Pearl Jam
Daughter
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alone.. listless.. breakfast table in an otherwise empty room. a young girl.. violens.. center of her own attention. mother reads aloud, child tries to understand it tries to make her proud.
the shades go down its in her head painted room can't deny theres something wrong.
don't call me daughter not fit to the picture kept will remind me don't call me daughter not fit to the picture kept will remind me
don't call me
she holds the hand.. that holds her down she will... rise above
don't call me daughter not fit to the picture kept will remind me don't call me daughter not fit to be the picture kept will remind me
don't call me daughter not fit to the picture kept will remind me don't call me daughter not fit to be the picture kept will remind me
don't call me
GLORIFIED G
got a gun 'fact I got two thats ok man cuz I love god
glorified version of a pellet gun feels so manly when armed
glorified version of a pellet gun glorified version of a pellet gun glorified version of a pellet gun glorified version of a pellet gun
don't think dumb is strength never shot at a living thing
glorified version of a pellet gun feels so manly when armed
glorified version of a pellet gun glorified version of a pellet gun glorified version of a pellet gun glorified version of a
always leave it loaded always leave it loaded always leave it loaded
DISSIDENT
she nursed him there over a night I wasn't so sure she wanted him to stay what to say.. what to say
but soon she was down soon he was low
at a quarter past.. a holy no she had to turn around
when she couldn't hold.. she folded a dissident is here
escape is never.. the safest path oh.. a dissident.. a dissident is here
and to this day.. she's glided on always home but so far away like a word misplaced nothing said.. what a waste when she had contact.. with the conflict there was meaning but she sold him to the state she had to turn around
when she couldn't hold.. she folded a dissident is here
escape is never the safest path oh.. a dissident.. a dissident is here
she gave him away when she couldn't hold.. no.. she folded a dissident is here
escape is never the safest path oh.. a dissident.. a dissident is here
couldn't hold on.. she couldn't hold she folded a dissident is here
escape is never the safest place
a dissident is here
WMA
he won the lottery when he was born took his mothers white breast to his tongue
trained like dogs color and smell walks by me to get to him
police man police man
he won the lottery by being born big hand slapped a white male 'merican
do no wrong so clean cut dirty his hands it comes right off
police man police man
police stopped my brother again police stopped my brother again police stopped my brother again
police man police man
jesus greets me.. looks just like me
do no wrong so clean cut dirty his hands it comes right off
police man police man police man
police stopped my brother again police stopped my brother again police stopped my brother again
police man police man
police stopped my brother again police stopped my brother again police stopped my brother again
police man police man police man
BLOOD
spin me 'round roll me over fuckin' circus
stab it down one way needle pull so slowly
drains and spills soaks the pages fills there sponges
its my blood its my blood
painted big turn it into one of his enemies
its my blood its my blood its my blood
stab it down fill the pages ???????????? ??? of my enemies
REARVIEWMIRROR
I took a drive today time to emancipate
I guess it was the beatings made me wise
I'm not about to give thanks or apologize
I couldn't breath holdin' me down hand on my face kiss the ground
enmity guaged knotted by fear 'posed to endure what I could not.. forgive
I seemed to look away wounds in the mirror waved
it wasn't my surface most defiled
head at your feet fool to your crown fist on my plate swallowed it down
enmity guage knotted by fear tried to endure what I could not forgive
saw things saw things saw things saw things clearer clearer once you.. were in my rearviewmirror
I gather speed from you fucking with me
once and for all I'm far away hardly believe finally the shades are raised.
saw things so much clearer once you.. once you.. rearviewmirror saw things so much clearer once you.. once you.. rearviewmirror saw things so much clearer once you.. once you.. rearviewmirror saw things so much clearer once you
RATS
they don't eat don't sleep they don't feed they don't seethe bare their gums when they moan and squeak lick the dirt off a larger ones feet they don't push don't crowd congregate until they're much too loud fuck to procreate til they are dead drink the blood of their so called best friend
they don't scurry when something bigger comes their way don't pack themselves together and run as one don't shit where they're not supposed to don't take whats not theirs they don't compare
they don't scam don't fight don't oppress an equals given rights starve the poor so they can be well fed line their holes with the dead ones breed
they don't scurry when something bigger comes their way don't pack themselves together and run as one don't shit where they're not supposed to don't take whats not theirs they don't compare
they don't scurry when something bigger comes their way don't pack themselves together and run as one don't shit where they're not supposed to don't take whats not theirs
they don't compare rats they don't compare rats they don't compare
ben... the two of us need look no more ben... the two of us need look no more ben... the two of us need look no more ben... the two of us need look no more ben... the two of us need look no more
ELDERLY WOMAN BEHIND THE COUNTER IN A SMALL TOWN
I seem to recognize.. your face haunting familiar yet I can't seem to place it cannot find the candle of thought to light your name lifetimes are catching up with me all these changes taking place I wish I'd seen the place but no ones ever taken me
hearts and thought they fade fade away hearts and thoughts they fade fade away
I swear I recognize your breath memories like fingerprints are slowly raising
me you wouldn't recall for I'm not my former its hard when your stuck upon the shelf
I changed by not changing at all small town predicts my fate perhaps thats what no one wants to see
I just want to scream.. hello my god its been so long never dreamed you'd return but now here you are and here I am hearts and thoughts they fade away
hearts and thoughts they fade fade away hearts and thoughts they fade fade away hearts and thoughts they fade away hearts and thoughts they fade fade away hearts and thoughts they fade fade away hearts and thoughts they fade fade away
LEASH
troubled souls unite we got ourselves tonight
I am a fuel.. you are friends we got the means to make amends I am lost.. I'm lucky but I'm by your side I am right by your side
young lover I stand it was their idea I proved to be a man take my fucking hand it was their idea I proved to be a man
will myself to find a home a home within myself we will find a way we will find our place
drop the leash drop the leash
get outta' my fuckin' face
drop the leash drop the leash
get outta' my fuckin' face
drop the leash drop the leash
get outta' my fuckin.. face
drop the leash drop the leash
drop the leash we are young drop the leash we are young
get outta' my fuckin' face
drop the leash drop the leash
get outta' my drop the leash my delight delight delight in our youth
get outta' my fuckin face
INDIFFERENCE
I will light the match this mornin' so I won't be alone watch as she lies silent but soon light will be gone oh I will stand arms outstretched pretend I'm free to roam oh I will make my way through one more day
how much difference does it make how much difference does it make
I will hold the candle 'til it burns up my arm oh I'll keep takin' punches 'til their will grows tired oh I will stare the sun down until my eyes go blind hey, I won't change direction and I won't change my mind
how much difference does it make how much difference does it make
I'll swallow poison until I grow immune I will scream my lungs out 'til it fills this room
how much difference how much difference how much difference does it make how much difference does it make
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