Joined: Sun Dec 05, 2004 5:47 am Posts: 27904 Location: Philadelphia Gender: Male
Don't you think you oughta rest? Don't you think you oughta lay your head down? Don't you think you want to sleep? Don't you think you oughta lay your head down tonight?
Don't you think you've done enough? Oh, don't you think you've got enough, well maybe.. You don't think there's time to stop? There's time enough for you to lay your head down, tonight, tonight
Let it wash away All those yesterdays
What are you running from? Taking pills to get along Creating walls to call your own So no one catches you drifting off and Doing all the things that we all do
Let them wash away All those yesterdays All those yesterdays All those paper plates
You've got time, you've got time to escape There's still time, it's no crime to escape It's no crime to escape, it's no crime to escape There's still time, so escape It's no crime, crime..
Joined: Sun Dec 05, 2004 5:47 am Posts: 27904 Location: Philadelphia Gender: Male
As of late I’ve found All Those Yesterdays to be part of a trilogy along with Off He Goes and Save You. In Off He Goes, the narrator laments his friend’s situation. In All Those Yesterdays, he tries to console the person. And in Save You, he becomes aggressive and attempts to take control of the situation. That may be a stretch, but that’s how I’ve been hearing these songs.
Standing alone, All Those Yesterdays is about consolation for someone suffering from some sort of depression. They are strung out and take pills so they don’t have to face life. They are running from something internally, which is something we’ve all done at one point or another. They’ve boxed out the rest of the world and exist in a soothing solitude that the narrator finds to be just plain unhealthy.
My favorite lyrics:
“What are you running from, taking pills to get along?
Creating walls to call your own?
So no one catches you drifting off and doing all the things that we all do?
Oh let them wash away all those yesterdaysâ€
This verse comes from the heart of someone who cares about another, which is a rare thing to find in this world anymore. Some days I believe that most people are essentially good at heart, and other days I find them despicable and evil. All Those Yesterdays provides hope that people do care about one another and will see each other through tough times. The narrator is almost a Christ-like savior who comforts and reassures the person in question that life is difficult, but salvation is not impossible.
The outro to the song, in which Ed repeats the line “You’ve got time to escape,†is also quite important. We open with him asking the other person to sleep, and we close with him telling them to escape. I think he’s suggesting that when we sleep, or more importantly when we dream, we are perfect. There are no worries or concerns about this life; we can escape all of it. There are no yesterdays. We are clean and pure and all our regrets are washed away and the only thing to live for is today.
A perfect coda to a damn fine album, and easily one of Stone’s best additions to the band’s catalogue.
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Nice job Frank, a brilliant album closer indeed. My favourite version has to be from SVT, there's nothing like it. And we seem to share a fondness for the same lines too!
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Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:26 pm Posts: 14525 Location: Buffalo
That's a fiver.
I'm gonna start throwing nickels at Ed if they don't play it at the next PJ show I attend.
Quote:
You've got time, you've got time to escape There's still time, it's no crime to escape It's no crime to escape, it's no crime to escape There's still time, so escape It's no crime, crime..
I always blast that part in the car and sing loudly.
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In a tussle with Tremor Christ to be my all-time favourite PJ song, today it wins.
Beatiful song, Stone's Beatle-esque music is amazing and Ed's lyrics are perfect.
I can see a parallel between this song and Off He Goes in that I believe Ed is singing them to himself about his own failings, but both songs work equally well on a universal level too.
I don't know why this song hasn't been brought out live more, perhaps Ed doesn't connect with the lyrics as he once did which might be fair enough. I wasn't all that keen on the Boston '03 version, I prefer the sound of this song when played electrically.
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A high **** for me. Pretty little song and my favorite Stone ballad and love how Ed's voice is mixed on the studio version. I'm lucky to have heard on the '98 tour.
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Joined: Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:40 am Posts: 12509 Location: Pittsburgh Gender: Male
Nice write up, Frank.
But I look forward to the hidden track at the end more than the actual song.
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