favorite pj song that you have no clue what it means

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  • I'll go Porch.

    I like the words, they sound good together, but I've never really connected them to anything specific or worked out a meaning or anything (if there is one).
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  • kelsso7 wrote:
    I have always loved Daughter. What does it mean?
    its about a girl (or boy) who's been opressed by her parents and needs freedom and is resilient over the pain of it all and knows it'll be better soon and makes it happen: "she holds the hand that holds her hand, she will rise above"
    maybe i'm just stupid but....I am mine?? im a pretty slow person, but i just never you understood it or even thought about it much at that.

    I am mine
    its about as humans we are our own....our time here is up to us, what we do is our choice..."i know i was born and i know that i'll die..the in between is mine" perhaps it also is a statement about religion too, but me being religious, i dont like to think about that as much as the first one.
    all these burning battlefields are now behind us, life has brought us here together to remind us, that love will rise above it all and just keep growin, life keeps flowing and every moment starts right here with us
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  • I'll go Porch.

    I like the words, they sound good together, but I've never really connected them to anything specific or worked out a meaning or anything (if there is one).
    i think porch is just about a girl that left him without saying bye and him wanting to tell her some stuff first
    all these burning battlefields are now behind us, life has brought us here together to remind us, that love will rise above it all and just keep growin, life keeps flowing and every moment starts right here with us
    -mason jennings
  • definatly yellow ledbetter. i dont undertsnd the meaning of the song, but i love the vocals and guitar in it.
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  • def yellow ledbetter fav damn song no idea at all what its about , or what eddie's sayin' half the time.
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  • low lighter
    low lighter Land down under Posts: 59
    low light for me.. and its probably one of my favourite songs, damn i love it.. but i dont have the slightest clue on what the songs about i cant say well its about this.. or that.. i just dont know.. but im ok with that actually
  • pjfan020
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    i definitely have to go with lukin on this one. The song is awesome, but i have no idea what's going on except for, "i'm going to lukins, lock the door to lukins, opened the fridge, and ....."
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  • pjfan020 wrote:
    i definitely have to go with lukin on this one. The song is awesome, but i have no idea what's going on except for, "i'm going to lukins, lock the door to lukins, opened the fridge, and ....."

    Matt Lukin was the bassist (I think) for Mudhoney. The song is basically about how people won't leave Ed alone and he goes to Lukin's to relax (I'm going to Lukin's, I got a spot at Lukin's, Knock the door at Lukins, open the fridge, now I know life is worth.)

    I always thought Yellow Ledbetter had no meaning. They were just jamming and Ed made the lyrics up on the spot and some of them are just incoherant mumblings. That's why the live versions are always different. There are no official lyrics.

    I would say Pilate is the big one that I can't even come close to figuring out. Did Pilate actually have a dog? Is he refering to Jesus?
  • Yellow ledbetter(what a surprise), State of Love & TRust (is it about suicide?-anyway still most of the lines dont make sence) and Breath(ok, I get the part, go out, reach the door but "a breath and a SCREAM"??
    "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy."
    "I may be drunk but at least I'm not insane."
    "I don't have a drinking problem 'Cept when I can't get a drink."
    "There ain't no devil, there's just god when he's drunk"
    -Tom Waits
  • In "Breath" the breath and scream part I think is when the elder says go out and live!! See the world! It means don't be scared go take a deep breath and LIVE (scream).

    WTF does the title Yellow Ledbetter mean? Was Huddie Ledbetter a total fucking coward or something???? I can almost get some of the lyrics, but the title...
    'And his loneliness is proof'
  • In "Breath" the breath and scream part I think is when the elder says go out and live!! See the world! It means don't be scared go take a deep breath and LIVE (scream).

    WTF does the title Yellow Ledbetter mean? Was Huddie Ledbetter a total fucking coward or something???? I can almost get some of the lyrics, but the title...

    Not quite sure exactly what it means or the song in general. I do feel alot of people mis-interpret the lyrics. Most say box or a bag...I think it is a boxer or the bag....you know like life punches ya in the face...(the bag)..but you fight back..(the boxer)...I don't know probably way off the mark...who knows!!
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  • saveuplife
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    In "Breath" the breath and scream part I think is when the elder says go out and live!! See the world! It means don't be scared go take a deep breath and LIVE (scream).

    WTF does the title Yellow Ledbetter mean? Was Huddie Ledbetter a total fucking coward or something???? I can almost get some of the lyrics, but the title...


    I heard breath is about birth.... that's where the scream part comes in... and the door
  • I know Porch has something to do with abortion.

    I guess for me its the obvious YLB.
    "i'm lost, I'm no guide, but I'm by your side"
  • But YLB isn't really about anything is it?! That's why it's so cool!
    Too many cowboys, not enough indians, so just go ape shit!

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  • i definitely have no idea the meaning behind ledbetter, also pilate and solat have me scratching my head
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    dirty frank

    Dirty Frank is about their tour bus driver back on their first major tour I believe. He use to eat all the left over pizza crust, or whatever else was around. Its also said he'd be drinking all night while the band slept as they drove to the next town.

    Just what I heard.
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  • Yellow Ledbetter! I love this song but I haven't got the slightest idea what it means. Can anybody please help me and Mr. Mike McCready.

    Mike was quoted at one point saying "I don't really know what its about. I just love playing it"
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  • definitely Rats. it is just so random, but still kicks major ass. it's great.
    "And wherever you've gone and wherever we might go.
    It don't seem fair for days just disappeared.
    Your light's reflected now. Reflected from afar.
    We were but stones. Your light made us stars."
  • I love them all. I just can't pick.
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  • I think I'd have to go with Breath too.
    Though the "birth" idea does make a lot of sense, and most of the lyrics fit.
    I've never looked at it that way before.