Light Years!!!

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  • 3inputchick
    3inputchick Posts: 845
    I wish Eddie would take Evenflow out for a while and add Light Years.....

    it's my fav song that they sing!
    A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one who hopes they are.
  • LuthienTinuviel
    LuthienTinuviel Posts: 125
    it's the song that got me into pearl jam,too...it's so beautiful...i hope to see it live soon...
    "now i've got room to spread my wings and my messages of love...yeah love was my drug but that's not what i died of"

    "I don't wanna think, I wanna feel"

    "Go then, there are other worlds than these!" - Jake Chambers

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  • Moonchild
    Moonchild Posts: 46
    Light Years truly is a beautiful gem. I think it's definately about missing someone who has passed on and trying to understand where we go and what happens when we die.
    Always reminds me if my father, brings tears to my eyes. :)
    You can't know what it's like, to bleed from here,
    The blackened world goes white, it goes nowhere...
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
  • Blanki
    Blanki Posts: 315
    It's my fav. song! Makes me wanna cry every time i listen to it. I have no words to explain what happens to me when i hear this song... it's really special for me.
    23 Nov 05 - Santiago, Chile
    Come back to SA!!!!
  • Righteous Jammer
    Righteous Jammer Posts: 509
    Always been one of my favorites!
    It doesnt hurt.... when I bleed
    but memories...they eat me
    I've seen it all before,...
    bring it on cause I'm no victim.
    -Ghost
  • Blanki
    Blanki Posts: 315
    fran9480 wrote:
    I often find myself talking about the demo version as well...

    Anyone else love this?

    WHERE IS IT! WHERE DO I FIND IT! I WANT IT! AAAAAAHHH!!!!
    Please?
    23 Nov 05 - Santiago, Chile
    Come back to SA!!!!
  • stuckinline
    stuckinline Posts: 3,406
    Moonchild wrote:
    Light Years truly is a beautiful gem. I think it's definately about missing someone who has passed on and trying to understand where we go and what happens when we die.
    this is how i intrepret light years also.

    is there an unplugged or acoustic version?
  • VEDHEAD27
    VEDHEAD27 Posts: 3,091
    *****LIGHT YEARS******

    I've used hammers made out of wood.
    I have played games with pieces and rules.
    I undeciphered tricks at the bar.
    But now you're gone. I haven't figured out why.
    I've come up with riddles and jokes about war.
    I figured out numbers and what they're for.
    I've understood feelings and I've understood words but
    how could you be taken away?

    And wherever you've gone and wherever we might go.
    It don't seem fair. Today just disappeared.
    Your lights reflected now. Reflected from afar.
    We were but stones. Your light made us stars.

    With heavy breath awakened regrets.
    Back pages and days alone that could have been spent together but we were miles apart.
    Every inch between us becomes light years now.
    No time to be void or save up on life.
    Oh, you got to spend it all.

    And wherever you've gone and wherever we might go.
    It don't seem fair. You seam to like it here.
    Your lights reflected now. Reflected from afar.
    We were but stones. Your light made us stars.

    And wherever you've gone and wherever we might go.
    It don't seem fair. Today just disappeared.
    Your lights reflected now. Reflected from afar.
    We were by stones. Your light made us stars.


    :( :( :) :( :(
    Love & miss you always.


    THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS SONG PJ!
    THANK YOU!
    THANK YOU!!
    ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤

    "Lo√e, you know the word
    ...YOU invented it!" ~ E√

    ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤
    ...::STONE--YOU--OWN!::...
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  • VEDHEAD27
    VEDHEAD27 Posts: 3,091
    *sigh*

    It never stops hurting. :( Ever.
    Been having a really hard time lately PJ...and this therapy ALWAYS helps so much. I seriously can't THANK YOU enough!

    I'll never stop praying for this one live either. Now would be an extra perfect time too. :o
    ~anniverary right around the bend~

    LEG 2?
    :)

    ::Your light made us stars::

    Sooooo beautiful and soooooo true!
    ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤

    "Lo√e, you know the word
    ...YOU invented it!" ~ E√

    ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤
    ...::STONE--YOU--OWN!::...
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  • VEDHEAD27
    VEDHEAD27 Posts: 3,091
    Little Rock '03 people!


    "We need you....we fuckin NEED you. Miss you. Miss you. Need you. Need you."


    Damn!! *tears&chills*
    :o :(
    ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤

    "Lo√e, you know the word
    ...YOU invented it!" ~ E√

    ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤
    ...::STONE--YOU--OWN!::...
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  • MeddleDeal
    MeddleDeal Posts: 2,547
    VEDHEAD27 wrote:
    Little Rock '03 people!


