Live's "Home" vs. Pearl Jam's "Army Reserve" Options

[edstipe]

Two songs with similar themes but different approaches.

I like them both, but one definitely more than the other.


Compare:


"Home":

I'm a soldier on the field
Fightin' for you
Fightin' for me
You can see it on our faces
Like the bullets leave tracers
You can feel it for real

You can't imagine the pain of my babies so far away
So far from my home

When they comin' home?
When they leavin' that place?
See their lover's face again
Kid will see his daddy's face again
When they comin' home?

Lord, shed some grace
See their lover's face again
Kid will see his daddy's face again

I'm a soldier on the field
Waitin' to die, prayin' to live
To survive one more day
But my hope begins to fray
It's my flesh against the steel

You'll never know what I've known
You'll never see what I've seen
I hope we make it home

When they comin' home?
When they leavin' that place?
See their lover's face again
Kid will see his daddy's face again
When they comin' home?

Lord, shed some grace
Put your peace in the valley tonight
Bring the soldier home alright
When they comin' home?

When they leavin' that place?
See their lover's face again
Kid will see his daddy's face again

"So far from home", she cries
"Politics aside, what I'd give to have him here tonight"

When they comin' home?
When they leavin' that place?
See their lover's face again
Kid will see his daddy's face again
When they comin' home?

Lord, shed some grace
Put your peace in the valley tonight
Bring the soldier home alright
When they comin' home?

Children playin' in the sun, home
See their lover's face again
Kid will see his daddy's face again
When they comin' home?

Mama braidin' your sweet hair, home
Put your peace in the valley tonight
Bring the soldier home alright
When they coming' home?

Children playin' in the sun, home
See their lover's face again
Kid will see his daddy's face again
When they comin' home?

Mama braidin' your sweet hair, home
When they coming' home?



"Army Reserve":
Army Reserve

How long must she stand
Before the ground, it gives way
To an endless fall
She can feel this
War on her face
The stars on her pillow
She's folding in darkness
Begging for slumber

I'm not blind
I can see it coming
Looks like lightning
In my child's eye

I'm not frantic
I can feel it coming
Violently shakes
My body

Her son's slanted
Always giving her
The sideways eye
The empty chair where dad sits
How loud can silence get?
And mom, she reassures
To contain him
But it's becoming a lie

She tells herself
And everyone else
Father is risking
His life for our freedoms

I'm not blind
I can see it coming
Looks like lightning
In my child's eye

I'm not frantic
I can feel it coming
Darling you'll save me
If you save yourself

Also, you can hear a clip of "Army Reserve," along with other songs from the new Pearl Jam album, here: http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/pro...an=828767146720

This post has been edited by edstipe: May 4 2006, 12:23 pm

[phungi]

both songs are good, but you shoudl definitely check out the new Pearl Jam disc... it is excellent.