Red Mosquito

105. Off He Goes vs. Sometimes

Very close, Off He Goes

Vote for Sometimes, which is a moody little number I enjoy if the mood takes me (usually if I am listening to No Code as a whole), but I would vote for every single song in either round over either of these two except for Evacuation (would choose Sometimes) and MAYBE Faithfull (might choose Sometimes)

Sometimes. Off He Goes is boring

sometimes only gets better and better over the years.

True, but Off He Goes might be Pearl Jam's most beautiful song.

Both great but still an easy vote for Off He Goes.

Off He Goes remains Pearl Jam's most self-indulgent song in the catalog. But I also think it's about Eddie Vedder. If it's not, that helps a little bit

It’s not about Ed.

Ed has said it’s about a friend of his, but of course it could be about anyone with personal issues. Fits Layne Staley.

Anders wrote:Ed has said it’s about a friend of his, but of course it could be about anyone with personal issues. Fits Layne Staley.

Fits me!

Off He Goes is about me.

you deserve a better song

Know a man
His face seems pulled and tense
Like he's riding on a motorbike
In the strongest winds
So I approach with tact
Suggest that he should relax
But he's always moving much too fast
Said he'll see me on the flip side
On this trip he's taken for a ride
He's been taking too much on
There he goes with his perfectly unkept clothes
There he goes
He's yet to come back
But I've seen his picture
It doesn't look the same up on the rack
We go way back
I wonder 'bout his insides
It's like his thoughts are too big for his size
He's been taken, where? I don't know
Off he goes, with his perfectly unkept hope
There he goes
And now I rub my eyes
For he has returned
Seems my preconceptions are
What should have been burned
For he still smiles
And he's still strong
Nothing's changed
But the surrounding bullshit
That has grown
And now he's home and we're laughing
Like we always did
My same old, same old friend
Until a quarter to ten
I saw the strain creep in
He seems distracted
And I know just what is gonna happen next
Before his first step
He is off again

stip wrote:you deserve a better song

I love how much you hate that song.

epilogue wrote:

Anders wrote:Ed has said it’s about a friend of his, but of course it could be about anyone with personal issues. Fits Layne Staley.

Fits me!

It fits me as well.