The frontman continued: "So cut to a few years later and we're playing to larger and larger audiences and they're responding to this chorus in a way that you never thought.
Pearl Jam performing at Hard Rock Calling at London's Hyde Park in 2010. "And fine the dad's dead but I'm still alive and I've gotta deal with this. So he took this to be a curse, like fine you told me this secret, but I've gotta figure a way to deal with this. To be honest I was barely there to be known. He added: "The guy was me, but I barely knew me then. "And one was that the guy he believed to be his father while growing up was not, and number two was that his real father had passed away a few years before. On VH1's Storyteller's series, the grunge legend explained: "The original story being told in the song is of a young man being made aware of some shocking truths. Once - the next track in the trilogy - sees the man go on a killing spree, while Footsteps (the third) sees him await execution from his prison cell.Įddie Vedder has often described the song as a "curse," but revealed how the interpretation of it has changed throughout the years. The fictional element of the song sees the mother then have an incestuous relationship with the son, who resembles his biological father. It tells the story of a man who finds out his father is actually his stepfather and that his biological dad is actually dead- an event which occurred in Eddie Vedder's own life when he was a teenager. The latter didn't make the record, but went on to feature as the B-side of their Jeremy single. The rest, as they say is history.īut what about the song's lyrics and meaning?Īlive is the first part of a trilogy of songs, followed by Once, which also featured on Pearl Jam's debut album and Footsteps. The band - then called Mookie Blaylock after US basketball player Daron Oshay "Mookie" Blaylock - recorded the track during a demo session in January 1991. After hearing it, they invited him to come to Seattle and asked him to join them soon after. You surprise me daily through and through.He recorded his vocals to the music before mailing it back to the band. I like how I don't expect anything from you, I like to swim around in your good grace. I like the way you watch me when I walk away, *possible language is not confirmed, and the lyrics aren't official* Learn from your shadow, learn from your steps. It's the tremor inside that's making you cry Here in darkness, you're paying for your sins
They think they are protected with them masks We will hunt for everything that's still alive Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween Halloween, Halloween, Watch your step, you'll have a great fall
Halloween, Halloween, I want to die on Halloween. What do we get from the light of the sun?ĭrown in the surf and blood like a leech.Ĭome close and see what's hidden from sight. (series of words from Gregorian Latin chant "Crux fidelis" since no sentence is complete, translating it would yield a meaningless text.) Archangel Friendship to Last (also from Nemesis) (Contrary to popular belief, the original song never had English lyrics present) Enigmatic Soul 9 Concert Live Versions (with lyrics change).2.1 Friendship to Last (also from Nemesis).
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