You know, what i feel? sometimes i am tired - why just Ed doesn't say what are some songs about? I know - now it's more interesting - but anyway - sometimes i wanted it to be clear
this one is pretty straightforward.
If just once I could feel love stare back at me ...
Only held you in my mind ...
Pretty simple.
everybody wants the most they can possibly get
for the least they could possibly do
I think the psychology aspect is looking too much into it.
I always figured it was about a man who's desperately clinging to his only love which has been lost.
Remember the song was originally titled "I Got Shit" and only renamed "I Got Id" because it needed to be censored.
I agree and isn't the lyric:
And I stay in bed. Oh, in a little while I'll see you. (live it's been "Oh, could I see you")
If just once I could feel love, oh, stare back at me.
I agree and isn't the lyric:
And I stay in bed. Oh, in a little while I'll see you. (live it's been "Oh, could I see you")
If just once I could feel love, oh, stare back at me.
Well this may be totally wrong but I read the lyric somewhere online (and this is how I hear it now) And I stare you back, oh blue eyes I've seen it, if just once I could feel love stare back at me. Its totally different from what you hear-so I am not sure.
I havn't looked into the lyrics, but it's a great song.
Note that the song's name is "I Got Id" (as in the Freudian concept) and not "I Got ID" (as in a form of identification), a frequent mistake in labeling the album's songs.
I've also heard the song called "I Got Shit" but don't know if that was just a slip of the uneducated tongue? anyhow this is a great song.my favorite line in there is where he sings "so I lie alone and wait for the dream where I'm not ugly and you're looking a me..."
I've also heard the song called "I Got Shit" but don't know if that was just a slip of the uneducated tongue? anyhow this is a great song.my favorite line in there is where he sings "so I lie alone and wait for the dream where I'm not ugly and you're looking a me..."
So many guesses... I think we just work for their legend...
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From my interpretation, this song is definitely about Love, and/or a lost love, regrets from a potential love that never came to be... someone who wants to show someone how much the love them, and if once... they could have someone who loves them as much to stare back at them... - - as far as the song title, the song was certainly called I Got Shit, and sometimes still is live... but was labeled as I Got Id... and I think that previous posters were right in their description of Ed being very smart, and choosing the word Id... however, for those debating whether or not the word Id is used or shit... and how that plays into the Freudian Ego concept, I think they both can still work perfectly well together... if we are talking about Ego... a lot of our self worth, Ego, confidence, bravado, whatever you want to call it comes from the significant other(s) in our lives... so, to use the word Id or Shit, you could say that the Ego/confidence or lack thereof might be as a result of this lost love and self torture that the character described in the song is experiencing... and for I Got Shit... well, the love has been lost (but still hopeful), so for the time being... the character has Got Shit... nothing to show for his love/yearning...
When it comes to the meaning of songs or even official lyrics, I think it would be great to have something that would provide a clear explanation of what Eddie or the other band members meaning behind their songs are... but at the same time, that would take away from what we, and the band all love so much about music... that it is open to interpretation, that we can all attach our own meaning(s) to songs, that they themselves can and will change over time... (consider how audiences interpret Alive, vs what Eddie originally meant it as)... its one of the many things that make Pearl Jam such a great band... that their music, is true, original, sometimes hard to understand... but always a product of love and appreciation for their musical tastes, and fans of music everywhere... - - to me there is nothing more powerful or unifying than music... and Pearl Jam is at the top of the pile when it comes to musical integrity... they want to give to the fans, what they love so much about music... that is why there is nothing greater than a live Pearl Jam performance... the energy, the love, a time where nothing else in the world matters... I hope they keep playing for another 40 years!
Charlotte 10/4/96 Raleigh 8/31/98 Charlotte 8/4/00 Raleigh 4/15/03 Asheville 10/6/04
Bonnaroo 6/14/08 Spectrum 10/30/09 Spectrum 10/31/09 Atlanta 9/22/12 Wrigley 7/19/13
Baltimore 10/27/13 Charlottesville 10/29/13 Charlotte 10/30/13 OKC 11/16/13
St. Louis 10/03/14 Greenville 4/16/16 Hampton 4/18/16
Columbia 4/21/16 Wrigley 8/18/18
I've been listening to this song a lot lately, and it's in my Top 10 favorite PJ songs! Anyone who has heard them do this live is very fortunate indeed! I hope and pray that someday I am that fortunate.
I've been listening to this song a lot lately, and it's in my Top 10 favorite PJ songs! Anyone who has heard them do this live is very fortunate indeed! I hope and pray that someday I am that fortunate.
i am one of the fortunate ones...i agree with top 10 but for me, top 5...
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this one is pretty straightforward.
If just once I could feel love stare back at me ...
Only held you in my mind ...
Pretty simple.
for the least they could possibly do
I agree and isn't the lyric:
And I stay in bed. Oh, in a little while I'll see you. (live it's been "Oh, could I see you")
If just once I could feel love, oh, stare back at me.
Asbury Park '21; MSG '22; Camden '22
Well this may be totally wrong but I read the lyric somewhere online (and this is how I hear it now) And I stare you back, oh blue eyes I've seen it, if just once I could feel love stare back at me. Its totally different from what you hear-so I am not sure.
I've also heard the song called "I Got Shit" but don't know if that was just a slip of the uneducated tongue? anyhow this is a great song.my favorite line in there is where he sings "so I lie alone and wait for the dream where I'm not ugly and you're looking a me..."
halszka123@op.pl
halszka123@op.pl
When it comes to the meaning of songs or even official lyrics, I think it would be great to have something that would provide a clear explanation of what Eddie or the other band members meaning behind their songs are... but at the same time, that would take away from what we, and the band all love so much about music... that it is open to interpretation, that we can all attach our own meaning(s) to songs, that they themselves can and will change over time... (consider how audiences interpret Alive, vs what Eddie originally meant it as)... its one of the many things that make Pearl Jam such a great band... that their music, is true, original, sometimes hard to understand... but always a product of love and appreciation for their musical tastes, and fans of music everywhere... - - to me there is nothing more powerful or unifying than music... and Pearl Jam is at the top of the pile when it comes to musical integrity... they want to give to the fans, what they love so much about music... that is why there is nothing greater than a live Pearl Jam performance... the energy, the love, a time where nothing else in the world matters... I hope they keep playing for another 40 years!
Bonnaroo 6/14/08 Spectrum 10/30/09 Spectrum 10/31/09 Atlanta 9/22/12 Wrigley 7/19/13
Baltimore 10/27/13 Charlottesville 10/29/13 Charlotte 10/30/13 OKC 11/16/13
St. Louis 10/03/14 Greenville 4/16/16 Hampton 4/18/16
Columbia 4/21/16 Wrigley 8/18/18
i am one of the fortunate ones...i agree with top 10 but for me, top 5...
i never, held you, in real life :(