Soon Forget...

TheGreenDisease
TheGreenDisease Posts: 45
edited December 2006 in Words and Music...Communication
Am I the only one who thinks that this is one of the the greatest PJ songs ever?

Sorry is the fool who trades his soul for a corvette.
Thinks he'll get the girl he'll only get the mechanic.
What's missing?
He's living a day he'll soon forget.

That's one more time around.
The sun is going down.
The moon is out but he's drunk and shouting.
Putting people down.
He's pissing.
He's living a day he'll soon forget.

Counts his money every morning.
The only thing that keeps him horny.
Locked in a giant house that's alarming.
The townsfolk they all laugh.

Sorry is the fool who trades his love for hi-rise rent.
Seem the more you make equals the loneliness you get.
And it's fitting.
He's barley living a day he'll soon forget.

That's one more time around and there is not a sound.
He's lying dead clutching Benjamins. Never put the money down.
He's stiffening.
We're all whistling a man we'll soon forget.
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  • Androgynous Mind
    Androgynous Mind Posts: 520
    i believe so...

    but it does have some powerful lyrics

    we know how ed feels
    Oh he fills it up with the love of a girl...
  • Day Labor
    Day Labor Posts: 9
    ... but this is a great song. and i know that i've listened to it about six and one half million times. its a change from the rest of the album, but fits so well. and i love that in the two live performance recordings i have of the the song, ed fucks up the lyrics. brilliant.
    I want to breathe/Follow the scene/I want to taste/Everyone I see/I want to run when I'm up high/I want to run into the sea/I only want life.../to be.../I just want to be.../I will feel alive.../as long as I am free.
  • mumi
    mumi Posts: 662
    Well, I wouldnt say best Pj song, but I really like this one!
    Beautiful melody, direct lyrics.
    Yeah, I love this song.
    Uno es dueño de lo que calla
    y esclavo de lo que habla.
  • little_wish
    little_wish England, The North Posts: 532
    This song is definitely one of my faves!
    Ed has teased us a lot with his uke being warmed up on tour, but I didn't get to hear it lol

    It's such a beautiful, simple song.

    And very catchy!
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  • gleemonex
    gleemonex Posts: 848
    It's my favourite of off Binaural and I would love to hear it live, even with Ed's screw ups
    “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’” - Kurt Vonnegut
  • prodacake
    prodacake Posts: 319
    TheGreenDisease wrote:
    Am I the only one who thinks that this is one of the the greatest PJ songs ever?

    Sorry is the fool who trades his soul for a corvette.
    Thinks he'll get the girl he'll only get the mechanic.
    What's missing?
    He's living a day he'll soon forget.

    That's one more time around.
    The sun is going down.
    The moon is out but he's drunk and shouting.
    Putting people down.
    He's pissing.
    He's living a day he'll soon forget.

    Counts his money every morning.
    The only thing that keeps him horny.
    Locked in a giant house that's alarming.
    The townsfolk they all laugh.

    Sorry is the fool who trades his love for hi-rise rent.
    Seem the more you make equals the loneliness you get.
    And it's fitting.
    He's barley living a day he'll soon forget.

    That's one more time around and there is not a sound.
    He's lying dead clutching Benjamins. Never put the money down.
    He's stiffening.
    We're all whistling a man we'll soon forget.


    Totally agree mate this song is near perfect
  • dharma69
    dharma69 Posts: 1,275
    Soon Forget is a darling of a song....funny in it's sadness and very telling.

    And it's sung to the tune of a uke...now that's too precious!
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  • prodacake
    prodacake Posts: 319
    dharma69 wrote:
    Soon Forget is a darling of a song....funny in it's sadness and very telling.

