I shut and locked the front door
No way in or out
I turned and walked the hallways
And pulled the curtains down
yeah I knelt and emptied the mouths of every club around
But nothing's sound
nothing's sound
I'd stay where my last step left me
Ignored all my rounds
Soon I was seeing visions and cracks along the walls
They were upside down
I swallow the truth to keep from lying
I swallow my face just to keep from biting
Yeah, I swallowed my breath, I went deep,
I was diving, I was diving
Yeah, I surfaced when all of my being was enlightened
[Repeat: x4]
I'm in hiding
It's been about three days now
Since I've been above ground
i'm no longer overwhelmed and it seems so simple now
Yeah, it's funny how things change so much
It's all state of mind
I swallow the truth to keep from lying
I swallow my face just to keep from biting.
I, I am, I swallow my breath, I went deep,
I was diving, I was diving
Yeah, I surfaced when all of my being was enlightened
[Repeat x8]
Now I'm in hiding
No way in or out
I turned and walked the hallways
And pulled the curtains down
yeah I knelt and emptied the mouths of every club around
But nothing's sound
nothing's sound
Ignored all my rounds
Soon I was seeing visions and cracks along the walls
They were upside down
I swallow my face just to keep from biting
Yeah, I swallowed my breath, I went deep,
I was diving, I was diving
Yeah, I surfaced when all of my being was enlightened
I'm in hiding
Since I've been above ground
i'm no longer overwhelmed and it seems so simple now
Yeah, it's funny how things change so much
It's all state of mind
I swallow my face just to keep from biting.
I, I am, I swallow my breath, I went deep,
I was diving, I was diving
Yeah, I surfaced when all of my being was enlightened
Now I'm in hiding
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While I like some of the insights here and I love the song, how did only 1 person get the drug reference?
Its about going cold turkey, kicking a habit (heroin) and seeing the world differently. re read it and "it seems so simple now" ahem jk.
yield was too good to have a best song. so well rounded and high quality.
"Now what I just said means it's great to be around a lot of people, but this next song, those times, few and far between, where you need to say - get away from me. Get the fuck away. This is called In Hiding."
-Eddie Vedder, Live in Pittsburg album :)
there was a canadian radio station interview back when yield was released and eddie said something to the effect of:
"this isnt just about a rockstar escaping (or some such) - but in general just a person escaping the daily grind and the 'race'. taking a few days off to recuperate. like 4 days, but only 4 days, 4 weeks is unacceptable"
yeah i know my memory sucks....but that was the gist of it...anyone else hear that interview?
wonder where i put that tape ;)
every time i hear this song i love it a little more, easily one of the best songs on yeild, the chorus is captivating, and its hard not "over-rocking out" when hearing it cause its so..i dunno, somethign more than just awesome or powerful
I just wish more people knew about this song because it may be one of pearl jam's best. Great guitar work and great lyrics. It just that song that you find yourself singing for days to yourself.
a fantastic song...lets not get nuts and say its the best song on yeild...but its definitly up there...
hey it is one of the best on yeild and yeild is my favorite pearl jam album... i ussually call this song the story of my life. hide away escape into paranoia... over think things. then realize something and snap out of it. but in relation to that radio station quote the whole weeks thing would be me :P
An homage to Charles Bukowski... everyone go out and read Bukowski!
Awesome song!.. I only have this song on a live CD and i love it! when he sings it he changed the words to "I turned and blocked the hallway" instead of "i turned and walked the hallway" and he also says "I swallow the truth to keep from lying" instead of "i swallow my words to keep from lying".. Eddie is truly a genuis for writing all his awesome songs.
one of the best Pearl Jam songs ever YIELD is a very underrated album that deserved more..id rank it right there with TEN and VS,this song will always take me back to summer-fall of 1998 when for me at least life was more simple..i know this isnt a song meaning but it is what the song means to me which I think is just as important..what the song means to a person inside