Damien Echols wrote a hell of an awesome Pearl Jam song
I love Jeff's music also.
How long must she stand
Before the ground, it gives way
To an endless fall
She can feel this
War on her face
Stars on her pillow
Folding in darkness
Begging for slumber
I'm not blind
I can see it coming
Looks like lightning
In my child's eye
I'm not frantic
I can feel it coming
Violently shakes
My body
Her son's slanted
Always giving her
The sideways eye
An empty chair where dad sits
How loud can silence get?
And mom, she reassures
To contain him
But it's becoming a lie
She tells herself
And everyone else
Father is risking
His life for our freedoms
I'm not blind
I can see it coming
Looks like lightning
In my childs eye
I'm not frantic
I can feel it coming
Darling you'll save me
If you save yourself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_EAdZRzoNM
How long must she stand
Before the ground, it gives way
To an endless fall
She can feel this
War on her face
Stars on her pillow
Folding in darkness
Begging for slumber
I'm not blind
I can see it coming
Looks like lightning
In my child's eye
I'm not frantic
I can feel it coming
Violently shakes
My body
Her son's slanted
Always giving her
The sideways eye
An empty chair where dad sits
How loud can silence get?
And mom, she reassures
To contain him
But it's becoming a lie
She tells herself
And everyone else
Father is risking
His life for our freedoms
I'm not blind
I can see it coming
Looks like lightning
In my childs eye
I'm not frantic
I can feel it coming
Darling you'll save me
If you save yourself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_EAdZRzoNM
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However, it ain't nothing without the music : )
Music and Lyrics: The Iraq War is addressed in the songs "World Wide Suicide", "Marker in the Sand", and "Army Reserve". Damien Echols, one of the three members of the West Memphis 3, co-wrote the lyrics to "Army Reserve".
Track listing 11. "Army Reserve" Lyrics - Vedder, Damien Echols Music - Ament Length - 3:45
Mansfield 08 1
Boston 2010
Montreal 2011
EV Prov 11
Worcester 1 13
Worcester 2 13
Hartford 13
Boston 16 - 1
Boston 16 - 2
Boston 18 - 1
Boston 18 -2
MSG 24 - 1
Boston 24 -1
Boston 24 -2
In a way, he got to be part of the outside world, and contribute something himself, bless Eddie to give him that.
I have always thought that Ed did what he always does...........used something Damien has said when he (Ed) wrote the song but gave Damien writing credits so he could earn some money towards his lawyer fees. But it's more fun to think Damien Echols actually wrote some it.
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
No. Ed wrote No More after a phone conversation with him. Ed asked him if there was anything he wanted in the song and Tomas said he always liked the saying " Nothing's too good for a veteran, So nothing is what they will get" thats the only lyric Tomas personal said would be cool if it were in the song. Ed wrote the song. He also wrote all of Long Nights for Tomas and emailed them both to Phil Donahue a very short time after talking to Tomas on the phone.
Just because Ed said in the one clip while talking to Tomas....I could use your words......doesn't mean Tomas wrote the song. Ed was saying he used things Tomas had said in the phone conversation. At the time Ed wrote those two songs he had yet to ever meet Tomas in person. Most people think Long Nights was an Into The Wild song....it was written for Tomas Young before Into The Wild was a thought in Ed's head.
So even if it was, it doesn't change the fact that it's awesome. If you go to a beauy pageant one of the contestants has to be the ugliest but she's still a beauty queen.
Capish
The song rocks.
Woah, woah there.
Ed told us in Chicago, 2009 that Tomas helped him write the song. He said with his help, it took him 20 minutes, and without his help it would have taken him 20 years. Just going off what Ed said, no need to get excited.
Ya he meant he used things from his conversation with Tomas.
Another habit says its long overdue
Another habit like an unwanted friend
I'm so happy with my righteous self
Seriously? There are far worse songs on ST...IJ being one of them, although I'm sure everyone on here would crucify me for saying that.
2007: Chicago
2008: Hartford, Mansfield I & II, EV Boston
2009: Philly III & IV
2010: Boston
2011: PJ20
2012: Philly
2013: Worcester I & II, Brooklyn I & II
Hamburg 2000, Berlin 2006, Copenhagen 2007, Berlin 2009, Berlin 2010, Berlin 1+2 2012, Copenhagen 2012, Amsterdam 1+2 2014, Vienna 2014, Berlin 2014, Prague 2018, Krakow 2018
I love it. Fits perfectly with the theme of the record. Unlike BIg Wave or Parachutes. And it is a perfect compliment to Come Back.
BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
HTFD-6/27/08
ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
OKC-11/16/13
SEA-12/6/13
TUL-10/8/14
for the least they could possibly do
It's no argument.
Arguably the worst song on ST is .. get ready for it ... Come Back!
:P
Yep, also his love for Come Back. He must of read / heard about my previous post above back in '10. :oops:
Yeah I don't like Come Back either. More Pearl Adult Contemporary than Pearl Jam. It's not that I don't like PJ's ballads...but I think Come Back and Just Breathe are kinda cheesy.
Pearl Jam bootlegs:
http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
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