Pearl Jam

Released: June 30, 1992

Songwriter: Stone Gossard Eddie Vedder

Producer: Pearl Jam Rick Parashar

[Verse 1]
Oh, tonight began with anything
Shaft of a light, a warm breath and a scream
Ah, yeah
Oh, tamper if you like between the doors
Oh yeah, uh. Huh
Oh, can't expect to go out, to go out with anything, anything more

[Chorus]
Oh reach the door, a breath and a scream
Oh reach the door, and a la la la la yeah
Life ain't what it's worth, a breath and a scream
Oh reach the door

[Verse 2]
All these reaching hands out grabbing things. Grabbing me
Day in day out accumulating. Ah yeah
Whoa. I suggest you step out on your porch
Oh yeah. Huh. Huh. Huh huh, yeah
Run away, my son, see it all. Oh, see the world

[Chorus]
Oh reach the door, a breath and a scream
Oh reach the door, and a la la la la yeah
Life ain't what it's worth, a breath and a scream
Oh reach the door

[Verse 3]
Come. Here it comes. There it goes. When it comes
Where it goes. Where it comes
Can't see through the faith
Woah
Ooh. Come. Here it comes. There it goes
Grasp what you can
Don't you know there's something inside your head? yeah

[Outro]
Oh, if I knew where it was
I would take you there
But there's much more than this
Ooh. Whoa, much more than this
Oh, see the world
Much more than
Oh, much more than
Why?

[Guitar solo]

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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