Pearl Jam

Released: February 27, 2001

Songwriter: Eddie Vedder

[Verse 1]
I took a drive today
Time to emancipate
I guess it was the beatings, made me wise
But I'm not about to give thanks or apologize

[Chorus 1]
I couldn't breathe
Holding me down, hand on my face
Pushed to the ground
Enmity gauged, united by fear
Forced to endure what I could not forgive

[Verse 2]
I seem to look away
The wounds in the mirror waved
It wasn't my surface
Most defiled

[Chorus 2]
Head at your feet
Fool to your crown
Fist on my plate, swallowed it down
Enmity gauged, united by fear
Tried to endure what I could not forgive, yeah

[Bridge]
Saw things
Saw things
Saw things
Saw things
Clearer, clearer
Oh, once you were in my rear-view mirror
I gathered speed from you fucking with me
Once and for all I'm far away
Hard to believe
Finally the shades are raised
Hey, yeah

[Outro]
Saw things so much clearer
(Once you, once you)
Rear-view mirror
Saw things so much clearer
(Once you, once you)
Rear-view mirror
Saw things so much clearer
(Once you, once you)
Rear-view mirror
Saw things so much clearer
(Once you)
Oh yeah

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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