I Got Shit

Righteous Jammer · December 2004

Anyone else love this fucking song..SOOO powerfull

SawThingsClearer · December 2004

absolutely! love the version from montreal on tb2k. it is in my pj top ten for sure

aNiMaL · December 2004

If there is any song that I can relate too by PJ, it's this song.

My lips are shakin' my nails are bit off
Been a month since I've even heard myself talk
Only advantage this life's got on me
Picture empty cup in the middle of the sea

And I fought back in my mind
Never lets me be right, I got memories, I got shit
So don't you go and show it

Oh, I walked the line, when you held me in at night
Oh, I walked the line, when you held my hand at night

On empty shells seem so easy to crack
Got all these questions
Don't know who I could even ask
So I'll just lie alone, and wait for the dream
Where I'm not ugly as you're lookin' at me

And I sent you to bed
Oh, in a little while I'll see now
If just once I found true love
Oh, I'd say it like I mean it

But I walked the line
When you held me in at night
Oh, I walked the line
When you held my hand at night
Oh, I walked the line
When you held me close at night
I paid the price
Never held you in real life

My lips are shakin'.

Fuckin' great song!!!

I Got Id In My Tree · December 2004

It's my favorite Pearl Jam song... I could never get enough of it

likepilateihaveadog · December 2004

The first time i really heard this was on the chicago 1995 boot... best fucking version ever... i listened to it seven times in a row or something like that... neil's solos on the real version are incredible too...

dreamncolor · December 2004

by far...one of the GREATEST pearl jam songs ever. i agree with the parts highlighted by animal.....but the lyrics seem off to me. i seem to rmember a line.........if just once i could feel love.....stare back at me. ??? either way....unbelievable tune.

heave · December 2004

this song is amazing.... and even more amazing live!!!

bambi girl · December 2004

whenever i try to describe how much i love this song, and how it makes me feel....i cant even get close. it's.....so powerful, so beautiful, so tragic, so...AMAZING. i truely cannot say all the things it makes me feel, because those feelings are not constricted to words, they go beyond that.

and this bit dreamn?

so i'll just lie alone and wait for the dream
where i'm not ugly and your lookin' at me
and i stare you back
oh blue eyes, i've seen it
if just once i could feel love
oh stare back at me, yeah..

HardtoImagine · December 2004

definitely my favorite song.....ever

SENROCK · December 2004

bambi girl wrote:

whenever i try to describe how much i love this song, and how it makes me feel....i cant even get close. it's.....so powerful, so beautiful, so tragic, so...AMAZING. i truely cannot say all the things it makes me feel, because those feelings are not constricted to words, they go beyond that.

and this bit dreamn?

so i'll just lie alone and wait for the dream
where i'm not ugly and your lookin' at me
and i stare you back
oh blue eyes, i've seen it
if just once i could feel love
oh stare back at me, yeah..

yup. best part of the song. I hope to hear it live NEXT TIME!!!!

Steo Vedder · December 2004

What a song, so simple yet so powerful, like so many others I relate to nearly every lyric in the song. I bought the Greatest Hits just coz this song was on it even though i have a few boots with it on it aswell as Tb2k.

i forget · December 2004

heave wrote:

this song is amazing.... and even more amazing live!!!

I totally agree!

dreamncolor · December 2004

bambi girl wrote:

whenever i try to describe how much i love this song, and how it makes me feel....i cant even get close. it's.....so powerful, so beautiful, so tragic, so...AMAZING. i truely cannot say all the things it makes me feel, because those feelings are not constricted to words, they go beyond that.

and this bit dreamn?

so i'll just lie alone and wait for the dream
where i'm not ugly and your lookin' at me
and i stare you back
oh blue eyes, i've seen it
if just once i could feel love
oh stare back at me, yeah..

exactly. the lyrics animal posted...not quite the same. those last 2 lines....my oh my...........

Mr Pyjama · December 2004

aNiMaL wrote:

And I sent you to bed
Oh, in a little while I'll see now
If just once I found true love
Oh, I'd say it like I mean it

I've always thought of the line as:

'And i stare you back,
Oh blue eyes i've seen it..
If just once i could feel love,
stare back at me..'

That line and the one before it are so powerful.

This really is a great PJ song. At first i prefered the TB2K version because i was a bit faster and flowed more, but now i think i prefer the studio version, i think it really matches the mood of the lyrics and gives it a spookier feel.

When i hear the lyrics to the second verse/second prechorus, i get such a strong image in my head, these really are some of Ed's best lyrics-not just for the poetic beauty of the words etc, but for the emotion behind them etc.