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Pearl Jam Lyrics for Leaving a Job

clearermirrorclearermirror Posts: 18
edited November 2008 in The Porch
Hello All -
I am leaving my job and will start at a start-up competitor next week.
I'm trying to come up with Pearl Jam lyrics that encapsulate this experience. It's definitely bittersweet but absolutely exciting.

? "no matter how cold the winter, there's a springtime ahead" ?

Thanks!
avalanche, falling fast ...
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  • finnanniefinnannie Posts: 1,186
    you should listen to these... ;)

    rearviewmirror
    not for you
    brain of j
    gone
    last exit
    present tense
    given to fly
    i got shit
    green disease
    i am mine
    hard to imagine
    mfc
    who you are
    release
    driftin'
    inside job

    theres so many..... :D
    ...oh.. and of course.. ALIVE...
    no matter what happens... you're still.. alive. :)
    Won't let the light escape from me.
    Won't let the darkness swallow me.
  • McJuicyMcJuicy Posts: 752
    clearermirror wrote:
    Hello All -
    I am leaving my job and will start at a start-up competitor next week.
    I'm trying to come up with Pearl Jam lyrics that encapsulate this experience. It's definitely bittersweet but absolutely exciting.

    ? "no matter how cold the winter, there's a springtime ahead" ?

    Thanks!

    off he goes
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  • finnanniefinnannie Posts: 1,186
    McJuicy wrote:
    off he goes

    I totally forgot that one :)

    maybe the best song for a situation like this.
    Won't let the light escape from me.
    Won't let the darkness swallow me.
  • yostaramayostarama Posts: 287
    Parting Ways
  • indifferentmanindifferentman Goshen, IN Posts: 731
    Well it sounds like this is a positive situation for you, but 2 years ago I went through 9 months of hell while I clutched onto a shitty job that I didn't want anymore and started looking for a new one.

    I made playlist of songs on my iPod that consisted of songs that fired me up a bit and pushed me to find something better out of life at the time. Unemployable rang very true in my mind, and Sleight of Hand was also another one I listened to often. Indifference was on that too.
    I won't change direction, and I won't change my mind - E.V.
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  • stotstot Posts: 207
    I'm about to quit my job & be self-empluyed. I am very excited.
    _________________
    '96 Ft. Lauderdale
    '97 San Francisco
    '98 Knoxville & Greenville
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    '04 Tampa
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  • Yellow BedwetterYellow Bedwetter NYC Posts: 2,832
    finnannie wrote:
    you should listen to these... ;)

    rearviewmirror
    not for you
    brain of j
    gone
    last exit
    present tense
    given to fly
    i got shit
    green disease
    i am mine
    hard to imagine
    mfc
    who you are
    release
    driftin'
    inside job

    theres so many..... :D
    ...oh.. and of course.. ALIVE...
    no matter what happens... you're still.. alive. :)

    How did Unemployable not make this list? Sometimes humans baffle me
    2005: Borgata 2, Philly
    2006: Camden 1&2, East Ruth 1&2
    2008: BONNAROO, MSG1, MSG2, Hartford
    2009: Philly 1, 2, 4
    2010: Hartford, MSG1, MSG2
    2012: Made in America
    2013: BK1, BK2, Hartford
    2015: Global Citizens
    2016: MSG 2 (ISO MSG1)
    EV Solo: NJPAC 2008; Tower Theatre, PA 2009; Hartford 2011
  • GivenToJam88GivenToJam88 NJ Posts: 1,187
    unemployable!!!
    2006: 5/28
    2008: 6/19, 6/24, 6/25
    2009: 6/14 (EV), 10/27, 10/28
    2010: 5/17
    2011: 6/21 (EV), 6/22 (EV), 9/11, 9/12
    2012: 9/2
    2013: 10/15, 10/16, 10/19, 10/21, 10/22, 10/27, 11/23, 11/24
    2014: 10/19
    2016: 5/1, 5/2, 5/8
    2018: 8/20, 9/2, 9/4
  • clearermirrorclearermirror Posts: 18
    Thanks to all for your suggestions. Parting Ways is pretty sweet and there are couple of magical lines in Present Tense.

    I may actually go with a line from End of the Road off the Into the Wild soundtrack:

    For me it begins at the end of the road
    We come and go ...
    avalanche, falling fast ...
  • elwayvedderelwayvedder South Jersey Posts: 9,137
    i had "Evacuation" in my head when I left my job one time
    www.operationyellowribbon.org
  • U R A Crazy BreedU R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    how about "kiss my ass and go fuck yourself"...wait...that's not a song is it?




    well it should be!........feel free to run with it Ed. ;)
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