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I never held you...in real life!

davidtriosdavidtrios Posts: 9,732
edited November 2011 in The Porch
I never held you in real life- I got Id

wow, coming to the realization of this recently made me feel like less than zero...super angry at first, then felt like a complete fool, loser, so much disbelieve...so much pain...then numbness. im getting better each day, but after almost 4 years, it's not fucken easy to feel like it was a complete illusion.

i never held you in real life...

what your saddest pearl jam line?
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    Pamela0222Pamela0222 Posts: 1,544
    :cry:
    The thing I like most about time is that it's not real. It's all in the head. Sure, it's a useful trick to use if you want to meet someone at a specific place in the universe and have tea or coffee- but that's all it is- a trick. There is no such thing as the past. It exists only in the memory. There is no such thing as the future. It exists only in our imagination. If our watches were truly accurate, the only thing they would ever say is "Now". That's what time it is. It's "Now". - Damien Echols
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    thefixer9thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    "Its a hopeless situation, that I'm trying to believe. That this hopeless situation is what I'm trying to achieve."
    "To myself I surrender, to the one I'll never please."
    "It's nothing as it seems,.. the little that you see,.. it's home..."
    "It don't seem fair...you seemed to like it here..."
    "Mondays were made to fall,... lost on a road he knew by heart"
    "The end, comes near, I'm here but not much longer."

    These are the ones that hit me the most.
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    nothing_man_92nothing_man_92 Canberra, Australia Posts: 344
    thefixer9 wrote:
    "Its a hopeless situation, that I'm trying to believe. That this hopeless situation is what I'm trying to achieve."
    "To myself I surrender, to the one I'll never please."
    "It's nothing as it seems,.. the little that you see,.. it's home..."
    "It don't seem fair...you seemed to like it here..."
    "Mondays were made to fall,... lost on a road he knew by heart"
    "The end, comes near, I'm here but not much longer."

    These are the ones that hit me the most.
    A very close second to:

    "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 escaped ones left inside the well, and he who forgets will be destined to remember"
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    nothing_man_92nothing_man_92 Canberra, Australia Posts: 344
    "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 escaped ones left inside the well, and he who forgets will be destined to remember"

    All or none is a close second
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    Blue11Blue11 Posts: 200
    " I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star, in somebody else's sky, but why, why can't it be, why cant it be mine?"

    This stuck with me for a long time.
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    TP245647TP245647 Posts: 16
    "And he who forgets will be destined to remember"

    The things you can't forget....
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    whofeelslikeadrankwhofeelslikeadrank Posts: 2,702
    "Son," she said, "have I got a little story for you...
    What you thought was your daddy was nothin' but a...
    While you were sittin' home alone at age thirteen
    your real daddy was dyin'. Sorry you didn't see him, but I'm glad we talked..."
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    southerngardensoutherngarden Posts: 457
    "And these days, they linger on
    And I'm the night, as I'm waiting on
    The real possibility I may meet you in my dream
    I go to sleep"

    :cry:
    I shit and I stink, I'm real, join the club...
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    pinkbutterflypinkbutterfly Posts: 1,391
    "I have wished for so long. How I wish for you today."
    My last message to you ~

    You're right. You are a monster! You are sick! Get help!

    At least, I am not a fuck-up! A lying fuck-up!
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    imissyoualwaysimissyoualways Posts: 351
    wow those are some good ones. for some reason i find this line the saddest in the entire song, always gets to me.. might be because of the regretful undertone it carries..

    "All the rusted signs we ignore throughout our lives, choosing the shiny ones instead "
    "We're heavily Hemingway inspired." -ed
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    SpagsSpags Leigh-on-Sea, UK Posts: 2,924
    "She doesn't like the view, as he sinks himself deep"
    Nature drunk and High
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    radio songradio song Posts: 47
    "if just one wish could bring her back,
    it's sad"

    That one always gets me right there, particularly the way Ed delivers the vocal.
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    red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    "I know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky, but why, why can't it be mine." Vedder, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Krusen).

    I have felt this many times. I wish things would just fall into place.
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    Johnny AggroJohnny Aggro Posts: 543
    Good friend of mine, her bro-in-law got cancer and died. He was 30 odd and left a wife and 2 young kids. So pretty much all of The End.

    I heard the song first around a month after he died. Hit me like a goods train!
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    MidnightRamblerMidnightRambler Posts: 15
    And sometimes you're there
    And you're talking back to me
    Come the morning I could swear you're next to me


    Lost my Dad to cancer almost 4 years ago. I cry every time I hear this song.
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    Johnny AggroJohnny Aggro Posts: 543
    MidnightRambler wrote:
    And sometimes you're there
    And you're talking back to me
    Come the morning I could swear you're next to me


    Lost my Dad to cancer almost 4 years ago. I cry every time I hear this song.

