 Genius Lyrics
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Nothingman
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This song is somewhat of the male side of Better Man. It’s a ballad about a guy who has messed up, big time and lost his love. She was great, and she thought he was everything. The
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Dissident
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(From Wikipedia) Vocalist Eddie Vedder about “Dissident”:
In “Dissident”, I’m actually talking about a woman who takes in someone who’s being sought after by the authorities for
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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 – Glorified G
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This hit from Pearl Jam’s 1993 album Vs. started as a debate that erupted upon lead singer Eddie Vedder hearing that drummer Dave Abbruzzese had recently bought two guns. According
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Pearl Jam – Last Exit
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[Verse 1] / Lives opened and trashed "Look ma, watch me crash" / No time to question why'd nothing last / Grasp and hold on, we're dyin' fast / Soon be over and I will relent / [
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Pearl Jam – Lukin
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A song about the “pretty serious stalker problem” that the band faced in this era of their career
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Pearl Jam – Porch (Live MTV Unplugged)
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[Intro] / I just want to say... / One, two, three, four.. / [Verse] / What the... is this world running to? / You didn't leave a message / At least I could have learned your voice
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Pearl Jam – Bugs
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This song is about Eddie’s response to the media being all over him and the band. He refers to them as “bugs” because they never seem to go away and they constantly ask questions
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Pearl Jam – Future Days
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[Verse 1] / If I ever were to lose you / I'd surely lose myself / Everything I have found dear / I've not found by myself / Try and sometimes you'll succeed / To make this man of
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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 – 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 – Insignificance
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[Verse 1] / All in all, it's no one's fault / Excuses turn to carbon walls / Blame it all on chemical intercourse / The swallowed seeds of arrogance / Breeding in the thoughts of
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Pearl Jam – Ghost
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[Verse 1] / The mind is grey, like the city / Packing in and overgrown / Love is deep, dig it out / Standing in a hole alone / Working for something / That one can never hold / A
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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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