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I Got I.D {Lyric Question}

KingJeremyDKingJeremyD Posts: 2,313
edited December 2011 in The Porch
Got a picture of a cup in the middle of sea....Is that the correct lyric?.....
I read online they had coffin instead of cup.....I think it is cup..
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  • LeatherMosquitoManLeatherMosquitoMan Posts: 4,034
    KingJeremyD wrote:
    Got a picture of a cup in the middle of sea....Is that the correct lyric?.....
    I read online they had coffin instead of cup.....I think it is cup..

    I always thought it was 'Picture a cup in the middle of the sea'
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  • pjradiopjradio Posts: 6,704
    i thought it was "Pitcher or Cup in the middle of the sea"
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  • KingJeremyDKingJeremyD Posts: 2,313
    I want to make 100% percent sure it is...May have something to do with a new tat I may get....Feel silly if it wasn't cup..

    Jeremy
  • KingJeremyDKingJeremyD Posts: 2,313
    I listened to I Got Id again


    Sounds like...Picture an empty cup in the middle of the sea.

    Jeremy
  • DS1119DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    KingJeremyD wrote:
    Got a picture of a cup in the middle of sea....Is that the correct lyric?.....
    I read online they had coffin instead of cup.....I think it is cup..


    I always thought it is "picture a cup in the middle of the sea".

    You may want to pick a different song. :lol:
  • LeatherMosquitoManLeatherMosquitoMan Posts: 4,034
    KingJeremyD wrote:
    I listened to I Got Id again


    Sounds like...Picture an empty cup in the middle of the sea.

    Jeremy

    I haven't listened to it recently... but i'm almost POSITIVE he doesn't sing 'empty' live...e
    Edit: Anymore, lol
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  • KingJeremyDKingJeremyD Posts: 2,313
    LeatherMosquitoMan wrote:
    KingJeremyD wrote:
    I listened to I Got Id again


    Sounds like...Picture an empty cup in the middle of the sea.

    Jeremy

    I haven't listened to it recently... but i'm almost POSITIVE he doesn't sing 'empty' live...e
    Edit: Anymore, lol



    I just listend to a version live...It sure sounds like got a picture of an empty cup in the middle of the sea...But, my hearing isn't the best anymore...So, I could be wrong..

    In the studio version it is got a picture of a cup in the middle of the sea..
    jeremy
  • LeatherMosquitoManLeatherMosquitoMan Posts: 4,034
    KingJeremyD wrote:
    LeatherMosquitoMan wrote:
    KingJeremyD wrote:
    I listened to I Got Id again


    Sounds like...Picture an empty cup in the middle of the sea.

    Jeremy

    I haven't listened to it recently... but i'm almost POSITIVE he doesn't sing 'empty' live...e
    Edit: Anymore, lol



    I just listend to a version live...It sure sounds like got a picture of an empty cup in the middle of the sea...But, my hearing isn't the best anymore...So, I could be wrong..

    In the studio version it is got a picture of a cup in the middle of the sea..
    jeremy

    There's no 'of'. I just listened to San Diego 09, and it's "Picture an empty cup in the middle of the sea"
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  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    on the studio version it's, "picture a cup floating in the middle of the sea"

    Just listened to the live version from Dallas in 2003, "picture an empty cup in the middle of the sea." Live the lyric is probably altered here and there.
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  • Foriginal SinForiginal Sin Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 1,866
    Well the lyrics before hand go "all the advantage this life's got on me"
    so it would make sense if it is "picture a cup in the middle of the sea" since that cup would be getting its ass kicked and drowning. Makes sense.
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  • KhuntzaKhuntza Posts: 22
    red mos wrote:
    on the studio version it's, "picture a cup floating in the middle of the sea"

    Just listened to the live version from Dallas in 2003, "picture an empty cup in the middle of the sea." Live the lyric is probably altered here and there.

    I'm not hearing the 'floating' in the studio version.. just "picture a cup in the middle of the sea"

    I just checked half a dozen live versions and they all are "picture a empty cup in the middle of the sea"

    Also, the fist couple of lines are sung differently live.. the studio version is "My lips are shaking, my nails are bit off. Been a month since I heard myself talk."

    Live its sung "It's been a month and a day since I heard myself talk."
  • igotid88igotid88 Posts: 28,466
    and it's id
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  • kevedderkevedder Posts: 80
    "picture a cup in the middle of the sea" studio version...heavily mumbled.

    "picture an empty cup in the middle of the sea" most live versions...less mumbled ;)

    both would be cool lyrics
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  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    Khuntza wrote:
    red mos wrote:
    on the studio version it's, "picture a cup floating in the middle of the sea"

    Just listened to the live version from Dallas in 2003, "picture an empty cup in the middle of the sea." Live the lyric is probably altered here and there.

    I'm not hearing the 'floating' in the studio version.. just "picture a cup in the middle of the sea"

    I just checked half a dozen live versions and they all are "picture a empty cup in the middle of the sea"

    Also, the fist couple of lines are sung differently live.. the studio version is "My lips are shaking, my nails are bit off. Been a month since I heard myself talk."

    Live its sung "It's been a month and a day since I heard myself talk."

    there is no "floating" on the studio my bad. :oops: could have sworn that's what I heard yesterday. But, i was incoorect. my bad. Ed kinda mumbles that part studio wise.
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  • SpencerSpencer Posts: 867
    igotid88 wrote:
    and it's id
    Yes!

    I Got Id, not I Got ID or I Got I.D.

    Drives me bananas.

    As others have already said, the studio version is: "picture a cup in the middle of the sea", the live version is usually "picture an empty cup in the middle of the sea".
  • PaukPauk Posts: 1,084
    edited December 2011
    Oh, I always heard it as "an empty coffin in the middle of the sea". :oops: Makes more sense than cup, think I'll keep coffin. :P
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  • Tboz51Tboz51 Posts: 2,808
    DS1119 wrote:
    KingJeremyD wrote:
    Got a picture of a cup in the middle of sea....Is that the correct lyric?.....
    I read online they had coffin instead of cup.....I think it is cup..


    I always thought it is "picture a cup in the middle of the sea".

    You may want to pick a different song. :lol:

    I'm pretty sure it is "My poker pu pu pu poker face!"

    I'd go with it as a tattoo (immediately)!

    I'm 1000% sure.
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  • 88keys88keys Posts: 151
    Spencer wrote:
    As others have already said, the studio version is: "picture a cup in the middle of the sea", the live version is usually "picture an empty cup in the middle of the sea".


    I also concur.
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  • Tboz51Tboz51 Posts: 2,808
    It isn't Id, ID or any of those.

    It is I Got Shit!

    :-) :lol:
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  • ceskaceska New York Posts: 1,137
    ok, but what about "and I stare/send you back, oh in a little while I'll see hell/blue eyed scene yeah"

    Never did get that line straightened out.
  • redkeethredkeeth Posts: 123
    here is one interpretation?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAMm5ry64MA
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  • jnikojniko Posts: 305
    The lyrics on the Pearl Jam web site say picture an empty cup in the middle of the sea. But it's interesting that the contest you had to draw a picture to represent the lyrics to a song about 2 years ago, showed a coffin floating in the middle of the sea and I'm pretty sure that won second place
  • SpencerSpencer Posts: 867
    "I stare you back, what a blue-eyed scene" - after listening to countless versions, I'm positive that's the line.
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    is this site trust worthy?

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  • ceskaceska New York Posts: 1,137
    But what the heck is a blue-eyed scene? That can't be it. I kinda like the "what little I've seen" interpretation, which I'd never seen before tonight.
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