My relationship with Pearl Jam escalated the day I listened to this song for the first time. Always reminds me of my brother who's no more. I feel his presence whenever I listen to this beauty.
My brother died in 2003. He was 27. We're just starting to become very close. 6 years apart. Heroin overdose. We loved this song. Believe me you're not alone.
I lost my son four weeks ago today. This song has enveloped me with its wings. A thousand daggers to my heart would hurt less than losing my son. I find grace and peace listening to this.
I'm so sorry. I chose to live my life child-free, kind of by proxy due to that I can't have children, and I just wasn't fit for a relationship in my younger years. I can't imagine losing a child. I literally can not fathom the pain. I'm so sorry, and wish you the best. I'm glad some musicians like PJ, Vedder, are out there to speak to us. These guys matured above their years when they could have taken a different route. They are a gift to us.
My dad passed away a month ago and on my walk home yesterday, this song showed up in the spotify mix I was listening to. It's kinda crazy just how much this song reminds me of him. Rest in peace dad. You were the strongest man I've ever known and I'll always be proud of you.
@@Libro_geek. Awe! So sorry for your loss!! I’m the same, well weakness and as I had brothers. One passed this year. I feel his presence often. This song brings the tears some days. Let the tears flow I feel it’s helpful some days.
This song reminds me of my biological father and the relationship I had with him. He was a perfectly nice guy. Popped in and out of my life only a handful of times, just enough to share a few laughs but never long enough to open up and provide answers to questions only a son would ask a father. He was like a neighbor I never got a chance to know.
Same here mate. If I summed the entire conversation we ever had, I could barely make a 30minutes monologue for the entire 26yrs of my life he was around. I never knew that man and this songs gives me some idea of him and I relate it to him.
I know what that intimate and surreal feeling is like, that there comes a point when you settle for the beauty of that moment. because you know? you take it or you leave it forgotten, I don't know what does more damage
Glad you like Pearl Jam..same here brother but the album is not underrated. It's not even rated. You compare this to their best Album Ten and it doesn't even seem like it's the same band. I respect your opinion but most people tend to agree with me this is their worst album. For example Rolling Stone magazine not only said it was Pearl Jams worst album but put it in their top ten worst rock albums ever made. It's pretty awful especially when you compare it to Ten which is one of the best rock albums ever made
@@jordanvantreese4005 I have tears streaming down my face face right now listening to this song, two decades after originally purchasing this album, yet you have the gall to tell me that Rolling Stone knows better than my own emotions? GTFO. There is so many songs in this album that are absolutely fucking amazing that I even forgot about because I haven’t listened to it for way too long. Rolling Stone is an establishment media bullshit magazine. Who gives a fuck what they say.
I was introduced to PJ with Vitalogy. To this day, No Code is my favorite album and will always be. It goes all over the place with all sorts of emotions and Iove it. I mean there's Lukin and off he goes on the same album !!
My only son was killed and this song relieves me of the burden i carry every single day. I cannot stop thinking of him and what i could have done that day he left never to see him again. I know i will see him again. Stephen i miss you everyday and im sorry
@@JeraldGonzalez-vb7uh Bless you and yours. He is still with you. My loss was difficult as well. I know our departed loved ones of this earth, are at peace and with us all of the time. He doesn’t hold a grudge please take it easy on yourself. 🙏🏻
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
"We go way back, I wonder 'bout his insides, it's like his thoughts are too big for his size". I'm pretty sure the lyric is not "I wonder about his insides", but rather "I wonder 'bout his insights, it's like his thoughts are too big for his size". I come to this conclusion because "insides" seems out of place. I mean, what do the dude's guts have to do with this song? The very next line in the song is "it's like his thoughts are too big for his size". Insight means "the ability to discern the true nature of a situation, especially by intuition; a perception produced by this ability; perception / observation". So, the two lines together would be "I wonder about his insights, it's like his thoughts are too big for his size". The dudes thoughts being too big for his size would be the insights that Ed is singing about here. I too have had this wrong for years, but I discovered my error just now listening to this song for about the thousandth time and reading the lyrics you posted. AZLyrics also says "insides", but again, insides doesn't fit anywhere in this song when we apply it to the context of this song. Just my thoughts, and I thought I would share them with you. I'm interested to hear your opinion.
I've always thought it said insides as well and I think it fits. Like when you get incredibly scared about something and your mouth tastes like aluminum in your balls creep up inside of you, if I had balls. And that of course is not completely literal. Or terror that makes you gasp and your stomach turn. I think it definitely says insides.
Listening to this beauty, I can't stop turning my head to the right, seeing my old man's already tired face, I hug him and tell him so many things in silence.... he listens.
This song has always resonated with me. I lost my son a year ago, last September. Committed suicide by walking in to traffic on the freeway. He had struggled with Schizophrenia since his teens. He seemed to prefer being on the streets. He would show up and stay for a few days. After that he wouldn't be able to fight the urge to leave. He would be gone. Just like that. This song meant a lot when he was here. It's even more so, now that he is gone. Of course, I cry everytime, just like now. I know I'll always carry it, the grief, with me. This song always brings it to the surface. It helps me, tho.
