Comments on: Supreme Court Ruling a Crock of [Feces!] http://mcgees.org/2009/04/30/look-my-site-i-can-say-motherfuckers/ Website of Joshua McGee Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:51:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bob Mike http://mcgees.org/2009/04/30/look-my-site-i-can-say-motherfuckers/comment-page-1/#comment-53376 Bob Mike Fri, 01 May 2009 21:51:59 +0000 http://mcgees.org/?p=1471#comment-53376 Upon review, you're probably correct. Upon review, you’re probably correct.

]]> By: Joshua <i>(Site Owner)</i> http://mcgees.org/2009/04/30/look-my-site-i-can-say-motherfuckers/comment-page-1/#comment-53374 Joshua (Site Owner) Fri, 01 May 2009 20:27:57 +0000 http://mcgees.org/?p=1471#comment-53374 He says "You're the only one who <i>blank</i> forgive yourself" twice. I've always heard the first time as "can", and the second as "cannot", which is exquisite parallelism and very Vedder (cf. <i>Grievance</i>). I think this is supported by live recordings, but it is conceivable that he always swallows the "t" on the former, saying "can['t]". I don't believe so, however. Corroboration: <a href="http://www.metrolyrics.com/present-tense-lyrics-pearl-jam.html" rel="nofollow">[metrolyrics]</a>, <a href="http://www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/pearl_jam/present_tense-lyrics-55334.html" rel="nofollow">[allthelyrics]</a>, <a href="http://www.lyricsmania.com/present_tense_lyrics_pearl_jam.html" rel="nofollow">[lyricsmania]</a> He says “You’re the only one who blank forgive yourself” twice.  I’ve always heard the first time as “can”, and the second as “cannot”, which is exquisite parallelism and very Vedder (cf. Grievance).  I think this is supported by live recordings, but it is conceivable that he always swallows the “t” on the former, saying “can['t]“.  I don’t believe so, however.

Corroboration: [metrolyrics], [allthelyrics], [lyricsmania]

]]> By: Bob Mike http://mcgees.org/2009/04/30/look-my-site-i-can-say-motherfuckers/comment-page-1/#comment-53360 Bob Mike Fri, 01 May 2009 15:53:26 +0000 http://mcgees.org/?p=1471#comment-53360 From the site's quote-line: <I>Realize you're the only one who can forgive yourself</I> Maybe you're doing this intentionally, but I always thought that the lyric was "you're the only one that can <I>not</I> forgive yourself". As in "everyone else has gotten over what you did, maybe you should, too". A quick check of some lyrics sites seems to support my theory, and I think it makes more sense in the context of the song. Then again, I have been <I>wildly</I> wrong about song lyrics in the past, so it's possible that your quote is correct. From the site’s quote-line:

Realize you’re the only one who can forgive yourself

Maybe you’re doing this intentionally, but I always thought that the lyric was “you’re the only one that can not forgive yourself”. As in “everyone else has gotten over what you did, maybe you should, too”.

A quick check of some lyrics sites seems to support my theory, and I think it makes more sense in the context of the song. Then again, I have been wildly wrong about song lyrics in the past, so it’s possible that your quote is correct.

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