Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:47 am Posts: 46000 Location: Reasonville
i'm really getting into this song lately. the lyrics are absolutely amazing. i'm beginning to think that the no code-yield era lyrics are pearl jam's best (my opinion of course). here's my interpretation on the song:
first, this guy is looking at his own mortality - at his own life - and trying to figure out what its all about, especially in relation to the world scheme as a whole.
then, i feel as if he has sorta figured out the deal, and he's saying 'hey, find me some hole to bury me in when i die, because that's what eventually happens'.
after realizing that, i think the guy decides to live his life to the fullest, knowing it has to come to an end. 'i'm discarding all thought' is aprefect example. then the song ends with 'i've had enough, said enough, felt enough, i'm fine, see ya later', basically saying he's discarding everything holding him down and living it up.
really great lyrics.
_________________ No matter how dark the storm gets overhead They say someone's watching from the calm at the edge What about us when we're down here in it? We gotta watch our backs
I really like this song. Its by far the best weird/spoken word song that PJ does. Its so good, I forget that its mostly spoken. Another reason why Yield is my favorite record.
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 10:10 pm Posts: 2154 Location: Rio
underrated song. a couple of years ago, when i watched that mtv special that brought me back home to PJ, there was an interview with Ed (it wasn't SVT), and the song was playing on the background, it was my first favorite, then In Hiding.
underrated song. a couple of years ago, when i watched that mtv special that brought me back home to PJ, there was an interview with Ed (it wasn't SVT), and the song was playing on the background, it was my first favorite, then In Hiding.
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 10:10 pm Posts: 2154 Location: Rio
cincinnati dude wrote:
dea wrote:
underrated song. a couple of years ago, when i watched that mtv special that brought me back home to PJ, there was an interview with Ed (it wasn't SVT), and the song was playing on the background, it was my first favorite, then In Hiding.
What was this? An MTV interview after Yeild??
man, i really don't know. it was something mtv Brasil put together, it was called mtv Live, they showed a concert and the thing is, i didn't see it from the beginning so i don't know what concert it was, but Ed had middle hair and a beard, was in a military green jacket with folded sleeves, and had that wrist bandana, and they played songs that i didn't know (i had stopped with TEN), it was the first time i listened to Daughter, Small Town and Wishlist, and there were also interviews about Yield and Ed looked strange with short curly darker hair and a red face like when you travel and go to the beach and then you come back and it's winter, he even had a scarf around his neck (sorry, i can't explain it any better than this ). maybe some of you-who-know-all can figure it out...
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:47 am Posts: 46000 Location: Reasonville
bump
_________________ No matter how dark the storm gets overhead They say someone's watching from the calm at the edge What about us when we're down here in it? We gotta watch our backs
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:47 am Posts: 46000 Location: Reasonville
i ended up writing one of my last college newspaper editorials about this song, breaking down lyrics, talking life. was good and well received. my buddy came back from one class saying how a bunch of kids were talking about how the editor of the school newspaper was a big pearl jam fan, and that was cool.
_________________ No matter how dark the storm gets overhead They say someone's watching from the calm at the edge What about us when we're down here in it? We gotta watch our backs
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 10:53 pm Posts: 8066 Location: Las Vegas via Rockford (Roscoe), IL Gender: Female
I'm not a fan of this song at all. Heh.
_________________ Frank Kevin
At night I drink myself to sleep and pretend I don't care that you're not here with me Cause it's so much easier to handle all my problems if I'm too far out to sea
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:47 am Posts: 46000 Location: Reasonville
little sadie wrote:
Best bump ever! ^_^
well, i do what i can
_________________ No matter how dark the storm gets overhead They say someone's watching from the calm at the edge What about us when we're down here in it? We gotta watch our backs
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 9:50 am Posts: 1838 Location: Perth, Australia Gender: Male
Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:
love the song
yeh i love singing/talking along with it. love the lyrics.
"if i behave could you arrange a spacious hole in the ground? somewhere nice. make it nice. where the land meets high tide"
_________________ a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively there's no such thing as death life is only a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves
Joined: Tue Nov 30, 2004 4:02 am Posts: 44183 Location: New York Gender: Male
what a bump this one was. Probably their best experimental song
_________________ "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
Joined: Fri Jul 29, 2005 12:17 am Posts: 237 Location: Brazil
dea wrote:
cincinnati dude wrote:
dea wrote:
underrated song. a couple of years ago, when i watched that mtv special that brought me back home to PJ, there was an interview with Ed (it wasn't SVT), and the song was playing on the background, it was my first favorite, then In Hiding.
What was this? An MTV interview after Yeild??
man, i really don't know. it was something mtv Brasil put together, it was called mtv Live, they showed a concert and the thing is, i didn't see it from the beginning so i don't know what concert it was, but Ed had middle hair and a beard, was in a military green jacket with folded sleeves, and had that wrist bandana, and they played songs that i didn't know (i had stopped with TEN), it was the first time i listened to Daughter, Small Town and Wishlist, and there were also interviews about Yield and Ed looked strange with short curly darker hair and a red face like when you travel and go to the beach and then you come back and it's winter, he even had a scarf around his neck (sorry, i can't explain it any better than this ). maybe some of you-who-know-all can figure it out...
This interview was originally broadcasted when Yield came out. It was just the band talking about the songs on the album and scenes of them rehearsing. Kind of like SVT, but shorter and with less production.
I guess what you watched was a special put together by MTV Brasil, with scenes from different points in the band's career.
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