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Dead Man

threecrookedhearts6threecrookedhearts6 Posts: 82
edited November 2006 in Words and Music...Communication
I love this song!!

this song stops me in my tracks no matter where i am... its just so damn haunting, its hard to think when i hear this song...there is a calm in Eddie's voice and the creeping sounds of the guitar compliment the lyrics beautifully!

to me, it speaks to the realization that we all have at some point that our actions do affect other people and above all, they affect us. it can be really scary when you realize that...but this song makes it a little less scary.

this song is beautiful...and nothing less.

so...what does everyone else think of Dead Man?
“I don't know what this means. I don't think it means anything.”
-Eddie Vedder
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  • threecrookedhearts6threecrookedhearts6 Posts: 82
    Sailing on my every step. Inching off of the earth.
    Is magnified by the things I've done.
    The thing that I've become.

    Every lift of my hand. Coffee cup and back.
    Is magnified by the things I've done. The things I've seen. The things I've caused.

    I'm a dead man walking.

    The hammer that I once brung down now hovers over me.
    Cast a shadow... across, onto me.

    The hallways are all mocking me.
    What I've become they're all mocking me.

    I'm a dead man walking. A dead man walking. A dead man walking.
    I'm a dead man walking. Dead man walking. Dead man walking.
    “I don't know what this means. I don't think it means anything.”
    -Eddie Vedder
  • goldrushgoldrush Posts: 7,538
    the version on the 'Dead Man Walking' soundtrack is one of the best songs in the world, ever.
    “Do not postpone happiness”
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  • crislxcrislx Posts: 85
    "Sailing on my every step. Inching off of the earth. (...)
    Every lift of my hand. Coffee cup and back."

    Such beautiful words!
    The lyrics are so vivid, that's why it's a bit scary, I guess. You can see the size of the cell, you can see him walking around, you can feel guilt as a monster weight, loneliness.

    I have nothing but love for this song. Loved the movie and the rest of its soundtrack. Ed just got it all right; he "was" that man.
  • obiwon76obiwon76 Posts: 568
    The version from Prague is the best I've heard. Something about it, very crisp, and Ed's guitar just seems to jump out of the speakers. It's a flawless version. Beautiful.
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  • prodacakeprodacake Posts: 319
    obiwon76 wrote:
    The version from Prague is the best I've heard. Something about it, very crisp, and Ed's guitar just seems to jump out of the speakers. It's a flawless version. Beautiful.

    Agree with you 100 percent, thats the show from this tour that i wish i had been lucky enough to see, can't complain both reading and the astoria in 1 year, here's hoping the band come back to the uk in 07
  • little_wishlittle_wish Posts: 532
    This song gives me chills when I hear it.

    I can't explain
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  • PissedOff_ZenMasterPissedOff_ZenMaster Posts: 9
    it's "Settling on my every step". inntit?
    ..And we're all gonna be...

    ..Just dirt in the ground...
  • Androgynous MindAndrogynous Mind Posts: 520
    One of my favorites on Lost Dogs.

    Glad to see they played it a few times this tour. Unfortunate to miss it, but that is why there are boots!
    Oh he fills it up with the love of a girl...
  • ezekiels_oblivionezekiels_oblivion Posts: 200
    Androgynous Mind wrote:
    One of my favorites on Lost Dogs.

    Mine too.
    En mi vida,
    el oscuro me mantiene
    cuando yo te vi
    en la lluvia me prometiste tu sangre

    Estrella de la mañana
    Samael te persigo a ti
    y si me quedo sin alas
    ademas me muero por ti
  • luxpjamerluxpjamer Posts: 837
    Yes it's a great song like "Man of the hour" the two songs are really beautiful and intense. I think that pj made the movies better, I like it when they do soundtracks. It's like in "I am Sam" I didn't knew that the made a song for the movie and as it begun I said to my girlfriend " What a great movie", actually don't know the name of that song ?
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    Butt-head: This guy makes faces like Eddie Vedder.
    Beavis: No, Eddie Vedder makes faces like this guy.
    Butt-head: I heard these guys, like, came first and Pearl Jam ripped them off.
    Beavis: No, Pearl Jam came first.
    Butt-head: Well, they both suck.
  • perthjamperthjam Posts: 17
    Melbourne I '06 has a great version of Dead Man...
    It opens the Second Encore
    You dont give blood, and take it back again!
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  • csavcsav Posts: 18
    it was a great movie too
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