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kl2kl2 Posts: 22
edited December 2006 in Words and Music...Communication
When in your life at pivotal moment has a song or even lyric altered the course of your life and you actually thought it as it was playing out, from this band,very interested to hear,for me the minute i left my ex of 5 years and was driving with all my gear or lack of it ,kept hearin I GATHER SPEED FROM YOU FUCKIN WITH ME and HARDLY BELIEVE FINALLY THE SHADES ARE RAISED,whenever yo break up with a F;'#[[]';g C+'t like i was with blast that out as loud as possible and taste the freedom thats yours,thanks
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  • Coming back to lifeComing back to life Posts: 401
    "You missed the starting gun" from Time by Pink Floyd had quite an influence on me, it was more of a long term thing though. When I found out I passed my degree, a medley of Maxwell from Big Brother singing "heads, shoulders knees and toes", and him singing "we're all going on a summer holiday", and the proper version of the song that goes "come on and do the conga" were playing in my head.
    A restaurant with a smoking section is like a swimming pool with a pissing section
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Posts: 7,265
    Not a song really, but a concert - PJ 05/24/2006. A complete celebration of living! The entire day really, especially since I ate a great Italian meal beforehand.

    Now, I still hope I'll reach that star again, and what if I reach past it to a bigger and brighter star - like in South America?
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • Obsidian22Obsidian22 Posts: 298
    There are many lyrics, many moments but the most recent incident would have to be the death of my brother this past summer. He took his own life.
    "Death came around, forced to hear its song,...
    And know tomorrow can't be depended on.
    I seen the home inside your head,...
    All locked doors and unmade beds.
    Open sores unattended
    Let me say just once that
    I have faced it,... A life wasted,...
    I'm never going back again.
    Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's Soul remains Unawakened.
    Anatole France
  • obiwon76obiwon76 Posts: 568
    From Nothingman:

    "Some words spoken, can't be taken back"


    Reminds me of a earlier relationship. Whenever we would fight, I would say things I didn't mean, but did just to make her feel bad. In retrospect, I can't believe some of the things I said, and I wish I never did cause I realize how important and special she was and she didn't deserve it. Whenever I hear the song, and that line, I cringe.
    San Fran 92, San Fran 93, Berkeley 93, Indio 93, Fairfax 94, DC 95, San Fran 95, DC 95, Va Beach 98, Columbia 98, Dc 98, Va Beach 00, Columbia 00, Philly 03, Bristow 03, Chicago 06, Chicago 06, Dc 06, DC 08
  • AusticmanAusticman Posts: 1,324
    Obsidian22 wrote:
    There are many lyrics, many moments but the most recent incident would have to be the death of my brother this past summer. He took his own life.
    "Death came around, forced to hear its song,...
    And know tomorrow can't be depended on.
    I seen the home inside your head,...
    All locked doors and unmade beds.
    Open sores unattended
    Let me say just once that
    I have faced it,... A life wasted,...
    I'm never going back again.

    Hear ya my sisters has about a month left with cancer. I'm doing the caring for her so at least I 'm getting spend all my time with her, get to say everything and goodbye. I've seen what suicide can do to the ones left behind. In both our cases lives wasted My heart goes out to you sincerly. You keep your chin up ya hear.

    Makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
    I can't go the library anymore, everyone STINKS!!
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    Some may say
    I'm wishing my days away
    No way
    And if it's the price I pay
    Some say
    Tomorrow's another day
    You stay
    I may as well play

    When I was in high school, these lyrics hit me at some point and I realized that I needed to just enjoy and embrace each day for what it is.
  • righteousbaberighteousbabe Posts: 662
    Right now my 1 year old is really starting to walk and run and climb around. It makes me think of the lyric, "sometimes I see a strange spot in the sky, a human being that was given to fly". Now when I hear the song I always think of him and I love the song even more than I used to. He really likes the song too.
  • Obsidian22Obsidian22 Posts: 298
    It makes much more sense to live in the Present Tense!
    You are blessed to have this time with her. My prayers and love to you and your sister, and the rest of your family. Peace!
    Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's Soul remains Unawakened.
    Anatole France
  • mdigenakismdigenakis Posts: 1,337
    Binaural is probably one of those albums for someone.
    Listen to Sleight of Hand, the lyrics are something else.
    "Don't let the darkness eat you up..."

