Of He goes...

release30
release30 Posts: 2,051
edited September 2011 in Words and Music...Communication
Pure perfection!!! I am wondering out there if this song is as important to you as it is to me....
Conversations getting dull
There's a constant ringing in my ears
Sense of humor's void and numb
And I'm bored to tears.......
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  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    I like "Off he Goes" better ;):D
    NERDS!
  • OffHeGoes132
    OffHeGoes132 Posts: 594
    I absolutely love this song, one of my favs if you can't already tell from my board name. The lyrics are so touching and the music is just gorgeous.
  • NeverbeenLedbetter
    NeverbeenLedbetter Posts: 213
    I love this song, it totally reminds me of one of my friends growing up who has a restless spirit, I think of him almost everytime I hear the song.
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  • wild-eyed crazychris
    wild-eyed crazychris Posts: 17
    release30 wrote:
    Pure perfection!!! I am wondering out there if this song is as important to you as it is to me....


    Oh, I LOVE this song! Hearing it live in Columbia was bliss.
  • i like matt.c
    i like matt.c Posts: 1,122
    I love everything about this song. The best time to listen to it is in summer.
  • Coming back to life
    Coming back to life Posts: 401
    I love the song. Reminds me of myself sometimes.
    A restaurant with a smoking section is like a swimming pool with a pissing section
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    My favorite PJ song!

    Doesn't get any better IMO!
  • scoob1057
    scoob1057 Posts: 94
    I heard this once in Camden 98 been waiting a long ten years and 15-20 concerts later..thought I would have played it at state college....I guess this is what keeps me comeing back
  • BUFFALO
    BUFFALO Posts: 760
    love it, one of my favs. it needs to be played a hell of alot more .... no more alive evenflo ylb or rocking in the free world ... :)
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  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,581
    quite a few lines i love in this song..

    And now I rub my eyes, for he has returned!
    Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned

    the way eddie sings those are just awesome.
  • release30
    release30 Posts: 2,051
    He's at his best.....
    Conversations getting dull
    There's a constant ringing in my ears
    Sense of humor's void and numb
    And I'm bored to tears.......
  • Jzacur
    Jzacur Posts: 64
    I BrisK I wrote:
    quite a few lines i love in this song..

    And now I rub my eyes, for he has returned!
    Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned

    the way eddie sings those are just awesome.

    I could not agree more, great lyrics and great emotion.
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  • marker_in_the_sand
    marker_in_the_sand Posts: 272
    current favourite pj song

    "He's been taken... where? I don't know... off he goes
    With his perfectly... unkept hope... there he goes..."
    I don't want to be the fool that's behind me but I am...

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

    Yourself
  • ballgame
    ballgame Posts: 201
    Funny story. Ive always been a PJ fan but about a year 2 years ago I took singing lessons because I wanted to sing a song at my wedding. At time my PJ warmth had cooled because Id heard so much I was listening to other music. Anyway I wanted to learn Seethers version of Immortality. My teacher at the time was helping another student learn how to sing Off He Goes. Id never really paid attention the lyrics until he showed them to me. I was shocked how good they were (Off he goes). “Perfectly unkempt cloths”. Stuff like that

    But its kind of funny I learned Seethers version…which is basically the same
  • Surrounding Bullshit
    Surrounding Bullshit Posts: 227
    I think you can tell by my screen name that I love this song. The best song on No Code, and that is saying alot...It is pure musical perfection.
    It's funny when things change so much
    It's all state of mind

    Don't sweat the small stuff and it's all small stuff

    You think you hate it now, wait till you drive it...

    Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
  • Stone Irons
    Stone Irons Posts: 430
    hartamh wrote:
    I love this song too. Does anyone know if Eddie is singing to anyone in particular?

    The subject of the song is actually himself.
    Can't escape from the common rule...
    If you hate something, don't you do it too
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    hartamh wrote:
    I love this song too. Does anyone know if Eddie is singing to anyone in particular?

    I don't know who he is singing TO ... but he's singing ABOUT himself ... in the third person.

    It might be the most self-aware song in the history of rock music.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • release30
    release30 Posts: 2,051
    This song gives me the chills everytime I hear it...It's one of the most special songs by PJ for me....


    I was under the influence when I first posted this as you can see with the title "of" instead of "Off"...but I am sure you can all forgive...:)
    Conversations getting dull
    There's a constant ringing in my ears
    Sense of humor's void and numb
    And I'm bored to tears.......
  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    When I first heard it I realized what a brilliant songwriter Ed was becoming. I love it.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • Surrounding Bullshit
    Surrounding Bullshit Posts: 227
    Had heard somewhere it is about when he is getting ready to go on tour.....
    It's funny when things change so much
    It's all state of mind

    Don't sweat the small stuff and it's all small stuff

    You think you hate it now, wait till you drive it...

    Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.

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