You're always saying you're too weak to be strong
You're harder on yourself than just about anyone
* * *
But why let the sad song play?
I have faced it, a life wasted
I'm never going back again
Oh I escaped it, a life wasted
I'm never going back again
Having tasted, a life wasted
I'm never going back again
Oh I erased it, a life wasted
I'm never going back again
damn . . . GREAT, GREAT lyrics, as ever. thank you ed.
regarding lyrics in my head..
you can spend your time alone redigesting past regrets..
or you can come to terms and realize you're the only one who can't forgive yourself ..
makes much more sense-- to live,
in the present tense.
Hold me and make it the truth.
That when all is lost there will be you.
Cause to the universe I don't mean a thing.
And there's just one word I still believe.
And it's love.
How dark a woe! yet how sublime a hope!
How silently serene a sea of pride!
How daring an ambition! yet how deep--
How fathomless a capacity for love!
and there's no reason that she'd passed
and there is no god with a plan, it's sad
and his loneliness is proof, it's sad
he could only love you, it's sad
I'm feeling and thinking all of these lately especially Hail, Hail.
"Get the words, and then I get to thinkin'
I don't wanna think, I wanna feel
How do I feel?
How do I?...
If you're the only one, will I never be enough?
Hail, hail the lucky ones, I refer to those in love"
"All the static in my attic-a
Shoots down my sciatic nerve
To the ocean of my platitudes
Longitudes, latitudes, it's so absurd
I just need someone to be there for..
I just want someone to be there for..
Someone to be there for.."
"I never know how much to say
With you, you, you
I'd like to go deep, but is it safe
With you, you, you"
"Don't need a helmet, got a hard, hard head
...
Don't mean to push, but I'm being shoved!"
"'It's okay, do you want some more?'
I said, "Yeh,...'
'You'll see dragons after 3 or 4...:
I said, "Yeh,...'"
"And war,.... Break the sky and tell me what it's for
I'll travel there on my own
And love,.... What a different life
Had I not found this love with you"
"Oh, and do I deserve to be
Is that the question
And if so...if so...who answers...who answers..."
"... like a fifty foot Roman, yeah" lol
"Longitudes, latitudes, it's so absurd
I just need someone to be there for
I just want someone to be there for
Someone to be there for me"
--
"Well, you say it’s bad luck
To have fallen for me
Well what can I do to make it good for you
...
I’ll call you beautiful if I call at all"
'Nor for You' has been in my head all day. I haven't even listened to it in a few days, but it was my first thought this morning. Especially this part:
All that's sacred comes from youth
Dedication, naive and true
With no power, nothing to do
I still remember, why don't you...don't you...
This is not for you (3x)
Oh, never was for you...fuck you...
This is not for you...
Oh, this is not for you...yeah, you...
This is not for you...
Oh, not for you...
Oh, you...
Damn, it gets to me today.
How dark a woe! yet how sublime a hope!
How silently serene a sea of pride!
How daring an ambition! yet how deep--
How fathomless a capacity for love!
he could have tuned in, tuned in, but he tuned out
a bad time, nothing could save him
alone in a corridor, waiting, locked out
he got up out of there, ran for hundreds of miles
he made it to the ocean had a smoke in a tree
the wind rose up, set him down on his knee
a wave came crashing like a fist to the jaw,
delivered him wings, "hey look at me now..."
arms wide open with the sea as his floor
oh, oh, oh...
he's flying, whole!
high! wide! oh...
he floated back down cause he wanted to share
his key to the locks on the chains he saw everywhere
but first he was stripped, and then he was stabbed
by faceless men, well fuckers...he still stands
and he still gives his love, he just gives it away;
the love he recieves is the love that is saved
and sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky
a human being that was given to fly...
flying! whole...
high! flying! whole...
he's flying! woah...
high... woah... oh...
If I could be anything in the world I would be your teardrop...I would be born in your eyes, live on your cheeks, and die on your lips.
