opera,"-Jeff Ament about Eddie's first three songs

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  • IamMineIamMine Posts: 2,743
    wwwwwwwwww



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  • BUENABUENA Posts: 165
    I always loved sea chants
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  • romybianromybian Posts: 1,644
    anarchist_grunger wrote:
    but didn't ed sayd at the concert in Atlanta, 19-04-2003:"when i write a love song i write it about myself (laughs)...this song is about claming your own personal space and admit that's ok...it's called:I AM MINE!"
    You're right, and it still makes sense :)
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  • stonesgstringstonesgstring Posts: 4,613
    Well on the L@TG DVD he says the song is about personal safety, even the feeling of being free.
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  • BLOOD Pearl jamBLOOD Pearl jam Posts: 3
    I just like to watch the video. How can such a georgous man exist? Songs great too!
    Paint Ed big...Turn Ed into...One of his enemies...
    It's my blood
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  • Cropduster49Cropduster49 Posts: 102
    I didn't even know that there was a video for that song..Where can I see it?????
    YOU CAN'T BE NEUTRAL ON A MOVING TRAIN.
  • Born2JamBorn2Jam Posts: 255
    I find the song to be a combination of a lot of things said so far.

    Sad yes, because stuff happens in the world and all around you.......some stuff that you can do something about, some stuff you can't.

    But in the end, all we really have control over, is ourselves.

    That's just a bit of my take on it.
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  • FactIGotTwoFactIGotTwo Posts: 14
    I love this song, probably my favourite off "Riot Act" . It's full of great lyrics, I especially love the line " I know I was born and I know I will die, the in-between is mine"
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