What's your Favorite line in Wish List?

is it just my way

i didnt read all the faves so dont know if its been done, but my fave is when ed does " i wish, i wish, i wish, i wish, i guess it never stops"

illegal pants

i wish i lived in adelaide

Roeghmann

"I wish I was the messenger and all the news was good."
would that not be great, i mean i life generally!!!!

little_wish

I wish I was the messenger
And all the news was good.

Boy that would help me out right about now.

chiquimonkey

i wish i was the radio song
the one that you turned up

Riverrunner

This song has such a special meaning to me and I'm not sure that I can convey the feeling in words. I bought Yield in 1998 a couple of months after it came out. I wasn't a "diehard" fan at the time. I liked Pearl Jam - had a couple of CD's, but not a diehard. I planned on listening to it for the first time after a hearing in a county about 80-90 miles away (I am an attorney). I was going to listen to it on the drive home. Anyway, the night before I made a terrible, terrible mistake and my little dog was killed. It was all my fault because I let her out to go to the bathroom and just forgot that I let her out. I was preparing for this hearing and just forgot! NO excuses. A couple of hours later I thought about her and jumped up to run outside to find her. She was lying outside the back steps panting and not responding to me. I knew something had happened. I called my husband to get the car so we could rush to the vet. About that time, some people walked up and said they saw a car hit her. They had followed her to see if she was o.k. and to try to find the owner. She died as we pulled into the vet parking lot. I still have not forgiven myself for that. Anyway, I had to attend the hearing - there was really no way out. I kept myself together until after the hearing. Then I got into my truck and put in Yield. When I got to Wish List I lost it and sobbed the rest of the way home. All I could think of was I Wish I could relive the night before. Cuz if I could I could change everything and Ellie would not be dead. I wished I could go back in time. Anyway, ever since then I have called that Ellie's song and when I hear it I think of her. I cried every time I heard it for a few years. And after that when I heard it live at concerts. Anyway, a sappy story I know, but true.

Nossie

I wish I was a neutron bomb, for once I could go off = i'm not expected to be the one who get's angry and upset so this line means a lot...

I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down = the line i sing to my 4yr old son...

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erry

At this time I choose: I wish I was a sailor with someone who waited for me

ShE.dREAmS.in.CoLOr

theres a few. my absolute favorite.. "I wish i was a neutron bomb, for once i could go off" -- it's like he wrote that with me in mind one of the best lyrics that i have been able to relate so closely with. love it!

and "I wish I was a sentimental ornament you hung on" i think that line is so true to the way some people feel about their material possessions and how important they are to them. it's sad really.

and also "I wish I was a radio song, the one that you turned up". that line makes me smile because i almost always say to myself "well you are!" because i always crank up a PJ song when it comes on the radio!

pearlposterfan

My favorite line is:

'I wish I were as fortunate, as fortunate as me'

It reminds me to be thankfull.

Pearl Jam and toast

I wish I was the evidence,
I wish I was the grounds,
For fifty million hands upraised,
and opened towards the sky..



I always heard "i wish i was the sound.. of fifty million hands upraised.." and I like it that way too.

the first line "nuetron bomb.." is one of my all time favorite lines too.

Red Ledbetter

LauraPJ wrote:

"I wish I was the verb to trust and never let you down"

Indeed mine too.

Perceptual

I seem to remember a time when they played Wishlist at Melbourne Park during the Yield tour and Eddie changed the last few lines...

I wish I was a lucky man
well I guess... that I am
I wish that I could share with my friends
oh how many friends I had


I'm pretty sure that's it. I like that one.

Jeanie

Perceptual wrote:

I seem to remember a time when they played Wishlist at Melbourne Park during the Yield tour and Eddie changed the last few lines...

I wish I was a lucky man
well I guess... that I am
I wish that I could share with my friends
oh how many friends I had

oh how many friends I "have"

Perceptual wrote:

I'm pretty sure that's it. I like that one.

Yep that's it exactly!! From 05/03/98. LOVE IT myself!!!!!

Then he went on to say "Onya! How ya be you people of the sea? It's been yonks since we've seen ya! And er, tonight we're on the radio so if there's anyone you wanna say hi to, just uh ....." CROWD GOES WILD!!

LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT!

pearl jam = awesome

chiquimonkey wrote:

i wish i was the radio song
the one that you turned up

mine too yay

ymerej

I wish I was the pedal break that you depended on.

Because I always liked an idea...that there is someone you can depend on...
But I guess...it was just a wish...

vmfury

Every line in this song is awesome so it's hard to choose only one. I guess mine would be:

I wish I was the souvenir you kept your house key on.


That line always stands out to me for some reason.

TrixieCat

Boom The Cat wrote:

"I wish I was the full moon shining of a camaros' hood"

Yes, thank you!

ReeenkRoink

I wish I was the president, but I smoke too much pot- something close to that on one of my boots

"I wish I was an alien at home behind the sun"-is my favorite line- I wish ed didn't forget that is the line haha.

Big Man

what does that mean, to trust or any other verb which one can trust?

Im german, so...