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up here in my tree, yeah newspapers matter not to me, yeah no more crowbars to my head, yeah i'm trading stories with the leaves instead, yeah wave to all my friends, yeah they don't seem to notice me, no all their eyes trained on the street, yo, oh sidewalk cigarettes and scenes, [tem-pted] up here so high i start to shake up here so high the sky i scrape i'm so high i hold just one breath here within my chest just like innocence eddie's found a home oh at last the trees fall eddie's blue sky home oh at last the trees fall i remember when, yeah i swore i knew everything, oh yeah let's say knowledge is a tree, yeah it's growing up just like me, yeah i'm so light the wind he shakes i'm so high the sky i scrape i'm so light i hold just one breath and go back to my nest sleep with innocence... up here so high the boughs they break up here so high the sky i scrape had my eyes peeled both wide open, and i got a glimpse of my innocence... got back my inner sense... baby got it, still got it
My favorite song of all time. It means more to me than any other piece of music, ever. It's a song that can never be loud enough, can never last as long as I want it to, and is always dancing around inside my head. Those four simple chords are like waves of transcendence. It's almost indescribeable in it's power, its simple beauty.
The two versions are like a child and a parent, one reflecting energy, the other wisdom.
The album version is a anthem of escape and personal power, raising the listener to a higher plane of being, casting aside the mundane and glorifying the sublime.
The slow version is perhaps even more powerful; it is almost like the rise of phoenix from the ashes, the reascension to beauty by a fallen angel. It is one of the only songs that has the power to make me openly weep.
Thank you, Pearl Jam, you have given me something more beautiful than you will ever know.
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Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:25 am Posts: 11849 Location: west coast
OrpheusDescending wrote:
up here in my tree, yeah newspapers matter not to me, yeah no more crowbars to my head, yeah i'm trading stories with the leaves instead, yeah wave to all my friends, yeah they don't seem to notice me, no all their eyes trained on the street, yo, oh sidewalk cigarettes and scenes, [tem-pted] up here so high i start to shake up here so high the sky i scrape i'm so high i hold just one breath here within my chest just like innocence eddie's found a home oh at last the trees fall eddie's blue sky home oh at last the trees fall i remember when, yeah i swore i knew everything, oh yeah let's say knowledge is a tree, yeah it's growing up just like me, yeah i'm so light the wind he shakes i'm so high the sky i scrape i'm so light i hold just one breath and go back to my nest sleep with innocence... up here so high the boughs they break up here so high the sky i scrape had my eyes peeled both wide open, and i got a glimpse of my innocence... got back my inner sense... baby got it, still got it
My favorite song of all time. It means more to me than any other piece of music, ever. It's a song that can never be loud enough, can never last as long as I want it to, and is always dancing around inside my head. Those four simple chords are like waves of transcendence. It's almost indescribeable in it's power, its simple beauty.
The two versions are like a child and a parent, one reflecting energy, the other wisdom.
The album version is a anthem of escape and personal power, raising the listener to a higher plane of being, casting aside the mundane and glorifying the sublime.
The slow version is perhaps even more powerful; it is almost like the rise of phoenix from the ashes, the reascension to beauty by a fallen angel. It is one of the only songs that has the power to make me openly weep.
Thank you, Pearl Jam, you have given me something more beautiful than you will ever know.
what does ed say after the first verse, " ed found a....??????
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Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 9:48 pm Posts: 18 Location: Down on the Upside
Oh I loooooooooooove this song! It's so magical. It digs deep. It really gets me in touch with my inner hippe. Seriously, the song never fails to take my away. The words are absolutely beautiful, the way it builds, the entire feel of it...ahhhh, everything.
Yes, THANK YOU PEARL JAM!
Old version, new version, album version...I don't give a fuck. The song itself carries the magic. It's always there..."still got it, still got it" and never gonna loose it. It's songs like this one that make me feel alive.
