the verb "to trust ..."

Anotherman...
Anotherman... Posts: 28
edited May 2007 in Words and Music...Communication
"... and never let you down"

Wishlist always starts out so happy, and this line feels like a punch in the gut. It's so heartbreaking that someone would feel like they let down the person they care for so deeply.

P.S.- Pearl Jam is the shit!
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  • Dustin51
    Dustin51 Posts: 222
    Anotherman... wrote:
    "... and never let you down"

    Wishlist always starts out so happy, and this line feels like a punch in the gut. It's so heartbreaking that someone would feel like they let down the person they care for so deeply.

    P.S.- Pearl Jam is the shit!

    Pearl Jam is the shit!

    I've always felt like wishlist is a sad song. The whole song is about wishing you were someone or something else. I mean its like he wants to be something positive which conversely means he doesnt feel that he is. Even the end of the song, "I guess it never stops". I dunno...its a sad song but its awesome.
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  • DiRtyFranK38
    DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    i like to look at wishlist as a sort of happy tune. uplifting in a way i guess..thats what i get from all of yield. i feel that yield is an album that overall just makes you feel good about yourself. that's why i love it. i see wishlist as, yes your wishing you can be this and that and this...but in a poetic way..not depressing or extremely overjoyed. just content. and the line 'i guess it never stops' to me, is like, hey, everyone wishes they were this and that, but just be happy with who you are..because who you are is perfect...just take those wishes and make something great out of them..like a song..everyone can right their own 'wishlist' and make it content and peaceful in their own ways..
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    i guess the song is about yearning......but.......i've always looked at it as positive........wishes or dreaming can be positive thing.......and i love the studio version's ending as the volume lowers "i wish i was a radio song the one you couldn't turn up"........:)
  • McShade
    McShade Posts: 156
    Dustin51 wrote:
    Pearl Jam is the shit!

    I've always felt like wishlist is a sad song. The whole song is about wishing you were someone or something else. I mean its like he wants to be something positive which conversely means he doesnt feel that he is. Even the end of the song, "I guess it never stops". I dunno...its a sad song but its awesome.

    Same here. always thought of it as a sad song, not just for the last part, but the whole lyrics..
  • devi_gib
    devi_gib Posts: 65
    " I wish I was the radio song the one that you turned up"

    that line is kind of heartbreaking hehe ;< I love the simplicity of this song too.. and now I know what an ebow is xD lol
  • Reynaldo6
    Reynaldo6 Posts: 80
    i really like this song. its very poetic and i agree with DiRtyFranK38 that we all wish for something or to be something. i dont think its very depressing at all
    I'll wait up in the dark
    For you to speak to me
    I'll open up
    Release me
  • NothinGBetteRPJMaN
    NothinGBetteRPJMaN Posts: 530
    Love Wishlist!

    I especially love "I wish I was the messenger and all the news was good."
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  • UpSideDown
    UpSideDown Posts: 1,966
    the verb to trust line is my favorite line in the song
  • i like matt.c
    i like matt.c Posts: 1,124
    i wish i was an alien, at home behind the sun...
  • perfectly unkept
    perfectly unkept Posts: 4
    My favourite line is "I wish I was the full moon shining off a camaro's hood". There's something so visceral and serene about that image...gives me shivers, but at the same time makes me feel so calm...mmmmm...

    I wish I was a songwriter, who wrote such beautiful words...
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  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    perfectly unkept wrote:
    My favourite line is "I wish I was the full moon shining off a camaro's hood". There's something so visceral and serene about that image...gives me shivers, but at the same time makes me feel so calm...mmmmm...

    I wish I was a songwriter, who wrote such beautiful words...
    just out of curiosity, how can something be serene and visceral at the same time? ;)
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  • Reynaldo6
    Reynaldo6 Posts: 80
    "i wish i was a neutron bomb for once i could go off"

    i wish i could go off on all the dang muslim extreamists who keep killing people. because of that we keep sending more troops over to iraq. dont get me wrong. im all for the war in iraq but those extreamists are the reason we keep sending more troops to iraq.
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  • SLH916
    SLH916 Posts: 132
    Does anyone else think that WISHLIST is a love song about living up to the expectations that you have of yourself with regard to your partner? Expectations that you know you can never live up to.

    Its beautiful and wistful and creates such a romantic moment. The "verb to trust" line perfectly describes that feeling of being so in love that you wish you could maybe be something more than just a human being with human failings for the sake of the one you love.
  • Dustin51
    Dustin51 Posts: 222
    SLH916 wrote:
    Does anyone else think that WISHLIST is a love song about living up to the expectations that you have of yourself with regard to your partner? Expectations that you know you can never live up to.

    Its beautiful and wistful and creates such a romantic moment. The "verb to trust" line perfectly describes that feeling of being so in love that you wish you could maybe be something more than just a human being with human failings for the sake of the one you love.

    Great Post.
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  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,389
    Any song/poem that has a list I take with a grain of salt. I'll look at it again, soon, but a list is a cop-out. It's a see-saw song, a pop-song to be sang and it doesn't matter what is said. I'll look at it again, more closely, to see if I find a new theme.
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  • perfectly unkept
    perfectly unkept Posts: 4
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    just out of curiosity, how can something be serene and visceral at the same time? ;)
    well you totally caught me trying to sound smart and apparently it didn't work...
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  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,174
    the whole song is awesome, but particularly like "i wish i was a sailor with someone who waited for me"... deep!!!
  • Braighni
    Braighni Posts: 58
    Personally I prefer when he sings on some boots, right at the end..

    "sometimes wishes... they come true"
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  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    perfectly unkept wrote:
    well you totally caught me trying to sound smart and apparently it didn't work...
    hah no, I wasn't trying to point out any stupidity or be arsey or anything, Im sure that the two could possibly work together its just that generally they are contradictory.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • pmack215
    pmack215 Posts: 49
    DiRtyFranK38 wrote:
    i like to look at wishlist as a sort of happy tune. uplifting in a way i guess..thats what i get from all of yield. i feel that yield is an album that overall just makes you feel good about yourself. that's why i love it. i see wishlist as, yes your wishing you can be this and that and this...but in a poetic way..not depressing or extremely overjoyed. just content. and the line 'i guess it never stops' to me, is like, hey, everyone wishes they were this and that, but just be happy with who you are..because who you are is perfect...just take those wishes and make something great out of them..like a song..everyone can right their own 'wishlist' and make it content and peaceful in their own ways..

    i pretty much agree. i think its a happy/positive song. i think its sorta like a personal challenge for one's self to try/want to be the very best person they can for someone they love.....either a friend or lover.
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