Pearl Jam

Released: October 15, 2013

Songwriter: Eddie Vedder

Producer: Brendan O’Brien

[Verse 1]
I can feel the dawn
I can feel the Earth
I can feel the living all around
Around [x3]
All around
Around [x3]
I could choose a path
I could choose the word
I can start the healing
Bring it now, now now now [x2]

[Chorus]
Whispered songs inside the wind
Breathing in forgiveness
Like vibrations with no end
Hear the planet humming
What is clear far from the noise
Get swallowed whole

[Verse 2]
I could feel the sun
I can see the sound
I could set myself right here and drown
Drown drown drown [x2]
I can feel the rush
I could clear the clouds
I could set the needle, spin it loud
Loud, loud, loud, loud [x2]
I can hear the crash
I can feel the pound
I can feel the current pulling down
Down [x3]
Down [x4]

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
With no quiet to be found
Spirit lifted off the ground
And what lies beyond the grave
Might be welcome change
Time will come, come what may
With no rest in peace
Until that day
I could choose a path
I could choose the word
I can start the healing, bring it now
Now [x3]
Now [x4]
I could be the sun
I can be the sound
I could set myself right here and drown
Drown [x3]
Drown [x4]
Whispered songs inside the wind
Breathing in forgiveness
And the chapter I've not read
Turn the page

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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