Pearl Jam

Released: February 27, 2001

Songwriter: Eddie Vedder

Producer: John Burton Brett Eliason

[Chorus]
Lay down your arms and surrender to me
Oh lay down your arms and love me peacefully, yeah
Use your arms for squeezing and pleasing the one that loves you so

[Verse 1]
Oh there ain't no reason for you to declare war on the one who loves you so
So forget the other boys because my love is real
Come off your battlefield

[Chorus]
Lay down your arms and surrender to me
Oh lay down your arms and love me peacefully, yeah
Use your arms for squeezing and pleasing the one that loves you so

[Verse 2]
The weapons you're using are hurting me bad
But someday you're going to retreat
Cause my love baby is the truest you've ever had
I'm a soldier of love that's hard to beat

[Chorus]
Lay down your arms and surrender to me
Oh lay down your arms and love me peacefully, yeah
Use your arms for squeezing and pleasing the one that loves you so

[Outro]
Oh baby, lay down your arms
Oh baby, lay down your arms
Oh baby, lay down your arms
Oh baby, lay down your arms
Oh baby, lay down your arms
Oh baby, lay down your arms
Oh baby, lay down your arms
Please baby, lay down your arms

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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Boston, MA 29-August-2000 (Live) (2001)

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