Pearl Jam

Released: October 19, 1993

Songwriter: Jeff Ament Mike McCready Stone Gossard Eddie Vedder

Producer: Pearl Jam Brendan O’Brien

[Verse 1]
She nursed him there
Ooh, over a night
I wasn't so sure she wanted him to stay
What to say? What to say?
But soon she was down, soon he was low
At a quarter past, a holy no
She had to turn around

[Chorus]
When she couldn't hold, oh, she folded
A dissident is here
Escape is never the safest path
Oh, a dissidence, a dissident is here

[Verse 2]
And to this day she's glided on
Always home but so far away
Like a word misplaced
Nothing said, what a waste
But when she had contact with the conflict
There was meaning but she sold him to the state
She had to turn around

[Chorus]
When she couldn't hold she folded
A dissident is here
Escape is never the safest path
Oh, a dissidence, a dissident is here, oh!

[Bridge]
Oh, Oh

[Outro]
She gave him away when she couldn't hold
No, she folded, a dissident is here
Escape is never the safest path
Oh, a dissidence, a dissident is here
Oh, couldn't hold on, she couldn't hold
No, she folded, a dissident is here
Escape is never the safest place
Oh, a dissident is here

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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