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Anotherman...Anotherman... Posts: 28
edited May 2007 in Words and Music...Communication
"... and never let you down"

Wishlist always starts out so happy, and this line feels like a punch in the gut. It's so heartbreaking that someone would feel like they let down the person they care for so deeply.

P.S.- Pearl Jam is the shit!
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  • Dustin51Dustin51 Posts: 222
    Anotherman... wrote:
    "... and never let you down"

    Wishlist always starts out so happy, and this line feels like a punch in the gut. It's so heartbreaking that someone would feel like they let down the person they care for so deeply.

    P.S.- Pearl Jam is the shit!

    Pearl Jam is the shit!

    I've always felt like wishlist is a sad song. The whole song is about wishing you were someone or something else. I mean its like he wants to be something positive which conversely means he doesnt feel that he is. Even the end of the song, "I guess it never stops". I dunno...its a sad song but its awesome.
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  • DiRtyFranK38DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    i like to look at wishlist as a sort of happy tune. uplifting in a way i guess..thats what i get from all of yield. i feel that yield is an album that overall just makes you feel good about yourself. that's why i love it. i see wishlist as, yes your wishing you can be this and that and this...but in a poetic way..not depressing or extremely overjoyed. just content. and the line 'i guess it never stops' to me, is like, hey, everyone wishes they were this and that, but just be happy with who you are..because who you are is perfect...just take those wishes and make something great out of them..like a song..everyone can right their own 'wishlist' and make it content and peaceful in their own ways..
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    i guess the song is about yearning......but.......i've always looked at it as positive........wishes or dreaming can be positive thing.......and i love the studio version's ending as the volume lowers "i wish i was a radio song the one you couldn't turn up"........:)
  • McShadeMcShade Posts: 156
    Dustin51 wrote:
    Pearl Jam is the shit!

    I've always felt like wishlist is a sad song. The whole song is about wishing you were someone or something else. I mean its like he wants to be something positive which conversely means he doesnt feel that he is. Even the end of the song, "I guess it never stops". I dunno...its a sad song but its awesome.

    Same here. always thought of it as a sad song, not just for the last part, but the whole lyrics..
  • devi_gibdevi_gib Posts: 65
    " I wish I was the radio song the one that you turned up"

    that line is kind of heartbreaking hehe ;< I love the simplicity of this song too.. and now I know what an ebow is xD lol
  • Reynaldo6Reynaldo6 Posts: 80
    i really like this song. its very poetic and i agree with DiRtyFranK38 that we all wish for something or to be something. i dont think its very depressing at all
    I'll wait up in the dark
    For you to speak to me
    I'll open up
    Release me
  • NothinGBetteRPJMaNNothinGBetteRPJMaN Posts: 530
    Love Wishlist!

    I especially love "I wish I was the messenger and all the news was good."
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  • UpSideDownUpSideDown Posts: 1,966
    the verb to trust line is my favorite line in the song
  • i like matt.ci like matt.c Posts: 1,122
    i wish i was an alien, at home behind the sun...
  • perfectly unkeptperfectly unkept Posts: 4
    My favourite line is "I wish I was the full moon shining off a camaro's hood". There's something so visceral and serene about that image...gives me shivers, but at the same time makes me feel so calm...mmmmm...

    I wish I was a songwriter, who wrote such beautiful words...
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    perfectly unkept wrote:
    My favourite line is "I wish I was the full moon shining off a camaro's hood". There's something so visceral and serene about that image...gives me shivers, but at the same time makes me feel so calm...mmmmm...

    I wish I was a songwriter, who wrote such beautiful words...
    just out of curiosity, how can something be serene and visceral at the same time? ;)
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Reynaldo6Reynaldo6 Posts: 80
    "i wish i was a neutron bomb for once i could go off"

    i wish i could go off on all the dang muslim extreamists who keep killing people. because of that we keep sending more troops over to iraq. dont get me wrong. im all for the war in iraq but those extreamists are the reason we keep sending more troops to iraq.
    I'll wait up in the dark
    For you to speak to me
    I'll open up
    Release me
  • SLH916SLH916 Posts: 132
    Does anyone else think that WISHLIST is a love song about living up to the expectations that you have of yourself with regard to your partner? Expectations that you know you can never live up to.

