one song only, no ties and shit... ed's best lyrics.

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  • Fury Three
    Fury Three Posts: 32
    Sexy2aFault wrote:
    Terribly generic lyric and song idea. How can you say that is the best?

    Tremor Christ and I Got Shit strike me as genius.
    I dunno, how can you post two songs in a thread that specifies one?
  • No Fear Of Falling
    No Fear Of Falling Posts: 419
    RELEASE anyone?
    2004 - 10/1, 10/11
    2005 - 9/15, 9/16, 9/30, 10/1, 10/3
    2006 - 5/5, 5/12, 5/13, 5/27, 5/28, 5/30, 6/1, 6/3, 6/23, 7/22, 7/23, 12/2
    2007 - 6/27, 8/3
    2008 - 6/14, 6/19, 6/20, 6/22, 6/24, 6/25, 6/27, 6/28, 6/30, 7/1
  • prince119
    prince119 Posts: 104
    Not my fav song in the catalog (Last Exit for the record) but for best Ed lyrics.............

    Going with: Thumbing My Way
  • pearljamfan99
    pearljamfan99 Posts: 61
    red mos wrote:
    Present Tense
    The best ever!!!
    I mean the way Ed described this song as like a way building and finally crashing is spot on. This song has gotten me through a lot of hard times, and i always go back to it. Peace, J
    Ignore your rights and they'll go away!

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  • StuffnJunk
    StuffnJunk Posts: 897
    F O O T S T E P S

    "I've got scratches all over my arms, one for each day since i fell apart"

    the greatest single line he ever wrote (well, there may be a few that i think tie but you said thats not allowed)
    "I'll tell you what: If all I had was Pearl Jam, and I didn't have another band in the world, I would not be worried. Because in there is the essence of making great music. You don't have to use it all at once, but it's there." - Neil Young
  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    I
    Am
    Mine
    5/28/06, 6/27/08, 10/28/09, 5/18/10, 5/21/10
    8/7/08, 6/9/09
  • meme
    meme Posts: 4,695
    Not my favorite song, but all in all I think lyrically Elderly Woman is one of the best.
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
  • Stone Irons
    Stone Irons Posts: 430
    SOLAT319 wrote:
    aw man, this is hard.....fuck, I don't know...Fatal?
    Oh shit, Broken-hearted too!!!
    It's like a dog, trying to catch its tail.

    Stone wrote the lyrics for Fatal.
    Can't escape from the common rule...
    If you hate something, don't you do it too
  • TDMize15
    TDMize15 Posts: 166
    Shocked I'm only the 2nd one to say:

    I Am Mine
    All the rusted signs, we ignore throughout our lives, choosing the shiny ones instead...

    And he who forgets, will be destined to remember...
  • stupidcorporatewhore
    stupidcorporatewhore Posts: 761
    lyrics?


    ARMY RESERVE
  • EagleEar
    EagleEar Posts: 31
    Plush
    Got an army, fact I got two. That's ok man, cause I love money!
  • PJammer4life
    PJammer4life Los Angeles Posts: 2,672
    Not For You

    "All thats sacred comes from youth
    Dedications, naive and true
    With power and nothin to do
    I still remember, why don't you. don't you!!!!

    Rocked out as a 17 year old to those words, feeling powerless with no money and nothing to do. Loved it from the first moment that I rushed home from a high school party to see SNL and hearing a great new song...Pearl Jam rocked SNL that night.

    Today as a 31 year old I feel the lines Ed sang at my age..."I still remember..why don't you" Very great lyrics that hit me at 2 different perspectives in life..as an angst ridden teen, and an adult trying not to forget that reckless abondon I had as a youth. And it's hard to capture that feeling and spirit in a song, but Ed nailed it.
    Bridge Benefit 1994, San Francisco 1995, San Diego 1995 1 & 2, Missoula 1998, Los Angeles 2000, San Diego 2000, Eddie Vedder/Beck 2/26/2002, Santa Barbara 2003, Irvine 2003, San Diego 2003, Vancouver 2005, Gorge 2005, San Diego 2006, Los Angeles 2006 1 & 2, Santa Barbara 2006, Eddie Vedder 4/10/08, Eddie Vedder 4/12/08, Eddie Vedder 4/15/08, 7/12/2008, SF 8/28/09, LA 9/30/09, LA 10/1/09, LA 10/06/09, LA 10/07/09, San Diego 10/09/09, Eddie Vedder 7/6/2011, Eddie Vedder 7/8/2011, PJ20 9/3/2011, PJ20 9/4/2011, Vancouver 9/25/2011, San Diego 11/21/13, LA 11/24/13, Ohana 9/25/21, Ohana 9/26/21, Ohana 10/1/21, EV 2/17/22, LA Forum 5/6/22, LA Forum 5/7/22, EV 10/1/22, EV 9/30/23
  • Gmoney
    Gmoney Posts: 1,618
    M-Y-T-H is belief in a game control...
    Further back and forth a wave will break on me, today...
  • Fahka
    Fahka Posts: 3,187
    no way you are making me narrow it down, i won't do it!
  • 104 years and counting
    104 years and counting Posts: 554
    Porch... or Rearviewmirror... or Black... or Corduroy.... Fuck this thread, stupid question anyway. Worst writing job.. now THATS a thread
  • SDHSClassof82
    SDHSClassof82 Seattle Posts: 306
    Wishlist.

    Very simple lyrical format, but the concept is so powerful for me.
    “Wind in my hair, I feel part of everywhere...
    Late at night I hear the trees, they're singing with the dead...overhead...”
  • Cropduster84
    Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    Thumbing My Way..........such beautiful lyrics


    Off He Goes..........
    'The more I studied religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.' - Sir Richard Francis Burton
  • Spencer
    Spencer Posts: 867
    Present Tense is Ed's finest lyrical achievement, no question about it (to me).
  • Firecloud
    Firecloud Posts: 516
    lateralus963 wrote:
    Love Boat Captain. Lyrically it is amazing; it's hard to write something that is sad and painful and at the same time, truthful and uplifting. This song, I think, nails what life and living is about.

    Agreed for reals.
    Guaranteed, Black, No More. Wow this is a lot harder than I thought it would be.

    Honorable mention to Present Tense, the lyrics of which helped pull me out of sorrow more than a few times. Segue to Inside Job...
  • Fahka
    Fahka Posts: 3,187
    ok fine....


    Given To Fly.. hands down..

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