Joined: Mon Oct 18, 2004 2:29 pm Posts: 6984 Location: if anyone wants me, i'll be in my room Gender: Male
for me, the earth moved beneath my feet on wednesday, not monday morning.
other than that, the scene was exactly the same as the lyrics we have come to know in the last few months. i arrived home from my girlfriend's house and found the local paper laid out on the breakfast room table. my parents had evidently been reading the article.
a few days ago, a murder occured in my quiet little town. the first one in 20 years. and ive been hearing about it for days... case of road rage turns into fatal stabbing...
but tonight i saw the kid's face in the paper. a guy i knew. i didnt know him well, but i knew him well enough to nod my head as a 'hello' when i passed him on the way to the food court in the mall. or when we were at the gym at the same time. in fact, years ago he worked with my girlfriend at target, so i knew of him then too.
how is this pearl jam related? after all, wws describes a kid killed in the war. however, those lyrics will always make me think of this kid who i saw almost everyday, who died for no good reason. i guess thats the link. i didnt know him that well, but i wish i could change what happened.
incidently, i did stop staring at the face i ll never see again, but know that i cant stop thinking about him.
my best wishes and prayers for his friends, family, and loved ones.
Post subject: Re: saw his face is a corner picture...
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:57 am
Force of Nature
Joined: Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:54 pm Posts: 816 Location: Australia
Play C3 wrote:
for me, the earth moved beneath my feet on wednesday, not monday morning.
other than that, the scene was exactly the same as the lyrics we have come to know in the last few months. i arrived home from my girlfriend's house and found the local paper laid out on the breakfast room table. my parents had evidently been reading the article.
a few days ago, a murder occured in my quiet little town. the first one in 20 years. and ive been hearing about it for days... case of road rage turns into fatal stabbing...
but tonight i saw the kid's face in the paper. a guy i knew. i didnt know him well, but i knew him well enough to nod my head as a 'hello' when i passed him on the way to the food court in the mall. or when we were at the gym at the same time. in fact, years ago he worked with my girlfriend at target, so i knew of him then too.
how is this pearl jam related? after all, wws describes a kid killed in the war. however, those lyrics will always make me think of this kid who i saw almost everyday, who died for no good reason. i guess thats the link. i didnt know him that well, but i wish i could change what happened.
incidently, i did stop staring at the face i ll never see again, but know that i cant stop thinking about him.
my best wishes and prayers for his friends, family, and loved ones.
Post subject: Re: saw his face is a corner picture...
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 5:00 am
Stone's Bitch
Joined: Mon Oct 18, 2004 2:29 pm Posts: 6984 Location: if anyone wants me, i'll be in my room Gender: Male
nothing to say wrote:
Play C3 wrote:
for me, the earth moved beneath my feet on wednesday, not monday morning.
other than that, the scene was exactly the same as the lyrics we have come to know in the last few months. i arrived home from my girlfriend's house and found the local paper laid out on the breakfast room table. my parents had evidently been reading the article.
a few days ago, a murder occured in my quiet little town. the first one in 20 years. and ive been hearing about it for days... case of road rage turns into fatal stabbing...
but tonight i saw the kid's face in the paper. a guy i knew. i didnt know him well, but i knew him well enough to nod my head as a 'hello' when i passed him on the way to the food court in the mall. or when we were at the gym at the same time. in fact, years ago he worked with my girlfriend at target, so i knew of him then too.
how is this pearl jam related? after all, wws describes a kid killed in the war. however, those lyrics will always make me think of this kid who i saw almost everyday, who died for no good reason. i guess thats the link. i didnt know him that well, but i wish i could change what happened.
incidently, i did stop staring at the face i ll never see again, but know that i cant stop thinking about him.
my best wishes and prayers for his friends, family, and loved ones.
How do things get to that? I am sorry.
im sorry as well, i dont mean to go making depressing threads. its just been eating away at my mind all night. and it felt eerily similar to how wws's first verse makes me feel. i know a few people over in irag right now, and ive had this sick feeling that i will wake up one day to a headline like in wws. seeing it this way caught me off guard. how i wish i could make things different those close to him.
Post subject: Re: saw his face is a corner picture...
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 5:22 am
Force of Nature
Joined: Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:54 pm Posts: 816 Location: Australia
Play C3 wrote:
nothing to say wrote:
Play C3 wrote:
for me, the earth moved beneath my feet on wednesday, not monday morning.
other than that, the scene was exactly the same as the lyrics we have come to know in the last few months. i arrived home from my girlfriend's house and found the local paper laid out on the breakfast room table. my parents had evidently been reading the article.
a few days ago, a murder occured in my quiet little town. the first one in 20 years. and ive been hearing about it for days... case of road rage turns into fatal stabbing...
but tonight i saw the kid's face in the paper. a guy i knew. i didnt know him well, but i knew him well enough to nod my head as a 'hello' when i passed him on the way to the food court in the mall. or when we were at the gym at the same time. in fact, years ago he worked with my girlfriend at target, so i knew of him then too.
how is this pearl jam related? after all, wws describes a kid killed in the war. however, those lyrics will always make me think of this kid who i saw almost everyday, who died for no good reason. i guess thats the link. i didnt know him that well, but i wish i could change what happened.
incidently, i did stop staring at the face i ll never see again, but know that i cant stop thinking about him.
my best wishes and prayers for his friends, family, and loved ones.