    Its beautiful and wistful and creates such a romantic moment. The "verb to trust" line perfectly describes that feeling of being so in love that you wish you could maybe be something more than just a human being with human failings for the sake of the one you love.
  • Dustin51Dustin51 Posts: 222
    SLH916 wrote:
    Does anyone else think that WISHLIST is a love song about living up to the expectations that you have of yourself with regard to your partner? Expectations that you know you can never live up to.

    Its beautiful and wistful and creates such a romantic moment. The "verb to trust" line perfectly describes that feeling of being so in love that you wish you could maybe be something more than just a human being with human failings for the sake of the one you love.

    Great Post.
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  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Posts: 7,265
    Any song/poem that has a list I take with a grain of salt. I'll look at it again, soon, but a list is a cop-out. It's a see-saw song, a pop-song to be sang and it doesn't matter what is said. I'll look at it again, more closely, to see if I find a new theme.
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  • perfectly unkeptperfectly unkept Posts: 4
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    just out of curiosity, how can something be serene and visceral at the same time? ;)
    well you totally caught me trying to sound smart and apparently it didn't work...
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    the whole song is awesome, but particularly like "i wish i was a sailor with someone who waited for me"... deep!!!
  • BraighniBraighni Posts: 58
    Personally I prefer when he sings on some boots, right at the end..

    "sometimes wishes... they come true"
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    perfectly unkept wrote:
    well you totally caught me trying to sound smart and apparently it didn't work...
    hah no, I wasn't trying to point out any stupidity or be arsey or anything, Im sure that the two could possibly work together its just that generally they are contradictory.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • pmack215pmack215 Posts: 49
    DiRtyFranK38 wrote:
    i like to look at wishlist as a sort of happy tune. uplifting in a way i guess..thats what i get from all of yield. i feel that yield is an album that overall just makes you feel good about yourself. that's why i love it. i see wishlist as, yes your wishing you can be this and that and this...but in a poetic way..not depressing or extremely overjoyed. just content. and the line 'i guess it never stops' to me, is like, hey, everyone wishes they were this and that, but just be happy with who you are..because who you are is perfect...just take those wishes and make something great out of them..like a song..everyone can right their own 'wishlist' and make it content and peaceful in their own ways..

    i pretty much agree. i think its a happy/positive song. i think its sorta like a personal challenge for one's self to try/want to be the very best person they can for someone they love.....either a friend or lover.
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    SLH916 wrote:
    Does anyone else think that WISHLIST is a love song about living up to the expectations that you have of yourself with regard to your partner? Expectations that you know you can never live up to.

    yes, I do. Or at least, something along those lines.

    I don't necessarily think it's a totally sad song, about the disappointments of not being able to live up to expectations. I think of it more as a vow to continue to strive to live up to said expectations.

    It's probably one of my favorite PJ songs. Definitely one of the most poetic.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • SpunkieSpunkie Posts: 6,672
    "I wish I came from a country, who never went to war.
    I wish I came from a country, who took care of it's poor.
    But in the meantime, thanks for the example,
    In the meantime, thanks for giving us hope.
    In the meantime, show our leaders what can be done.."
  • heartdesireheartdesire Posts: 430
    SLH916 wrote:
    Does anyone else think that WISHLIST is a love song about living up to the expectations that you have of yourself with regard to your partner? Expectations that you know you can never live up to.

    Its beautiful and wistful and creates such a romantic moment. The "verb to trust" line perfectly describes that feeling of being so in love that you wish you could maybe be something more than just a human being with human failings for the sake of the one you love.

    I am in your camp SLH916!

    Coupled with the love song aspect I feel it's about how one wants to be many things, the duality and paradox of such things. And maybe it is meant to show us that we really are all and all is one. : >

    To me it's a blending of love song and examining the self to know and be oneself as an individual and in relationship.

