Pearl Jam

Released: November 12, 2002

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

Producer: Pearl Jam Adam Kasper

[Verse 1]
Tell me what I want to hear
This shits too good to be true
My dear

[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me lies
Tell me lies, tell me
Tell me lies, tell me

[Chorus] [2×]
Help me
Help me
Help me

[Verse 2]
Storybook keeps from hurting me
You see
Shell of the man from the sea

[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me lies
Tell me lies, tell me
Tell me lies, tell me
Tell me why
Tell me why, tell me
Tell me why, tell me
Tell me lies
Tell me lies, tell me
Tell me lies, tell me

[Chorus] [2×]
Help me
Help me
Help me

[Verse 3]
Reservoir
Of hate and fear
Invisible
In repair
A hundred thieves
Cast a spell
This is hell

[Chorus] [2×]
Help me
Help me
Help me

[Outro]
The man they call my enemy, I've seen his eyes
He looks just like me, a mirror
The more you read, we've been deceived
Everyday it becomes clearer, clearer, clearer, clearer, (clearer), clearer, (clearer)
Not my enemy, no, not my enemy
Don't speak for me. No, not my enemy

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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