How do things get to that? I am sorry.
im sorry as well, i dont mean to go making depressing threads. its just been eating away at my mind all night. and it felt eerily similar to how wws's first verse makes me feel. i know a few people over in irag right now, and ive had this sick feeling that i will wake up one day to a headline like in wws. seeing it this way caught me off guard. how i wish i could make things different those close to him.
Better you have somewhere to say this stuff though, even if it is a message board for PJ. PJ's music helps us cope with things, and the fans it brings together can as well. Take care.
Post subject: Re: saw his face is a corner picture...
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 5:30 am
Stone's Bitch
Joined: Mon Oct 18, 2004 2:29 pm Posts: 6984 Location: if anyone wants me, i'll be in my room Gender: Male
nothing to say wrote:
Play C3 wrote:
nothing to say wrote:
Play C3 wrote:
for me, the earth moved beneath my feet on wednesday, not monday morning.
other than that, the scene was exactly the same as the lyrics we have come to know in the last few months. i arrived home from my girlfriend's house and found the local paper laid out on the breakfast room table. my parents had evidently been reading the article.
a few days ago, a murder occured in my quiet little town. the first one in 20 years. and ive been hearing about it for days... case of road rage turns into fatal stabbing...
but tonight i saw the kid's face in the paper. a guy i knew. i didnt know him well, but i knew him well enough to nod my head as a 'hello' when i passed him on the way to the food court in the mall. or when we were at the gym at the same time. in fact, years ago he worked with my girlfriend at target, so i knew of him then too.
how is this pearl jam related? after all, wws describes a kid killed in the war. however, those lyrics will always make me think of this kid who i saw almost everyday, who died for no good reason. i guess thats the link. i didnt know him that well, but i wish i could change what happened.
incidently, i did stop staring at the face i ll never see again, but know that i cant stop thinking about him.
my best wishes and prayers for his friends, family, and loved ones.
How do things get to that? I am sorry.
im sorry as well, i dont mean to go making depressing threads. its just been eating away at my mind all night. and it felt eerily similar to how wws's first verse makes me feel. i know a few people over in irag right now, and ive had this sick feeling that i will wake up one day to a headline like in wws. seeing it this way caught me off guard. how i wish i could make things different those close to him.
Better you have somewhere to say this stuff though, even if it is a message board for PJ. PJ's music helps us cope with things, and the fans it brings together can as well. Take care.
thanks. thats exactly what i thought. at least now ive shared how i feel about it, and that makes me feel better. thank you everyone for your support. granted, this isnt a deep personal loss for me, but it has really made me think. every day the news tells us about hundreds of people being killed, but this struck so close to home.
Joined: Tue Nov 30, 2004 4:02 am Posts: 44183 Location: New York Gender: Male
Death is heavy. It's almost too big to get your mind around. It's what makes even a just war criminal.
_________________ "Better the occasional faults of a Government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a Government frozen in the ice of its own indifference."--FDR
i hate unnecesary deaths...its one thing when its your 94 year old great grandma... but my 13 year old cousin died in a car accident where her 17 year old sister was driving, and it fucked with her also, so it affected her life severly and obviosly my cousin paid the ultimate price
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 8:23 pm Posts: 309 Location: Caldwell, New Jersey USA Ten Club: 124xxx
The thing that gets me most about war in general, especially after watching some vietnam and wwii stuff on Memorial day is just how young these kids are. It never hit home with me, I guess cause I WAS a kid, or felt like the guys in the pictures age.
But now that im 31, I realize id be such a better soldier now than I ever could have been as that scrawny timid kid I was.
My heart really goes out to the soldiers and their families who fight for our freedom, just or unjust, its just the most noble thing I can imagine to sacrifice yourself for the greater good. I try to think of how my life will be somewhat insignificant when im gone, while his was heroic...instead of being angry...try to be proud.
it doesn't matter your connection to this guy, it just matters that you had a connection somehow. i think it's nice of you to think of him and remember him. it is a terrible terrible thing that happened to him and it saddens me to hear things like this. i bet he'd appreciate your kindness and thoughts.
like 2 weeks ago a teenager in my hometown(stoughton, ma) stepped in front of a train and ended his life, i had no connection at all to this person but it affected me, the worst part was that i think it was over a girl
it doesn't matter your connection to this guy, it just matters that you had a connection somehow. i think it's nice of you to think of him and remember him. it is a terrible terrible thing that happened to him and it saddens me to hear things like this. i bet he'd appreciate your kindness and thoughts.
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