No Code was the first album I ever bought. 12 years old, my first year in high school. I’m now 40, and it’s still on high rotation. Off He Goes is still among my favourite songs off all time. It’s just perfect, and really makes you sit back and ponder. I’ll never stop listening to it.
five buddies around the time this song came out one settled down with wife/kids but really struggled to find his place and never adapted, always talks about what could have been one couldn't deal with the stress of family and work and drank himself to death one moved too many times to keep up with one got involved in social/political issues, hard to have a good conversation with now one joined the military, moved away This song reminds me so much of myself and my buddies. Alot of people don't get the stresses and trials that men have, and how they are difficult to talk about or deal with sufficiently. Lack of family and financial stability cause us to devote most of our time trying to survive instead of maintaining friendships.
Every time I listen to Pearl Jam it immediately takes me back to the late 90s early 2000’s. When we would drink and smoke in the woods and hang out in front of no loitering signs.
You know what is so amazing about Eddie's songs and Pearl Jam.. we all find something there.. our fathers, siblings, friends who are gone now and thus they will stay with us for ever, thanks!!!
"Off He Goes" 1, 2, 1, 2 Know a man, his face seemed 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 of this trip he's taking for a ride He's been taking too much on There he goes with his perfectly unkempt 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 about 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
I bought this the day it was released & this is 1 of my favorite PJ songs....after all these years this can still strike a nerve & I feel it as much as I did when I 1st fell in love with it
@@ueck1125 They said one of the best not the best and i personally listened to great deal of different music including Mike Patton's stuff, MJK stuff, King Crimson, Swans, KGLW, Radiohead, Soundgarden and these are the first i've come up with PJ is still my favourite band, and i agree with the og comment, this song IS 1 of the best ever written
This reminds me of all those troubled friends that needed help from substance abuse but just couldn't be helped ,like my friend Travis he killed himself in 2008
I have so many friends like this. When they come home they are the same as ever and high times are had. Then you see in their eyes that it's just for tonight. They'll be gone soon and you know enough to enjoy the splendor in the grass because your friend in not meant to be tied down.
Beautiful song, I think everyone has had a friend like this sometime in their life time, sometimes it's heart breaking! Awesome album! Thank you for sharing this 😊💓🤘✌️
When I was very little I lost my grandpa due to cancer and ever since then whenever I have heard this song I can never finish the song because of him. In many ways this song was my grandpa saying that he will always be there for me when I need him
This one has always reminded me of my dad. Particularly when I was young, and he was drinking, he would leave and be gone for long periods of time. Then he would come home clean and sober. Until the strain creeped in. You could see it happening. He was off again.
Such a powerful, simple and underrated pearl jam song indeed 😌 yeah. Happy birthday Christopher " Scott" Hawk i hope you are at peace on the other side~
My best friend on Planet Earth killed himself on April 1st 2013 (heh). I hadn't seen him since Christmas Eve, 2000. We had a falling out... we were working on a comic book together... he was an incredible artist. He was inking the panels and I was coloring them, with Photoshop, and we were both writing the story. We cut our palms very deep and took a blood brother oath to finish the comic. But that fall of 2000 I moved to Austin TX, got a job, and didn't have a lot of time to color the panels. Jerral, that was his name, felt betrayed - I don't blame him - but I still worked on the comic when I could, but I had a new job that took up most of my time. I visited Jerral on Christmas Eve of 2000, and I showed him my progress. It was far less than I'd planned to do. Jerral and I had a falling out over it. He was stuck in small town East Texas, and I had moved to Austin. I basically abandoned him, but not with that intent... but Jerral was upset, and we both got really drunk and he tried to strangle me to death. I wasn't afraid or concerned because Jerral and I were blood brothers, the best of friends for 10 years, and even as I lay on the floor choking to death, I wasn't concerned, afraid, nervous, nothing like that... I was perfectly calm and let him strangle me. I knew he wouldn't hurt me, even though he was 250 lbs of solid muscle, so I just waited for him to get it out of his system. Finally he let me up. He apologized profusely. I smiled and hugged him and said, "It's alright, brother. Don't let it bother you. It didn't bother me." He broke out in sobs when his wife came home and saw my black and blue and red and swollen neck. Boy, she gave him the third degree... but I pleaded with Jerral to not let it bother him. I went back to Austin on Christmas, and Jerral called me, crying his Viking heart out. I begged him to please don't let it bother him. I worked some more on the comic over the years, but we'd lost our momentum. Jerral called several dozen times from 2001 to 2013, and that's when I finally learned that he'd killed himself on April Fools Day. Jerral always had a morbid sense of humor. I always thought that we'd finish the comic some day, but after that, I burned the hard copies and deleted the Photoshop files. I completely destroyed the comic. I cried for weeks, months, years, even up until now, frequently. He was my best friend but he carried his guilt like a suit of plutonium armor. Sometimes when I least expect it, I break down in great uncontrollable sobs. I always thought we'd have more time together, to grow old as brothers. But he couldn't recover from almost murdering me, even though I was in no real danger. I miss him terribly. But that fucker took the short cut from this mortal coil. Since then, I've tried my damndest to suicide myself. AT LEAST 15 TIMES SINCE 2017, when the pain is too much. I guess I suck at suicide because I'm still here after ODing on fentanyl, Elavil, gabapentin, klonopin, Everclear, hanging myself in rehab, strangling myself with electrical wire, ODing on Ativan and Ambien, cutting my wrists and throat, geeze! I can't remember how many more times I tried to off myself since the summer of 2018. But I suck at suicide. So I'm stuck, alive, with his memory. This Pearl Jam song describes Jerrals' mannerisms and tendency to just disappear without a trace until he inevitably turned up again... when he wasn't dead. I can't bring myself to visit his grave because I might not recover from the inevitable breakdown. If anything will kill me, the grief has a good chance. This is his song. R.I.P. Jerral, I hope you're at peace, and I'm so so sorry. I love you brother, I miss you, and my heart is permanently filled with unmanageable grief. I pray for forgiveness.
