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I am Mine!

bigskybigsky Posts: 22
edited May 2007 in Words and Music...Communication
This song moves me! How about you and what does it mean to YOU? I am short on time. I will share tonight at work if I get time :)

Thanks!



The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind

The North is to South what the clock is to time
There's east and there's west and there's everywhere life
I know I was born and I know that I'll die
The in between is mine
I am mine

And the feeling, it gets left behind
All the innocence lost at one time
Significant, behind the eyes
There's no need to hide...
We're safe tonight

The ocean is full 'cause everyone's crying
The full moon is looking for friends at high tide
The sorrow grows bigger when the sorrow's denied
I only know my mind
I am mine

And the meaning, it gets left behind
All the innocents lost at one time
Significant, behind the eyes
There's no need to hide...
We're safe tonight

And the feelings that get left behind
All the innocents broken with lies
Significance, between the lines
(We may need to hide)

And the meanings that get left behind
All the innocents lost at one time
We're all different behind the eyes
There's no need to hide
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  • parel jamparel jam Posts: 7,223
    bigsky wrote:
    This song moves me! How about you and what does it mean to YOU? I am short on time. I will share tonight at work if I get time :)

    Thanks!



    The selfish, they're all standing in line
    Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
    Me, I figure as each breath goes by
    I only own my mind

    The North is to South what the clock is to time
    There's east and there's west and there's everywhere life
    I know I was born and I know that I'll die
    The in between is mine
    I am mine

    And the feeling, it gets left behind
    All the innocence lost at one time
    Significant, behind the eyes
    There's no need to hide...
    We're safe tonight

    The ocean is full 'cause everyone's crying
    The full moon is looking for friends at high tide
    The sorrow grows bigger when the sorrow's denied
    I only know my mind
    I am mine

    And the meaning, it gets left behind
    All the innocents lost at one time
    Significant, behind the eyes
    There's no need to hide...
    We're safe tonight

    And the feelings that get left behind
    All the innocents broken with lies
    Significance, between the lines
    (We may need to hide)

    And the meanings that get left behind
    All the innocents lost at one time
    We're all different behind the eyes
    There's no need to hide

    I really like this part of the lyrics:

    The ocean is full 'cause everyone's crying
    The full moon is looking for friends at high tide
    ♪♫♪♫♫

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=U_-WGNRyRzU

    ♪♫♪♫♫
  • JamalJamal Posts: 2,115
    The agony it arises in me is somehow relieving.

    To know that no matter what happens, one can still be his own.
    And yet the antagonizing effect never to have someone that would then be 'yours'... (at least in my case :p) it has on the hope it irradiates....

    Never mind, life is ours, we're safe tonight !
    Surf little waves big... Charge big waves hard

    - Antwerp '06, Nijmegen '07, Werchter '07
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    bigsky wrote:
    This song moves me! How about you and what does it mean to YOU? I am short on time. I will share tonight at work if I get time :)

    Thanks!



    The selfish, they're all standing in line
    Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
    Me, I figure as each breath goes by
    I only own my mind

    The North is to South what the clock is to time
    There's east and there's west and there's everywhere life
    I know I was born and I know that I'll die
    The in between is mine
    I am mine

    And the feeling, it gets left behind
    All the innocence lost at one time
    Significant, behind the eyes
    There's no need to hide...
    We're safe tonight

    The ocean is full 'cause everyone's crying
    The full moon is looking for friends at high tide
    The sorrow grows bigger when the sorrow's denied
    I only know my mind
    I am mine

    And the meaning, it gets left behind
    All the innocents lost at one time
    Significant, behind the eyes
    There's no need to hide...
    We're safe tonight

    And the feelings that get left behind
    All the innocents broken with lies
    Significance, between the lines
    (We may need to hide)

    And the meanings that get left behind
    All the innocents lost at one time
    We're all different behind the eyes
    There's no need to hide

