Lyrics for Brain of J. as interpreted by Trent

Brain of J. Lyrics
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4. Sorry. 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4.)

Who's got the brain of JFK?
What's it mean to us now. Yeah.
Pause, it sounds distrust.
But I can tell you this is no lie. Yeah.

The whole world will be different soon.
The whole world will be relieved.
The whole world will be different soon.
The whole world will be relieved.

Yeah, trust.

You? You've been taught, whipped into shape, now they got you in line. Yeah.
Stand behind the stripes. There will be order, so give it a good mind there.

The whole world will be different soon.
The whole world will be relieved.
The whole world will be different soon.
The whole world will be relieved. Woh.

And by name, the name they gave me, the name I'm letting go. Ahh.

The whole world will be different soon.
The whole world will be relieved.
The whole world will be different soon.
The whole world will be relieved.
The whole world will be different soon.
The whole world will be relieved.
The whole world will be different soon.

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Matzy94
01-10-2002

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"Brain of J" is about the dissapperance of John F. Kenedy's brain from a secured flight back to Washington DC after his assination. The second verse addresses a government coverup with officials threatening anyone, probably the doctors that worked on JFK, who knew what happened that day. The assanation is commonly considered the loss of innocence for our country hence the chorus about the world will be different soon.

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jaco
11-12-2004

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an other interpretation: compare the brain of jfk to planet earth and compare the bullet to a big astroid.
the whole world will be different soon; will not be there anymore when the atroid strikes in. in my opinion this interpretation is a good follow up for the song do the evolution.

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KurdtTBO
12-19-2004

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Hitler's autopsy found that he had only one testicle. I think someone stole it so they could harvest it for DNA and clone him for future world rule. That's why they stole JFK's brain too.
The whole world will be different soon. Relieved. . . of something.

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Brewsky
04-08-2005

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"The whole world will be different soon.
The whole world will be relieved".
Relieved....now isn't that referring to a good thing? And about Hitler that is true, but is it possible he was born with one testicle? And why take his testicle?

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piros001
04-10-2005

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maybe that's why hitler was such an asshole, because he had one nut. napoleon's dick is the smallest on record, ever. good song and alblum.

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Androgynous
04-11-2005

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i think the use of the word "relieved" is meant to be sarcastic. It's about the American government becoming more totalitarian and gestapo like in its methods. It justifies this by saying it's establishing "order". People are supposedly being relieved of the burden of thinking and acting for themselves.

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N0 C0DE 79
05-11-2005

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This song is awesome..... I dont care what it's about but Pearl Jam makes a perfect tribute to the Ramones machine gun playing style....

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mojo risin
08-26-2005

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Did you saw Kennedy with his skull wide open? If you didn`t, go to this site> www.rotten.com. I know I am fucked, but fuck it.

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richie8092
03-10-2006

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this is a great song that really grew on me more than any of there other songs

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T-CAP75
06-30-2006

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Very cool song to lead off Yield, but for some reason, this song doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the album. And "Do the Evolution".

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T-CAP75
07-03-2006

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Probably because the rest of the album isn't as fast-paced as those songs :)

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bob_long
07-23-2006

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i think this song is about government corruption and how they make some people believe what they want through the spread of propaganda (You? You've been taught, whipped into shape, now they got you in line. Yeah.
Stand behind the stripes. There will be order, so give it a good mind there.) somewhere deep in the federal archives someone has the brain,i mean its kinda hard to just misplace a dead presidents brain

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beatakeshi
12-27-2006

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the explanations above give a light about the meaning of the lyrics. But whatīs the name meaning?. second verse is very clear though.
Another doubt: why do they miss it up at the begining of the song in purpose? I think thatīs one of the clues to understand the song. There must be an error, or something goes wrong, something they didnīt planned...

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jimithing361
05-09-2007

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I may be wrong but i always thought it was "Soon the whole world will believe him" and not "the whole world will be relieved"

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jimithing361
05-09-2007

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nevermind relieved is right according to the pearl jam site

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Poo_Town
09-09-2007

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Well, it's pretty obvious that the song is partly about JFK's missing brain (which will probably never be found)... Eddie Vedder, ever the visionary, sings that
"the whole world will be different soon..." surely meaning that the monkeys will have their revenge on Seattle

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$p$
05-17-2008

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HAH, I didn't realize that the intro was "messed up", I just thought it sounded cool. This song is very catchy, and I didn't get the lyrics until now and I feel like an idiot for it.

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creatorcreator
10-14-2009

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I thought the song was about the folly of conspiracy theorizing. That is, obsessing about things like a president's brain is just a way to avoid real problems, and true action. Everybody assumes that the government, the Russians--someone--is behind the assassination. If we find out tomorrow that it was LBJ, or a grand government conspiracy, what then? Nothing. By focusing on things like the lost brain of a dead pres., maybe we should be considering and taking responsibility for our own malfunctions, hence the remainder of the album.

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