Ah... Esta canción llegó a mi en un etapa dónde tenia mucha tranquilidad, una tranquilidad que no la siento en todo momento, pero al escuchar esta canción, siento un poco de esa paz.
- all holograms above by a beggar lord bitch maggot less than a bug 1) laughed and rightfully disdained below a bug even as a whole fake korean provincial crafted hologram things spiritually even among all asians 2) with lonesome continuum bulls**t without any rest of the w.o.r.l.d. unswitched
[For Human Masters: True Gnosism on god and deja-vu of lord bitch maggot below a bug] (detailed information below) 1. Lord?? Looooorrrrrdd??? That penised bitch? The bitchy thing someones usually call 'lord' or praise "amen" to is merely the 'maker or fabricator' of this fake physical dimension but not the 'god' of true dimension where doesn't give a damn about this fake physical dimension we belong. 2. deja-vu isn't the feeling about 'something happened before already'. Just a feeling of being bulls**tted by the bitch maggot below a bug called lord only by itself. When the occasion of us doesn't turn out as that lord beggar wish, that thing twist every data, every single data of our accumulated past, present and future into the things it fabricated and to conceal this fabrication that beggar adversely inflicts the feeling that hits like 'I've got a feeling I've seen this occasion or past before.' Which means... The more you felt deja-vu, the more clear it is that 1) your true will headed against this fake lord's dirty wishes and 2) all your memory of past present and future had been fabricated already by this lord bitch and were left with only a shameless begging "don't you remember?" by this less than a bug thing. - from a begging korean province, less than a bug even as a whole spiritually, filthier than every single 7 billion human masters (yeah already switched and even you proudly denying guys are not those.) even as each things in korean province 'physicslly' - From a shitless slave region which irritates human masters with its' hoon-tribe-originated-parasitism and kiki'she' collectivism which is known as the name 'Korea', whose dwellers always steals and begs from Japan's original history which clearly inherited sincere humanity in Ancient Cudara more than its 'original' dwellers in hometown
THIS IS ME. I'm always on to the next thing because the current situation is just to painful to to follow through to the end. I'm not able to slow down enough to enjoy LIFE for LIFES sake. So OFF I GO...
Still their most beautiful song. Probably not a big hit like Elderly Woman or Daughter or Black because it never takes off and has the big cathartic, anthemic moment. Stays in the sort of weary vibe the whole song.
My beautiful beloved friend has Alzheimer's. Christmas Day we visited. This decribes it perfectly: "Now he's home and we're laughing, like we always did, my same old, same old friend. Until a quarter to 10, I see the strain creep in. He seems distracted and I know just what will happen then. Before his next step, he is off again."
So long term relationship with what I thought was a close friend but over a misunderstanding no longer. Came across this song and well, hits it. Wrote it in my diary the lyrics to hit upon the feelings and yup Pearl Jam nails it again. God Bless'em. I know they have a following in many ways but have grown with these guys since the 90's and closely/emotionally following with them. Hope all are flowing with them as well. Peace.
I've been having this experience with a someone for years now who I've known since high school and now something happened again... I heard this song today after hearing it SO many times before but man now that last verse hits so hard. He's troubled, I have helped and empathized with him over the years and but always end up receiving the shit end of the stick so this was the last quarter to ten. I'm tired of emotionally opening up and getting boxed in again time after time. Life is too short to get cut up in petty stuff. More power to you and me.
Most think that this song was written about 2 Friends that were close at one point and that one “Friend” left and then after sometime came back.ect… the Listener can interpret songs as They choose to and thats what is so meaningful and great about Music and Lyrics. However from the Lyricists POV can be about a very specific topic. In this case OHG is written by Vedder about Vedder and His Own interpretation on His “Personal” View and how thigns have changed since Vedder’s Profession and way of Life changed since becoming a Singer in a well known Rock N Roll Band. In otherwards He’s the same Person as He was but with So much attention by Society to His Stardom He’s the same Person before but He knows Others look at Him Differently… in otherwards Old Young Eddie before becoming Big and the other Eddie Leaving traveling/Singing/In one of the most Recognized Bands and seeing “Each” Eddie from the Before & after outlook! listen to it again from Eddie’s Perspective.. interesting!
