Comes Then Goes

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Rate Comes Then Goes

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some great songs in the ol’ 10 spot


Elderly Woman
Force of Nature
Comes Then Goes
Sleeping By Myself
Rival
Satan’s Bed
Deep
Wasted Reprise
Present Tense
Green Disease
Lowlight
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PHATJ wrote:
PHATJ wrote:1. Present Tense
2. Satan’s Bed
3. Rival
4. Deep
5. Low Light
6. Comes Then Goes
7. Small Town
8. Green Disease
9. Force of Nature
10. Wasted Reprise
11. Sleeping By Myself
Goddamn I hate Sleeping By Myself.
I cant wait to put Sleight of Hand at the bottom of whichever list that is.
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stip wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
PHATJ wrote:1. Present Tense
2. Satan’s Bed
3. Rival
4. Deep
5. Low Light
6. Comes Then Goes
7. Small Town
8. Green Disease
9. Force of Nature
10. Wasted Reprise
11. Sleeping By Myself
Goddamn I hate Sleeping By Myself.
I cant wait to put Sleight of Hand at the bottom of whichever list that is.
:lol: :finger: Track 11, dickhead!
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Rival
Low Light
Green Disease
Deep
Present Tense
Elderly Woman
Satan's Bed
Sleeping By Myself
Comes Then Goes
Force of Nature
Wasted Reprise
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stip wrote:some great songs in the ol’ 10 spot


Elderly Woman
Force of Nature
Comes Then Goes
Sleeping By Myself
Rival
Satan’s Bed
Deep
Wasted Reprise
Present Tense
Green Disease
Lowlight
Do we even like the same band? :haha:

You're right on about Comes Then Goes!
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this is a really interesting track number and will take me a while
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Present Tense
Lowlight
Comes Then Goes
Satan’s Bed
Rival
Deep
Green Disease
Wasted Reprise
Elderly Woman
Sleeping By Myself






Force of Nature
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i see rival gets overrated on this board just cuz its different. and doesnt have a “catchy” chorus.
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pearl jam sucks now
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So this song's totally about Chris Cornell and his shitty widow yeah?
I'm trying real hard to be the shepherd.
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Christ this song breaks my heart. Every fucking line.

Where ya been? Can I find
A glimpse of my friend
Don't know where or when one of us left
The other behind
Divisions came and troubles multiplied
Incisions made by scalpel blades of time
I'm trying real hard to be the shepherd.
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rival is catchy as fuck
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Rival is amazing. Comes Then Goes is amazing too.
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Elderly Woman
Present Tense
Satan’s Bed
Comes Then Goes
Deep
Force of Nature
Lowlight
Green Disease
Sleeping By Myself
Rival
Wasted Reprise

The 4,5 and 10-spots are typically my favorites. Great group of songs in the 10-hole here!

Okay, still interested in the interpretation of the "fell off the alter... wood cut in red" part of this song. Also, I love that the Queen of Collections could obviously be a metaphor for the Grim Reaper and there are only a couple real-life queens I could guess are the inspiration for this lyric.

My favorite part about this song is that it is just ambiguous enough to be a great song in perpetuity. It's not locked into a specific time and it doesn't have to be locked into a specific person or group of people.
"Mine is mine, and yours won't take it's place...."
"If hope could grow from dirt like me... it can be done."
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Elderly Woman
Lowlight
Rival
Sleeping By Myself
Present Tense
Comes Then Goes
Deep
Satan's Bed
Force of Nature
Green Disease
Wasted Reprise
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Rival
Satan's Bed
Deep
Comes Then Goes
Green Disease
Lowlight
Present Tense
Elderly Woman
Force of Nature
Wasted Reprise
Sleeping by Myself


This one was easy.
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Listening to this one right now. Ed is as good as he can possibly be on this song. It’s spectacular.
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Leatherhead wrote:Rival
Satan's Bed
Deep
Comes Then Goes
Green Disease
Lowlight
Present Tense
Elderly Woman
Force of Nature
Wasted Reprise
Sleeping by Myself


This one was easy.
I’ve got present tense at no. 1, but otherwise pretty similar.
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I’ve said this hundreds of pages ago in this thread and I’m sure this has been mentioned by others too, Comes Then Goes is the best song in this vein that Ed or PJ has done since Small Town, and this is better than Small Town.
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PHATJ wrote:I’ve said this hundreds of pages ago in this thread and I’m sure this has been mentioned by others too, Comes Then Goes is the best song in this vein that Ed or PJ has done since Small Town, and this is better than Small Town.
I like your enthusiasm, and I love this song, but you’ve been in arenas when they play Elderly Woman. It transcends. It’s magic. Comes Then Goes is personal and beautiful, but it’s no Elderly Woman.
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