    And four years ago me and the brothers and sisters were discussing palliative care for our Mam. Captain C is such a leveller. It discriminates for no one! Hope you have made friends with the sad thoughts. If you can do that, you can bear it, just about.
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    SuziemaySuziemay Posts: 11,165
    Blue11 wrote:
    " I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star, in somebody else's sky, but why, why can't it be, why cant it be mine?"

    This :cry::cry:
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    PJForceofNaturePJForceofNature Posts: 3,087
    "I got scratches all over my arms. One for each day since I fell apart".

    This line gets to me every time I hear it. One of my favorite PJ songs though.
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    pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    "I'll swallow poison, until I grow immune
    I will scream my lungs out till it fills this room

    How much difference
    How much difference
    How much difference does it make
    How much difference does it make..."


    I make no difference ... is just how I felt ... absolute defeat

    I was wrong... we all make a difference
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    tremorstremors Posts: 8,051
    imissyoualways wrote:
    wow those are some good ones. for some reason i find this line the saddest in the entire song, always gets to me.. might be because of the regretful undertone it carries..

    "All the rusted signs we ignore throughout our lives, choosing the shiny ones instead "

    Me too, I actually find that line sung on Riot Act, and the following line the one of the saddest points in Pearl Jam's music
    Cancel my subscription to the Ressurection
    Send my credentials to the house of detention

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    GivenToLukinKPGivenToLukinKP Chicago Posts: 3,075
    nothing_man_92 wrote:
    A very close second to:

    "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 escaped ones left inside the well, and he who forgets will be destined to remember"

    ^^ This.

    There are tons in this category for me. Here are the stand outs on my list:

    Given to Fly
    The Fixer gets me in a place hidden inside, just the idea in general
    Black with "we belong together" tag
    Daughter w/ “It’s ok”
    Light Years -especially with the pink pop 00 ending
    Inside Job

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

    I Got Id:
    "if just once,I could feel loved-
    oh stare back at me...."

    Sad:
    The whole damn song, but especially:
    "He stayed in his room with memories for days,
    He faced- an undertow of futures laid to waste...
    Embraced; by the loss of what he could not replace"
    and:
    "If just one wish could bring her back
    It's sad... and his lonliness is proof
    It's sad... he will always love you"

    The End:
    “Slide on next to me; I'M JUST A HUMAN BEING-
    I will take the blame
    But just the same,
    THIS IS NOT ME,
    You see, believe, I'M BETTER THAN THIS
    Don't leave me so cold
    Or buried beneath the stones
    I just want to hold on
    and know I'm worth your love
    Enough-I don't think
    There's such a thing.."




    Great thread.
    Makes much more sense...

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    EmBleveEmBleve Posts: 3,019
    She seems to be stronger
    But what they want her to be is weak
    She could just pretend
    She could join the game

    and..
    I will light the match this morning
    so I won't be alone
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    Mamasan23Mamasan23 Posts: 16,380
    nothing_man_92 wrote:
    "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 escaped ones left inside the well, and he who forgets will be destined to remember"

    +1
    Those lines still give me the chills. I had a real crushing breakup when I was in my early 20's and I would listen to that over and over, which was really just punishing myself. Every time I hear it it brings me back to that time, so crazy!
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    PillowPantsPillowPants Posts: 4,873
    Oh where, oh where, can my baby be?
    The Lord took her away from me
    She's gone to heaven, so I've got to be good
    So I can see my baby when I leave this world

    We were out on a date in my daddy's car
    We hadn't driven very far
    There in the road, straight ahead
    A car was stalled, the engine was dead

    I couldn't stop, so I swerved to the right
    I'll never forget the sound that night
    The screamin' tires, the bustin' glass
    The painful scream that I heard last

    Oh where, oh where, can my baby be?
    The Lord took her away from me
    She's gone to heaven, so I've got to be good
    So I can see my baby when I leave this world

    When I woke up the rain was pourin' down
    There were people standing all around
    Something warm goin' through my eyes
    But somehow I found my baby that night

    I lifted her head, she looked at me and said
    "Hold me darling, just a little while"
    I held her close, I kissed her our last kiss
    I found the love that I knew I had missed

    Well now she's gone
    Even though I hold her tight
    I lost my love, my life, that night

    Oh where, oh where, can my baby be?
    The Lord took her away from me
    She's gone to heaven, so I've got to be good
    So I can see my baby when I leave this world




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