OFFICIAL LYRICS PER PEARLJAM.COM


WORLDWIDE SUICIDE
(lyrics: Vedder, music: Gossard)

I felt the earth on Monday. It moved beneath my feet.
In the form of a morning paper. Laid out for me to see.

Saw his face in a corner picture. I recognized the name.
Could not stop staring at the. Face I'd never see again.

It's a shame to awake in a world of pain
What does it mean when a war has taken over

It's the same everyday in a hell manmade
What can be saved, and who will be left to hold her?

The whole world...World over.
It's a worldwide suicide.

Medals on a wooden mantle. Next to a handsome face.
That the president took for granted.
Writing checks that others pay.

And in all the madness. Thought becomes numb and naive.
So much to talk about. Nothing for to say.

It's the same everyday and the wave won't break
Tell you to pray, while the devils on their shoulder

Laying claim to the take that our soldiers save
Does not equate, and the truth's already out there

The whole world,... World over.
It's a worldwide suicide.

The whole world,... World over.
It's a worldwide suicide.

Looking in the eyes of the fallen
You got to know there's another, another, another, another
Another way

It's a shame to awake in a world of pain
What does it mean when a war has taken over

It's the same everyday and the wave won't break
Tell you to pray, while the devils on their shoulder

The whole world,... World over.
It's a worldwide suicide.

The whole world,... World over.
It's a worldwide suicide.

A lot of this sounds right to my ears, but I have to assume it's wrong because it makes no fucking sense whatsoever.

wheres "The world, what a world, its a worldwide suicide" from the clip at?

the chorus

I think that's the line

...

I thought he said something like that.

the medal's on a wooden mantel
next to a handsome face
that the president took for granted
writing checks and out of ??

Jim, you're a bloody genius.

This song will be done by the end of the night,... whomever the mod on songmeanings.net is that frequents here can post em...

I wanted to becasue Iw anted to look smart,... but go for it pal!

checks that others pay

so, compiling all the corrections gives us:

and i felt the earth on a monday
it moved beneath my feet
in the form of a morning paper
there for me to see

saw his face in a corner picture
i recognized the name
could not stop staring at the face
I'd never see again

It's a shame to awake in a world of pain
what does it mean when a war has taken over
it's the same everyday, i heard my name
what can be saved, the world we have to hold up

Chorus

the medal's on a wooden
next to a handsome face
that the president took for granted
writing checks that others pay

and beyond our madness
dark becomes numb and naive
so much to talk about and
nothing for to say

It's the same every day, they want brave
they want brave while the devils on their shoulder
laying claim to the take the soldiers said
no time to quit and
the truths already out there

Chorus

looking in the eyes of the fallen, you've got to know there's another way

It's a shame to awake in a world like pain
what does it mean when the war has taken over
it's the same everyday, i'm brave, i'm brave
tell you they're free, while the devils on his shoulder

Chorus

Outro

im making the corrections ...

This is amazing!

oops, didn't notice.

add this one too:

and beyond our madness
dark becomes numb and naive
so much to talk about and
nothing for to say

A jim/ps production

I think the checks line might be

writing checks that others must pay


Lyrically this song seems like an angry last soldier. maybe from the perspective of the woman after the soldier is killed.