    -Greg Dulli

  • gardenmangardenman Posts: 1
    Well,it has been SO long since I've been here as my other self as 'garden man' and I have got to say life is cruel sometimes. As whoever is reading this quote will realize, my ALL TIME FAVOURITE song is 'Garden'. If you don't know what song that is and what album it's on, then I'm not going to refresh your memory because if you don't even know it, then in my books you can't like/love Pearl Jam to the extent that I do!!! That's enough of my ranting now and onto another type of ranting. I live in Portugal and when I found out the dates that the best guys in the world were visiting I immediatly went out and bought tickets for the 5th of September. Two days after I had bought said tickets with my now to be wife ( I decided she was definately the one to marry since she LOVES PJ aswell!!!) I got a phone call from a company that I do work for now and then. They begged me to drive a lorry to Ireland and then England with a load of promotional gear in. I couldn't refuse as the pay in Portugal is not that good and the month I was going to work for them would be the equivalent of four months pay here! On the 5th my girlfriend phones me while I was in Dublin (The capital of the Republic of Ireland) and put her phone to the speaker while Garden was playing. Pain is the name for my feelings at that moment. PJ have never, as far as my knowledge of them goes, played that song at a live concert. Now I am going to ask a very serious question. If you guys read this, I BEG you, could you PLEASE play Garden next time you play live in Portugal? I swear next time, I WILL NOT MISS YOUR CONCERT. Thanks for all your attention. So bye... For now!!!
    Garden man
  • is it just my wayis it just my way Posts: 96
    Obsidian22 wrote:
    There are many lyrics, many moments but the most recent incident would have to be the death of my brother this past summer. He took his own life.
    "Death came around, forced to hear its song,...
    And know tomorrow can't be depended on.
    I seen the home inside your head,...
    All locked doors and unmade beds.
    Open sores unattended
    Let me say just once that
    I have faced it,... A life wasted,...
    I'm never going back again.

    I hope you will be able to find some sort of peace in your heart soon, having had my cousin take his own life was probably the hardest thing my family has had to go through at that point. i hope you and your family will be ok
  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    Broke up with my girlfriend of two years last week..

    "Stuff and Nonesense" hit me hard.
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

    http://www.wishlistfoundation.org

    Oh my, they dropped the leash.



    Morgan Freeman/Clint Eastwood 08' for President!

    "Make our day"
  • mambidamambida Posts: 22
    Obsidian22 wrote:
    There are many lyrics, many moments but the most recent incident would have to be the death of my brother this past summer. He took his own life.
    "Death came around, forced to hear its song,...
    And know tomorrow can't be depended on.
    I seen the home inside your head,...
    All locked doors and unmade beds.
    Open sores unattended
    Let me say just once that
    I have faced it,... A life wasted,...
    I'm never going back again.

    my dad took his life 2 months ago. it's been a lifetime of struggle with his psychic disease and a hell for him as well as my mother and me. there was a new hope raising lately after his last stay at the hospital and so many plans for all of us. I started to deal with his condition like no time before and also with what I can and can't do or give or take. but than it all ended. I still have a feeling like his not dead, just gone on a trip. and i miss him and feel guilty whenever a day passes that i don't think of him.
    the 1st time that i finally cried was a day or two after he did it, i was driving in my car, making arangements for the funeral, and thumbing my way started.
    so, here are the lyrics:

    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

    No matter how cold the winter, there's a springtime ahead
    I'm thumbing my way back to heaven
    I wish that I could hold you... wish that I had
    Thinking 'bout heaven

    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
    I can't see what's next,... from this lonely overpass
    Hang my head and count my steps, as another car goes past

