‘Alive’ – Pearl Jam
While Pearl Jam’s 1991 song may appear to be a hymn of resilience at first listen — especially when singer Eddie Vedder yells out “Yeah, yeah I, oh, I’m still alive” – a closer listen shows something quite different. The song is actually about Vedder discovering as a teenager that the guy he thought was his father was actually his stepfather and that his biological father had died. “He’s still dealing with love, and he’s still dealing with his father’s death.” All he knows is that ‘I’m still alive…’ “That’s completely free of charge,” Vedder once told Rolling Stone.
‘Alive’ Pearl Jam
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