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Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 10:36 pm Posts: 65 Location: Birmingham, Alabama
hey sorry it took me so long to get back with the tabs... freakin dsl went out again... grrrgh... anyway, here are the tabs for the msg in my tree....
these are the chords for the verse....
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-------------9----9---
--9----9----7----9----
--7----6----0----0---
--0----0--------------
the chorus is just G and E
and for the bridge... ed just holds and E power chord and jeff's bass progression is.... E, B, C, A
and mike's solo is very easy, just one string
on the high E
E--16--14---12--- up and down these 3 notes over and over again, just feel the half step bends he does, it's too easy. if you need any more help lemme know. i'm a music major and love doing these things. got 2 degress in music already actually lol, i'll have 2 more next year and i'll be done! hope this all helped
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I love the 'new' version from Fargo last year when he goes on his little detour:
Still growing, still breathing, still avoiding, dying Still playing, still loving, still avoiding, crying As the crow flies.... as the tree grows Tomorrow I'll learn, something I never thought I'd know..
First time I read the lyrics, I realized the power of the lyrics. Made me lose my PJ virginity totally. I sort of cried, and was a bit embarassed to tell anyone about this song.
First Pearl Jam concert I went to was Detroit 2003 night 2. I broke into tears hearing In My Tree premiere into my ears. My favorite Pearl Jam song to date.
It doesn't matter which version gets played. The lyrics make your pillows weep.
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 9:50 am Posts: 1838 Location: Perth, Australia Gender: Male
OrpheusDescending wrote:
Thank you, Pearl Jam, you have given me something more beautiful than you will ever know.
Yes, yes, yes. Thank you for writing the words i have been looking for.
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Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 10:21 pm Posts: 221 Location: State College, PA (PENN State??)
lunkin wrote:
OrpheusDescending wrote:
up here in my tree, yeah newspapers matter not to me, yeah no more crowbars to my head, yeah i'm trading stories with the leaves instead, yeah wave to all my friends, yeah they don't seem to notice me, no all their eyes trained on the street, yo, oh sidewalk cigarettes and scenes, [tem-pted] up here so high i start to shake up here so high the sky i scrape i'm so high i hold just one breath here within my chest just like innocence eddie's found a home oh at last the trees fall eddie's blue sky home oh at last the trees fall i remember when, yeah i swore i knew everything, oh yeah let's say knowledge is a tree, yeah it's growing up just like me, yeah i'm so light the wind he shakes i'm so high the sky i scrape i'm so light i hold just one breath and go back to my nest sleep with innocence... up here so high the boughs they break up here so high the sky i scrape had my eyes peeled both wide open, and i got a glimpse of my innocence... got back my inner sense... baby got it, still got it
My favorite song of all time. It means more to me than any other piece of music, ever. It's a song that can never be loud enough, can never last as long as I want it to, and is always dancing around inside my head. Those four simple chords are like waves of transcendence. It's almost indescribeable in it's power, its simple beauty.
The two versions are like a child and a parent, one reflecting energy, the other wisdom.
The album version is a anthem of escape and personal power, raising the listener to a higher plane of being, casting aside the mundane and glorifying the sublime.
The slow version is perhaps even more powerful; it is almost like the rise of phoenix from the ashes, the reascension to beauty by a fallen angel. It is one of the only songs that has the power to make me openly weep.
Thank you, Pearl Jam, you have given me something more beautiful than you will ever know.
what does ed say after the first verse, " ed found a....??????
eddie's found a home
oh at last the trees fall
eddie's blue sky home
oh at last the trees fall
Yeah...why don't I remember hearing this?? I'll have to listen after work
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Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 1:25 am Posts: 3942 Location: The Harbour Steps
Oh my god, man. Nail on the head. This is my all time favorite song by anyone, and I really can't get enough of it. Like you said, it's never loud enough or long enough. This is my favorite song to play with my band, and we're thinking of opening our next gig with it. We'll see.
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