what Future Days means to me
StuffnJunk
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this song has been getting a lot of negative feedback, but i like it...maybe cuz the words mean something to me at the point i'm at in my life right now (every PJ album seems to have a song like that)
my wife and i take care of my elderly parents, my mom has Alzheimers, my wife is a saint for what she does for my parents...we have opted to do the caregiving ourselves and hold out on bringing in nurses until absolutely necessary, but it goes without saying all this elder care is a tremendous burden on us and our relationship, we have only been married a year
so the line "our future days, days of you and me" packs a punch, like maybe someday in the future the two of us can have this all behind us and finally have our "honeymoon period"
plus, in our first year of marriage our house got wrecked by Hurricane Sandy, so the line about hurricanes raging personalizes the song even more
i've been listening to it since the Wrigley show, the other day i listened to the studio version for the first time...as i listened, i was also on facebook....my cousin, who has had major problems with drugs and has been in prison, just spent a weekend with his long absent father, who he may now move in with to try to straighten himself out...and there was a great picture of them riding bikes and looking at each other and laughing...so i looked at this amazing picture of reunited father and son as i listened to the song...once again the line "our future days, days of you and me" packed a punch...i dare say i even got a little weepy
so there's some positive feedback for ya
my wife and i take care of my elderly parents, my mom has Alzheimers, my wife is a saint for what she does for my parents...we have opted to do the caregiving ourselves and hold out on bringing in nurses until absolutely necessary, but it goes without saying all this elder care is a tremendous burden on us and our relationship, we have only been married a year
so the line "our future days, days of you and me" packs a punch, like maybe someday in the future the two of us can have this all behind us and finally have our "honeymoon period"
plus, in our first year of marriage our house got wrecked by Hurricane Sandy, so the line about hurricanes raging personalizes the song even more
i've been listening to it since the Wrigley show, the other day i listened to the studio version for the first time...as i listened, i was also on facebook....my cousin, who has had major problems with drugs and has been in prison, just spent a weekend with his long absent father, who he may now move in with to try to straighten himself out...and there was a great picture of them riding bikes and looking at each other and laughing...so i looked at this amazing picture of reunited father and son as i listened to the song...once again the line "our future days, days of you and me" packed a punch...i dare say i even got a little weepy
so there's some positive feedback for ya
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And I believe cause I can see
Our future days
Days of you and me "
very powerful song. loved it first time I heard it at Wrigely, lyrics are very appropriate for me right now. One of those great songs that just strikes the right chord at the right time.
been in my head all day
It's a very "pretty" song for lack of a more dignified word, and I think that turns a lot of people off who want the harder, angrier Ed.
I dunno if Ed writes this way (he probably doesn't but in my head maybe?) but I kinda like to think Future Days is the same character from "Speed of Sound" who found his way.
Again, cheeseball/cliche logic like that is gonna turn some of the PJ community off, but like I totally embrace it!
I am really digging this new album.
PM sent
I'm getting married next June and after our first spin through the new album I looked at my fiancée and said " theres our wedding song " she said " sounds good to me " cant wait
don't me to sound sappy....but its true stuff...
Everybody has their own palate, their own story.
Me, I think the song is beautiful. I think it's like an alternate version of the Beatles 'In My Life.'
To you sir, hope your path gets a little clearer soon. Stay positive and be sound.
Well, thank you completely, I'm stealing that. I like that line of thought. If anything, I would go "speed of sound --> future days --> the end".
After sitting down with the lyrics and listening to the song, Future Days has really grown on me. There's a sadness, yet an element of hope, within the song. I like the word "pretty" that you used. It's very apropos. It's strange that the song is getting the negative reaction, when we have songs that carry much of the same train of thought, reaching all the way back to "Ten". Maybe it's the lack of drums that changes the song for some?
Back when I was feeling broken
I focused on a prayer
You came deep as any ocean
Did something out there hear?
Now I am not sure what to do! I think we are going to keep Just Breathe as our song (it does have some sentimental value to us) and play Future Days as the last song of the night. I could care less what people think or say about the song. It means something to me and I think of it as an early wedding gift from the band!
Dream the dreams of other men, you'll be no ones rival
It's MUCH better live of course. Not sure if Boom plays on the album or not (too lazy and blind to look through the credits) but the way he plays it live sounds much better to me.
Not everybody is going to like everything, to each their own...I don't like Sirens, live or studio and that is one a lot of people like.
Can't wait to get the bootlegs, Ima crank it
Can you see me now
I am myself
Like you somehow
I'll ride the wave
Where it takes me
I'll hold the pain
Release me
Getting married in July and same thing.
Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, Grand Rapids 5/19/06
Milwaukee 6/29/06, Milwaukee 6/30/06, Lollapalooza 8/5/07
Eddie Solo Milwaukee 8/19/08, Toronto 8/21/09, Chicago 8/23/09
Chicago 8/24/09, Indianapolis 5/7/10, Ed Chicago 6/29/11, Alpine Valley 9/3/11 and 9/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Moline 10/18/14, Milwaukee 10/20/14
And hearing your stories make me like it even a little more, good luck to you.
I think of my daughters when I hear it.
I heard it at Wrigley and haven't listened to it since. I've skipped it on the CD every time it's come up so far. It's just not my thing and there are plenty of other good songs on the album.
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
Thanks for posting.
I'm pretty sure the "all the missing crooked hearts" lyric is a reference to Dennis from the Frogs.