I Am Mine

Album: Riot Act (2002)
Charted: 26 43
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  • The selfish, they're all standing in line
    Faithin' and hopin' to buy themselves time
    Me, I figure as each breath goes by
    I only own my mind

    The north is to south what the clock is to time
    There's east and there's west and there's everywhere life
    I know I was born and I know that I'll die
    The in-between is mine
    I am mine

    And the feeling it gets left behind
    All the innocence lost at one time
    Significant behind the eyes
    There's no need to hide
    We're safe tonight

    The ocean is full 'cause everyone's crying
    The full moon is looking for friends at high tide
    The sorrow grows bigger when the sorrow's denied
    I only know my mind
    I am mine

    And the meaning it gets left behind
    All the innocence lost at one time
    Significant behind the eyes
    There's no need to hide
    We're safe tonight
    (What)

    And the feelings that gets left behind
    All the innocence broken with lies
    Significance between the lines
    We may need to hide

    And the meanings that get left behind
    All the innocence lost at one time
    We're all different behind the eyes
    There's no need to hide, yeah Writer/s: Eddie Vedder
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

  • Kai from Brookfield, OhThis song makes me think of a person who lives under some sort of oppressive government where he and his family are sort of being hunted down (like the Holocaust) and he is trying to remain confident and trying to keep himself and his family alive, but things continuously get worse IE in the whole song the lyrics are "There's no need to hide, we're safe tonight" but at the end it becomes "We may need to hide" I know that this isn't actually what the song is about, but that's what it makes me think of.
  • Karl from Tallinn, EstoniaEverytime when i hear this song i feel proud that I AM MINE, and noone owns me.
  • Ryan from Apple Valley, CaEd wrote this almost directly after the Roskilde Festival, as way of dealing with the incident. To help himself get on after the tragedy.
  • Geoff from Adelaide, AustraliaThis song has one of my favourite lines ever: "I know I was born, and I know that I'll die, the in between is mine. I am mine.". I love that.
    Surely this song has got to be about taking possession of your own life and living each moment.
  • Joe Flake 2nd from Oklahoma City, Okwhats the meaning of this song?
  • Beccy from Perth, AustraliaNo he didnt.. That was Loveboat Captain
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