Pearl Jam

Released: September 20, 2009

Songwriter: Eddie Vedder Mike McCready

Producer: Brendan O’Brien

[Verse 1]
Understand She's a Force of Nature
Contraband hiding deep inside her soul
Exercising her will to lose control
She lets go
Common Man he don't stand a chance no
Wonderland pulling Alice in the hole
No way to save someone who won't take the rope
And just let's go

[Chorus 1]
One Man Stands the edge of the ocean
A beacon on dry land
Eyes upon the horizon
In the dark before the dawn

[Verse 2]
Hurricane has the trade winds blowing
Gale force shaking windows in the storm
Shipwreck from a love that he calls home
One light on

[Chorus 2]
Somewhere there's a siren singing
A song only he hears
All the strengths you might think would
Disappear resolving
One man stands alone awaiting for her to come home
Eyes upon the horizon
In the dark before the
Darkness leaves the dawn

[Bridge]
Makes me ache
Makes me shake
Is it so wrong to think that
Love can keep us safe?

[Verse 2]
Last I saw he was out there waiting
A silhouette in the black light full moon glow
In the sand there he stands upon the shore
Forevermore

[Chorus 2]
Somewhere there's a siren singing
A song only he hears
All the strengths you might think would
Disappear resolving
One man stands alone awaiting for her to come home
Eyes upon the horizon
In the dark before the
Darkness leaves the dawn

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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