Your all-time favourite Pearl Jam lyrics!

Hatriet
Hatriet Posts: 80
edited June 2012 in Words and Music...Communication
So guys, I know I love pearl jam lyrics and I think they can be pretty deep and meaningfull or completely awesome at the same time, I was just wondering what you think about them and do you have a favourite lyric by pearl jam or a really awesome one you'd love to share?? :D

Thanks, be sound, Harriet x :mrgreen:
Harriet. :)
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  • mysticweed
    mysticweed Posts: 3,710
    Ill ride the wave where it takes me

    and

    Are you woman enough to be my man
    Bandaged hand in hand
    fuck 'em if they can't take a joke

    "what a long, strange trip it's been"
  • Hatriet
    Hatriet Posts: 80
    :) I love those too I like the bandgaged hand in hand bit- it's really beautiful if you get me :lol:
    Harriet. :)
  • wnh1977
    wnh1977 Iowa Posts: 648
    Very difficult, but a few jump out...

    "... I got memories, I got shit
    So much it don't show..."

    "...I cannot stop the thought
    of running in the dark
    Comin' up a which-way sign
    all good truents must decide..."

    "...Progress laced with ramifications
    Freedom's big plunge..."

    "... For every tool they lend us
    A loss of independence..."

    "...Seems that needlessly it's getting harder
    to find an approach and a way to live..."

    "...Who's kidding? Rainy day, a one-way ticket headstone
    Occupations overthrown, a whisper through a megaphone..."
    1998: 6/26, 6/27, 6/29
    2000: 8/15, 8/18, 10/9, 10/11, 10/12
    2003: 6/18, 6/21, 6/22
    2005: 9/9, 9/28
    2006: 5/16, 5/17, 6/26, 6/27
    2007: 8/5
    2009: 8/23, 8/24
    2010: 5/3, 5/4, 5/21
    2011: 9/3, 9/4, 9/11, 9/12
    2013: 7/19, 11/16
    2014: 10/3, 10/9, 10/12, 10/17
    2016: 4/16, 8/20, 8/22
    2018: 8/18, 8/20, 9/2
    2022: 9/18
    2023: 8/31, 9/2, 9/5
    2024: 5/18, 6/29
  • morello
    morello Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 6,217
    ".... Feel the sky blanket you,... w/gems & rhinestones........"

    Oh & so many others I can't think of right now.....
    <hr>
    PJ - Auckland 2009; Alpine Valley1&2 2011; Man1, Am'dam1&2, Berlin1&2, Stockholm, Oslo & Copenhagen 2012; LA, Oakland, Portland, Spokane, Calgary, Vancouver, Seattle 2013; Auckland 2014, Auckland1&2 2024
    EV - Canberra, Newcastle & Sydney 1&2 2011
  • morello
    morello Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 6,217
    Ooh, remembered another favourite:

    "I know someday you'll have a beautiful life,
    I know you'll be a sun in somebody else's sky, but why
    Why, why can't it be, why can't it be mine"
    <hr>
    PJ - Auckland 2009; Alpine Valley1&2 2011; Man1, Am'dam1&2, Berlin1&2, Stockholm, Oslo & Copenhagen 2012; LA, Oakland, Portland, Spokane, Calgary, Vancouver, Seattle 2013; Auckland 2014, Auckland1&2 2024
    EV - Canberra, Newcastle & Sydney 1&2 2011
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,747
    morello wrote:
    Ooh, remembered the best of all:

    "I know someday you'll have a beautiful life,
    I know you'll be a sun in somebody else's sky, but why
    Why, why can't it be, why can't it be mine    "
    fixed :D
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,389
    Dirty Frank isn't my favorite song, but I think these lyrics are very creative, and ironic. I'm impressed with the writing of these lyrics.

    http://www.pearljam.com/song/dirty-frank
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • MD7886
    MD7886 Dillsburg PA Posts: 42
    As a lifelong PJ fan (well since 1991 anyway) some of their songs have had different meanings to me over the years. "Nothingman" is probably the quintessential song in the PJ catalog that summarizes one of the worst times in my life. That being said, it's allowed me to heal understanding that I'm not the only one who's gone through it...

    "She once believed...in every story he had to tell...
    One day she stiffened...took the other side...
    Empty stares...from each corner of a shared prison cell...
    One just escapes...one's left inside the well...
    And he who forgets...will be destined to remember...
    Nothingman...
    Nothingman...
    Isn't it something?
    Nothingman...
  • thesewordselope
    thesewordselope Posts: 781
    MD7886 wrote:
    As a lifelong PJ fan (well since 1991 anyway) some of their songs have had different meanings to me over the years. "Nothingman" is probably the quintessential song in the PJ catalog that summarizes one of the worst times in my life. That being said, it's allowed me to heal understanding that I'm not the only one who's gone through it...

    "She once believed...in every story he had to tell...
    One day she stiffened...took the other side...
    Empty stares...from each corner of a shared prison cell...
    One just escapes...one's left inside the well...
    And he who forgets...will be destined to remember...
    Nothingman...
    Nothingman...
    Isn't it something?
    Nothingman...


    +1

    I was just about to post this, and basically for the same reason
  • MD7886
    MD7886 Dillsburg PA Posts: 42
    CanadasPearl,

    So, as I always ask when I run into a Canadian PJ fan - are you also a big Our Lady Peace fan? (sometimes referred to as Canadian Pearl Jam)?

