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  • share
    share Posts: 551
    that's the impact the lyrics had on me

    my first listen to binaural was for excitement's sake and to let the
    music catch me - the second listen is always for the words, when
    i listened to what was being said i choked up - totally
    overwhelmed by the combination of words and music (3rd song that does
    this too me, i got shit and footsteps being the other 2)
    we're all sentient snowflakes
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    I'm a number that doesn't count
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    the nothing ventured - the nothing feigned
  • SleightOfHand562
    SleightOfHand562 Posts: 477
    sadly, i have yet to hear this one live :(
    There have been shows where maybe the whole first half of the show my eyes have been closed. and then you'll look out in the crowd and there'll be somebody totally lost in their head, in exactly the same place you're in. That, to me, is the essence of music

    ~Jeff Ament
  • VEDHEAD27
    VEDHEAD27 Posts: 3,091
    Originally posted by SleightOfHand562
    sadly, i have yet to hear this one live :(


    Awwww, I feel your pain. It will happen though. No worries. ;)

    This definitely seems to be one of those "you MUST experience it live" type of songs. Like I said, I could only imagine. WOW! Head up SleightOfHand562, 2004 mini-tour? Ya never know. :)
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    "Lo√e, you know the word
    ...YOU invented it!" ~ E√

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    ...::STONE--YOU--OWN!::...
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  • VEDHEAD27
    VEDHEAD27 Posts: 3,091
    Listening to BOSTON 3 version and up this must go.

    SWEET JESUS!!

    :eek:

    cannot...even...describe
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    "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
    "Lost on a road he FUCKIN knew by heart"

    :o
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    "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
    It's an overcasty day here in the Bay Area...and this song sooo fits the mood. It's beautiful.

    :)
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    "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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  • {[Pearl_Jam}]
    {[Pearl_Jam}] Posts: 852
    i think is the best jeff song...
    Don't let me know we're invisible
    Don't let me know we're invisible
    We could dance, dance, dance thru' the fire
    Dance, dance, dance thru' the fire
  • Alive Again
    Alive Again Posts: 71
    A very moody song that just kind of scoops you up and carries you along with it. I can never listen to it without feeling a little on edge by the end of it.
    ". . . as each breath goes by I only own my mind."
  • Footstepping
    Footstepping Posts: 2
    Originally posted by Alive Again
    There is so much hopelessness in the lyrics about a way of life that's so easy for all of us to drift into. I like to listen to it to remind myself to keep striving for more out of life.

    I think you make a great point.... I sometimes feel this is the life of many who don't stop to enjoy life, who live to work instead of working to live... and it is easy to get trapped in the routine of the average job.... Very depressing, my kind of song some days...
    We are spiritual beings having a human experience...
  • Alive Again
    Alive Again Posts: 71
    Yes, sometimes you have to make worldly success and financial security less of a priority, then just listen to what your inner voice is telling you about what's important in life.
    ". . . as each breath goes by I only own my mind."
  • pjsal
    pjsal Posts: 80
    That's a song I would love to hear live... I went to the D.C. show this year and it was AMAZING, but none of their more unusual songs were played. I like all the songs that get radio play, but my favorites are ones like "Smile", "In My Tree", and "Sleight of Hand"-- which is so beautiful it's hard to take sometimes! Hello, Alive Again; I like what you said about priorities...
    Recycle...what goes around comes around.


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  • VEDHEAD27
    VEDHEAD27 Posts: 3,091
    <~~~ listening to album version


    God! This song is just as incredible as ever. I love it Alive Again, it "scoops you up and carries you". That is SO true. The music here is like nothing I have ever heard. Something totally new and fresh for Pearl Jam. This song is just beautiful, SO unique and SO moving!!!

    And yeah...A LOT has happened since I last posted in this thread. I GOT TO SEE THIS SONG LIVE!!!!!! :o :eek: :o

    As I mentioned before, I speculated this song would be outta this world to actually experience live. OMG IT WAS!!!! And so much more. I was beyond happy when they busted this one out at Benaroya. My whole body started to shiver...and then once the song actually started. WOW! It's an out of body experience for sure.

    The break down...right before "When he reached the shore ". :o HOLY SHIT! LIVE?! IT'S PERFECT! And NOTHING can beat hearing, seeing, and feeling Ed during "see you on the ooooooooother siiiiiideeeee". Breath-taking! I was left with jaw on floor. Man! I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about it. AND it was acoustic?!!?

    I feel this song now more then ever. A song that truely takes you places RIGHT HERE.

    THANK YOU PEARL JAM!

    THANK YOU ED & JEFF!

    It's magic.
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    "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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  • adam
    adam Posts: 7
    Routine was the theme. He'd wake up wash and pour himself into uniform.
    Something he hadn't imagined being.


    Do people relate to this? Do other people out there remember what this is like to feel each day. God help me...How can we let this be...
  • MeddleDeal
    MeddleDeal Posts: 2,547
    "Mondays were made to fall. Lost on a road he knew by heart.
    It was like a book he read in his sleep. Endlessly.
    Sometimes he hid in the radio watching other pull into their homes.
    While he was drifting."

    Man i totally get that part. Sometimes where you just want to be alone and see everything around moving as you sit there and relax.

    This song puts me in a relaxing mood, where you just want to chill out and let the day pass you by.

    I am listening to the Little Rock verison of this song..it FREAKIN" ROCKS!! :D It was a DEFINITE highlight of the tour for me
    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
  • Pearl Jen
    Pearl Jen Posts: 136
    For the longest time, I didn't understand what people saw in this song. I thought it was kinda boring.
    But the other night I was listening to Binaural, and I was like, that song is kinda cool. Then I read the lyrics the other night, and listened to it again, and WOW!!!
    I have it on a few boots too, but I've always just kinda skipped over it. I even saw them play it live in Va. Beach in 2000, but I wasn't into it then.
  • Pearl Jen
    Pearl Jen Posts: 136
    bump! I love this song sooo much!!!
  • VEDHEAD27
    VEDHEAD27 Posts: 3,091
    Wow!

    THANK YOU PEARL JAM

    Truer words were never sung. As mentioned before, this song really does take you places. It may be a place that you're scared to confront...reality!

    "seeee you on the other siiiiiiiiiiiiiide"

    It never fails!

    Break the cycle!!
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    "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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  • Spomenka
    Spomenka Posts: 145
    any new realizations would have to wait til he had more time, oh more time...

    time to dream, to himself, he waves goodbye, to himself....

    this part totally hits me...
    it makes you wonder
    Pearl Jam pieces...

    This is how I saw it one day: Insignificance at the Porch of Mankind

    http://www.blogovanje.com/Storms_Of_Small_Ocean/komentari.php?id=17
  • VEDHEAD27
    VEDHEAD27 Posts: 3,091
    BUMP as I sit here and listen to this heavenly song that just hits you like a ton of bricks. Damn. :o

    Yeah, it totally makes ya wonder Spomenka. I love about it. It makes you think and feel like never before. It connects with a very deep part of you. Definitely a personal song, ya know? One that everyone can fuckin feel and relate to. Sooo powerful.
    ¤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
    BUMP for this beautiful, haunting 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

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