No dia que esse disco chegou no Brasil ainda não havia muita divulgação, vc ia na loja e olhava os lançamentos, eu peguei esse disco e sabia que era pj, até depois confirmar pois veio com um adesivo fechando plástico com o selo no code pj
- all holograms above by a beggar lord bitch maggot less than a bug 1) laughed and rightfully disdained below a bug even as a whole fake korean provincial crafted hologram things spiritually even among all asians 2) with lonesome continuum bulls**t without any rest of the w.o.r.l.d. unswitched
[For Human Masters: True Gnosism on god and deja-vu of lord bitch maggot below a bug] (detailed information below) 1. Lord?? Looooorrrrrdd??? That penised bitch? The bitchy thing someones usually call 'lord' or praise "amen" to is merely the 'maker or fabricator' of this fake physical dimension but not the 'god' of true dimension where doesn't give a damn about this fake physical dimension we belong. 2. deja-vu isn't the feeling about 'something happened before already'. Just a feeling of being bulls**tted by the bitch maggot below a bug called lord only by itself. When the occasion of us doesn't turn out as that lord beggar wish, that thing twist every data, every single data of our accumulated past, present and future into the things it fabricated and to conceal this fabrication that beggar adversely inflicts the feeling that hits like 'I've got a feeling I've seen this occasion or past before.' Which means... The more you felt deja-vu, the more clear it is that 1) your true will headed against this fake lord's dirty wishes and 2) all your memory of past present and future had been fabricated already by this lord bitch and were left with only a shameless begging "don't you remember?" by this less than a bug thing. - from a begging korean province, less than a bug even as a whole spiritually, filthier than every single 7 billion human masters (yeah already switched and even you proudly denying guys are not those.) even as each things in korean province 'physicslly' - From a shitless slave region which irritates human masters with its' hoon-tribe-originated-parasitism and kiki'she' collectivism which is known as the name 'Korea', whose dwellers always steals and begs from Japan's original history which clearly inherited sincere humanity in Ancient Cudara more than its 'original' dwellers in hometown
Gooood , beautiful , and very sad song , for those who lost family members o friends., like me ,this song make me remember everyone especially my father my old friend
I had a friend in high school, way back, he had a "55" Pearl White Chevy, loved being a passenger in it. I loved my short time in my life with him. I cannot seem to find him, it's like he has fallen off the planet and all I want to do is see him one more time. I know it is just a dream of mine, but when I hear this song it makes me think of my baseball friend and the carefree time, and just to have one more chance....
My relationship with Pearl Jam escalated the day I listened to this song for the first time. Always reminds me of my brother who's no more. I feel his presence whenever I listen to this beauty.
I’m so glad that this song has a good memory for you.
My brother died in 2003. He was 27. We're just starting to become very close. 6 years apart. Heroin overdose. We loved this song. Believe me you're not alone.
Deepest condolences 🙌
This song was the first time that pearl jam really got me emotional. And it's because it makes me think of my brother.
Deepest condolences 🙌
I lost my son four weeks ago today. This song has enveloped me with its wings. A thousand daggers to my heart would hurt less than losing my son. I find grace and peace listening to this.
I am so profoundly sorry for your loss. May God grant you peace!
I hope you are doing ok, sorry for your loss 🫂
Pronta resignación mi amigo un fuerte abrazo y mucho ánimo , y que está canción te de toda la paz que necesitas.🙏
I'm so sorry. I chose to live my life child-free, kind of by proxy due to that I can't have children, and I just wasn't fit for a relationship in my younger years. I can't imagine losing a child. I literally can not fathom the pain. I'm so sorry, and wish you the best. I'm glad some musicians like PJ, Vedder, are out there to speak to us. These guys matured above their years when they could have taken a different route. They are a gift to us.
I am so sorry. I hope you can find a little comfort in the memories you shared with him. God bless you
What an incredibly underrated gem this song is.
My dad passed away a month ago and on my walk home yesterday, this song showed up in the spotify mix I was listening to. It's kinda crazy just how much this song reminds me of him. Rest in peace dad. You were the strongest man I've ever known and I'll always be proud of you.
No crazy m
🙊 my eldest brother passed
No coincidence. 🙏🏻 I see my brother happy 😊
My heart goes out to you. My dad died In 2001. I come from a culture where you don’t cry (it’s weakness) I listen to this song and let the tears flow.
@@Libro_geek. Awe! So sorry for your loss!! I’m the same, well weakness and as I had brothers. One passed this year. I feel his presence often. This song brings the tears some days. Let the tears flow I feel it’s helpful some days.
This song reminds me of my biological father and the relationship I had with him. He was a perfectly nice guy. Popped in and out of my life only a handful of times, just enough to share a few laughs but never long enough to open up and provide answers to questions only a son would ask a father. He was like a neighbor I never got a chance to know.
You have him, on your inside!
Same here mate. If I summed the entire conversation we ever had, I could barely make a 30minutes monologue for the entire 26yrs of my life he was around. I never knew that man and this songs gives me some idea of him and I relate it to him.
I know what that intimate and surreal feeling is like, that there comes a point when you settle for the beauty of that moment. because you know? you take it or you leave it forgotten, I don't know what does more damage
no code is so underrated
smile and off he goes is my fav.
Glad you like Pearl Jam..same here brother but the album is not underrated. It's not even rated. You compare this to their best Album Ten and it doesn't even seem like it's the same band. I respect your opinion but most people tend to agree with me this is their worst album. For example Rolling Stone magazine not only said it was Pearl Jams worst album but put it in their top ten worst rock albums ever made. It's pretty awful especially when you compare it to Ten which is one of the best rock albums ever made
@@jordanvantreese4005 I don't think most people agree with you on. Also, Rolling Stone never said that.
@@jordanvantreese4005
I have tears streaming down my face face right now listening to this song, two decades after originally purchasing this album, yet you have the gall to tell me that Rolling Stone knows better than my own emotions? GTFO.
There is so many songs in this album that are absolutely fucking amazing that I even forgot about because I haven’t listened to it for way too long. Rolling Stone is an establishment media bullshit magazine. Who gives a fuck what they say.
