My dad passed away a month ago and on my walk home yesterday, this song showed up in the spotify mix I was listening to. It's kinda crazy just how much this song reminds me of him. Rest in peace dad. You were the strongest man I've ever known and I'll always be proud of you.

I'll leave this comment here so that I'll be reminded of this beautiful song years later.

I lost my son four weeks ago today. This song has enveloped me with its wings. A thousand daggers to my heart would hurt less than losing my son. I find grace and peace listening to this.

My only son was killed and this song relieves me of the burden i carry every single day. I cannot stop thinking of him and what i could have done that day he left never to see him again. I know i will see him again. Stephen i miss you everyday and im sorry

My relationship with Pearl Jam escalated the day I listened to this song for the first time. Always reminds me of my brother who's no more. I feel his presence whenever I listen to this beauty.

What an incredibly underrated gem this song is.

Danced the Mother/Son dance to this beautiful song ❤️❤️

No Code was the first album I ever bought. 12 years old, my first year in high school. I’m now 40, and it’s still on high rotation. Off He Goes is still among my favourite songs off all time. It’s just perfect, and really makes you sit back and ponder. I’ll never stop listening to it.

This song reminds me of my biological father and the relationship I had with him. He was a perfectly nice guy. Popped in and out of my life only a handful of times, just enough to share a few laughs but never long enough to open up and provide answers to questions only a son would ask a father. He was like a neighbor I never got a chance to know.

no code is so underrated smile and off he goes is my fav.

Every time I listen to Pearl Jam it immediately takes me back to the late 90s early 2000’s. When we would drink and smoke in the woods and hang out in front of no loitering signs.

This song has always resonated with me. I lost my son a year ago, last September. Committed suicide by walking in to traffic on the freeway. He had struggled with Schizophrenia since his teens. He seemed to prefer being on the streets. He would show up and stay for a few days. After that he wouldn't be able to fight the urge to leave. He would be gone. Just like that. This song meant a lot when he was here. It's even more so, now that he is gone. Of course, I cry everytime, just like now. I know I'll always carry it, the grief, with me. This song always brings it to the surface. It helps me, tho.

This song is one of my favorites of theirs. Suprised it wasnt more of a hit. Its so good

My favorite PJ song. Without a doubt. There are a number of contenders, but this song always manages to move me.

This song makes my eyes leak

Listening to this beauty, I can't stop turning my head to the right, seeing my old man's already tired face, I hug him and tell him so many things in silence.... he listens.

This one has always reminded me of my dad. Particularly when I was young, and he was drinking, he would leave and be gone for long periods of time. Then he would come home clean and sober. Until the strain creeped in. You could see it happening. He was off again.

Still hits after all these years.

This entire album is considered to me the best pearl jam album hands down!!!

five buddies around the time this song came out one settled down with wife/kids but really struggled to find his place and never adapted, always talks about what could have been one couldn't deal with the stress of family and work and drank himself to death one moved too many times to keep up with one got involved in social/political issues, hard to have a good conversation with now one joined the military, moved away This song reminds me so much of myself and my buddies. Alot of people don't get the stresses and trials that men have, and how they are difficult to talk about or deal with sufficiently. Lack of family and financial stability cause us to devote most of our time trying to survive instead of maintaining friendships.

Definitely my favourite Pearl Jam song. This and Daughter, for sure.

When I was very little I lost my grandpa due to cancer and ever since then whenever I have heard this song I can never finish the song because of him. In many ways this song was my grandpa saying that he will always be there for me when I need him

i heard this song the night before my dad died two years ago - and i felt in my heart it was a message somehow

This song reminds me to my father, my old friend now rest un peace, thank u Pearl jam :')

My God, what a wonderful song.

Absolutely in the top three songs by PJ, just in my opinion of course 😎👍

What an incredible song

Love this song i remember in the 90's. reminds me of my dad.

One of my favorite PJ songs. Heroin addiction took a lot of my friends and family too soon. Ty dad for showing me beautiful music

My beautiful beloved friend has Alzheimer's. Christmas Day we visited. This decribes it perfectly: "Now he's home and we're laughing, like we always did, my same old, same old friend. Until a quarter to 10, I see the strain creep in. He seems distracted and I know just what will happen then. Before his next step, he is off again."

You know what is so amazing about Eddie's songs and Pearl Jam.. we all find something there.. our fathers, siblings, friends who are gone now and thus they will stay with us for ever, thanks!!!