    It's a happy upbeat groove and feel ... I think it's eddie playing with all those dualities we feel and the hope to give unconditional love.


    I wish I was a neutron bomb, for once I could go off.
    I wish I was a sacrifice but somehow still lived on.
    I wish I was a sentimental ornamnet you hung on
    The christmas tree, I wish I was the star that went on top,
    I wish I was the evidence
    I wish I was the grounds for fifty million hands up raised and opened toward the sky.

    I wish I was a sailor with someone who waited for me.
    I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me.
    I wish I was a messenger, and all the news was good.
    I wish I was the full moon shining off a camaro's hood.

    I wish I was an alien, at home behind the sun,
    I wish I was the souvenir you kept your house key on.
    I wish I was the pedal break that you depended on.
    I wish I was the verb to trust, and never let you down.

    I wish I was the radio song, the one that you turned up,
    I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish,
    I guess it never stops.
    "i'm a dedicated insomniac" ~ ev nyc beacon 6/22
  • heartdesireheartdesire Posts: 430
    cutback wrote:
    i guess the song is about yearning......but.......i've always looked at it as positive........wishes or dreaming can be positive thing.......and i love the studio version's ending as the volume lowers "i wish i was a radio song the one you couldn't turn up"........:)

    cutback listen again with headphones on ... : >
    "i'm a dedicated insomniac" ~ ev nyc beacon 6/22
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Posts: 7,265
    I never thought of this before, but a mark of an artist is to put seemingly disparate entities together as if they always belonged. A human and a verb - it's so Neruda. His poetry was incredibly obvious in this type of writing. I'm finding that many poets have it, but his words were just so blatant. I never thought of it before with this song. Way to go!

    I guess as poets/lyricists that's our job. To connect things that usually have no connection which in turn would add that much more to what is considered a comprehensive life.

    Also, poems/photographs are memory holes. I posted about that on my blog http://bibliobella.blogspot.com. Very cool idea that is centuries old.
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  • lateraluslateralus Posts: 111
    just listen to osaka 03 wishlist, amazing! absolutely!
    13/9/06: Bern
    12/6/07: Munich
    23/6/07: Southside Festival
  • Gremmie95Gremmie95 Posts: 749
    I wish I was the pedal brake that you depended on. Fucking Classic!
  • blue rosesblue roses Posts: 49
    Dustin51 wrote:
    Pearl Jam is the shit!

    I've always felt like wishlist is a sad song. The whole song is about wishing you were someone or something else. I mean its like he wants to be something positive which conversely means he doesnt feel that he is. Even the end of the song, "I guess it never stops". I dunno...its a sad song but its awesome.
    ı think it's a sad song too.
    sometimes it makes me even cry because it makes me remember the things we will never be able to have.
    wishlist: my all time favorite
  • FreezodFreezod Posts: 16
    Originally Posted by SLH916
    Does anyone else think that WISHLIST is a love song about living up to the expectations that you have of yourself with regard to your partner? Expectations that you know you can never live up to.

    Its beautiful and wistful and creates such a romantic moment. The "verb to trust" line perfectly describes that feeling of being so in love that you wish you could maybe be something more than just a human being with human failings for the sake of the one you love.


    I've always interpreted the verb in that line to mean the actual word "wish". He uses it over and over in the song and each time is so eloquent. I think he was paying homage to the word "wish".

    Just my opinion.

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  • illegal pantsillegal pants Posts: 13,471
    SLH916 wrote:
    Does anyone else think that WISHLIST is a love song about living up to the expectations that you have of yourself with regard to your partner? Expectations that you know you can never live up to.

    Its beautiful and wistful and creates such a romantic moment. The "verb to trust" line perfectly describes that feeling of being so in love that you wish you could maybe be something more than just a human being with human failings for the sake of the one you love.

    completely agree, lovely post

    listening to Adelaide's version from last year :o
    wah
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