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Pearl Jam – Alive

De band heette oorspronkelijk Mookie Blaylock, de bijnaam van een bekende basketballer. Het eerste album kreeg de naam Ten; het rugnummer van Mookie Blaylock. Alive is afkomstig van het album Ten. Pearl Jam valt onder het genre Grunge. Grunge kenmerkt zich door schrale gitaarmuziek en is in de jaren tachtig ontstaan in Seattle.

Songtekst:

“Son,” she said, “have I got a little story for you…
What you thought was your daddy was nothin’ but a…
While you were sittin’ home alone at age thirteen
your real daddy was dyin’. Sorry you didn’t see him, but I’m glad we talked…”

Oh I, oh, I’m still alive
Hey, I, I, oh, I’m still alive
Hey I, oh, I’m still alive
Hey…oh…

Oh, she walks slowly, across a young man’s room.
She said “I’m ready…for you…”
“I can’t remember anything of this very day,
‘cept the look, the look…
Oh, you know where, now I can’t see, I just stare…”

I, I’m still alive
Hey I, but, I’m still alive
Hey I, boy, I’m still alive
Hey I, I, I, I’m still alive, yeah
Ooh yeah…yeah yeah yeah…oh…oh…

“Is something wrong?” she said
Of course there is
“You’re still alive,” she said
Oh, and do I deserve to be?
Is that the question?
And if so…if so…who answers…who answers…?

I, oh, I’m still alive
Hey I, oh, I’m still alive
Hey I, but, I’m still alive
Yeah I, ooh, I’m still alive
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah