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Happy When I'm Dying
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:50 pm 
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VAN wrote:
In another thread already:
He's got a big gold ring which says "Jesus saves"
And it's dented from the punch thrown at work that day
Where he smashed a metal locker where he kept his things
After the big boss said you'd best be on your way

Oh yeah...
So this life is sacrifice
Oh yeah...
Jumping trains just to survive

Well his wife and kids' asleep but he's still awake
On his brain weighs the curse of thirty bills unpaid
Gets up, lights a cigarette he's grown to hate
Thinkin if he can't sleep, how will he ever dream

Yeah...
So this life is sacrifice
Oh yeah...
To a stranger's bottom line
Oh yeah...
I've seen the light
Ohh ohh ohhh... Ohh ohh ohhhh...
I'm scared of life
Near to death
Ohh ohh ohhh... Ohh ohh ohhhh...
I've seen the light
Scared of life

Yeah...
So this life is sacrifice
Oh yeah...
Was a dream that had to die
Oh yeah...
I've seen the light
Ohh ohh ohhh... Ohh ohh ohhhh...
And I'm scared of life
Near to death
Ohh ohh ohhh... Ohh ohh ohhhh...
I've seen the light
Scared of life
Ohh ohh ohhh... Ohhhhhh Ohhh..
And I'm near to death
Here to die
Scared of life
Near to death
Here to die
Scared of life...

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NICE JOB...now...where can i hear this song?

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rapscallionyouth wrote:
NICE JOB...now...where can i hear this song?


you can buy it off iTunes for a buck, with WWS. They're might be a free link somewhere in the official sticky as well, not sure though.

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In another thread already:
He's got a big gold ring which says "Jesus saves"
And it's dented from the punch thrown at work that day
Where he smashed a metal locker where he kept his things
After the big boss said you'd best be on your way

Oh yeah...
So this life is sacrifice
Oh yeah...
Jumping trains just to survive

Well his wife and kids' asleep but he's still awake
On his brain weighs the curse of thirty bills unpaid
Gets up, lights a cigarette he's grown to hate
Thinkin if he can't sleep, how will he ever dream

Yeah...
So this life is sacrifice
Oh yeah...
To a stranger's bottom line
Oh yeah...
I've seen the light
Ohh ohh ohhh... Ohh ohh ohhhh...
I'm scared of life
Near to death
Ohh ohh ohhh... Ohh ohh ohhhh...
I've seen the light
Scared of life

Yeah...
So this life is sacrifice
Oh yeah...
Was a dream that had to die
Oh yeah...
I've seen the light
Ohh ohh ohhh... Ohh ohh ohhhh...
And I'm scared of life
Near to death
Ohh ohh ohhh... Ohh ohh ohhhh...
I've seen the light
Scared of life
Ohh ohh ohhh... Ohhhhhh Ohhh..
And I'm near to death
Here to die
Scared of life
Near to death
Here to die
Scared of life...
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wow, I was off by a mile. I think I should hang up my Pj lyric dechiphering shoes.

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I'm getting closer and closer to the real lyrics with all these examples :).
There is an 'again' missing after 'dream'.
It's hard to tell if he sings Scared Alive or Scared of Life, or whatever...

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Mirella wrote:
I'm getting closer and closer to the real lyrics with all these examples :).
There is an 'again' missing after 'dream'.
It's hard to tell if he sings Scared Alive or Scared of Life, or whatever...

groetjes,
Mirella :)

agreed. it SOUNDS like Scared Alive, but Scared of Life makes more sense really.
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I think this album is shaping up to be the most unintelligable in Pearl Jam's illustrious history. I wonder when they'll post these lyrics on pearljam.com

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Minor nitpicking, but the first word of the fourth line is "when" not "where".

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stip wrote:
I think this album is shaping up to be the most unintelligable in Pearl Jam's illustrious history. I wonder when they'll post these lyrics on pearljam.com


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stip wrote:
I think this album is shaping up to be the most unintelligable in Pearl Jam's illustrious history. I wonder when they'll post these lyrics on pearljam.com


i thought official wws lyrics were already up
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VAN wrote:
In another thread already:
He's got a big gold ring which says "Jesus saves"
And it's dented from the punch thrown at work that day
Where he smashed a metal locker where he kept his things
After the big boss said you'd best be on your way

Oh yeah...
So this life is sacrifice
Oh yeah...
Jumping trains just to survive

Well his wife and kids' asleep but he's still awake
On his brain weighs the curse of thirty bills unpaid
Gets up, lights a cigarette he's grown to hate
Thinkin if he can't sleep, how will he ever dream

Yeah...
So this life is sacrifice
Oh yeah...
To a stranger's bottom line
Oh yeah...
I've seen the light
Ohh ohh ohhh... Ohh ohh ohhhh...
I'm scared of life
Near to death
Ohh ohh ohhh... Ohh ohh ohhhh...
I've seen the light
Scared of life

Yeah...
So this life is sacrifice
Oh yeah...
Was a dream that had to die
Oh yeah...
I've seen the light
Ohh ohh ohhh... Ohh ohh ohhhh...
And I'm scared of life
Near to death
Ohh ohh ohhh... Ohh ohh ohhhh...
I've seen the light
Scared of life
Ohh ohh ohhh... Ohhhhhh Ohhh..
And I'm near to death
Here to die
Scared of life
Near to death
Here to die
Scared of life...



Near to Death UH-OH OH OH, UH-OH OH OH
I've seen the light
Scared Alive UH-OH OH...

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davo499 wrote:
stip wrote:
I think this album is shaping up to be the most unintelligable in Pearl Jam's illustrious history. I wonder when they'll post these lyrics on pearljam.com


i thought official wws lyrics were already up


For WWS, not unemployable

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oK!!!...finally heard this song. Awesome...Pearl Jam is awesome.

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good job on those lyrics.. very very close.

i did them big time... the hard working man trying to make some sense of his life... most people can relate.. absolutely a work of art
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I probably just need to listen again but I'm sure I hear 'Skinned alive' instead of 'Scared alive' or whatnot.

Who knows.

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people even heard 'still alive'. Let's wait and see what the official lyrics say :)

groetjes,
Mirella :)

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its SCARED ALIVE i am 100% sure.

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JeromeTurner5 wrote:
its SCARED ALIVE i am 100% sure.


scared alive, scared of life, and still alive all make sense in the context of the song. I hear scared alive too but of the three I think that one makes the least sense. It's also possible he changes the lyric thoughout the song, ala I am mine/I got shit

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i'm on album blackout so I am not going to listen to it...but looking at the lyrics, they have to be TOP 3 worst PJ lyrics ever.

I think i remember writing that way when I was in Junior High.
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