Friday, December 2, 2011

Pearl Jam Song Lyric Tournament: Matches 81-88 (12/2-12-6)

Matches 81-88: Voting open 12/2-12/6

81. Can’t buy what I want because its free
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I know I was born and I know that I'll die/the in between is mine

82. I'm like an opening band for the sun
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I've lived all these lives/like an ocean in disguise

83. Behind her eyes there's curtains/ and they've been closed to hide the flames
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If I knew where it was I would take you there/there's much more than this

84. I’ve got memories/I’ve got shit/so much it don’t show
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I want to race with the sundown/I want a last breath that I don’t let out

85. All the photographs are peeling, and colors turn to gray
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He still gives his love he just gives it away/The love he receives is the love that is saved

86. If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done
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I sometimes realize I can only be as good as you'll let me

87. Little secrets, tremors, turned to quake/The smallest oceans still get big, big waves
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Blackout weaves its way through the cities

88. For every tool they lend us, a loss of independence
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Oh I will stare the sun down, until my eyes go blind


Tie Breakers: Do not vote here if you voted in the last round

75. With heavy breath, awakened regrets/Back pages and days alone that could have been spent, together/but we were miles apart/Every inch between us becomes light years now
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Stunned by my own reflection/It's looking back, sees me too clearly

78. I changed by not changing at all
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No time to be void, or save up on life/you gotta spend it all