Pearl Jam

Released: February 27, 2001

Songwriter: Eddie Vedder

Producer: John Burton Brett Eliason

[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
She can blame the world, or prey till dawn

[Chorus]
But only love can breakerfall
Breakerfall
Only love can breakerfall

Fall

[Verse 2]
It's like she lost her invitation to the party on earth
And she's standing outside hating everyone here
She's her own disease, crying to her doll

[Chorus]
But only love can breakerfall
Breakerfall
Only love can breakerfall

Yeah

[Outro]
Fall, breakerfall
Can breakerfall
Ooh yeah, only love can breakerfall
Love, love, can breakerfall, fall
Love, love, can breakerfall
Only love can breakerfall

[Spoken Word: Eddie Vedder]
That one's off the new record. And the new record, we, uh we've actually recorded, including this last one. Which, uh, we didn't think we were gonna be in Atlanta to finish this last one. But we ended up being in Atlanta with a guy name Brendan O'Brien. And we ended up finishing this last one here as well. That last one was on the last one. Also the other records too. I don't know, but it seems like if you study the record covers, or you've read 'em, or obviously we haven't, I haven't. We've spent enough time here that we know streets, and we know names, and we know gay bars, and we know- Um, but anyways, yeah. I know Atlanta almost as well as I know Seattle. Anyways, this song's uh, well, I'm not gonna tell you what it's called

Founded in 1990 in Seattle, Pearl Jam is one of the most successful bands out of the grunge movement, if not of the whole alternative rock scene from the early 90s. The group started with Stone Gossard (guitar) and Jeff Ament (bass), veterans of the proto-grunge scene, recording a demo along with local guitarist Mike McCready. Once the tape passed along, it attracted a San Diego-based singer, Eddie Vedder. Along with drummer Dave Krusen, they signed with Epic Records and released Ten in 1991, which by the following year was becoming one of the most successful debut albums ever.

Growing uncomfortable with success, the following albums went for a more anguished and experimental sound, and the band’s notorious activism had its most prominent case once they boycotted Ticketmaster, accusing them of price-gouging fans. In the meantime, various drummers passed through the band, with percussion only settling once Soundgarden’s Matt Cameron joined them in the tour for 1998’s Yield.

With 10 studio albums and various live recordings (including “Official Bootlegs” of basically every concert the band performed since 2000), Pearl Jam has sold nearly 32 million records in the U.S. and an estimated 60 million worldwide.

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