Given To Fly

Happy Thanksgiving.

Dont really know what the song is about, but Pearl Jam's Given To Fly has me buzzing as of late. I suppose it's about Eddie Vedder's struggle with fame back in the 90's. Pearl Jam never really played many bars & clubs, they rode the crest of the Grunge wave straight to big theatres... for many they were the media darlings of the "Seattle sound". And Vedder didnt know how to square that new found popularity with his punk ethos. It was tough when any amount of growth led the kewl kids to think you a sell-out. Meanwhile, the mainstream wanted all Eddie all-the-time... no doubt it would be tough on the psyche.

Course it also can be seen in a religous context, but surely Eddie doesnt think THAT much of himself. Does he?

Given To Fly.
Words & Music by Pearl Jam

He could’ve tuned in, tuned in
But he tuned out
A bad time, nothing could save him
Alone in a corridor, waiting, locked out
He got up outta there, ran for hundreds of miles
He made it to the ocean, had a smoke in a tree
The wind rose up, set him down on his knee

A wave came crashing like a fist to the jaw
Delivered him wings, "Hey, look at me now"
Arms wide open with the sea as his floor
Oh, power, oh

He's.. flying Whole…
High.. wide, oh

He floated back down 'cause he wanted to share
His key to the locks on the chains he saw everywhere
But first he was stripped and then he was stabbed
By faceless men, well, fuckers
He still stands

And he still gives his love, he just gives it away
The love he receives is the love that is saved
And sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky
A human being that was given to fly High.. flying

Oh, oh High.. flying
Oh, oh He’s…flying
Oh, oh