"Off He Goes", sebuah lagu dari Pearl Jam, menceritakan tentang seorang pria yang selalu bergerak cepat dan tampaknya kewalahan dengan hidupnya. Narator lagu berusaha menenangkannya, tetapi pria itu terus bergerak dan berkata bahwa dia akan bertemu lagi nanti. Pria itu akhirnya pergi dan narator lagu merasa khawatir, tetapi kemudian dia melihat gambar pria itu dan dia terlihat baik-baik saja. Narator lagu dan pria itu memiliki sejarah bersama dan narator bertanya-tanya tentang apa yang terjadi di dalam diri pria itu. Narator lagu akhirnya menyadari bahwa pria itu telah kembali, dan mereka tertawa bersama seperti biasa. Namun, narator menyadari bahwa pria itu masih tertekan dan akhirnya pria itu pergi lagi.
Off He Goes Lyrics
Pearl Jam
1, 2, 1, 2...
know a man, his face seems pulled and tense
like he's riding on a motorbike in the strongest winds
so i approach with tact
suggest that he should relax
but he's always moving much too fast
said he'll see me on the flipside
on this trip he's taken for a ride
he's been taking too much on
there he goes with his perfectly unkept clothes
there he goes...
he's yet to come back
but i've seen his picture
it doesn't look the same up on the rack
we go way back
i wonder about his insides
its like his thoughts are too big for his size
he's been taken... where, i don't know?
off he goes with his perfectly unkept hope
and there he goes...
and now i rub my eyes, for he has returned
seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned
for he still smiles...
and he's still strong
nothing's changed, but the surrounding bullshit that has grown
and now he's home
and we're laughing like we always did
my same old, same old friend
until a quarter-to-ten
i saw the strain creep in
he seems distracted and i know just what is gonna happen next
before his first step
he's off again
know a man, his face seems pulled and tense
like he's riding on a motorbike in the strongest winds
so i approach with tact
suggest that he should relax
but he's always moving much too fast
said he'll see me on the flipside
on this trip he's taken for a ride
he's been taking too much on
there he goes with his perfectly unkept clothes
there he goes...
he's yet to come back
but i've seen his picture
it doesn't look the same up on the rack
we go way back
i wonder about his insides
its like his thoughts are too big for his size
he's been taken... where, i don't know?
off he goes with his perfectly unkept hope
and there he goes...
and now i rub my eyes, for he has returned
seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned
for he still smiles...
and he's still strong
nothing's changed, but the surrounding bullshit that has grown
and now he's home
and we're laughing like we always did
my same old, same old friend
until a quarter-to-ten
i saw the strain creep in
he seems distracted and i know just what is gonna happen next
before his first step
he's off again