Red Mosquito
I was introduced to PJ with Vitalogy. To this day, No Code is my favorite album and will always be. It goes all over the place with all sorts of emotions and Iove it. I mean there's Lukin and off he goes on the same album !!
My only son was killed and this song relieves me of the burden i carry every single day. I cannot stop thinking of him and what i could have done that day he left never to see him again. I know i will see him again. Stephen i miss you everyday and im sorry
I'm so sorry for you. So much pain.
Stephen is with you. I know this.
You don't have to feel guilty. Stephen is with you, even when you don't "feel" him. Is ALWAYS near you❤
@@JeraldGonzalez-vb7uh Bless you and yours. He is still with you. My loss was difficult as well. I know our departed loved ones of this earth, are at peace and with us all of the time. He doesn’t hold a grudge please take it easy on yourself. 🙏🏻
i think it's fair to say we all love you, bro. i know that's no consolation but i hope you're doing ok.
This song is one of my favorites of theirs. Suprised it wasnt more of a hit. Its so good
Happens all the time!
Still hits after all these years.
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
"We go way back, I wonder 'bout his insides, it's like his thoughts are too big for his size". I'm pretty sure the lyric is not "I wonder about his insides", but rather "I wonder 'bout his insights, it's like his thoughts are too big for his size". I come to this conclusion because "insides" seems out of place. I mean, what do the dude's guts have to do with this song? The very next line in the song is "it's like his thoughts are too big for his size". Insight means "the ability to discern the true nature of a situation, especially by intuition; a perception produced by this ability; perception / observation". So, the two lines together would be "I wonder about his insights, it's like his thoughts are too big for his size". The dudes thoughts being too big for his size would be the insights that Ed is singing about here. I too have had this wrong for years, but I discovered my error just now listening to this song for about the thousandth time and reading the lyrics you posted. AZLyrics also says "insides", but again, insides doesn't fit anywhere in this song when we apply it to the context of this song. Just my thoughts, and I thought I would share them with you. I'm interested to hear your opinion.
@@1912rider I think it's a state deeper than the intestines.
@@1912riderit’s insides. Like he wonders about what’s going inside his heart, mind, and body
I've always thought it said insides as well and I think it fits. Like when you get incredibly scared about something and your mouth tastes like aluminum in your balls creep up inside of you, if I had balls. And that of course is not completely literal. Or terror that makes you gasp and your stomach turn. I think it definitely says insides.
@@1912rider it's insides
Definitely my favourite Pearl Jam song. This and Daughter, for sure.
Daughter was originally gonna be "Brother"...😮
They may be my absolute favorites as well.
What an incredible song
My favorite PJ song. Without a doubt. There are a number of contenders, but this song always manages to move me.
I'll leave this comment here so that I'll be reminded of this beautiful song years later.
Listening to this beauty, I can't stop turning my head to the right, seeing my old man's already tired face, I hug him and tell him so many things in silence.... he listens.
This song has always resonated with me. I lost my son a year ago, last September. Committed suicide by walking in to traffic on the freeway. He had struggled with Schizophrenia since his teens. He seemed to prefer being on the streets. He would show up and stay for a few days. After that he wouldn't be able to fight the urge to leave. He would be gone. Just like that. This song meant a lot when he was here. It's even more so, now that he is gone. Of course, I cry everytime, just like now. I know I'll always carry it, the grief, with me. This song always brings it to the surface. It helps me, tho.
I’m so sorry
🌹this is for your son and you
❤
I'm so sorry. I live with the constant fear of losing my son one day. I cannot imagine your pain.
No Code was the first album I ever bought. 12 years old, my first year in high school. I’m now 40, and it’s still on high rotation. Off He Goes is still among my favourite songs off all time. It’s just perfect, and really makes you sit back and ponder. I’ll never stop listening to it.
I can't get over How beautiful it is it's pearl jams best song . period
i still remember the local radio station having a sort of pre release party in which they played every song in order the day before release.
One of my favorite PJ songs. Heroin addiction took a lot of my friends and family too soon. Ty dad for showing me beautiful music
Sounds all to familiar mate, you mind yiurself gossin keep on rocking 🇮🇪🤟🤘☘
It almost took me
@@bendevine3438 good thing it didn't, i hope you still smile and you're still strong my friend
Really just a great song all around. PJ touch many ppl. with their music. I have been a fan since 1991.
Absolutely in the top three songs by PJ, just in my opinion of course 😎👍
Haunting!
five buddies around the time this song came out
one settled down with wife/kids but really struggled to find his place and never adapted, always talks about what could have been
one couldn't deal with the stress of family and work and drank himself to death
one moved too many times to keep up with
one got involved in social/political issues, hard to have a good conversation with now
one joined the military, moved away
This song reminds me so much of myself and my buddies. Alot of people don't get the stresses and trials that men have, and how they are difficult to talk about or deal with sufficiently. Lack of family and financial stability cause us to devote most of our time trying to survive instead of maintaining friendships.
I am a woman and I can relate to that last sentence. I suspect there are lots of us in that same situation. It's painful
This entire album is considered to me the best pearl jam album hands down!!!
i think i agree. the first two albums were great but i think vitalogy, no code and yield was their prime.
Very underrated album. Vs. is my fav, and No Code is a close second.
