The first song heard on No Code when you listen to the album.... Any fans who were expecting another Go, Once, or last exit were immediatly kicked in the ass with this song.... Sometimes seems to be about questioning occurances in your life that are beyond your control.....I love this song....
Well, think of how, metaphorically, that connects to the meaning of the song. The meaning seems to be that although you can't control the big picture a lot of the time, you can change how you react to it and all the small things that you do. And all those little things change it all. Here, the big picture is that all of the fans were expecting something like Go, Once, or Last Exit. Pearl Jam, by the time they're making this album, can't control that. That's what's going on. Instead, they can control how they react (i.e. making a...
Well, think of how, metaphorically, that connects to the meaning of the song. The meaning seems to be that although you can't control the big picture a lot of the time, you can change how you react to it and all the small things that you do. And all those little things change it all. Here, the big picture is that all of the fans were expecting something like Go, Once, or Last Exit. Pearl Jam, by the time they're making this album, can't control that. That's what's going on. Instead, they can control how they react (i.e. making a song like Sometimes which isn't what they expect), and in the end that changes everyone else's expectations. The little currents are the start to every whirlpool, so to speak.
The first song heard on No Code when you listen to the album.... Any fans who were expecting another Go, Once, or last exit were immediatly kicked in the ass with this song.... Sometimes seems to be about questioning occurances in your life that are beyond your control.....I love this song....
Well they immediately got their fix with Hail, Hail as track 2, but still a huge left turn.
Well they immediately got their fix with Hail, Hail as track 2, but still a huge left turn.
Well, think of how, metaphorically, that connects to the meaning of the song. The meaning seems to be that although you can't control the big picture a lot of the time, you can change how you react to it and all the small things that you do. And all those little things change it all. Here, the big picture is that all of the fans were expecting something like Go, Once, or Last Exit. Pearl Jam, by the time they're making this album, can't control that. That's what's going on. Instead, they can control how they react (i.e. making a...
Well, think of how, metaphorically, that connects to the meaning of the song. The meaning seems to be that although you can't control the big picture a lot of the time, you can change how you react to it and all the small things that you do. And all those little things change it all. Here, the big picture is that all of the fans were expecting something like Go, Once, or Last Exit. Pearl Jam, by the time they're making this album, can't control that. That's what's going on. Instead, they can control how they react (i.e. making a song like Sometimes which isn't what they expect), and in the end that changes everyone else's expectations. The little currents are the start to every whirlpool, so to speak.