Pearl Jam

Released: November 12, 2002

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

Producer: Pearl Jam Adam Kasper

[Verse 1]
The mind is grey, like the city
Packing in and overgrown
Love is deep, dig it out
Standing in a hole alone
Working for something, that we can never hold
A place in the clouds
Your place to hide oh my oh

[Chorus]
I'm flying away, away
I'm driving away, away

[Verse 2]
The TV, she talks to me
Breaking news and building walls
Selling us, what I don't need
Didn't know soap made you taller

[Chorus]
So I'm riding away, away
Hiding away, away
So much talk it makes no sense at all
So I'm flying away, away
Driving away, away
Passing old friends I don't miss at all

[Verse 3]
It doesn't hurt, when I bleed
But memories they eat me
I've seen it all before
Bring it on because I'm no victim
Dying [x2]

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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