Pearl Jam

Released: May 2, 2006

Songwriter: Adam Kasper Stone Gossard Mike McCready Matt Cameron Jeff Ament Eddie Vedder

Producer: Adam Kasper Pearl Jam

[Verse 1]
You're always saying that there's something wrong
I'm starting to believe it's your plan all along
Death came around, forced to hear its song
And know tomorrow can't be depended on
I seen the home inside your head
All locked doors and unmade beds
Open sores unattended
Let me say just once that

[Chorus]
I have faced it, a life wasted
I'm never going back again
I escaped it, a life wasted
I'm never going back again
Having tasted, a life wasted
I'm never going back again

[Verse 2]
The world awaits just up the stairs
Leave the pain for someone else
Nothing back there for you to find
Or was it you, you left behind?
You're always saying you're too weak to be strong
You're harder on yourself than just about anyone
Why swim the channel just to get this far?
Halfway there, why would you turn around?
Darkness comes in waves, tell me why invite it to stay?
You're warm with negativity
Yes, comfort is an energy
But why let the sad song play?

[Chorus]
I have faced it, a life wasted
I'm never going back again
I escaped it, a life wasted
I'm never going back again
Having tasted, a life wasted
I'm never going back again

[Outro]
Oh I erased it, a life wasted
I'm never going back again

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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