Pearl Jam

Released: November 12, 2002

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

Producer: Pearl Jam Adam Kasper

[Verse 1]
The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithin' and hopin' to buy themselves time
Me, I figure, as each breath goes by
I only own my mind

[Verse 2]
North is to south what the clock is to time
There's east and there's west and there's everywhere life
I know I was born and I know that I'll die
The in-between is mine
I am mine

[Chorus 1]
And the feeling gets left behind
All the innocence, lost at one time
Significant behind the eyes
There's no need to hide
We're safe tonight

[Verse 3]
The ocean is full 'cause everyone's cryin'
The full moon is lookin' for friends at hightide
The sorrow grows bigger when the sorrow's denied
I only know my mind
I am mine

[Chorus 2]
And the meaning that gets left behind
All the innocents lost in one time
Significant, behind the eyes
There's no need to hide
We're safe tonight

[Chorus 3]
And the feelings get left behind
All the innocents broken with lies
Significance between the lines
We may need to hide...

And the meanings that get left behind
All the innocence, lost in one time
We're all different behind the eyes
There's no need to hide...
Yeah!

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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