    "We need you....we fuckin NEED you. Miss you. Miss you. Need you. Need you."


    Damn!! *tears&chills*
    :o :(

    yeah I know what you mean girl..just reading this thread does make me a little sad b/c i recall that time when i lost someone close to me during PJ 2003 first US leg, and to get it on the 2nd leg, in Little Rock, I lost it.:( I cried non-stop throughout the song.

    I know everyone feels this song, through a loss of a friendship, to a lost of a love one, to a relationship ending, there is always some healing in this song. Just put it on and let the tears begin to flow, but also share in the good times and memories you all have together:)

    and i strongly urge for everyone to listen to the Little Rock 2003 verison of this song. Eddie gave so much emotion and heart in the song:)
    ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~
    ~*STONEY PONY all the WAY!*~
    ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~
    "For the world, not for the war"-Neil Finn
  • VEDHEAD27
    VEDHEAD27 Posts: 3,091
    Awww! *HUGS* I know Nadi.
    This song is perfect for that too.
    Turning tears of sadness into tears of joy and making you feel so grateful for all that you HAD. :)
    Still...you can't help but get emotional on many different levels, ya know?

    LIGHT YEARS is really a prime example that this band writes music that SAVES!:D

    And yes, extra extra things happening in Little Rock.
    :o
    ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤

    "Lo√e, you know the word
    ...YOU invented it!" ~ E√

    ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤
    ...::STONE--YOU--OWN!::...
    ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
  • gleemonex
    gleemonex Posts: 848
    This song was one of many highlights of the St. Paul shows. One of my favorite off of Binaural.
    “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’” - Kurt Vonnegut
  • danika_bookworm
    danika_bookworm Posts: 162
    The song taht I was hooked on when I was in college (2001). Love listening to it in the dark with my boyfriend. With closed eyes. Come think of it, thanks for reminding me about light years, I'm going to listen to it late tonight...
  • WickedJeremy
    WickedJeremy Posts: 229
    Light Years seems to me to be written to lost fans. The fans that flooded in with Ten and then faded away:

    The song starts out talking about all the things he can understand, and despite these, he just can't see why they left. "Your lights reflected from afar": Pearl Jam reflects the light of that flood of people. They are the foundation that launched PJ. Pearl Jam was just stones and the fans make them stars.
    -Jeremy
  • BrainOfJD
    BrainOfJD Posts: 242
    Mystere4 wrote:
    most definately, reminds me of my mom.

    Wow, yeah, me too. When my mom got sick & eventually passed I stayed with her in KC & I spent a lot of time listening to the 2000 bootlegs & Binaural, that song in particular... in fact that's what got me back into PJ after an 8-year break.

    Fast forward to last week and the 3 shows in San Fran - I FINALLY saw it live and what did they play right before it it? SAD. I was knocked back into my seat by the power of those two numbers back to back and what they meant to me personally. What an amazing song, what a band.

    And wherever you've gone and wherever we might go.
    It don't seem fair. You seem to like it here.
    Your lights reflected now. Reflected from afar.
    We were but stones. Your light made us stars.

    I'm going to listen to it right now!!!! :o
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  • Pearl Jam and toast
    Pearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    One of my favorites, ever.

    Ed is often at his best when he's at his simplest.
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

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  • bowl_of_soup
    bowl_of_soup Posts: 28
    My favorite off Binaural. One of the greatest PJ songs.
    "...Never take it seriously. You never take it seriously, you never get hurt; you never get hurt, you always fun; and if you ever get lonely, just go to the record store, and visit your friends."
  • Pearl Jam and toast
    Pearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    thinking about it, i'd love to hear Ed do this one by his-lonesome (electric)....


    *dreams...*
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

    http://www.wishlistfoundation.org

    Oh my, they dropped the leash.



    Morgan Freeman/Clint Eastwood 08' for President!

    "Make our day"
  • se7v7en
    se7v7en Philadelphia, PA Posts: 329
    WickedJeremy wrote:
    Light Years seems to me to be written to lost fans. The fans that flooded in with Ten and then faded away:

    The song starts out talking about all the things he can understand, and despite these, he just can't see why they left. "Your lights reflected from afar": Pearl Jam reflects the light of that flood of people. They are the foundation that launched PJ. Pearl Jam was just stones and the fans make them stars.


    DId u hear this somewhere or is it your own interpretation? It fits perfectly

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