Lyrics for I'm Open as interpreted by Trent

I'm Open Lyrics
A man lies in his bed in a room with no door.
He waits hoping for a presence, something, anything, to enter.
After spending half his life searching he still felt as blank as the ceiling at which he's staring.
He's alive but feels absolutely nothing. So is he?
When he was six he believed that the moon overhead followed him, by nine he had deciphered the illusion trading magic for fact.
No tradebacks.
So this is what it's like to be an adult.
If he only knew now what he knew then...

I'm open, (x2)
Come in. (x4)

I'm open, (x2)
Yeah... Woo...
Come in. (x4)

Lying sideways atop crumpled sheets and no covers he decides to dream.
Dream up a new self for himself.

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thenarrator
09-11-2002

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Very beautiful........the progression from child to adult.

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N0 C0DE 79
04-29-2005

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Eddie Is such a wonderful spoken word poet,... seriosuly if you listen to this song in your sleep it will give you some freaky dreams,.... nah just kidding.

Alot of people would consider a song like this to be filler but I believe that it is one of those tracks that need to be included almost like a hidden track where there is no other way to convey the message,... it is a great song from what is obviously my favorite album. ;)

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layne1012
12-31-2005

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awesome song. Very Jim Morrison-like poetry at the beginning.

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richie8092
01-28-2006

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i listened to this song ten times the first time i heard no code, eddie is a genious

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thecolorsblue
03-31-2006

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people!!!
No code for the is the best PJ album next to Ten..i wonder why it is one of the most underrated,though...
but that only means there are just a few million of us who knows how great PJ is...
this song for me is about accepting all the things you meet in life,
not always with a welcome hug..and yet...

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richie8092
04-02-2006

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its the most underrated because people wore used to the pearl jam from ten,vs,vitalogy, all depressing albums, and pj comes out with this uplifting first single in who we are, people heard that and didnt buy the album

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richie8092
04-02-2006

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i think that vitalogy is pearl jam's best album, and is better than vs and a little better than ten, no code, and yield-binaural and riot act are both great albums too that are very underrated but i just think that vitalogy is one of the best cds ever

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richie8092
04-02-2006

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eddie is big on including dreaming into his songs, off of the top of my head(there are probably more) eddie dedicates a whole verse to dreaming in this song, sleight of hand(most underrated pj song)and cant keep which is entirely about dreaming. i know there are more too i just cant think of them

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platus
04-10-2006

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Depressing song.. You age and life races you and wins. You try to reinvent yourself but that no longer works... Wow, a really depressing song.

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T-Crash
04-10-2006

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Did anyone notice that here it says "if he only knew now what he knew then" and on Red Mosquito it says "if I had known then what I know now"? Any connection?

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longliveconrad
04-14-2006

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No code isnt their best album but i havnt herd all of yeild, riot act or binural, but vs. in my opinion is the best, because the only song that isnt 5 stars is really just dissident.

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longliveconrad
04-14-2006

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No code isnt their best album but i havnt herd all of yeild, riot act or binural, but vs. in my opinion is the best, because the only song that isnt 5 stars is really just dissident.

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Daniel_87
05-13-2006

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Viatology is the best album in my opinion it's energetic, original and the band seems to be working together really well. Anyway, can't say I like the poetry bet the middles great, was this one written by Jack Irons?

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richie8092
05-13-2006

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my list
1.vitalogy
2.no code
3.ten
4.binaural
5.avacado
6.yield
7.vs
8.riot act

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i love JF
06-15-2006

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one of the best pearl jam songs for me. i love eddies voice so much on this song and to me its basically openig up to who you are hiding from in yourself.

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ThumbingMyWay
07-21-2006

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Great song, very creative,.........About the "dreaming" point" During low light at the end eddie sings "The dream I see" and during I got ID (I got Shit) he says "So ill just lie alone and wait for the dream" and yes there r many more.

And i would also like to know if theres a connection to this song and red Mosquito

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Sneedy
09-02-2006

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T-Crash is right, I think there is an apparent link between the songs on NO CODE, and "I'm Open" matches up with "Red Mosquito", after listening to the album in random/shuffle mode you should be able to pick out a couple more...

It would have been great as has been suggested to hide this song, but instead of tacking onto the end of the album, I would have taken deliberate measures to hide it; by sliding it into negative-time before the first song on the CD, and then had the album open with "Red Mosquito". The only way people would hear it would be by rewinding from the first note of "Red Mosquito".

On the LP, I would simply have hidden this song in a double groove over Red Mosquito. I love double-groove tracks, and this song would have gotten more exposure if it were hidden. Its context surely implies hiding.

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Sneedy
09-02-2006

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Pearl Jam albums
1) VS.
2) VITALOGY
3) NO CODE
4) LOST DOGS
5) RIOT ACT
6) TEN
7) S/T
8) YIELD
9) BINAURAL

VERSUS singles don't really stand out, but the album works well as a cohesive whole listen. VITALOGY really annoyed me at first, but I grew to love it, and there are tracks that stand out.

NO CODE is full of tracks that stand out, but there are some turkeys. Given a different track order, it could have been better. "Present Tense" should have been the closer. The final three songs tank the end of the record. The light, open nature of "Mankind" and "Around the Bend" make not a good sandwich with the contrast of "I'm Open" sandwiched between them.

"Mankind" is a fun song, but filler, and for the life of me "Around the Bend" is difficult for me to appreciate. It's a downright turkey in an album full of amazing moments.

How much better would NO CODE have been if the "I Got ID" and "Long Road" replaced the last three tracks?

TEN is great but I'm waiting for them to remix and re-release it with some bonus songs, as I know the band wants to do. It's the album that got me into the band back in 1992, but there's a lot of reverb in the mix that makes the album sound too slick.

YIELD has some great compositions (with NO CODE, the band really started to let Gossard and Ament contribute more, and they're both great songwriters).

BINAURAL just took too long to come out, and the end product was disappointing for myself. I didn't buy RIOT ACT until it much later than its release date, mostly because I didn't think the band could achieve the zeitgeist of the first four records after hearing what BINAURAL had to offer. The fact it opens sounding like a Who record and even includes a blatant nod/rip-off to Pete Townsend's "Blue, Red & Grey" ("Soon Forget") just annoyed the hell out of me. Why not just cover that song... for the love of god. I've grown to appreciate the album, it has amazing moments, but one album has to be at the bottom of the list...

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JoNNieS K
01-28-2007

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lets get back to talking about the song please!

this song really reminds me to just relax sometimes and just let my imagination and soul take over.

its so uplifting to see in the song that the persona eventually decides to dream, and re-claim his soul once more.

...i kinda get the feeling that Eddie may have perhaps been referring to himself in this song, actually.

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Jeema
07-06-2007

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I think, in this song, perhaps the subject is having a dreamlike sort of epiphany - an epiphany that no one is coming to save him from his fears, etc. All of us are ultimately alone in a room with no door, with no one to depend on but ourselves to find a way out. I think that's basically what Eddie's trying to say. Very depressing, although I guess the last lines give a glimmer of hope...

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nocode87
10-06-2009

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to me its saying that when your a little kid you almost feel like the universe revolves around you and that your fate will magically fall into place. Then like what jeema said at the age of 9 you realize that noone is going to save you from your fears and you gotta figure things out on your own.

When he was six he believed that the moon overhead followed him, by nine he had deciphered the illusion trading magic for fact.


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