Inside Job

pjrvm

Any thoughts on Inside Job and it's meaning. It seems to send a positive message, but I can't really get into anything specific with it. Thanks.


Underneath this smile lies everything
all my hopes, anger, pride and shame

make yourself 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

Omarama

i think it's about being at peace with your past and as it says "not shutting doors on it" and accepting it and being in conrtol of how you feel.i love this song, it's my anthem, i guess we can all relate to it.

hellbent1

Omarama wrote:

i think it's about being at peace with your past and as it says "not shutting doors on it" and accepting it and being in conrtol of how you feel.i love this song, it's my anthem, i guess we can all relate to it.

Ya know I scribbled this song onto one of my bedroom walls.
I'm nuts!! Wonder what 'Cready would think about that??

Omarama

i wish i was allowed to do that! my whole bloody wall would be covered with lyrics if i was allowed

DOSW

Omarama wrote:

i think it's about being at peace with your past and as it says "not shutting doors on it" and accepting it and being in conrtol of how you feel.

Wow... with that explanation, you might have unintentionally just given me a whole new perspective on how to deal with past troubles... thanks, man. I have to listen to the song now. Hmm... it's not about shutting doors on the past and wishing it went away, it's about acknowledging it and growing stronger because of it. Anyone can run away from the past, but it truly takes strength to stare it in the face and accept it. Maybe that's what Mike was trying to convey? Wow. Talk about an epiphany.

Anyway, the song was probably written about the recovery from alcoholism, but it can be applied to almost every troubling situation. The song for me is about recovery in general. It's really uplifting.

Omarama

DOSW wrote:

Wow... with that explanation, you might have unintentionally just given me a whole new perspective on how to deal with past troubles... thanks, man. I have to listen to the song now. Hmm... it's not about shutting doors on the past and wishing it went away, it's about acknowledging it and growing stronger because of it. Anyone can run away from the past, but it truly takes strength to stare it in the face and accept it. Maybe that's what Mike was trying to convey? Wow. Talk about an epiphany.

Anyway, the song was probably written about the recovery from alcoholism, but it can be applied to almost every troubling situation. The song for me is about recovery in general. It's really uplifting.

well it's good to know you got something out of it
i love the way pj write songs you can apply to a whole lot of different situations
it IS really uplifting thats why i love it, i always put in on when i drive down to my hometown and i'm about 5 mins away from arriving, last time i did that it ended exactly when i arrived and turned the car off, what a coincidence lol

hellbent1

DOSW wrote:

Wow... with that explanation, you might have unintentionally just given me a whole new perspective on how to deal with past troubles... thanks, man. I have to listen to the song now. Hmm... it's not about shutting doors on the past and wishing it went away, it's about acknowledging it and growing stronger because of it. Anyone can run away from the past, but it truly takes strength to stare it in the face and accept it. Maybe that's what Mike was trying to convey? Wow. Talk about an epiphany.

Anyway, the song was probably written about the recovery from alcoholism, but it can be applied to almost every troubling situation. The song for me is about recovery in general. It's really uplifting.

And that is what I got out the lyrics... it's was and still is helping deal with and learn from my past..
Every morning when wake up that's the song that I see
And that is the song the I read while I get up and open my bedroom door.
Cuz the wall I wrote it on, is the one right next to my door..
I just realized while writing this that, It's the best place to scibble this song on, of all the walls in my room. The one wall that my door is attached to is the one that Screams those word the Mike wrote.. how conventional.

decides2dream

Omarama wrote:

i think it's about being at peace with your past and as it says "not shutting doors on it" and accepting it and being in conrtol of how you feel.i love this song, it's my anthem, i guess we can all relate to it.

well stated. to take it a bit further, i also think it's about taking control/responsibilty for your own life and choices...it's an 'inside job'...meaning it all must come from within, it's all your own choice...etc.

best line:

how i choose to feel . . . is how i am

OneLove

decides2dream wrote:

well stated. to take it a bit further, i also think it's about taking control/responsibilty for your own life and choices...it's an 'inside job'...meaning it all must come from within, it's all your own choice...etc.

best line:

how i choose to feel . . . is how i am

You nailed it Atleast that is what I've taken from the song.

Love it.

dharma69

pjrvm wrote:

I will not lose my faith
It's an inside job today

What a well done song. And probably one that could not have been written if the writer hadn't been through a trial or two.

So long and drawn out explanations from me would probably not do this song any real justice...instead the song speaks to me in a simple way:

Reconciling your self with your self.

hellbent1

decides2dream wrote:

well stated. to take it a bit further, i also think it's about taking control/responsibilty for your own life and choices...it's an 'inside job'...meaning it all must come from within, it's all your own choice...etc.

best line:

how i choose to feel . . . is how i am

Indeed you are correct my friend!!!

JPR

man, this simple thread just put a HUGE smile on my face

i LOVE this song, have since the first time i heard it, and play whenever i need myself a little lift

this album cam along at a the perfect time for me, it really did

hellbent1

JPR wrote:

man, this simple thread just put a HUGE smile on my face

i LOVE this song, have since the first time i heard it, and play whenever i need myself a little lift

this album cam along at a the perfect time for me, it really did

I can greatly understand, my friend
the f
1st time I heard this song, I cried. But it was a good cry!!!
I needed it n' have to thank mike and ed for gettin' me there!

