Marker in the Sand
korby
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This song has layers of an onion i believe.
Its about "holy wars" .
It Also about people who would put themselves and others in harm or bad situations because thier faith tells them." over moral ground" do come down
Others agree that people shouldnt stay in hopeless situations for thier faith. Sometimes its better to walk away.
What do you say ?
Its about "holy wars" .
It Also about people who would put themselves and others in harm or bad situations because thier faith tells them." over moral ground" do come down
Others agree that people shouldnt stay in hopeless situations for thier faith. Sometimes its better to walk away.
What do you say ?
its ok
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I think it is one of the most well-written songs Pearl Jam has done. I think the rhyme schemes are phenominal. I like the way the chorus in many Pearl Jam songs changes throughout (ie "seeing visions of falling up somehow" the first time becomes "walk the bridges before you burn them down" the second time).
Songwriting like this is why Pearl Jam doesn't dominate the top 40 anymore. It is far too cerebral for a mass audience. No offense to the millions of people who like simpler music, or the people who make said music. But it is the truth.
we sit around and wonder exactly why our marriage should feel threatened by gay marriage
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
Which parts didn't you get?
we sit around and wonder exactly why our marriage should feel threatened by gay marriage
Has covered over,... All the messages it kept
Misunderstanding,... What original truth was
And out expanding,... In a faith, but not in love
What went wrong?
Walking tightrope high,... Over moral ground
Seeing visions of,............. Falling up somehow
Do come down
With the living, Let,..... What is living love
So unforgiving, yet,.... Needing forgiveness first
God, what do you say?
Those undecided,........ Needn't have faith to be free
And those misguided, There was a plan for them to be
Now you got both sides Claiming killing in Gods name
But God is nowhere,..... To be found, conveniently
What goes on?
Walking tightrope high,... Over moral ground
Seeing visions of,............. Before you burn them down
Do come round
With a living, let,...... What is living love
So unforgiving, yet... Needing forgiveness first
God, what do you say? What do you say?
There is a sickness,...... A sickness coming over me
Like watching freedom,. Being sucked straight out to sea
And the solution?,........ Well, from me far would let it be
But the delusion,.......... Is feeling dangerous to me
What goes wrong?
Walking tightrope high,... Over moral ground
Seeing visions of,............. Falling up somehow
Do come down
With a living, let,...... What is living love
So unforgiving, yet... Needing forgiveness first
God, what do you say? What do you say?
Calling out,......... Calling out.
Calling out,......... I'm calling you out.
I bolded the initial parts I don't understand.
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
A delusion of moral righteousness, I think.
The correct line is:
"Walk the bridges be...fore you burn them down"
in some versus ???
they reminded me of a conversation i had with a co-worker about marriage, faith and war.
i know alot of bridges. some are still there. some damaged. some gone.
fortunatley i learn from my mistakes
Choosing the shiny ones instead'
Reading 06 - Torino 06 - Wembley 07
This little ditty rules me
2003 ~ Toronto
2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
I've never really examined the lyrics to this one too much but it seems to me its questioning both sides of the current wars we find ourselves involved in. Both sides are fighting based on their own set of morals or ideals.
What went wrong?
http://inthepresenttense.blogspot.com/
Their 3rd single was Gone. But apparently it didn't take off. I think MITS would have been a better choice.
MITS=Marker in the Sand
or oven mitts (the B-side)
Man radio sucks way more over here in england we don't get any new pearl jam stuff, were just subjected to crap all day.
The economy has polarized to the point where the wealthiest 10% now own 85% of the nation’s wealth. Never before have the bottom 90% been so highly indebted, so dependent on the wealthy.
in the sand.
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i like this interpretation and agree. i think some people hear this song as a challenge to the very notion or idea of God, and i just don't hear that at all. i think it points to the hypocrisy of some people who do bad things in God's name. i think it is ringing acknowledgement of God, and, for lack of a better term, prayer for God to show us the error of our ways and straighten us out.
"do come down, with the living, let what is living love..."
what happened there? what went wrong ?
well said. i really like your interpretation, especially " All these people have delusions that what they do will get them into Heaven (falling up somehow)." hadnt thought about it that way before.
and then hurt the person you are closest too. like cheat on a spouse
I tend to think of the observer as a soldier looking over a fallen comrade, or even more simply, a failed war, a failed leader.
"God, what do you say?" means: "I'm calling you out..." to the godless one, the dead.
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Q: er, that was an interesting interpretation you gave.
A: well, i was tired, i could have worded it better, i guess.
Q: what do you mean by "calling out" to "the godless, the dead"?
A: well, i understand the general idea of the song. that being that there is no god to say anything at all. i mean, that's what i think most people pick up on. i see it a little differently.
Q: how so?
A: the war isn't over, so i don't really align myself with the people who see this song in an attitude that is in a "haha, i told you so" kind of way, or a taking sides sort of way. we're all soldiering on, collectively, through this mess.
Q: hmmm.
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Lyrically, I don't spend a lot of time over analying any lyrics, but the central theme I lean towards is the very fine line between right and wrong and the judgment process around which makes one person lean one way vs the other
It's razor thin, isn't it?
The horror, the horror. I mean of the snail in Marlon Brando's Apocalypse Now.
I think there's a good fight to be carried that doesn't absolve itself in madness.
What does this mean?
You want real answers?
Funny thing is, you are, you're looking for answers.
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you know. messages that are that deep about the meaning of the lyrics in some rock song. people r gonna start calling you nuts. they already tell me that