Monday, November 21, 2011

Pearl Jam Lyric Tournament: Round II Part I

Voting is open 11/21-11/23 on the Red Mosquito forums

65. Under your tongue/I'm like a tab/I will give you what you're not supposed to have
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Escape is never the safest path

66. Are you getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?
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Life has nothing to do with killing time

67. Sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky/a human being that was given to fly
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I let go of a rope, thinking that's what held me back/now in time I've realized, it's now wrapped around my neck

68. Standing like a statue/A chin of stone, a heart of clay
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I smile, but who am I kidding?

69. It's egg rolling thick and heavy/All this past we carry
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Mondays were made to fall, lost on a road he knew by heart/It was like a book he read in his sleep, endlessly

70. Just be darling, and I will be too/Faithful to you
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And wherever you've gone/and wherever we might go/It don't seem fair/you seemed to like it here

71. I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down
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Everything has chains, absolutely nothing's changed

72. she holds the hand that holds her down/she will rise above
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We were but stones/your light made us stars