Pearl Jam and toast

Omarama wrote:

i think it's about being at peace with your past and as it says "not shutting doors on it" and accepting it and being in conrtol of how you feel.i love this song, it's my anthem, i guess we can all relate to it.

It's that exactly.

It's a recovery song and how you have to pull it together yourself.

"Inside Job" is a term used in AA meetings.

JPR

come back (holding on)>inside job (letting go), two of my favorites off the new album, is a great way to end the album.

little_wish

Come Back and Inside Job is the nicest pairing since Faithfull and No Way
They're so fantastic at the end of the album, they feel like a huge release, as if a huge problem has been lifted from you. I love listening to them on their own, without the rest of the album. And there's not many songs I can say that about.

Kudos guys

||Release_Me||

Inside|The|Well wrote:

Come Back and Inside Job is the nicest pairing since Faithfull and No Way
They're so fantastic at the end of the album, they feel like a huge release, as if a huge problem has been lifted from you. I love listening to them on their own, without the rest of the album. And there's not many songs I can say that about.

Kudos guys

Agreed! I love the opening 5 tracks, then the middle is a bit of a lull for me. But then we get to Wasted Reprise and it just builds and builds. Come Back and Inside Job paired together is pure genius. And they're both great to play on guitar!

The intro to Inside Job is just beautiful. There's an underlying tension in the music, and the way the instruments come in one by one just creates this building feeling. It feels like it's summing up the feelings of the whole album, even though Eddie doesn't sing a word. It's breathtaking.

jrms09

i think it is about being ok with the past. and finding a way to make things work on your own. finding the good, and the strength by yourself

Born2Jam

dharma69 wrote:

So long and drawn out explanations from me would probably not do this song any real justice...instead the song speaks to me in a simple way:

Reconciling your self with your self.

I like that. I hear it that way, too.
I would only add that it goes one step further to where when you reconcile with yourself, you are able to give back to others. "Let me run into the rain, to shine a human light again.."

I love this song, and did from the first listen.
It's incredibly inspiring, and will forever be the song I turn to whenever I feel sorry for myself.

darthvedder88

This song really spoke to me in Cincinatti. It reminded me of why I'm a fan. This band has been there for me through the good, the bad, and the downright ugly. Being so fucking happy that night and seeing them rock out, and hearing the song and its lyrics made me realize that I can always turn to them.

m0jorisen

what it means to me


even if you can't "change" the "world" (your own personal world, the world you are in, the world in general,etc)
u STILL CAN really bring CHANGE... change of HEART, change of perspective.
"life comes from within YOUR heart and DESIRE"
it's a Positive INTROspection on one's soul.


how i CHOOSE to FEEL,
is HOW i am.

your FOCUS, determines YOUR "reality"

NewfiePJNut

I think it's about 9/11 and the fact that it was an "Inside Job".

thatgirl

i believe the article that was posted last week explained a little about the song, how mike wrote it etc etc.

i think its my fav song on the album. it was unbelievable in portland.

dharma69

dharma69 wrote:

So long and drawn out explanations from me would probably not do this song any real justice...instead the song speaks to me in a simple way:

Reconciling your self with your self.

Born2Jam wrote:

I like that. I hear it that way, too.
I would only add that it goes one step further to where when you reconcile with yourself, you are able to give back to others. "Let me run into the rain, to shine a human light again.."

I love this song, and did from the first listen.
It's incredibly inspiring, and will forever be the song I turn to whenever I feel sorry for myself.

Nice, Born.

Who knew that McCready would come up with THE most affecting song on the album?

vedderfan10

The song reminds me of the stuff you learn in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, you make your choices and you live with them (good or bad)...can't erase the past or change it, so decide your perspective on things from now on. Live in the moment....This song at the Gorge just caused me to have such a big epiphany, it made me all emotional -- but in a good way! I felt a weight lift off my shoulders (as indicated in AET)...Inside Job and I Am Mine go well together, for me...No matter my past, the present and future are up to me and how I choose to feel and react...

Born2Jam

dharma69 wrote:

Nice, Born.

Who knew that McCready would come up with THE most affecting song on the album?

Ain't it the truth........

If you had told me before the record came out that this would be the case, I would not have believed it.

Mike is a very deep guy.
I'm so glad he let it show to everyone.

Pearl Jam and toast

dharma69 wrote:

Nice, Born.

Who knew that McCready would come up with THE most affecting song on the album?

What's strange is that lyrically it's the worst on the album (I'm talking fluency, etc etc all that crap) but it hits like a brick.

Low_Light03

Powerful song. It's so amazing watching them play it live.

I Used To Try To Kill Love, It Was The Highest Sin.....

Derrick

decides2dream wrote:

best line:
how i choose to feel . . . is how i am

Bingo. Once you can fully appreciate this line and all of it's implications, you should have a good idea of the song as a whole. Not only that, this line is the "turning point" of the song.

darthvedder88

I think the lyrics are awesome. I hope McCready writes more material on future Pearl Jam albums.

Low_Light03

darthvedder88 wrote:

I think the lyrics are awesome. I hope McCready writes more material on future Pearl Jam albums.

So do I. I love how the drums kick in.