Pearl Jam

Songwriter: Stone Gossard Eddie Vedder

[Verse 1]
Hand over my face
I am related to my enemy
Our house on fire and big brother
Brother tried to put the blame on me

[Chorus 1]
Oh, little sister, you and me can rise above
Oh, ain't no brother - back to back to back
Oh better back on

[Verse 2]
You use the flag as a bandage
Oh my big brother's a pocket hypocrisy
In the closet, my pleasures 'cause big brother
Brother don't wanna just let me be

[Chorus 1] [x2]

[Chorus 2]
Hey now
Brother

Hey now [x3]

[Verse 3]
In my mind there's a clearing
Rose gardens open grey skies
Oh no one's hurting
And I'm joying
I'm flying [x2]

[Bridge]
Oh, back to back to back, oh better back on
Back to back to back, back come on
Back to back to back to back to back, back

[Chorus 2]

Big brother, brother, brother

[Chorus 2]

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.

more tracks from the album

Lost Dogs

From the albums

Lost Dogs (2003)
Ten (Redux) (2009)

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