Lyrics for Big Wave as interpreted by N0 C0DE 79

Big Wave Lyrics
I used to be crustacean
In an underwater nation
And I surf in celebration
Of a billion adaptations

Got me a big wave, ride me a big wave, got me a big wave
Got me a big wave, ride me a big wave, got me a big wave

I feel the need
Planted in me
Millions of years ago
Can't you see
The oceans size?
Defining time
And tide
Arising
Arms laid upon me
Being so kind
To let me ride

I scream in affirmation
Of connecting dislocations
And exceeding limitation
By achieving levitation

Got me a big wave, ride me a big wave, got me a big wave.
Got me a big wave, ride me a big wave, got me a big wave.

I feel the need
planted in me
Millions of years ago
Can't you see
The oceans size?
Defining time
And tide
Arising
Arms laid upon me
Being so kind
To let me ride

Got me a ride
I got me a ride


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xShinx
04-14-2006

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Nice song, it looks like it's about surfing...
Anyone else noticed it sounds similair to Soundgarden's My Wave.

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Ledbetter
04-16-2006

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When Eddie Vedder is "between" songs, he goes to a seculded beach where he owns a house. He spends his time surfing to get away from everything else, it's just him and the ocean..

Now I don't know if this is even Eddie's song but it seems to me that it's about his appreciation for the ocean and the waves he rolls in his "free" time, and how it inspires him to write.

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T-Crash
05-02-2006

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This is one of my favorites of the new album. The sheer brutality is amazing. I don't think it sounds too much like SG's song. This sounds much faster and goes straight for the gut. Though I do like both songs.

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in_my_tree
05-03-2006

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This song I think is the most under rated on the new album. It's just amazing to hear Eddie sing about his love for surf in this hard rocker!!

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richie8092
05-06-2006

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it sounds really good, i just dont think it can compare to the rest... the chorus is really catchy

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longliveconrad
05-20-2006

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Probably the best song on the album but since wen has it been underrated?

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richie8092
05-20-2006

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the best song on the album?!?!?!?!?

i thought this song was the only letdown on the album

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in_my_tree
05-30-2006

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Definetely not a letdown in the album...but not the best either. Great Song...knowing that Eddie probably loves it since it's about his love for surf

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richie8092
06-01-2006

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im not saying i dont like it... but if you look at all the quality songs on the cd... this is a letdown, at least for me

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dosw
06-02-2006

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I didn't like it at first, but it's grown on me now. Great song. The lyrics are about Eddie's love for the sea and surfing... not exactly the deepest of PJ's lyrics, but the song isn't supposed to be deep, I guess.

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JoNNieS K
06-04-2006

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basically professing Eddie's love for the ocean.

He's said it himself that we evolved from the ocean - the ocean is in our genetic history (i.e "I feel the need Planted in me Millions of years ago") and he wants to go back to it and experience it.

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Release
06-08-2006

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This song is about evolution...

"I used to be crustacean
In an underwater nation
And I surf in celebration
Of a billion adaptations"

Eddie's talking about how humans have evolved from ocean life after "a billion adaptations"

Oh, and it's also talking about Eddie's love for surfing and the ocean.

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Sneedy
09-02-2006

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My least favorite song on the new album, followed by "Gone". This isn't a bad song (Vedder and Ament wrote, IIRC), but it's filler. I don't feel anything special when they play it live. It's just silly for an album that's got some serious issues on it.

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glorifiedg79
12-05-2006

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theres nothing silly about it. it is a great song, all things need some comic relief, if you will. the guitar solo by mccready kicks ass, maybe it is stone on lead on this one I dunno but it kicks ass.

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glorifiedg79
12-05-2006

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theres nothing silly about it. it is a great song, all things need some comic relief, if you will. the guitar solo by mccready kicks ass, maybe it is stone on lead on this one I dunno but it kicks ass.

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nic000
12-08-2006

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how can you think that gone is a bad song?

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pearljamkicksa55
07-13-2007

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i think that they were high when they wrote it

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bullet4you
07-13-2007

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i'll second that ^^^

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midlander
04-30-2008

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this song IS deep... it's about deep passion for something. and it is in the right place in the album. if you get really angry and fed up by all those shits that happen you need to relax... get on a wave and get rid of it all. btw i guess there is not much difference between getting high by smoking and riding a big wave...

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Hrd2Imagin
05-26-2009

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Eddie is saying that even after a billion adaptations that evolved ocean crustaceans into humans, the ocean calls him back. Not only that, but the ocean that gave him life also lets him enjoy life.

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