Pearl Jam

Released: March 10, 2018

Songwriter: Jeff Ament Stone Gossard Mike McCready Eddie Vedder

Producer: Pearl Jam Brendan O’Brien

And now you want me to breathe
And be so grateful
For the air that I need
Don't make me pitiful
And in the morning light
We're just the same, you and me
Out on the go, send officials
My propensity to breed

The higher, the farther, the faster you fly
You might be rich, but you can't deny me
Got nothin', got nothin' but the will to survive
You can't control and you can't deny me
Your lies are sick, they're sick and they're vile
You can't deny me

Try to talk down to me
My mind it ain't so simple
Where's your vocabulary?
Your ignorance is sinful
You plant your lying seeds
Watch as the roots take hold
The country you are now poisoning
Condition critical

The higher, the farther, the faster you fly
I know it's true and you can't deny me
Got nothin', got nothin', you got nothin' to hide
Little bullshit whore, and you can't deny me
The higher, the farther, the faster you fly
It's all so sick and you can't deny me

You can't deny me
You can't deny me
You don't defy me
You can't deny me

The higher, the farther, the faster you fly
You know you're sick and you can't deny me
Got nothin', just nothin', you got somethin' to hide
We see right through you and you can't deny me

Darkness, darkness, darkness and light
You can't deny me

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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