    Just curious.

    Mike
  • thesewordselope
    thesewordselope Posts: 781
    MD7886 wrote:
    CanadasPearl,

    So, as I always ask when I run into a Canadian PJ fan - are you also a big Our Lady Peace fan? (sometimes referred to as Canadian Pearl Jam)?

    Just curious.

    Mike


    Not really, I haven't listened to them in years. They do have have a few good ones out there though, but not enough for me to refer to them as the Canadian Pearl Jam :)
  • Hatriet
    Hatriet Posts: 80
    Keep em comin guys :)
    Harriet. :)
  • alivegirl
    alivegirl Posts: 124
    I don't wanna think... I wanna feel...

    Just one from a long list of many.
  • Hippie Engineer
    Hippie Engineer Posts: 1
    "I know I was born and I know that I'll die
    The in between is mine
    I am mine"

    "Saw things
    Saw things
    Saw things
    Saw things
    Clearer
    Clearer
    Once you were in my rearview mirror"
  • BALLBOY
    BALLBOY Australia Posts: 1,037
    Caught a bolt of lightning cursed the day he threw it away, sums me up perfectly.
    Eastern Creek 95,Syd 1 98,Bris 2 98, Syd 1&2 03, Reading Fest 06, Bris 1 06, London 09, Hyde Park 10, Gold Coast BDO 14 Budapest 22 Krakow 22 Amsterdam 22 St Paul 1&2 23 Chicago 1&2 23 Chicago 1&2 24 New York 1 24 Philly 1&2 24 Boston 1&2 24 Gold Coast 24 Melbourne 1 24 Sydney 1&2 24
  • Eraserhead
    Eraserhead Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 2,983
    At the moment:

    How I choose to feel is how I am/I wont loose my faith...
    Manchester 04.06.00, Leeds 25.08.06, Wembley 18.06.07, Dusseldorf 21.06.07, Shepherds Bush 11.08.09, Manchester 17.08.09, Adelaide 17.11.09, Melbourne 20.11.09, Sydney 22.11.09, Brisbane 25.11.09, MSG1 20.05.10, MSG2 21.05.10, Dublin 22.06.10, Belfast 23.06.10, London 25.06.10, Long Beach 06.07.11 (EV), Los Angeles 08.07.11 (EV), Toronto 11.09.11, Toronto 12.09.11, Ottawa 14.09.11, Hamilton 14.09.11, Manchester 20.06.12, Manchester 21.06.12, Amsterdam 26.06.2012, Amsterdam 27.06.2012, Berlin 04.07.12, Berlin 05.07.12, Stockholm 07.07.12, Oslo 09.07.12, Copenhagen 10.07.12, Manchester 28.07.12 (EV), Brooklyn 18.10.13, Brooklyn 19.10.13, Philly 21.10.13, Philly 22.10.13, San Diego 21.11.13, LA 23.11.13, LA 24.11.13, Oakland 26.11.13, Portland 29.11.13, Spokane 30.11.13, Calgary 02.12.13, Vancouver 04.12.13, Seattle 06.12.13, Trieste 22.06.14, Vienna 25.06.14, Berlin 26.06.14, Stockholm 28.06.14, Leeds 08.07.14, Philly 28.04.16, Philly 28.04.16, MSG1 01.05.16, MSG2 02.05.16
  • jamingjamers
    jamingjamers Posts: 383
    its egg rolling thick and heavy
  • Antony050974
    Antony050974 Birmingham Posts: 4
    Don't even think about reaching me..........and so on.
    Fill the unforgiving minute....
  • Eraserhead
    Eraserhead Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 2,983
    How could I forget:

    "Push me and I will resist" 8-)
    Manchester 04.06.00, Leeds 25.08.06, Wembley 18.06.07, Dusseldorf 21.06.07, Shepherds Bush 11.08.09, Manchester 17.08.09, Adelaide 17.11.09, Melbourne 20.11.09, Sydney 22.11.09, Brisbane 25.11.09, MSG1 20.05.10, MSG2 21.05.10, Dublin 22.06.10, Belfast 23.06.10, London 25.06.10, Long Beach 06.07.11 (EV), Los Angeles 08.07.11 (EV), Toronto 11.09.11, Toronto 12.09.11, Ottawa 14.09.11, Hamilton 14.09.11, Manchester 20.06.12, Manchester 21.06.12, Amsterdam 26.06.2012, Amsterdam 27.06.2012, Berlin 04.07.12, Berlin 05.07.12, Stockholm 07.07.12, Oslo 09.07.12, Copenhagen 10.07.12, Manchester 28.07.12 (EV), Brooklyn 18.10.13, Brooklyn 19.10.13, Philly 21.10.13, Philly 22.10.13, San Diego 21.11.13, LA 23.11.13, LA 24.11.13, Oakland 26.11.13, Portland 29.11.13, Spokane 30.11.13, Calgary 02.12.13, Vancouver 04.12.13, Seattle 06.12.13, Trieste 22.06.14, Vienna 25.06.14, Berlin 26.06.14, Stockholm 28.06.14, Leeds 08.07.14, Philly 28.04.16, Philly 28.04.16, MSG1 01.05.16, MSG2 02.05.16
  • Saddlecreek
    Saddlecreek Posts: 13
    I'm a lucky man
    to count on both hands
    the one's I love
    some folks just have one
    ya other's they got none

    absolutely beautiful

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