Song of the Moment: Who You Are

[McParadigm]

[dimejinky99]

Took a little time before we leeeeeave

[Birds in Hell]

Trampled moss on your souls
Changes all you're a part
Seen it all, not at all
Can't defend fucked up man
Take me a for a ride before we leave...
Circumstance, clapping hands
Driving winds, happenstance
Off the track, in the mud
That's the moss in the aforementioned verse

But he's never mentioned any verse before this point in the song, he had only mentioned moss. The verse isn't aforementioned, the moss is. The lyric should be:
"That's the aforementioned moss in the previous verse"

This has been a long-time bug bear of mine as well:

http://forums.theskyiscrape.com/viewtop ... 5&p=310619

[Leatherhead]

He's just metaphor-ing guys.

[knee tunes]

He's just metaphor-ing guys.

What is a meta for?

[Ms Harmless]

it's vintage PJ

[liebzz]

It still throws me off when they “fixed” the lyric to avalanche. I never anticipate that lyric and still expect the old one. I will never adjust.

[dad]

It still throws me off when they “fixed” the lyric to avalanche. I never anticipate that lyric and still expect the old one. I will never adjust.

same. i don't care for the change at all. should've kept it the way it was.

[knee tunes]

Trampled moss on your souls
Changes all you're a part
Seen it all, not at all
Can't defend fucked up man
Take me a for a ride before we leave...
Circumstance, clapping hands
Driving winds, happenstance
Off the track, in the mud
That's the moss in the aforementioned verse

But he's never mentioned any verse before this point in the song, he had only mentioned moss. The verse isn't aforementioned, the moss is. The lyric should be:
"That's the aforementioned moss in the previous verse"

What previous verse?

Are you serious?

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[mikejasond]

This one has rarely been played live over the years (45 times total) but man it sounds good here

[guitar_davey]

Trampled moss on your souls
Changes all you're a part
Seen it all, not at all
Can't defend fucked up man
Take me a for a ride before we leave...
Circumstance, clapping hands
Driving winds, happenstance
Off the track, in the mud
That's the moss in the aforementioned verse

But he's never mentioned any verse before this point in the song, he had only mentioned moss. The verse isn't aforementioned, the moss is. The lyric should be:
"That's the aforementioned moss in the previous verse"

What previous verse?

Are you serious?

The second verse starts with "circumstance, clapping hands."

[guitar_davey]

Trampled moss on your souls
Changes all you're a part
Seen it all, not at all
Can't defend fucked up man
Take me a for a ride before we leave...
Circumstance, clapping hands
Driving winds, happenstance
Off the track, in the mud
That's the moss in the aforementioned verse

But he's never mentioned any verse before this point in the song, he had only mentioned moss. The verse isn't aforementioned, the moss is. The lyric should be:
"That's the aforementioned moss in the previous verse"

What previous verse?

Are you serious?

The second verse starts with "circumstance, clapping hands."

[mikejasond]

Trampled moss on your souls
Changes all you're a part
Seen it all, not at all
Can't defend fucked up man
Take me a for a ride before we leave...
Circumstance, clapping hands
Driving winds, happenstance
Off the track, in the mud
That's the moss in the aforementioned verse

But he's never mentioned any verse before this point in the song, he had only mentioned moss. The verse isn't aforementioned, the moss is. The lyric should be:
"That's the aforementioned moss in the previous verse"

What previous verse?

Are you serious?

The point is that its the MOSS that's 'aforementioned' not the verse that's 'aforementioned'. They never previously 'mentioned' the verse, they previously mentioned the moss.

It is a bit weird and the line in general is a bit weird even if it grammatically made sense lol. But its kinda fun

[RockPusher]

Ed has always used his poetic license to fuck with grammar and syntax.

[ducko]

Always thought this song live made them look like a more complete band - with Stone and Jeff doing the concurrent back up vocals.
Looking at the vid earlier there's the three vocalists in a line and mike just wandering around doing his thing haha!