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harmless wrote:
EJ wrote:
stupidmop wrote:
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before I retire.
100% thought those were the lyrics.

I just realised in RVM he's saying "enmity gauged" not "empty gaze"
He probably does say empty gaze in concert.
:?:
I always thought it was empty gaze <_<. Who knows what he says in concert.

It really bothers me when he gets the first word of Even Flow in concert wrong all the time, singing "KNEEElin" instead of "FREEEEZIN". I mean its the first word of one of their biggest hits. It always takes me aback. Also changing all the Mommys and Daddys in Jeremy and Alive. I know the lyric is awkward but changing the lyrics to their most iconic songs is annoying...especially when like in Jeremy they are particularly memorable lines/screams.

i can't stop hearing "she farted" in Dissident and it ruins the song now :(
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While we're on RVM I also always hear "pissed on my plate, swallowed it down" :(
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I stand by my belief that it is

"Moon, changing shape and shit".
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Blenheim Augustine wrote:Pick the dirt of Olajuwon's feet
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mikejasond wrote:While we're on RVM I also always hear "pissed on my plate, swallowed it down" :(
Is that not the lyric?
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You guys realize that pearljam.com is not a reliable source for correct lyrics, right?
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cutuphalfdead wrote:You guys realize that pearljam.com is not a reliable source for correct lyrics, right?
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tommymtcom wrote:
mikejasond wrote:While we're on RVM I also always hear "pissed on my plate, swallowed it down" :(
Is that not the lyric?
I think its actually "fist" on my plate.

Also I used to think it was "I was bitten, must have been the devil, he was just plain mean."
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I'm just a human bean.
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EJ wrote:I'm just a human bean.
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aren't most of the rvm lyrics in the liner notes?
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Chris_H_2 wrote:aren't most of the rvm lyrics in the liner notes?
yeah if you want to believe what Ed says they are
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:I stand by my belief that it is

"Moon, changing shape and shit".
I just listened to yellow moon for the first time since reading this and now this is my favorite one I love it lol
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evenslow wrote:
Blenheim Augustine wrote:Pick the dirt of Olajuwon's feet
this is fantastic
I thought this for years as a young teen.
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evenslow wrote:
Blenheim Augustine wrote:Pick the dirt of Olajuwon's feet
this is fantastic
...because it's "a larger one's" feet right?
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