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  • SpunkieSpunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    The souvenir part is cool... but I make up/misinterpret/hear the words I prefer to hear to this one:

    "I wish I was the fool shining on your camaro's hood."
    -he he
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle
  • heyjoseheyjose Melbourne, Australia Posts: 503
    This song had me close to or in tears first time I heard it. Magical. Wish it hadn't been left out so much this year! Was that Stone's doing? :D
    1995: Melbourne 1
    1998: Melbourne 1, 2, 3
    2003: Sydney 1, 2, 3, Melbourne 1, 2, 3
    2006: Sydney 1, 2, Melbourne 1, 2, 3, Sydney 3, Newcastle, Adelaide 1, 2, Perth
    2009: LA 1, 2, Melbourne, Sydney
    2014: Gold Coast, Melbourne, Sydney

  • merlynmerlyn Posts: 179
    i wish i was neutron bomb for once i could go off
    champagne for my real friends & i'm a real pain for my sham friends.. ;)
  • SkyBlueSkyBlue Posts: 3
    merlyn wrote:
    i wish i was neutron bomb for once i could go off
    My favorite too.
  • Hope&AngerHope&Anger Posts: 260
    Toss up between

    "I wish I was the messenger and all the news was good."

    and

    "I wish I was the verb to trust and never let you down."

    (I should cross post this in the thread about Pearl Jam songs that make you cry.)
    "Things will just get better and better even though it
    doesn't feel that way right now. That's the hopeful
    idea . . . Hope didn't get much applause . . .
    Hope! Hope is the underdog!"

    -- EV, Live at the Showbox
  • PiCTuReKePTPiCTuReKePT Posts: 311
    i wish, i wish, i wish, i wish...i guess it never stops;)
  • ezekiels_oblivionezekiels_oblivion Posts: 200
    i wish i was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on

    &
    i wish i was as fortunate as fortunate as me
    En mi vida,
    el oscuro me mantiene
    cuando yo te vi
    en la lluvia me prometiste tu sangre

    Estrella de la mañana
    Samael te persigo a ti
    y si me quedo sin alas
    ademas me muero por ti
  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    LauraPJ wrote:
    "I wish I was the verb to trust and never let you down" :)



    exactly my thoughts. :)

    many like to slag on wishlist...it's simplicity and sentimentality, but i adore it BECAUSE of these factors, just absolutely beautiful.
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


    I am myself like you somehow


  • afanafan Posts: 59
    "I wish I was the verb to trust and never let you down".
  • YieldedYielded Posts: 839
    Mine is "I wish I was the full moon shining off your Camaro's hood". It gives me chills every time I hear it.
    "We get these pills to swallow... how they stick in your throat... Tastes like gold..."
  • danika_bookwormdanika_bookworm Posts: 162
    i wish i was fortunate, as fortunate as me...

    love that line, it's both sad and happy at the same time
  • ifkaifka Posts: 28
    i wish........:) the whole song is beautifull....yeah -that`s the word.....beautifull.... all wishes in the song are someones wishes......... beautifull......
    ...how i choose to feel...is how i am....
  • JustForTodayIAmFreeJustForTodayIAmFree Posts: 6
    I wish I was a sacrifice but somehow still lived on.
  • wavesonwheelswavesonwheels Posts: 101
    "i wish i was a little bit taller, i wish i was a baller, i wish a had a girl that looked good i would call her, i wish i had a rabbit in a hat with a bat, and a 64' impala" - eddie vedder

    I wish I was like six-foot-nine
    So I could get with Leoshi
    Cause she don't know me but yo she's really fine
    You know I see her all the time
    no time this time to feign reluctance
  • parel jamparel jam Posts: 7,223
    ~I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me
    ♪♫♪♫♫

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=U_-WGNRyRzU

    ♪♫♪♫♫
  • adcadyadcady Posts: 13
    I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me
    I miss you already....


    Antwerp 30.08.06 - Paris 11.09.06 - Vienna 25.09.06
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,366
    This isn't one of my favorite PJ songs, but maybe I just need a line to grab on to. Let's see:

    I wish I was a neutron bomb, for once I could go off
    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on
    I wish I was a sentimental ornament you hung on
    The Christmas tree, I wish I was the star that went on top
    I wish I was the evidence, I wish I was the grounds
    For 50 million hands upraised and open toward the sky

    I wish I was a sailor with someone who waited for me
    I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me
    I wish I was a messenger and all the news was good
    I wish I was the full moon shining off your Camaro's hood

    I wish I was an alien at home behind the sun
    I wish I was the souvenir you kept your house key on
    I wish I was the pedal brake that you depended on
    I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down

    I wish I was a radio song, the one that you turned up
    I wish...
    I wish...