    I am mine.
    i am not right and i am not wrong.
    one should not judge others for what they see.
    a hard task to obtain.
    behind the eyes is you.
    hopefuly you, is beauty.
    no matter what happens to me, beings i am mine, no one has my own.
    this being said in this life we know here and now, is in this clock.
    our ticking clock, a stop watch, ready, set, go, stop.
    inbetween ready set go, and stop, i am mine.
    let the games begin.
    but maybe i can share my, i am mine, with some hot ass f'in sex crazed
    chicy who will share her, i am mine, with my, i am mine.
    maybe making a lil i am mine or 2.
    haha.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • UninspiredUninspired Posts: 6
    this song is about living like every other pearl jam song except dirty frank
  • wolfbearwolfbear Posts: 3,965
    Yep, love this song. My fav line is: :I know I was born and I know that I'll die
    the in between is mine." :)
    "I'd rather be with an animal." "Those that can be trusted can change their mind." "The in between is mine." "If I don't lose control, explore and not explode, a preternatural other plane with the power to maintain." "Yeh this is living." "Life is what you make it."
  • oldermanolderman Posts: 1,765
    chadwick wrote:
    I am mine.
    i am not right and i am not wrong.
    one should not judge others for what they see.
    a hard task to obtain.
    behind the eyes is you.
    hopefuly you, is beauty.
    no matter what happens to me, beings i am mine, no one has my own.
    this being said in this life we know here and now, is in this clock.
    our ticking clock, a stop watch, ready, set, go, stop.
    inbetween ready set go, and stop, i am mine.
    let the games begin.
    but maybe i can share my, i am mine, with some hot ass f'in sex crazed
    chicy who will share her, i am mine, with my, i am mine.
    maybe making a lil i am mine or 2.
    haha.

    good job!! that's f'kn cool! (i had much fun makin' a "my little mine" with "my little mine's" mama and was she ever hot, that's for sure!!)
    Down the street you can hear her scream youre a disgrace
    As she slams the door in his drunken face
    And now he stands outside
    And all the neighbours start to gossip and drool
    He cries oh, girl you must be mad,
    What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
    Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
    And his tears fall and burn the garden green
  • MichaelMcKevinMichaelMcKevin Posts: 1,161
    It's my tattoo! Would have gotten the whole song done, but that's a lot of f'n ink. http://www.tattooedeverything.com Page 4
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    actually, if you look at the official liner notes ... ed vacillates between all the "innocents" and all the "innocence" lost at one time.

    Those two lines mean two different things. I love that about ed's writing.

    It's akin to Daughter -- "young girl ... violins(ence)."
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • jamjamjamjam Posts: 491
    i like the lines we're all safe tonight.
  • Bangers_n_mashBangers_n_mash Posts: 1,241
    I Am Mine is truly a great celebration of being yourself and getting on with life, both of which can be difficult at times. It was the first song I took an instant shining to on Riot Act and is still one of my favourites. :)
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  • Dustin51Dustin51 Posts: 222
    I am mine is one of my favorite songs of all time. When I first heard It I thought RA would be HUGE!! Still dont understand why it wasnt but there are endless threads about that stuff.

    I love that song though, I play it all the time...in fact...gimme a sec im gonna play it...ok, got that outta my system for now. We have a guitar in our office.

    I think that song is about accecpting yourself, accecpting the world around you, and finding power in yourself.
    Be excellent to each other
  • eMMIeMMI Posts: 6,262
    I love love love the song!

    when I first heard the lyrics, I fell in love.

    like already said, it's about being who you are, all through your life. :)
    "Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
  • Outshined90Outshined90 Posts: 19
    One of the first PJ songs I heard! I love it so much....
    I always loved:
    The North is to South what the clock is to time
    There's east and there's west and there's everywhere life
    I know I was born and I know that I'll die
    The in between is mine
    I am mine
    "Don't ever let the truth get it the way of telling a good story"
  • prodacakeprodacake Posts: 319
    got to be in my top 10 PJ tracks,

    Me, I figure as each breath goes by
    I only own my mind

    love that line
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,532
    i don't know maybe i listened to it to much specially after 9/11 here in NY but now i don't listen to it anymore i skip it on the boots i know it is a great song .....but i just don't.
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Posts: 9,294
    josevolution wrote:
    i don't know maybe i listened to it to much specially after 9/11 here in NY but now i don't listen to it anymore i skip it on the boots i know it is a great song .....but i just don't.

    I agree with you on the 9/11 reference, I think it's an indirect response to trying to move on after something so horrific. I disagree with you on not listening to it, I always do because it has some kind of emotional connection with me.
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    I agree with you on the 9/11 reference, I think it's an indirect response to trying to move on after something so horrific. I disagree with you on not listening to it, I always do because it has some kind of emotional connection with me.

    "Indirect" response? I kind of think of this as PJ's "9-11" song. To me, it is their DIRECT response to 9-11.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Posts: 9,294
    fair enough, i say indirect because it doesn't specifically say the events that happened but i can certainly see the direct response point of view.
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    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
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    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • heartdesireheartdesire Posts: 430
    wolfbear wrote:
    Yep, love this song. My fav line is: :I know I was born and I know that I'll die
    the in between is mine." :)

    my favorite line too! love this song too ... i can honestly say i love every pj song. i do!
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  • blue rosesblue roses Posts: 49
    ı cant say how much ı love this song
    totally awesome
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