Guaranteed

norm
norm Posts: 31,146
edited September 2007 in Words and Music...Communication
On bended knee is no way to be free
And lifting up an empty cup I ask silently
If all my destinations will accept the one that's me
So I can breathe

Circles they grow and they swallow people whole
Half their lives they say goodnight to wives they'll never know
A mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul
And so it goes

Don't come closer or I'll have to go
Owning me like gravity are places that pull
If ever there was someone to keep me at home
It would be you

Everyone I come across in cages they bought
They think of me and my wandering but I'm never what they thought
Got my indignation but I'm pure in all my thoughts
I'm alive

Wind in my hair I feel part of everywhere
Underneath my being is a road that disappeared
Late at night I hear the trees they're singing with the dead
Overhead

Leave it to me as I find a way to be
Consider me a satellite forever orbiting
I know all the rules but the rules do not know me
Guaranteed

thanks, ed.....:)
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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    :o so embarrassing........where am I finding this one cb? :o
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • DiRtyFranK38
    DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    :O on into the wild ... ed's new "solo" album.
    2006: Hartford
    2008: MSG 1, Hartford, Mansfield 2, Ed Solo NYC 1
    2009: London (O2), Philly 1, 2, 3, & 4
    2010: Hartford, Boston, MSG 1 & 2
    2011: Ed Solo Hartford
    2012: Philly (MIA Fest)
    2013: Worcester 2, Brooklyn 1 & 2, Hartford
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    DiRtyFranK38 wrote:
    :O on into the wild ... ed's new "solo" album.

    Thanks! :)

    Apparently cb was a little "tired" last night! ;):p:D
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    ok now that we've got jeanie sorted out...;)....anyone else just blown away by this song?
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    cutback wrote:
    ok now that we've got jeanie sorted out...;)....anyone else just blown away by this song?

    :D hehe! who do you think you've got sorted out???? :p

    Lyrics are very cool though, if they're anything to go by, reckon I'll love this tune! :)
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • Lizard
    Lizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    is that the last song on the CD? If so, does it remind you of Dust in the Wind at first ? does to me. or maybe it is another one on there.....
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    Lizard wrote:
    is that the last song on the CD? If so, does it remind you of Dust in the Wind at first ? does to me. or maybe it is another one on there.....

    yea it is the last song but tuolome reminds me of dust in the wind.....:)
  • vedderfan10
    vedderfan10 Posts: 2,497
    Norm!

    The Will Ferrell version? Blue! You're my boy! ;)

    I notice some kurt vonnegut in that song "Guaranteed".... "and so it goes"... and you can't get any truer than that....and so it goes...
    be philanthropic
  • PJ-Sin
    PJ-Sin Posts: 348
    This song is an AMAZING tune!!! Brings me to tears almost every time I hear it... some of the best lyrics Ive ever heard.
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  • Bushleaguer28
    Bushleaguer28 Posts: 776
    the album is really good - just wish some of the first 5 of 6 songs were a little longer
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  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    cutback wrote:
    ok now that we've got jeanie sorted out...;)....anyone else just blown away by this song?
    I am TOTALLY blown away by this song. The lyrics are some of Ed's best by far!!!

    This whole album is very well written - but yeah, Guaranteed is phenomenal!!!
  • UpSideDown
    UpSideDown Posts: 1,966
    some of ed's best lyrics ever....
  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    this song comforts me
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    i recommend taking the silence out of the song.......unbelievable....:)
  • PJSEMPRE
    PJSEMPRE Posts: 687
    Right now it's my favourite song of this album.
    The lyrics and Eddie's voice are perfect here.

    "Leave it to me as I find a way to be
    Consider me a satellite forever orbiting
    I know all the rules but the rules do not know me
    Guaranteed"

    This part is awesome!
    Let's say knowledge is a tree, yeah.
    It's growing up just like me.
  • panthergirl
    panthergirl Posts: 469
    one of my new all time favorites.

    LOVE this song.
    Love it.
    08 6/11 WPB 6/12 Tampa 6/24,25 MSG, 8/7 Ed @ Newark
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  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    "And so it goes." -
    Kurt Vonnegut Jr., "Breakfast of Champions"
    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
  • breath_girl
    breath_girl Posts: 189
    I walked home yesterday and listened to it over and over for an hour. It is so beautiful.
  • vital5
    vital5 Posts: 5,486
    SOmething silly i said about Guaranteed

    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?p=4840799&highlight=guaranteed#post4840799
  • yellowbird
    yellowbird Posts: 184
    cutback wrote:
    On bended knee is no way to be free
    And lifting up an empty cup I ask silently
    If all my destinations will accept the one that's me
    So I can breathe

    Circles they grow and they swallow people whole
    Half their lives they say goodnight to wives they'll never know
    A mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul
    And so it goes

    Don't come closer or I'll have to go
    Owning me like gravity are places that pull
    If ever there was someone to keep me at home
    It would be you

    Everyone I come across in cages they bought
    They think of me and my wandering but I'm never what they thought
    Got my indignation but I'm pure in all my thoughts
    I'm alive

    Wind in my hair I feel part of everywhere
    Underneath my being is a road that disappeared
    Late at night I hear the trees they're singing with the dead
    Overhead

    Leave it to me as I find a way to be
    Consider me a satellite forever orbiting
    I know all the rules but the rules do not know me
    Guaranteed

    thanks, ed.....:)

    this melody is neverending...have you noticed?
    ed just stops the song at a certain point.
    the song is infinite and that's what i like about it.
    like a story..... or a love that never ends.

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