Alive by Pearl Jam

Artist: Pearl Jam

Genre: Pop

Length: 5:40

Released: 1991

“Alive” is Pearl Jam’s first single and the first song they ever played together. It appears on the band’s debut album, Ten (1991). Written by guitarist Stone Gossard, “Alive” originated as an instrumental titled “Dollar Short” and was included on a demo tape circulated in hopes of finding a singer for the group. Vocalist Eddie Vedder obtained a copy of the tape and wrote lyrics that describe a fictionalized account (though somewhat based on Vedder’s personal experience) of the time when he...

Alive lyrics

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, hey, I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey I, oh, I'm still alive, yeah oh
While she walks slowly
Across a young man's room
She said I'm ready, for you
I can't remember anything to this very day
'Cept the look, the look
Oh, you know where
Now I can't see, I just stare
I, I, I'm still alive
Yeah, yeah I, oh, I'm still alive
Yeah, yeah I, oh, I'm still alive
Yeah, yeah I, oh, I'm still alive, yeah
Is something wrong? She said
Of course there is
You're still alive, she said
Oh do I deserve to be?
Is that the question?
And if so, if so
Who answers?
Who answers?
I, I, I'm still alive
Yeah, yeah I, oh, I'm still alive, yeah
Yeah, yeah I, oh, I'm still alive, yeah
Yeah, yeah I, ooh, I'm still alive
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

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