    I wish I was a messenger and all the news was good - probably one of the brightest parts of the song. I think I'll be this line. Runner up was the sailer line, but just think of the lonely person waiting, eh?
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • spina81spina81 Posts: 18
    I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let u down...........
    Crazy Mary
  • Fu_ManchuFu_Manchu Posts: 422
    I wish I was the full moon shining off your Camaro's hood
    Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
  • Thin HairThin Hair Posts: 67
    LauraPJ wrote:
    "I wish I was the verb to trust and never let you down" :)


    same as.............great line ............
    ' take 2 bottles into the shower?......not me, I've got no fucking hair!'


    Wembley 00..Astoria 06..Albany 06..Hartford 06..Barcelona 06..Paris 06..Wembley 07..Dusseldorf 07..Nijmegen 07
  • Ridin on a MotorbikeRidin on a Motorbike Posts: 16
    my favorite is "I wish I knew the lyrics to this song", during an '00 show in Albuquerque after Eddie sang the wrong lyrics.
  • lucylespianlucylespian Posts: 2,403
    I wish i was the full moon shining off a camaro's hood

    Makes me think about being young and out car parking on a hot summer's night, with a rush of blood !!
    Music is not a competetion.
  • poto101poto101 Posts: 446
    lucylespian wrote:
    I wish i was the full moon shining off a camaro's hood

    Makes me think about being young and out car parking on a hot summer's night, with a rush of blood !!

    I think those days just ended for me, still too young to look back and see them as "great"
    It's all happening....

    East Troy 2003
    Chicago x2, Summerfest x2, 2006
    Chicago THE VIC, Lollapalooza, 2007
    bonnaROOOOOOO 2008
    Chicago x2 2009

    (EV chicago 2008 night 2)
  • finalnifinalni Posts: 63
    Ridin on a Motorbike wrote:
    my favorite is "I wish I knew the lyrics to this song", during an '00 show in Albuquerque after Eddie sang the wrong lyrics.

    Hahaha.. :)

    "the Christmas tree I wish I was" :)
    Heart and soul, one will burn.
  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    humanlight wrote:
    The souvenir you kept your house key on

    this is my fav too.
    "I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
  • Androgynous MindAndrogynous Mind Posts: 520
    "I wish I was a radio song, the one that you turned up."

    One of PJ's classics.
    Oh he fills it up with the love of a girl...
  • EliEli Posts: 13
    “Wishlist” is without a doubt one of my favorite Pearl Jam songs. I do love all of it, so I couldn’t pick just one single line, but right now I would like to post a line from one of their live versions: Wishlist, Pittsburgh, 03.

    “I wish I controlled the media so I could put forth the truth.”

    I truly love it when Eddie changes the lyrics, and I think he is amazingly good at doing that. I love it so much!
    Peace =)
  • CharliePCharlieP Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 1,035
    I wish I was a sacrifice but somehow still lived on

    That line, to me, is pure genius. You can get tons of different meanings out of that one....

    Roskilde 2000, Berlin 2006, Athens 2006, Dusseldorf 2007, Copenhagen 2007, New York NY 1 + 2 2008, Berlin 2009, London 2009, London 2010, Berlin 2010, Manchester 2 2012, Berlin 1 2012, Stockholm 2012, Oslo 2012, Copenhagen 2012, Amsterdam 1 + 2 (EV solo) 2012, Amsterdam 1 + 2 2014, Stockholm 2014, Oslo 2014, Leeds 2014, Milton Keynes 2014, Heartland Festival DK (EV solo) 2017, Berlin 2018, Barcelona 2018, Copenhagen 2022, Prague 2022 (Cancelled)



  • Rockin RitaRockin Rita Posts: 21
    i wish i was a messenger and all the news was good
  • momofglynnmomofglynn Posts: 849
    lucylespian wrote:
    I wish i was the full moon shining off a camaro's hood

    Makes me think about being young and out car parking on a hot summer's night, with a rush of blood !!

    and dreaming of that sweet mullet you sported back then too :-) just kidding....that's just the vision that I have when I hear that line......

    my favorite...

    I wish I was the verb to trust......
    Let's Go Red Sox!
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