I was in Best Buy today wearing my band wagon t shirt, while pushing my daughter around in a cart. A little guy in a blue best buy shirt started singing "don't call me daughter" as I walked in front of him. I was so focused on what I was there to do that I didn't realize til much later that I had been singing Daughter the rest of the time I was shopping. I wish he would have spoken to me about the band instead. because before that I had been jonesing on Crown of Thorns for days, and was really enjoying it. "Have you ever heard a story, about Mr. Faded Glory" and I felt in synch with the world around me. NOW b/c of some little guy, I'm stuck on daughter. Thanks dude.
I'll ride the wave where it takes me
I know I was born and I know that I'll die, the in between is mine. I Am Mine
Til the Lightning Bolt sets you free
Love this song..... I am so touched Eddie wrote it about his mom...anyone know if this is really true...
lyrics:
he lies and says she's in love with him, can't find a better man...
She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can't find a better man...
Can't find a better man
Can't find a better man
I just always think not only of his mom/mom's circumstances.......but moreso, the millions of women (or who knows..men too) who stay with someone they know isn't right for them because they "can't find a better man/woman."
what the fuck is this world running to
you didn't leave a message
at least i coulda' learned your voice one last time
daily minefield, this could be my time by your...
would you hit me?
would you hit me?
all the bills go by, and initiatives are taken up by the middle
there ain't gonna be any middle any more
and the cross i'm bearing home
ain't indicative of my place
left the porch
left the porch
hear my name, take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand, walk beside me
i just need to say...
hear my name, take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand, lie beside me i just need to say
i could not take a-just one day
i know when i would not ever
TOUCH you...
HOLD you...
FEEL you...in my arms...
never again...
If I could be anything in the world I would be your teardrop...I would be born in your eyes, live on your cheeks, and die on your lips.
Love this song..... I am so touched Eddie wrote it about his mom...anyone know if this is really true...
lyrics:
he lies and says she's in love with him, can't find a better man...
She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can't find a better man...
Can't find a better man
Can't find a better man
I just always think not only of his mom/mom's circumstances.......but moreso, the millions of women (or who knows..men too) who stay with someone they know isn't right for them because they "can't find a better man/woman."
what do you think???
it is one of my all-time fave pj tunes. who knows how 'true' it is or not..have heard that often enough, but only ed could truly answer that.
i think no matter what, the song resonates for many b/c no matter the situation...we all can identify with the idea of 'settling'...and no one wants to do that.
besides the fact...some of the most beautiful imagery present lyrically......"she dreams in color, she dreams in red..." as an artist, i love the symbolism...color theory is such an interest of mine...and red in particular has powerful meaning, a very potent color. ed is not unique in choosing such a color, it is mentioned in many, many songs.....but just goes to show it's strength of imagery....and it's simply a damn fine song. love it.
also, to put another spin on it...i think many times, one does not even realize they are settling...can't find a better man/woman...until after a good deal of time passes within their relationship and then it becomes oh so clear and amazingly so. so i think the idea of 'dreaming' of it...probably very true....that elusive 'something' missing, that you can't quite put your finger on...until there it is, a clear vision at last...and up to you to stop dreaming, and make it a reality.
yes, i truly love this song...never leaves me. beautifully sad....but somehow i like to think while we don't find out within the song, but hopefully all that dreaming does lead to more in life...or i like to think/hope so.
for me, this has been in my head the past couple days...
And the young, they can lose hope cause they can't see beyond today,...
The wisdom that the old can't give away
Hey,...
Constant recoil...
Sometimes life
Don't leave you alone.
Hold me, and make it the truth,...
That when all is lost there will be you.
Cause to the universe I don't mean a thing
And there's just one word that I still believe and it's
Love,... love. love. love. love.
With heavy breath,... awakened regrets...
Back pages and days alone that could have been spent,
Together... but we were... miles apar...t
Every inch between us becomes light years now...
No need to be void,... or save up on life...
You got to spend it all.....
I've kind of been in a fatalistic for mankind mood lately, also I drive by the beginning phase of this huge construction site every day and for some reason a snippet from "Do the Evolution" just keeps rattling around my brain.
On the loose, I'm a truck.
