I got id lyrics????

GmoneyGmoney Posts: 1,618
edited August 2008 in The Porch
Anyone have an official or close to official set of lyrics for this gem? I keep finding varying versions...
Further back and forth a wave will break on me, today...
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  • PearlJam24PearlJam24 Posts: 340
    There may be a few words off...



    My lips are shaking my nails are bit off.
    Been a month since I've heard myself talk.
    All the advantage this life's got on me.
    Picture a cup in the middle of the sea.

    And I fight back in my mind. Never lets me right out.
    I got memories. I got shit so much it don't show.

    Oh, I walked the lie when you held me in that night.
    I walked the line when you held my hand that night.

    On empty shell seem so easy to crack.
    Got all these questions. Don't know who I could even ask.
    So I'll just lie alone and wait for the dream where I'm not ugly and your looking at me.

    And I stay in bed. Oh, in a little while I'll see you.
    If just once I could feel love, oh, stare back at me. Yeah.

    But I walked the lie when you held me in that night.
    Oh, I walked the lie when you held my hand that night.
    Oh, I walked the lie when you held me close that night.
    I paid the price. Never held you in real life.
    My lips are shaking...
  • DarkStarDarkStar Posts: 734
    My lips are shakin' my nails are bit off…
    Been a month since I’ve heard myself talk…
    All the advantage this life's got on me…
    Picture a cup in the middle of the sea.

    And I fight back in my mind…
    Never lets me be right…
    I got memories I got shit…
    So much it don't show…

    Oh, I walked the line when you held me in that night
    I walked the line when you held my hand that night

    An empty shell seems so easy to crack…
    Got all these questions don't know who I could even ask…
    So I’ll just lie alone and wait for the dream…
    Where I’m not ugly and your lookin' at me.

    And I stare you back
    Oh blue eyes, see them…
    If just once I could feel love…
    Oh stare back at me, yeah…

    But I walked the line when you held me in that night…
    Oh I walked the line when you held my hand that night…
    Oh I walked the line when you held me close that night…
    I paid the price, never held you in real life…

    Yeah, yeah, yeah…(this is at the 3 minute 43 second mark)

    My lips are shakin'
    And no one sings me lullabyes
    And no one makes me close my eyes
    So I throw the windows wide
    And call to you across the sky....
  • GmoneyGmoney Posts: 1,618
    thanks!! im rekindling my love affair with this song and realized that im not sure of a few lines...
    Further back and forth a wave will break on me, today...
  • from lukin.com

    http://www.lukin.com/Lyrics/othersingle.html#1


    I Got Id
    Time: 4:53
    Vedder
    From the single "Merkin Ball"

    My lips are shaking my nails are bit off.
    Been a month since I've heard myself talk.
    All the advantage this life's got on me.
    Picture a cup in the middle of the sea.

    And I fight back in my mind. Never lets me right out.
    I got memories. I got shit so much it don't show.

    Oh, I walked the lie when you held me in that night.
    I walked the line when you held my hand that night.

    On empty shell seem so easy to crack.
    Got all these questions. Don't know who I could even ask.
    So I'll just lie alone and wait for the dream where I'm not ugly and your looking at me.

    And I stay in bed. Oh, in a little while I'll see you.
    If just once I could feel love, oh, stare back at me. Yeah.

    But I walked the lie when you held me in that night.
    Oh, I walked the lie when you held my hand that night.
    Oh, I walked the lie when you held me close that night.
    I paid the price. Never held you in real life.
    My lips are shaking...
    "Have you ever.........pooped a balloon?"
    ~D.K.S.
  • DarkStarDarkStar Posts: 734
    updated my earlier post
    And no one sings me lullabyes
    And no one makes me close my eyes
    So I throw the windows wide
    And call to you across the sky....
  • Official lyrics? How about this:

    http://www.americanmemorabilia.com/Auction_Item.asp?Auction_ID=20463


    I walked in light...
  • DarkStarDarkStar Posts: 734
    Official lyrics? How about this:

    http://www.americanmemorabilia.com/Auction_Item.asp?Auction_ID=20463


    I walked in light...
    I've wondered for years if it was light or line...seems you have solved that mystery. thanks!

    ds
    And no one sings me lullabyes
    And no one makes me close my eyes
    So I throw the windows wide
    And call to you across the sky....
  • GmoneyGmoney Posts: 1,618
    woooooah! walk in light? that changes everything. I feel like there are no concrete lyrics for this song...
    Further back and forth a wave will break on me, today...
  • GmoneyGmoney Posts: 1,618
    so what is it people? Walked the line... or walked in light? This will have a great impact on my life...
    Further back and forth a wave will break on me, today...
  • acsdataacsdata Posts: 40
    Gmoney wrote:
    so what is it people? Walked the line... or walked in light? This will have a great impact on my life...

    I think I would have to go with the official lyrics that were written by Ed and say "walked in light" (even though I know he tends to change them on occasion). I swear though every version I have ever heard always sounds like he is saying I walked the line.
  • tvismyfriendtvismyfriend Posts: 2,118
    The lyrics from his notebook seem to be from an earlier demo. If you look at the bottom it says "Oh just once to have true love", but on the studio version I've never heard that line.
  • GVN2FLIGVN2FLI Posts: 46
    was this song written after Kurt's suicide?
    I am Jack, The Pumpkin King!
    The eyes are the groin of the head.
  • tvismyfriendtvismyfriend Posts: 2,118
    GVN2FLI wrote:
    was this song written after Kurt's suicide?
    Yes, but so were a lot of Pearl Jam songs.
  • emily18emily18 Posts: 489
    I think it's "I walked the line.." because my interpretation of the song is that he has only imagined being with this girl ("I got memories, I got shit") and when he realizes that it's not real, it causes him to suffer... "I walked the line"
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