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 flip side 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 'bout his insides It's 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 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 is off again

Really just a great song all around. PJ touch many ppl. with their music. I have been a fan since 1991.

Memories of 1996…

My best friend on Planet Earth killed himself on April 1st 2013 (heh). I hadn't seen him since Christmas Eve, 2000. We had a falling out... we were working on a comic book together... he was an incredible artist. He was inking the panels and I was coloring them, with Photoshop, and we were both writing the story. We cut our palms very deep and took a blood brother oath to finish the comic. But that fall of 2000 I moved to Austin TX, got a job, and didn't have a lot of time to color the panels. Jerral, that was his name, felt betrayed - I don't blame him - but I still worked on the comic when I could, but I had a new job that took up most of my time. I visited Jerral on Christmas Eve of 2000, and I showed him my progress. It was far less than I'd planned to do. Jerral and I had a falling out over it. He was stuck in small town East Texas, and I had moved to Austin. I basically abandoned him, but not with that intent... but Jerral was upset, and we both got really drunk and he tried to strangle me to death. I wasn't afraid or concerned because Jerral and I were blood brothers, the best of friends for 10 years, and even as I lay on the floor choking to death, I wasn't concerned, afraid, nervous, nothing like that... I was perfectly calm and let him strangle me. I knew he wouldn't hurt me, even though he was 250 lbs of solid muscle, so I just waited for him to get it out of his system. Finally he let me up. He apologized profusely. I smiled and hugged him and said, "It's alright, brother. Don't let it bother you. It didn't bother me." He broke out in sobs when his wife came home and saw my black and blue and red and swollen neck. Boy, she gave him the third degree... but I pleaded with Jerral to not let it bother him. I went back to Austin on Christmas, and Jerral called me, crying his Viking heart out. I begged him to please don't let it bother him. I worked some more on the comic over the years, but we'd lost our momentum. Jerral called several dozen times from 2001 to 2013, and that's when I finally learned that he'd killed himself on April Fools Day. Jerral always had a morbid sense of humor. I always thought that we'd finish the comic some day, but after that, I burned the hard copies and deleted the Photoshop files. I completely destroyed the comic. I cried for weeks, months, years, even up until now, frequently. He was my best friend but he carried his guilt like a suit of plutonium armor. Sometimes when I least expect it, I break down in great uncontrollable sobs. I always thought we'd have more time together, to grow old as brothers. But he couldn't recover from almost murdering me, even though I was in no real danger. I miss him terribly. But that fucker took the short cut from this mortal coil. Since then, I've tried my damndest to suicide myself. AT LEAST 15 TIMES SINCE 2017, when the pain is too much. I guess I suck at suicide because I'm still here after ODing on fentanyl, Elavil, gabapentin, klonopin, Everclear, hanging myself in rehab, strangling myself with electrical wire, ODing on Ativan and Ambien, cutting my wrists and throat, geeze! I can't remember how many more times I tried to off myself since the summer of 2018. But I suck at suicide. So I'm stuck, alive, with his memory. This Pearl Jam song describes Jerrals' mannerisms and tendency to just disappear without a trace until he inevitably turned up again... when he wasn't dead. I can't bring myself to visit his grave because I might not recover from the inevitable breakdown. If anything will kill me, the grief has a good chance. This is his song. R.I.P. Jerral, I hope you're at peace, and I'm so so sorry. I love you brother, I miss you, and my heart is permanently filled with unmanageable grief. I pray for forgiveness.

This reminds me of all those troubled friends that needed help from substance abuse but just couldn't be helped ,like my friend Travis he killed himself in 2008

Every Pearl Jam song is a fave of mine !! ❤❤❤❤

1 of the best songs ever written.

Reminds me of a person who.. will always and forever have a place in my heart. Love it

My all time favourite pearl jam song. Ressonates with me because l don't spend any where enough time with my best friend.

I have loved Van Morrison since I was 20.. Just awesome!!

I bought this the day it was released & this is 1 of my favorite PJ songs....after all these years this can still strike a nerve & I feel it as much as I did when I 1st fell in love with it

Reminds me of my Dad 💛

I wish I could have been there for you my friend. We all miss you. See you on the other side brother. The world is less bright without you.

I have so many friends like this. When they come home they are the same as ever and high times are had. Then you see in their eyes that it's just for tonight. They'll be gone soon and you know enough to enjoy the splendor in the grass because your friend in not meant to be tied down.

THIS IS ME. I'm always on to the next thing because the current situation is just to painful to to follow through to the end. I'm not able to slow down enough to enjoy LIFE for LIFES sake. So OFF I GO...