    All the rusted sign we ignore throughout our lives
    Choosing the shiny ones instead
    I turned my back,... now there's no turning back
  • Obsidian22Obsidian22 Posts: 298
    Hey anytime you want to pm me, please feel free. My condolences. It's still fresh for me as well. We are not responsible for our parents health. If it's a mental ilness or physical illness. I understand what you are going through, and it's so hard to stay clear and strong. We are all fighting some kind of battle inside. Just know we are never truly alone or without support.
    My mother has some issues with mental stability, conquered, then this meesy shit my brother pulled, has reopened her wound. I am still angry with him, but also feeling sad at times. Whatever it is you feel or don't, just be yourself. I learned tha tthere is no right or wrong way to feel about anything in this world. Whatever gets you through the night, is allright. (john lennon)
    Love and Light.
    Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's Soul remains Unawakened.
    Anatole France
  • threecrookedhearts6threecrookedhearts6 Posts: 82
    when i was twelve my father was killed while driving drunk and i had a really hard time accepting his death. i felt guilty for not helping him overcome his alcoholism when i had the chance, and spent countless days crying and wishing i could just go back and do everything differently. i was very depressed and at some times suicidal for about two or three years. then one day my sister took my into the bathroom to dye my hair and she put on a CD called No Code. i had heard a couple Pearl Jam songs before; Last Kiss, Evenflow, Jeremy and Animal but nothing like Present Tense. it stuck in my head for days and made me realize that i was the only one holding myself accountable for what happened to my dad. also, that i was the only one who could convince myself it wasnt my fault. this song and a few others taught me how to love myself again, like i did when i was a little girl. Pearl Jam has shown the beauty in life that i took for granted and i will always be thankful for that hour in my sisters bathroom.
    “I don't know what this means. I don't think it means anything.”
    -Eddie Vedder
  • mambidamambida Posts: 22
    I understand a lot about feeling guilt and resposibility and wishing you had just a little bit more time. But, the thing is, there is no way of knowing some things before the time comes. Right after my dad died, I realized some things and there's a great chance that it would be different if I realized them before. But, I also realized that I couldn't possible do that before, beacuse certain events in our life give us certain knowledge. What's important is that we did the best we could with what we knew and were able for. It's also true that they couldn't be the people they simply weren't. We all have our limits and parents should be parents to their children at least at the beginning of their lives, not the other way around.
  • AusticmanAusticman Posts: 1,324
    threecrookedhearts6 wrote:
    when i was twelve my father was killed while driving drunk and i had a really hard time accepting his death. i felt guilty for not helping him overcome his alcoholism when i had the chance, and spent countless days crying and wishing i could just go back and do everything differently. i was very depressed and at some times suicidal for about two or three years. then one day my sister took my into the bathroom to dye my hair and she put on a CD called No Code. i had heard a couple Pearl Jam songs before; Last Kiss, Evenflow, Jeremy and Animal but nothing like Present Tense. it stuck in my head for days and made me realize that i was the only one holding myself accountable for what happened to my dad. also, that i was the only one who could convince myself it wasnt my fault. this song and a few others taught me how to love myself again, like i did when i was a little girl. Pealr Jam had shown the beauty in life that i took for granted and i will always be thankful for that hour in my sisters bathroom.

    Right on. I think the the second chorus lyric change to "your the only one who CANNOT forgive yourself" is the line that does it for me. Just yeah....sorry no words come to mind..............
    I can't go the library anymore, everyone STINKS!!
  • Obsidian22Obsidian22 Posts: 298
    Wow, threecrookedhearts, that's an inspiring story. Music truly transformed your head space enough for you to really witness what's was going on around you. Reminds me of a newer Pearl Jam song, that sums up our ability as human beings to transform darkness to light.
    Inside Job
    Underneath this smile lies everything
    All my Hopes , Anger, Pride and Shame
    Make myself a pact, Not to shut doors on the past
    Just for Today, I am Free
    I will not lose my Faith
    It's an Inside Job today
    I know this one thing well..
    I used to try and Kill Love, It was the highest sin
    Breathing insecurity Out and In
    Searching Hope, I'm shown the way to run straight
    Pursuing the greater way for All, Human Light
    How I Choose to Feel,... Is How I am
    How I Choose to Feel,.. Is How I am
    Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's Soul remains Unawakened.
    Anatole France
  • bacchanalbacchanal Posts: 149
    kl2 wrote:
    When in your life at pivotal moment has a song or even lyric altered the course of your life and you actually thought it as it was playing out, from this band,very interested to hear,for me the minute i left my ex of 5 years and was driving with all my gear or lack of it ,kept hearin I GATHER SPEED FROM YOU FUCKIN WITH ME and HARDLY BELIEVE FINALLY THE SHADES ARE RAISED,whenever yo break up with a F;'#[[]';g C+'t like i was with blast that out as loud as possible and taste the freedom thats yours,thanks