This song reminds me to my father, my old friend now rest un peace, thank u Pearl jam :')
Every time I listen to Pearl Jam it immediately takes me back to the late 90s early 2000’s. When we would drink and smoke in the woods and hang out in front of no loitering signs.
...."with a sign tacked to the side, said no L-O-I-T-E-R-I-N-G allowed" Crazy Mary was a hell of a gal!
You know what is so amazing about Eddie's songs and Pearl Jam.. we all find something there.. our fathers, siblings, friends who are gone now and thus they will stay with us for ever, thanks!!!
This song makes my eyes leak
"Off He Goes"
1, 2, 1, 2
Know a man, his face seemed 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 of this trip he's taking for a ride
He's been taking too much on
There he goes with his perfectly unkempt 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 about 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
i heard this song the night before my dad died two years ago - and i felt in my heart it was a message somehow
My God, what a wonderful song.
Yes it is
Every Pearl Jam song is a fave of mine !! ❤❤❤❤
This will be at my funeral. Beautiful! ❤️
Love this song i remember in the 90's. reminds me of my dad.
This is one of the great Pearl Jam tracks. Great story telling eddie. Hope I get to see them perform again while they're still at it.
Reminds me of a person who.. will always and forever have a place in my heart. Love it
But this one is special an absolute masterpiece
I bought this the day it was released & this is 1 of my favorite PJ songs....after all these years this can still strike a nerve & I feel it as much as I did when I 1st fell in love with it
1 of the best songs ever written.
Have you never listened to music but this album?
@@ueck1125 They said one of the best not the best
and i personally listened to great deal of different music including Mike Patton's stuff, MJK stuff, King Crimson, Swans, KGLW, Radiohead, Soundgarden
and these are the first i've come up with
PJ is still my favourite band, and i agree with the og comment, this song IS 1 of the best ever written
I’m so sorry for your loss ❤
Memories of 1996…
Probably was my favorite year.
One of my favorite songs ever.
This reminds me of all those troubled friends that needed help from substance abuse but just couldn't be helped ,like my friend Travis he killed himself in 2008
Travis couldn't cope. U can b strong & adapt/ overcome or b weak & check out on life.😊
Unglaublich. So wunderschön. Der beste Song von Pearl Jam ! Bei all den unglaublichen Liedern die sie gemacht haben und
Danced the Mother/Son dance to this beautiful song ❤️❤️
I love it when Eddie says at the beginning of song 1 2 3 ...😊 ed's voice !!🤩
Lovely
I have so many friends like this. When they come home they are the same as ever and high times are had. Then you see in their eyes that it's just for tonight. They'll be gone soon and you know enough to enjoy the splendor in the grass because your friend in not meant to be tied down.
Unfortunately, I am that guy. Makes me sad, but so much to do, and working too much to stay afloat does that to a person, like it or not
@@andrewstephens8037 My friend just has wanderlust and Covid has kept her down too long. I can see it in her eyes. I'm gonna miss her soon.
Pearl Jam forever!!! ♥️
agreed
Love this so much
One of the many reasons I think this is Pearl Jam's best album is this masterpiece of a song, and it is not even my favourite one in the album.
I have loved Van Morrison since I was 20.. Just awesome!!
This is Pearl Jam.
My all time favourite pearl jam song. Ressonates with me because l don't spend any where enough time with my best friend.
Beautiful song, I think everyone has had a friend like this sometime in their life time, sometimes it's heart breaking! Awesome album! Thank you for sharing this 😊💓🤘✌️
The piano at the end really makes an impact. What a tune
Damn, that's some nice sound quality.
When I was very little I lost my grandpa due to cancer and ever since then whenever I have heard this song I can never finish the song because of him. In many ways this song was my grandpa saying that he will always be there for me when I need him
This one has always reminded me of my dad. Particularly when I was young, and he was drinking, he would leave and be gone for long periods of time. Then he would come home clean and sober. Until the strain creeped in. You could see it happening. He was off again.
Beautiful Song You Are In Touch with The Human Soul Much Love To You and Your Family
Who are you talking to?
Wonderful ❤
Kick ass band Kick ass song.
Que chulada de canción... Ya
quiero verte en México Pearl Jam!!!
Yes
Beautiful
One of my favourites from No Code! ❤
Definitely !!!
LLORANDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Such a powerful, simple and underrated pearl jam song indeed 😌 yeah. Happy birthday Christopher " Scott" Hawk i hope you are at peace on the other side~
My best friend on Planet Earth killed himself on April 1st 2013 (heh).
I hadn't seen him since Christmas Eve, 2000. We had a falling out... we were working on a comic book together... he was an incredible artist. He was inking the panels and I was coloring them, with Photoshop, and we were both writing the story. We cut our palms very deep and took a blood brother oath to finish the comic.
But that fall of 2000 I moved to Austin TX, got a job, and didn't have a lot of time to color the panels. Jerral, that was his name, felt betrayed - I don't blame him - but I still worked on the comic when I could, but I had a new job that took up most of my time.
I visited Jerral on Christmas Eve of 2000, and I showed him my progress. It was far less than I'd planned to do. Jerral and I had a falling out over it. He was stuck in small town East Texas, and I had moved to Austin. I basically abandoned him, but not with that intent... but Jerral was upset, and we both got really drunk and he tried to strangle me to death.