All the rolling hills I'll flatten em out yeah.
one foot in the door
the other foot in the gutter
sweet smell that they adore
I think I'd rather smother
-The Replacements-
If nothing is everything
If nothing is everything, I'll have it all
I was singing Gone the whole time I was at the grocery store today.
aka: TwoAlarmFire on RM
06/06/03, 07/06/06
"Playing a song that hits you on that deep emotional level and being able to match that with what you're playing on the drums - that can just lift you and the song to another level." -- Matt Cameron
Comments
clearer....
once you......
were in my.....
REARVIEWMIRROR!!!!!!!!!
routine was the theme..
there aint gonna be any middle any more
You're harder on yourself than just about anyone
* * *
But why let the sad song play?
I have faced it, a life wasted
I'm never going back again
Oh I escaped it, a life wasted
I'm never going back again
Having tasted, a life wasted
I'm never going back again
Oh I erased it, a life wasted
I'm never going back again
damn . . . GREAT, GREAT lyrics, as ever. thank you ed.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
ouch: that hits home.
you can spend your time alone redigesting past regrets..
or you can come to terms and realize you're the only one who can't forgive yourself ..
makes much more sense-- to live,
in the present tense.
That when all is lost there will be you.
Cause to the universe I don't mean a thing.
And there's just one word I still believe.
And it's love.
How silently serene a sea of pride!
How daring an ambition! yet how deep--
How fathomless a capacity for love!
and there is no god with a plan, it's sad
and his loneliness is proof, it's sad
he could only love you, it's sad
it's sad :(
199xxx
"Get the words, and then I get to thinkin'
I don't wanna think, I wanna feel
How do I feel?
How do I?...
If you're the only one, will I never be enough?
Hail, hail the lucky ones, I refer to those in love"
"All the static in my attic-a
Shoots down my sciatic nerve
To the ocean of my platitudes
Longitudes, latitudes, it's so absurd
I just need someone to be there for..
I just want someone to be there for..
Someone to be there for.."
"I never know how much to say
With you, you, you
I'd like to go deep, but is it safe
With you, you, you"
"Don't need a helmet, got a hard, hard head
...
Don't mean to push, but I'm being shoved!"
"'It's okay, do you want some more?'
I said, "Yeh,...'
'You'll see dragons after 3 or 4...:
I said, "Yeh,...'"
"And war,.... Break the sky and tell me what it's for
I'll travel there on my own
And love,.... What a different life
Had I not found this love with you"
"Oh, and do I deserve to be
Is that the question
And if so...if so...who answers...who answers..."
"... like a fifty foot Roman, yeah" lol
I just need someone to be there for
I just want someone to be there for
Someone to be there for me"
--
"Well, you say it’s bad luck
To have fallen for me
Well what can I do to make it good for you
...
I’ll call you beautiful if I call at all"
...hail, hail the lucky ones, i refer to those in love...
sometimes i wish i'd never heard of Pearl Jam......The music can cut deep.....
If I don't lose control
Explore and not explode
A preternatural other plane
With the power to maintain
Like a tear in all we know
Once dissolved we are free to grow
What is human? What is more?
I'll answer this when I get home
yeah. it really makes me want to try... um... drinking Red Bull.
All that's sacred comes from youth
Dedication, naive and true
With no power, nothing to do
I still remember, why don't you...don't you...
This is not for you (3x)
Oh, never was for you...fuck you...
This is not for you...
Oh, this is not for you...yeah, you...
This is not for you...
Oh, not for you...
Oh, you...
Damn, it gets to me today.
How silently serene a sea of pride!
How daring an ambition! yet how deep--
How fathomless a capacity for love!
a bad time, nothing could save him
alone in a corridor, waiting, locked out
he got up out of there, ran for hundreds of miles
he made it to the ocean had a smoke in a tree
the wind rose up, set him down on his knee
a wave came crashing like a fist to the jaw,
delivered him wings, "hey look at me now..."
arms wide open with the sea as his floor
oh, oh, oh...
he's flying, whole!
high! wide! oh...
he floated back down cause he wanted to share
his key to the locks on the chains he saw everywhere
but first he was stripped, and then he was stabbed
by faceless men, well fuckers...he still stands
and he still gives his love, he just gives it away;
the love he recieves is the love that is saved
and sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky
a human being that was given to fly...
flying! whole...
high! flying! whole...
he's flying! woah...
high... woah... oh...