The piano at the end really makes an impact. What a tune

Such a powerful, simple and underrated pearl jam song indeed 😌 yeah. Happy birthday Christopher " Scott" Hawk i hope you are at peace on the other side~

Damn, that's some nice sound quality.

Pearl Jam forever!!! ♥️

This will be at my funeral. Beautiful! ❤️

I love it when Eddie says at the beginning of song 1 2 3 ...😊 ed's voice !!🤩

All of my siblings are dead. After our eldest died, the rest of us used to listen to this song.

I had a friend in high school, way back, he had a "55" Pearl White Chevy, loved being a passenger in it. I loved my short time in my life with him. I cannot seem to find him, it's like he has fallen off the planet and all I want to do is see him one more time. I know it is just a dream of mine, but when I hear this song it makes me think of my baseball friend and the carefree time, and just to have one more chance....

One of my favorite songs ever.

I’m so sorry for your loss ❤

Beautiful song, I think everyone has had a friend like this sometime in their life time, sometimes it's heart breaking! Awesome album! Thank you for sharing this 😊💓🤘✌️

Love this so much

Lovely

Beautiful

"Off He Goes" 1, 2, 1, 2 Know a man, his face seemed 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 flip side of this trip he's taking for a ride He's been taking too much on There he goes with his perfectly unkempt 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 It's 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 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 is off again

I'm a ecologist and I always sing this song when I'm riding my bike towards the forest where I work.

Beautiful Song You Are In Touch with The Human Soul Much Love To You and Your Family

I love this song! 😍

Que chulada de canción... Ya quiero verte en México Pearl Jam!!!

One of my favourites from No Code! ❤

Ohh yeah

Yes

LLORANDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Still their most beautiful song. Probably not a big hit like Elderly Woman or Daughter or Black because it never takes off and has the big cathartic, anthemic moment. Stays in the sort of weary vibe the whole song.

Lots of memories to this song . Love Pearl Jam and their singer Eddie Vedder. ♥️

Wonderful ❤

Awesome song!

Awesome!!! Pearl Jam. Hope to see you in B with a great tix price

Kick ass band Kick ass song.

Great!!!

just beautiful....

My favorite song from them by far

That’s such beautiful song 🙏

Perfection

I miss you, Casey. I know you are at peace, finally. Thank you for touching my life and giving yourself to us, unconditionally. You will live eternally in my heart and soul. All my love, my dear friend. See you on the flip side...

EV does amazing harnessing emotional delivery ❤

Just amazing

So long term relationship with what I thought was a close friend but over a misunderstanding no longer. Came across this song and well, hits it. Wrote it in my diary the lyrics to hit upon the feelings and yup Pearl Jam nails it again. God Bless'em. I know they have a following in many ways but have grown with these guys since the 90's and closely/emotionally following with them. Hope all are flowing with them as well. Peace.

Always loved this 1

Love U Pj💚🔥

Great tune 😎🙏🏻

This song reminds of my college days

Going myself soon, play it for me after. X

AMAZING ❤ ALWAYS ❤❤

Thbaks For The 6 Minutes For This Song It's Give Me Chills

You're 41 and you realize you retreated. You lost yourself and it's too difficult to try anymore.

Most think that this song was written about 2 Friends that were close at one point and that one “Friend” left and then after sometime came back.ect… the Listener can interpret songs as They choose to and thats what is so meaningful and great about Music and Lyrics. However from the Lyricists POV can be about a very specific topic. In this case OHG is written by Vedder about Vedder and His Own interpretation on His “Personal” View and how thigns have changed since Vedder’s Profession and way of Life changed since becoming a Singer in a well known Rock N Roll Band. In otherwards He’s the same Person as He was but with So much attention by Society to His Stardom He’s the same Person before but He knows Others look at Him Differently… in otherwards Old Young Eddie before becoming Big and the other Eddie Leaving traveling/Singing/In one of the most Recognized Bands and seeing “Each” Eddie from the Before & after outlook! listen to it again from Eddie’s Perspective.. interesting!

And that song is the real Joker.Cheers :)

que musica tan relajante...!

My dad walked after age of 5 never looked back, its my niece i feel for never knowing her grandad as he just cba 🤷

🤘🏼🇮🇩🤘🏼 pearl jam ♥️

I like it ❤️

This song reminds me of Clay Jones a good childhood friend of mine who passed away couple yrs ago.

I'm vet this song saved my life no joke no code