I wasn't afraid or concerned because Jerral and I were blood brothers, the best of friends for 10 years, and even as I lay on the floor choking to death, I wasn't concerned, afraid, nervous, nothing like that... I was perfectly calm and let him strangle me. I knew he wouldn't hurt me, even though he was 250 lbs of solid muscle, so I just waited for him to get it out of his system.
Finally he let me up. He apologized profusely. I smiled and hugged him and said, "It's alright, brother. Don't let it bother you. It didn't bother me."
He broke out in sobs when his wife came home and saw my black and blue and red and swollen neck. Boy, she gave him the third degree... but I pleaded with Jerral to not let it bother him. I went back to Austin on Christmas, and Jerral called me, crying his Viking heart out. I begged him to please don't let it bother him. I worked some more on the comic over the years, but we'd lost our momentum.
Jerral called several dozen times from 2001 to 2013, and that's when I finally learned that he'd killed himself on April Fools Day. Jerral always had a morbid sense of humor. I always thought that we'd finish the comic some day, but after that, I burned the hard copies and deleted the Photoshop files. I completely destroyed the comic. I cried for weeks, months, years, even up until now, frequently. He was my best friend but he carried his guilt like a suit of plutonium armor.
Sometimes when I least expect it, I break down in great uncontrollable sobs. I always thought we'd have more time together, to grow old as brothers. But he couldn't recover from almost murdering me, even though I was in no real danger. I miss him terribly. But that fucker took the short cut from this mortal coil.
Since then, I've tried my damndest to suicide myself. AT LEAST 15 TIMES SINCE 2017, when the pain is too much. I guess I suck at suicide because I'm still here after ODing on fentanyl, Elavil, gabapentin, klonopin, Everclear, hanging myself in rehab, strangling myself with electrical wire, ODing on Ativan and Ambien, cutting my wrists and throat, geeze! I can't remember how many more times I tried to off myself since the summer of 2018. But I suck at suicide. So I'm stuck, alive, with his memory.
This Pearl Jam song describes Jerrals' mannerisms and tendency to just disappear without a trace until he inevitably turned up again... when he wasn't dead. I can't bring myself to visit his grave because I might not recover from the inevitable breakdown. If anything will kill me, the grief has a good chance.
This is his song. R.I.P. Jerral, I hope you're at peace, and I'm so so sorry. I love you brother, I miss you, and my heart is permanently filled with unmanageable grief. I pray for forgiveness.
Ohh yeah
Ah... Esta canción llegó a mi en un etapa dónde tenia mucha tranquilidad, una tranquilidad que no la siento en todo momento, pero al escuchar esta canción, siento un poco de esa paz.
- all holograms above by a beggar lord bitch maggot less than a bug 1) laughed and rightfully disdained below a bug even as a whole fake korean provincial crafted hologram things spiritually even among all asians 2) with lonesome continuum bulls**t without any rest of the w.o.r.l.d. unswitched
[For Human Masters: True Gnosism on god and deja-vu of lord bitch maggot below a bug] (detailed information below)
1. Lord?? Looooorrrrrdd??? That penised bitch?
The bitchy thing someones usually call 'lord' or praise "amen" to is merely the 'maker or fabricator' of this fake physical dimension but not the 'god' of true dimension where doesn't give a damn about this fake physical dimension we belong.
2. deja-vu isn't the feeling about 'something happened before already'. Just a feeling of being bulls**tted by the bitch maggot below a bug called lord only by itself.
When the occasion of us doesn't turn out as that lord beggar wish, that thing twist every data, every single data of our accumulated past, present and future into the things it fabricated and to conceal this fabrication that beggar adversely inflicts the feeling that hits like 'I've got a feeling I've seen this occasion or past before.'
Which means...
The more you felt deja-vu, the more clear it is that 1) your true will headed against this fake lord's dirty wishes and 2) all your memory of past present and future had been fabricated already by this lord bitch and were left with only a shameless begging "don't you remember?" by this less than a bug thing.
- from a begging korean province, less than a bug even as a whole spiritually, filthier than every single 7 billion human masters (yeah already switched and even you proudly denying guys are not those.) even as each things in korean province 'physicslly'
- From a shitless slave region which irritates human masters with its' hoon-tribe-originated-parasitism and kiki'she' collectivism which is known as the name 'Korea', whose dwellers always steals and begs from Japan's original history which clearly inherited sincere humanity in Ancient Cudara more than its 'original' dwellers in hometown
THIS IS ME. I'm always on to the next thing because the current situation is just to painful to to follow through to the end. I'm not able to slow down enough to enjoy LIFE for LIFES sake. So OFF I GO...
Most of the time I felt like this song. Great tune.
I wish I could have been there for you my friend. We all miss you. See you on the other side brother. The world is less bright without you.
Still their most beautiful song. Probably not a big hit like Elderly Woman or Daughter or Black because it never takes off and has the big cathartic, anthemic moment. Stays in the sort of weary vibe the whole song.
I love this song! 😍
My beautiful beloved friend has Alzheimer's. Christmas Day we visited. This decribes it perfectly: "Now he's home and we're laughing, like we always did, my same old, same old friend. Until a quarter to 10, I see the strain creep in. He seems distracted and I know just what will happen then. Before his next step, he is off again."
Awesome song!
EV does amazing harnessing emotional delivery ❤
Awesome!!! Pearl Jam. Hope to see you in B with a great tix price
que musica tan relajante...!
