Off He Goes

Rally
Rally Posts: 2
edited January 2006 in Words and Music...Communication
What is the song "Off He goes" about, or rather who is it about?
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  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    Rally wrote:
    What is the song "Off He goes" about, or rather who is it about?
    to put it simply, it is a reflection about Ed

    all4
  • Rally
    Rally Posts: 2
    Why about Eddie?

    It seems to me that it is about a friend, a friend which is an addict.


    "Off He Goes"

    1, 2, 1, 2...
    know a man, his face seems pulled and tense
    like he's riding on a motorbike in the strongest winds
    so i approach with tact
    suggest that he should relax
    but he's always moving much too fast
    said he'll see me on the flipside
    on this trip he's taken for a ride
    he's been taking too much on

    there he goes with his perfectly unkept clothes
    there he goes...

    he's yet to come back
    but i've seen his picture
    it doesn't look the same up on the rack
    we go way back
    i wonder about his insides
    its like his thoughts are too big for his size
    he's been taken... where, i don't know?

    off he goes with his perfectly unkept hope
    and there he goes...

    and now i rub my eyes, for he has returned
    seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned
    for he still smiles...
    and he's still strong
    nothing's changed, but the surrounding bullshit that has grown
    and now he's home
    and we're laughing like we always did
    my same old, same old friend
    until a quarter-to-ten
    i saw the strain creep in
    he seems distracted and i know just what is gonna happen next
    before his first step
    he's off again
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    Rally wrote:
    Why about Eddie?

    It seems to me that it is about a friend, a friend which is an addict.


    "Off He Goes"

    1, 2, 1, 2...
    know a man, his face seems pulled and tense
    like he's riding on a motorbike in the strongest winds
    so i approach with tact
    suggest that he should relax
    but he's always moving much too fast
    said he'll see me on the flipside
    on this trip he's taken for a ride
    he's been taking too much on

    there he goes with his perfectly unkept clothes
    there he goes...

    he's yet to come back
    but i've seen his picture
    it doesn't look the same up on the rack
    we go way back
    i wonder about his insides
    its like his thoughts are too big for his size
    he's been taken... where, i don't know?

    off he goes with his perfectly unkept hope
    and there he goes...

    and now i rub my eyes, for he has returned
    seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned
    for he still smiles...
    and he's still strong
    nothing's changed, but the surrounding bullshit that has grown
    and now he's home
    and we're laughing like we always did
    my same old, same old friend
    until a quarter-to-ten
    i saw the strain creep in
    he seems distracted and i know just what is gonna happen next
    before his first step
    he's off again
    its a self-examination of Eddie...i think he is talking in the 3rd person, or talking as someone close to him. But I do know that is has to do about Eddie; he has said so himself

    all4
  • m0sh
    m0sh Posts: 1
    its obvious ...
    and there is an interview with the band that conferms it....
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    m0sh wrote:
    its obvious ...
    and there is an interview with the band that conferms it....
    actually its not...i dont think Ed would lie about it being about himself

    all4
  • Thumbing My Way
    Thumbing My Way Posts: 1,073
    Anyone else ever think Mike??
    "I Miss You Already!!!!!"

    "Sorry is the fool who trades his love for high-rise rent, Seems the more you make equals the loneliness you get"

    .NJD.
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    and here's my proof:

    "The song "Off He Goes" is really about me being a shit friend. I'll show up and everything's great and then all of the sudden I'm outta there ...", Eddie Vedder, taken from Pearl Jam history on TSIS

    all4
  • oktacoma
    oktacoma Posts: 335
    all4PearlJam wrote:
    and here's my proof:

    "The song "Off He Goes" is really about me being a shit friend. I'll show up and everything's great and then all of the sudden I'm outta there ...", Eddie Vedder, taken from Pearl Jam history on TSIS

    all4

    Yeah, I remember reading that as well. Great fucking tune!!

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