"Bombs dropping down
Pease forgive our hometown
In our insignifficance..."
Don't exactly know why...
this has been in my head and hasn't gone away since when i first heard it...
i can totaly relate to it...
I know I was born and I know that I'll die, the in between is mine. I Am Mine
Til the Lightning Bolt sets you free
Wahine - I'm a Lightning Bolt
9/2/98, 7/1/03, 10/3/05, 5/30/06, 6/17/08, ED-8/16/08, 10/30/09, 5/13/10, 10/29/13, 10/14/14
-RIP Hippiemom -
lyrics:
he lies and says she's in love with him, can't find a better man...
She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can't find a better man...
Can't find a better man
Can't find a better man
I just always think not only of his mom/mom's circumstances.......but moreso, the millions of women (or who knows..men too) who stay with someone they know isn't right for them because they "can't find a better man/woman."
what do you think???
you didn't leave a message
at least i coulda' learned your voice one last time
daily minefield, this could be my time by your...
would you hit me?
would you hit me?
all the bills go by, and initiatives are taken up by the middle
there ain't gonna be any middle any more
and the cross i'm bearing home
ain't indicative of my place
left the porch
left the porch
hear my name, take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand, walk beside me
i just need to say...
hear my name, take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand, lie beside me i just need to say
i could not take a-just one day
i know when i would not ever
TOUCH you...
HOLD you...
FEEL you...in my arms...
never again...
it is one of my all-time fave pj tunes. who knows how 'true' it is or not..have heard that often enough, but only ed could truly answer that.
i think no matter what, the song resonates for many b/c no matter the situation...we all can identify with the idea of 'settling'...and no one wants to do that.
besides the fact...some of the most beautiful imagery present lyrically......"she dreams in color, she dreams in red..." as an artist, i love the symbolism...color theory is such an interest of mine...and red in particular has powerful meaning, a very potent color. ed is not unique in choosing such a color, it is mentioned in many, many songs.....but just goes to show it's strength of imagery....and it's simply a damn fine song.
also, to put another spin on it...i think many times, one does not even realize they are settling...can't find a better man/woman...until after a good deal of time passes within their relationship and then it becomes oh so clear and amazingly so. so i think the idea of 'dreaming' of it...probably very true....that elusive 'something' missing, that you can't quite put your finger on...until there it is, a clear vision at last...and up to you to stop dreaming, and make it a reality.
yes, i truly love this song...never leaves me.
for me, this has been in my head the past couple days...
And the young, they can lose hope cause they can't see beyond today,...
The wisdom that the old can't give away
Hey,...
Constant recoil...
Sometimes life
Don't leave you alone.
Hold me, and make it the truth,...
That when all is lost there will be you.
Cause to the universe I don't mean a thing
And there's just one word that I still believe and it's
Love,... love. love. love. love.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
Back pages and days alone that could have been spent,
Together... but we were... miles apar...t
Every inch between us becomes light years now...
No need to be void,... or save up on life...
You got to spend it all.....
man, i just sooo love those lines.
so true.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
but only love can brake your fall
Won't let the light escape from me.
Won't let the darkness swallow me.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
On the loose, I'm a truck.
All the rolling hills I'll flatten em out yeah.
the other foot in the gutter
sweet smell that they adore
I think I'd rather smother
-The Replacements-
Work sucks....Id rather be camping or golfing.
Who invented money anyways...damn them and their greed
If nothing is everything, I'll have it all
I was singing Gone the whole time I was at the grocery store today.
06/06/03, 07/06/06
"Playing a song that hits you on that deep emotional level and being able to match that with what you're playing on the drums - that can just lift you and the song to another level." -- Matt Cameron
Personally, I really like this song, but damn, is it ever annoying to have it stuck in your head for extended periods of time.
Their eggs in my head.
- explore and not explode -
This time I'm letting go of it all
So long
Long gone, I'm letting go of it all
Cause this time I'm gone
If nothing is everything
If nothing is everything, I'll have it all
If nothing is everything
If nothing is everything, I'll have it all
I am gone
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
The currents will shift
Glide me towards you
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
just let me continue to blame you.