Testo della canzone Scared Of Fear (Pearl Jam), tratta dall'album Dark Matter
Oh, did I walk out of step?
To you, do I still belong?
Do I have to be scared?
Oh, I'm not saying I know
It's all feeling unclear
We all like control
I surrender to you, dear
You're hurting yourself, it's plain to see
I think you're hurting yourself just to hurt me
We used to laugh, we used to sing
We used to dance, we had our own scene
Hurting yourself, it's plain to see
I think you're hurting yourself 'cause you hurt me
We used to laugh, we used to sing
We used to dance, we used to believe
There's something I should've known?
Was I acting too proud?
Oh, in my weakness
Did I somehow get too loud?
Oh, can I get you alone?
Oh, let me fall at your feet
Why must I be compelled to admit defeat?
I think you're hurting yourself just to hurt me
We used to laugh, we used to sing
We used to dance, we were our own scene
Hurting yourself, nothing to tell
Your secret is well and safe with me
We used to laugh, we used to sing
We used to crash, we used to believe
I hear the voices calling, hear the voices calling
All around my head, all around my head
Hear the voices calling, oh, again they're calling
All around my head, have I lost my friend?
Is this what we've become? Oh, one last setting sun
I'll give, but I can't give up, I'll live, not long enough
To stop these voices calling, stop the voices calling
All around my head, as if you never left
You're hurting yourself, it's plain to see
I think you're hurting yourself just to hurt me
We used to laugh, we used to sing
We used to dance, we had our own scene
Hurting yourself, it's plain to see
I think you're hurting yourself 'cause you hurt me
We used to laugh, we used to dream
We used to dance, we used to believe
Oh, whoa
I Pearl Jam sono un gruppo musicale grunge/rock alternativo statunitense, formatosi a Seattle nel 1990.
Sono stati tra i gruppi più famosi e di successo degli anni novanta:[1] in carriera hanno venduto oltre 60 milioni di copie[2] di cui 30 milioni soltanto negli Stati Uniti.[3] Nonostante il loro stile differisca molto da gruppi quali i Nirvana e gli Alice in Chains, caratterizzati rispettivamente da profonde influenze punk e metal, hanno creato una di quelle che sono considerate le tre vie del grunge, insieme alle due precedenti, più affine al rock classico degli anni settanta.
Secondo la rivista Rolling Stone, il gruppo «spese la maggior parte degli anni novanta ad allontanare la propria fama»[4] per via del loro atteggiamento anti-commerciale.
I Pearl Jam sono stati inseriti nella Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nel 2017, il primo anno in cui il gruppo era eleggibile.[5]
Tuttora in piena attività, il gruppo raccoglie consensi di critica e di pubblico, continuando a influenzare numerosi gruppi rock contemporanei.[6