Great!!!
So long term relationship with what I thought was a close friend but over a misunderstanding no longer. Came across this song and well, hits it. Wrote it in my diary the lyrics to hit upon the feelings and yup Pearl Jam nails it again. God Bless'em. I know they have a following in many ways but have grown with these guys since the 90's and closely/emotionally following with them. Hope all are flowing with them as well. Peace.
I've been having this experience with a someone for years now who I've known since high school and now something happened again... I heard this song today after hearing it SO many times before but man now that last verse hits so hard.
He's troubled, I have helped and empathized with him over the years and but always end up receiving the shit end of the stick so this was the last quarter to ten. I'm tired of emotionally opening up and getting boxed in again time after time.
Life is too short to get cut up in petty stuff.
More power to you and me.
Perfection
just beautiful....
Its all juiced up and ready ride 😊
That’s such beautiful song 🙏
Lots of memories to this song . Love Pearl Jam and their singer Eddie Vedder. ♥️
My favorite song from them by far
Most think that this song was written about 2 Friends that were close at one point and that one “Friend” left and then after sometime came back.ect… the Listener can interpret songs as They choose to and thats what is so meaningful and great about Music and Lyrics. However from the Lyricists POV can be about a very specific topic. In this case OHG is written by Vedder about Vedder and His Own interpretation on His “Personal” View and how thigns have changed since Vedder’s Profession and way of Life changed since becoming a Singer in a well known Rock N Roll Band. In otherwards He’s the same Person as He was but with So much attention by Society to His Stardom He’s the same Person before but He knows Others look at Him Differently… in otherwards Old Young Eddie before becoming Big and the other Eddie Leaving traveling/Singing/In one of the most Recognized Bands and seeing “Each” Eddie from the Before & after outlook! listen to it again from Eddie’s Perspective.. interesting!
Reminds me of my Dad 💛
Me to
AMAZING ❤ ALWAYS ❤❤
No dia que esse disco chegou no Brasil ainda não havia muita divulgação, vc ia na loja e olhava os lançamentos, eu peguei esse disco e sabia que era pj, até depois confirmar pois veio com um adesivo fechando plástico com o selo no code pj
I love this song! Feels like they were influenced by Neil Young in this one.
they have a whole album with Neil.
~라고 해도 이거들 이미 벌레만도 못한 주년나부랭이 실.시.간. 급조 안 이어지는 아홉시 불가촉 천민 홀로그램인 걸 자각하며 즈네가 이어지고 스스로 마무리하는듯 갑톡튀 망상 한번 시도하는 중일뿐이고 그 자체가 이득인 듯 망상 조작 당하는 매크로임
- all holograms above by a beggar lord bitch maggot less than a bug 1) laughed and rightfully disdained below a bug even as a whole fake korean provincial crafted hologram things spiritually even among all asians 2) with lonesome continuum bulls**t without any rest of the w.o.r.l.d. unswitched
[For Human Masters: True Gnosism on god and deja-vu of lord bitch maggot below a bug] (detailed information below)
1. Lord?? Looooorrrrrdd??? That penised bitch?
The bitchy thing someones usually call 'lord' or praise "amen" to is merely the 'maker or fabricator' of this fake physical dimension but not the 'god' of true dimension where doesn't give a damn about this fake physical dimension we belong.
2. deja-vu isn't the feeling about 'something happened before already'. Just a feeling of being bulls**tted by the bitch maggot below a bug called lord only by itself.
When the occasion of us doesn't turn out as that lord beggar wish, that thing twist every data, every single data of our accumulated past, present and future into the things it fabricated and to conceal this fabrication that beggar adversely inflicts the feeling that hits like 'I've got a feeling I've seen this occasion or past before.'
Which means...
The more you felt deja-vu, the more clear it is that 1) your true will headed against this fake lord's dirty wishes and 2) all your memory of past present and future had been fabricated already by this lord bitch and were left with only a shameless begging "don't you remember?" by this less than a bug thing.
- from a begging korean province, less than a bug even as a whole spiritually, filthier than every single 7 billion human masters (yeah already switched and even you proudly denying guys are not those.) even as each things in korean province 'physicslly'
- From a shitless slave region which irritates human masters with its' hoon-tribe-originated-parasitism and kiki'she' collectivism which is known as the name 'Korea', whose dwellers always steals and begs from Japan's original history which clearly inherited sincere humanity in Ancient Cudara more than its 'original' dwellers in hometown
Yes it does a bit l
nice
This song reminds of my college days
02\09\2024 Brasil, "como eu amo essa musica"😍
Muchas canciones de pearl Jam forman parte del soundtrack de nuestra vida ♥
Love U Pj💚🔥
Great tune 😎🙏🏻
Yeah
Gooood , beautiful , and very sad song , for those who lost family members o friends., like me ,this song make me remember everyone especially my father my old friend
This song reminds me of Clay Jones a good childhood friend of mine who passed away couple yrs ago.
I had a friend in high school, way back, he had a "55" Pearl White Chevy, loved being a passenger in it. I loved my short time in my life with him. I cannot seem to find him, it's like he has fallen off the planet and all I want to do is see him one more time. I know it is just a dream of mine, but when I hear this song it makes me think of my baseball friend and the carefree time, and just to have one more chance....
Wow, love this. Always liked PJ but didn’t follow closely. This is a great song…