    And it's sung to the tune of a uke...now that's too precious!


    so true i brought myself a uke just to learn this song, the things you do for music
  • obiwon76
    obiwon76 Posts: 568
    Ed said he had Bill Gates in mind when he wrote it.
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  • I-Am-Mine
    I-Am-Mine Posts: 27
    I love this song, and got to here Ed play it with Luke the Uke a few weeks ago :)

    Twas amazing
  • lucylespian
    lucylespian Posts: 2,403
    Yeah it's a great song, the first 2 lines alone have more lyrical meaning than most songwriters achieve in a whole career. Got to clap along on the wrong beat in 2003, but didn't hear it this time around.
    Amazing how many ukeleleleleleleleleles have been sold on the back of this one song !!
    Music is not a competetion.
  • DOSW
    DOSW Posts: 2,014
    I don't know... it's alright, I guess... but there's something about a millionaire singing about greedy millionaires that seems almost... gee, I don't know... contradictory somehow. :)
    It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win
  • lucylespian
    lucylespian Posts: 2,403
    DOSW wrote:
    I don't know... it's alright, I guess... but there's something about a millionaire singing about greedy millionaires that seems almost... gee, I don't know... contradictory somehow. :)

    That's a bit harsh, the song is no so much about how rich the dude was, more about how being obsessed with money is not healthy. Ed and the boys are hardly gouging misers.
    Music is not a competetion.
  • bharQ
    bharQ Posts: 1,201
    great song.. ed sure fucks it up a lot live lol
    09/04/05 - Calgary, AB
    08/02/07 - LOLLA!!!
  • lucylespian
    lucylespian Posts: 2,403
    bharQ wrote:
    great song.. ed sure fucks it up a lot live lol

    Wouldn't be a PJ concert if Ed didn't fuck something up, but I just love that. Keeps it real !!
    Music is not a competetion.
  • mdigenakis
    mdigenakis Posts: 1,337
    TheGreenDisease wrote:
    Am I the only one who thinks that this is one of the the greatest PJ songs ever?

    Sorry is the fool who trades his soul for a corvette.
    Thinks he'll get the girl he'll only get the mechanic.
    What's missing?
    He's living a day he'll soon forget.

    That's one more time around.
    The sun is going down.
    The moon is out but he's drunk and shouting.
    Putting people down.
    He's pissing.
    He's living a day he'll soon forget.

    Counts his money every morning.
    The only thing that keeps him horny.
    Locked in a giant house that's alarming.
    The townsfolk they all laugh.

    Sorry is the fool who trades his love for hi-rise rent.
    Seem the more you make equals the loneliness you get.
    And it's fitting.
    He's barley living a day he'll soon forget.

    That's one more time around and there is not a sound.
    He's lying dead clutching Benjamins. Never put the money down.
    He's stiffening.
    We're all whistling a man we'll soon forget.

    EVERY politicians(also lobbyists, etc) Eulogy.
    "Don't let the darkness eat you up..."

    -Greg Dulli

  • bharQ
    bharQ Posts: 1,201
    lucylespian wrote:
    Wouldn't be a PJ concert if Ed didn't fuck something up, but I just love that. Keeps it real !!

    hehe exactly.. i forget which show it was but he fucked it up like 3 times in a row.. so he just started playin Can't Keep.. the place went nuts
    09/04/05 - Calgary, AB
    08/02/07 - LOLLA!!!
  • leavin here
    leavin here Posts: 145
    ive been listening to this one a lot lately, love it! The uke makes it so sweet sounding and I love to sing it.
    Vancouver 09/02/05, so far so good
  • Yellow Ledbelly
    Yellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    DOSW wrote:
    I don't know... it's alright, I guess... but there's something about a millionaire singing about greedy millionaires that seems almost... gee, I don't know... contradictory somehow. :)

    I thought the same thing upon first listening to the song, but having money is not what is at question in the song, it's being ruled by money and letting it control your life that is at question
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • Nuttinman
    Nuttinman Posts: 1
    This song is incredibly raw and catchy. Great voice inflection, and it feels as if the uke is playing right in your ear. One of my favs.

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