Green Disease

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edited July 2008 in Words and Music...Communication
Holy mother of god I have found a new love and appreciation for this song. I will admit that it never really did anything for me in the slightest. Recently just got out of a relationship and stumbled upon this song, and for the last 2 weeks I haven't been able to stop listening to it.

It's a disease,... and they're all green
It emanates from their being
A satiation,.. with occupation

And like weeds,.. with big leaves
Stealing light from what's beneath
Where they have more,...
Still they take more

Course I know,.. then I don't
There's a stowaway with my throat
It's deceiving...
I don't believe him

We can scream,.. out our doors
Behind the wall a fat man snores
In his dreams he's,...
Choking Ti leaves

Well I guess
There's nothing wrong with what you say
But don't sell me,
'There can't be better ways'

Tell the captain
'This boats not safe
And we're drowning.'
Turns out
He's the one making waves

I said
There's nothing wrong with what you say
Believe me
Just asking you to sway
No white
Or black
Just grey
Can you feel this...
World with your heart and not your brain?

G-R-E-E-D..... G-R-E-E-D
I am right by your side



shows:
7/18/06 SF
Bridge School night 2 2006
12/9/06 Hawaii
E.V. solo show in Santa Cruz
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  • Posts: 8,963
    I love Green Disease :D

    Awesome song and I love the way it makes me feel :)
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • Posts: 207
    My 4 year old son once asked me why I was killing all the weeds in the yard and I said because their greedy and they steal the light from the grass and kill it and try to take it over. A touch over the top maybe but I'll bet he remembers. I too dig the song and hope a cure is found one day.
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  • Posts: 7,762
    Probably the greatest indictment of Enron in rock music today ;)

    Seriously ... be a "lyrics" guy, this has always been among my favorite RA songs.

    "Turns out he's the one making waves" -- how damning is that?
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • Posts: 272
    pearljam766 wrote:
    Well I guess
    There's nothing wrong with what you say

    That line, when eddie sings it... it's so motivating somehow:o
    I don't want to be the fool that's behind me but I am...

    I'll Hold The Pain... Release...

    Yourself
  • Posts: 1,623
    I've loved this fucking song from the first time I heard it. It expresses so much that I feel frustration about in the world. It's been great hearing it live on the tour this year too. :)
    ~I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth.~
    Mohandas K. Gandhi

    ~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
    Henry David Thoreau
  • Posts: 7,335
    i too loved it as soon as I heard it. I liked, "behind the wall a fatman snores" i thought it was funny, and certainly one of my favourites off Riot Act
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  • Posts: 284
    I would have to agree, this is one of my fav songs as well. To me it is a very powerful song. This is my fav line:

    Turns out he's the one making waves
    Hey, you wouldn't hire a clown to fix a leak in the jon so why do you let these hooligans tear down the biz? YEEAAHHH. I don't care if he is Mr. Notorious BIG, can he croon?

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