Thought it was easy to fall in love but you, you, you.
You're different this much I know yeah, you, you, you.
It might be your guile. It could be your mind.
It might be the way you take your time.
Oh, you, you, you.

You, it's you. It's you, you, you.
Oh, you. It's you. It's you, you, you.

I never know how much to say with you, you, you.
I like to go deep but is it safe with you, you, you.
It might be your needs. It could be your eyes.
It might be the way you don't sympathize.
Oh, you, you, you.

You. It's you. It's you, you, you.
Oh, you. It's you. It's you you you

You break laws and pay no fines. You get yours and then get mine.

I don't think it's easy to stay in love.
But you, you, you, you.
But you, yes you. It's you, you, you.
You. it's you. it's you, you, you.
Ah you
It's you. (x3)
Ah you, you, you, yes you.
With you, you, you, you ah.



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    General Comment:actually the chorus is "you, with you... it's always you you you"

    and it's obviously about selfish people, like eddie himself said
    Flag seba88argon November 27, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:there-re 2 versions of this song. the first one was released as a b-side on the Wishlist single. the other one was included on the Lost Dogs compilation.

    these are the lyrics of the first version wich is really way better. even catchier.
    Flag Sovay83on May 17, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:This should have been kept on the album, whichever one it was. But you know Pearl Jam, they don't want to be TOO accessible. One of the best Lost Dogs. It sounds great live.

    I think Eddie likes to have more meaning in his songs, nowadays.
    Flag $p$on July 18, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:aye, i love this song
    Flag ANTWANmyMANon June 28, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Ed, before playing "U", live in perth, 2006. "this is about selfish people, one in particular".
    Flag ledzep26on May 02, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:in the lost dogs booklet it says this song was written in ten minutes while in a car ride. That might explain its difficulty to interpret but i think its probably just about his wife, that would be the easy thing to think i guess, im probably wrong though.
    Flag smmers75on April 03, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:This song is one of the weaker outtakes on Lost Dogs. I don't think it's catchy at all. I can't get into the music no matter how hard I try.
    Flag TommyCap77on May 20, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:Well, I'm a sucker for catchy songs, but Pearl Jam rules, so that's ok in this case :). I think this song is really beautiful, here's my interpretation:

    He's saying that it's really hard for him to love this person and complains about a bunch of things that piss him off, but inspite of this he continues loving.

    So, he's saying how difficult it was to fall in love, and in the end he says "I thought it was easy to stay in love", implying two things: first, that he actually did fall in love, and second, the repetitive structure implies that staying in love will be just like falling in love in the sense that there it will be as difficult and have a bunch of annoying things, but he'll be able to do it anyways.

    The repitition of "you, you, you" to me represents two things: first, his fixation for the person he loves, which is a part of love, and second, the selfishness of that person for intending to be the center of the universe or something.

    I think it's really nice how he describes the hard parts of falling in love. But I will go further in my interpretation: it appears to me that the person he loves doesn't treat him too well, is selfish, and makes him insecure about falling in love, but the beautiful thing is that he does. It's like his love is beyond these problems and the selfishness of this person... OK, maybe I went over the edge, but this is how I see the song.
    Flag joaovbson November 16, 2004   Link
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    General Comment:I didn't know what guile was, so, from m-w.com, I got:
    1 : deceitful cunning : DUPLICITY
    2 obsolete : STRATAGEM, TRICK
    Flag joaovbson November 16, 2004   Link
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    General Comment:The version I'm listening to has some important differences... I suppose my version is the original from lost dogs, but I'm not sure...
    The differences:
    - instead of "I like to go deep", "I'd like to go deep";
    - instead of "the way you sympathize", "the way you don't sympathize";
    - instead of "I don't think it's easy to stay in love", "I thought it was easy to stay in love"
    Flag joaovbson November 16, 2004   Link

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