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Pearl Jam – Given to Fly
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[Verse 1] / He could've tuned in, tuned in, but he tuned out / A bad time, nothing could save him / Alone in a corridor, waiting, locked out / He got up outta there, ran for
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Pearl Jam – Swallowed Whole
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After paddleboarding for two hours, Eddie Vedder writes about how it feels to be so far into the ocean.
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Pearl Jam – Better Man
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“Better Man” is the eleventh track off Pearl Jam’s 1994 album Vitalogy.
Lead singer Eddie Vedder penned the song in high school. Though the meaning is theoretically up in the air
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Pearl Jam – Black (Live MTV Unplugged)
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[Intro] / Hey / [Verse 1] / Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay / Lay spread out before me as her body once did, mm / All five horizons revolved around her soul as the
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Pearl Jam – Once
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“Once” is the first track on the band’s debut album, Ten, released on August 27, 1991. On Ten, it is preceded by a brief interlude of the album’s closing hidden track, “Master/
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Pearl Jam – Oceans
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Oceans was written by lead singer, Eddie Vedder. “Oceans” was inspired by Vedder’s affinity for surfing. Following Pearl Jam’s performance of the song at the band’s 1992 MTV
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Pearl Jam – Daughter
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One of Pearl Jam’s more well-known songs off of Vs is about a misunderstood child with a learning disability. The child is abused by her parents, thus, Eddy Vedder says, “the
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Pearl Jam – Garden
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[Intro] / (She don't wander in here, don't wander in here, she) / (She don't wander in here, don't wander in here, she) / [Verse 1] / The direction of the eye, so misleading / The
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Pearl Jam – Habit
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Eddie wrote this song about lead guitarist Mike McCready when he was suffering from alcoholism early in their career.
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Pearl Jam – Animal
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Second track on Pearl Jam’s second album, Vs.. It seems to be about rebellion, even featuring the album’s original title, “Five Against One.”
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Pearl Jam – I'm Open
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[Intro] / A man lies in his bed in a room with no door / He waits hoping for a presence, something, anything to enter / After spending half his life searching, he still felt as
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Pearl Jam – Creep
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I said.. / I'm back in a circle / Don't feel like coming out / I don't belong here / I see you're a nothing / I say there's something / You're so special / So fucking special / I'm
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Pearl Jam – Porch
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[Verse 1] / What the fuck is this world running to? / You didn't leave a message / At least I could have learned your voice one last time / Daily minefield, this could be my time
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Pearl Jam – Deep
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[Verse 1] / On the edge, a windowsill / Ponders his maker, ponders his will / To the street below, he just ain't nothing / But he's got a great view / And he sinks the needle deep
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Pearl Jam – Sirens
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The second single off Lightning Bolt, “Sirens” is a Pink Floydian track – as Mike McCready attended a Roger Waters concert and decided to go the same way – with lyrics thinking
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Pearl Jam – Indifference
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Seemingly sung from the perspective of a broken man who has tried and tried and seen no difference, the theme of this song seems to be about how you can persevere and try as hard
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Pearl Jam – Immortality
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Although, most people purportedly link this song as a kind of homage to Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, Eddie Vedder had clarified that it was written before Cobain was dead. Still, some
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Pearl Jam – Go
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The opening track to Vs. Pearl Jams sophomore album, shows the grooving drum power of Dave Abbruzzese. Abruzzese replaced former drummer Matt Chamberlain who offered his hands to
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Pearl Jam – Why Go
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This song is about a girl who was put in mental hospital against her will and without any mental illness. “Why Go” refers to the lack of motivation to go back home after spending
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Pearl Jam – Last Kiss
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“The Last Kiss” was originally recorded by Wayne Cochran in 1961 on the Gala label. It failed to do well on the charts. Cochran subsequently re-recorded his song for the King label
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Pearl Jam – Infallible
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An instrument-heavy track with Eddie Vedder thinking about the state of the world.
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Pearl Jam – Breakerfall
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[Verse 1] / There's a girl on a ledge, she's got nowhere to turn / 'Cause all the love that she had was just wood that she burned / Now her life is on fire, it's no one's concern
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Pearl Jam – Corduroy
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The 1994 Pearl Jam hit Corduroy was written after singer Eddie Vedder saw a corduroy vest in a store, similar to the one he wore in concert. The vest cost 500 dollars and was
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Pearl Jam – Do the Evolution
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Released in 1998 as the 7th track on Yield, the song was not a huge radio single. It peaked at only #40 on the Mainstream Rock Charts, but over the years it’s become a favorite of
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Pearl Jam – Rival
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Written by Stone Gossard, this song was originally titled “Growing Up Gay in Littleton”.
When performed live at Pinkpop 2000, Vedder states:
“In America, what we do for fun
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Pearl Jam – Footsteps
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Footsteps is the third song in a trilogy called Mamasan.
The Mamasan Trilogy consists of “Alive", “Once", and “Footsteps". In that order. Together they tell the tale of incest
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Pearl Jam – Unemployable
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[Verse 1] / He's got a big gold ring what says "Jesus Saves" / And it's dented from the punch thrown at work that day / When he smashed the metal locker where he kept his things
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Pearl Jam – Comfortably Numb
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Hello? / Is there anybody in there? / Just nod if you can hear me / Is there anyone at home? / Come on, now / I hear you're feeling down / Well I can ease your pain / And get you
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Pearl Jam – W.M.A.
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By stating that he ‘won the lottery when he was born’, Eddie Vedder is directly referencing the racial inequality that existed in 1993, when the song was released, and still exists
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Pearl Jam – Retrograde
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[Verse 1] / Comes the summer rain / Cue the lightning and far off thunder again / Projecting through the clouds / In meditations, lifting out in the sound / [Pre-Chorus] / The more
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Pearl Jam – Not for You
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“Not For You” is Eddie Vedder complaining about “how youth is being sold and exploited” by the music industry. Along with blatant commercialization, Pearl Jam was unnerved to
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Pearl Jam – I Am Mine
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The first single from Pearl Jam’s seventh album, Riot Act.
It was inspired by a tragedy at the Roskilde Festival in 2000 in Denmark. As Pearl Jam performed, nine fans were crushed
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Pearl Jam – Dance of the Clairvoyants
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“Dance Of The Clairvoyants” is the lead single off of American Rock band Pearl Jam’s eleventh studio album, Gigaton. The full-length record is also the group’s first since 2013’s
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Pearl Jam – Alive
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“Alive” is Pearl Jam’s first single and the first song they ever played together.
It appears on the band’s debut album, Ten (1991). Written by guitarist Stone Gossard, “Alive
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Pearl Jam – Jeremy (Live MTV Unplugged)
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[Verse 1] / At home drawin' pictures of mountain tops / With him on top, lemon yellow sun / Arms raised in a "V" / And the dead lay in pools of maroon below / [Pre-Chorus] / Daddy
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Pearl Jam – Mankind
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[Verse 1] / You'll be going out with radio, going out with disco, going out like bacchanal / I'll be going out with telephone, going out alone, to the radar zone / [Chorus] / It's
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