    YOUR WORDS TO MY LIFE!!!...12 yrs ago.....ditto.....same exact experience.....rearviewmirror.....the soundtrack of my life also!!!!
  • Carlos DCarlos D Posts: 638
    kl2 wrote:
    When in your life at pivotal moment has a song or even lyric altered the course of your life and you actually thought it as it was playing out, from this band,very interested to hear,for me the minute i left my ex of 5 years and was driving with all my gear or lack of it ,kept hearin I GATHER SPEED FROM YOU FUCKIN WITH ME and HARDLY BELIEVE FINALLY THE SHADES ARE RAISED,whenever yo break up with a F;'#[[]';g C+'t like i was with blast that out as loud as possible and taste the freedom thats yours,thanks

    I listened to Rearview mirror and Inside Job everyday for about 5 months this year,really helped me out.Nice to know Pearl Jam give people hope for the future.
    It may be the devil or it may be the Lord
    But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

    www.bebo.com/pearljam06
  • henrique.leohenrique.leo Posts: 241
    Sometimes this song is a power.....

    Don't be shy just let your feelings roll on by
    Don't wear fear or nobody will know you're there
    Just lift your head, and let your feelings out instead
    And don't be shy, just let your feelings roll on by
    On by, on by, on by, on by, on by, on by

    You know love is better than a song
    Love is where all of us belong
    So don't be shy just let your feelings roll on by
    And don't wear fear or nobody will know you're there
    You're there, you're there, you're there, you're there
    You're there, you're there, you're there, you're there

    So don't be shy just let your feelings roll on by
    And don't wear fear or no one will know you're there
    You know love is better than a song
    Love is where all of us belong
    Belong, long, long, belong, belong, belong
    "O mundo do faz de conta é uma verdadeira mentira...!"
  • WindNoSailWindNoSail Posts: 580
    And the sky breaks at dawn; shedding light upon this town
    They'll all come ‘round
    Cause the man of the hour is taking his final bow
    G'bye for now.


    I spent several days with my grandmother before her passing, and this song was prominent for me at the time before and following....

    I fell asleep in the living room in a recliner with other family members doing the same on pallets, couches, etc. At 7 am on a very bright November morning, the front door opened to the east and the whole room lit up. That was when I found out that she had just passed. Amazingly important lyrics to me from this song, and I even wrote some comments the minister read at the funeral which borrowed from the song.

    As the curtain comes down
    I feel that this is just g'bye for now
    HOB 10.05.2005, E Rutherford 06.03.2006, The Gorge 07.22.2006, Lolla 08.05.2007, West Palm 06.11.2008, Tampa 06.12.2008, Columbia 06.16.2008, EV Memphis 06.20.2009, New Orleans 05.01.2010, Kansas City 05.03.2010
  • is it just my wayis it just my way Posts: 96
    'Underneath this smile lies everything
    All my hopes and anger, pride and shame
    Make myself a pact not to shut doors on the past
    Just for today I am free
    I will not lose my faith
    It's an inside job today
    I know this one thing well
    I used to try and kill love, it was the highest sin
    Breathing insecurity out and in
    Searching hope, I'm shown the way to run straight
    Pursuing the greater way for all human light.
    How I choose to feel is how I am.
    How I choose to feel is how I am.
    I will not lose my faith
    It's an inside job today
    Holding on, the light of night
    On my knees to rise and fix my broken soul
    Again
    Let me run into the rain
    To be a human light again
    Let me run into the rain
    To shine a human light today
    Life comes from within your heart and desire
    Life comes from within my heart and desire
    Life comes from within your heart and desire'

    I want to be at this point, if there was a song that could sum me up currently it would be this one, but im not there yet, i often wonder what it will take for me to get there, in not yet free....
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