Nothing as it seems-Pearl Jam

Ament

Dont feel like home. hes a little out.
And all these words elope. its nothing like your poem.
Putting in. inputting in. dont feel like methadone.
A scratching voice all alone its nothing like your baritone.

Its nothing as it seems. the little that he needs. its home.
The little that he sees. is nothing he concedes. its home.

One uninvited chromosome. a blanket like the ozone.

Its nothing as it seems. all that he needs. its home.
The little that he frees is nothing he believes.

Saving up a sunny day. something maybe two tone.
Anything of his own. a chip off the corner stone.
Whos kidding? rainy day. a one way ticket headstone.
Occupations overthrown. a whisper through a megaphone.

Its nothing as it seems. the little that he needs. its home.
The little that he sees is nothing he concedes. its home.
And all that he frees. a little bittersweet. its home.
Its nothing as it seems. the little that you see its home.

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[Grrrrunge]

And for everyone that wants to learn more about Kurt and his life, I recommend the biography by Charles Cross "Heavier Than Heaven" :)

[Grrrrunge]

Ok...I wanted to clear things up to you all.Ament wrote this song about his childhood.

"It's a little bit reflecting on where I came from...I grew up in really rural area in Northern Montana, and ["Nothing As It Seems" is] I think until two or three years ago, I looked back at my childhood as being a fairly utopian situation where I had the freedom to ride my bike around town when I was five years old, and my parents didn't have to worry about anybody taking me and killing me or whatever.

[Grrrrunge]

I had just seen Affliction and I had just read Nine Below Zero by this guy, Kevin Canty, all very kind of rural things that unearthed a lot of stuff. ["Nothing As It Seems"] is just kind of what came out. I'm just now starting to actually really analyze what I was talking about...because I still don't really have a grip on that"

[Grrrrunge]

Quoting Jeff...Found on Wikipedia

[craggles80]

Eddie Vedder has the most amazing voice.

[Klavonsky]

Everybody shut up, who cares what it means. That's for every individual to decide for themself. Or you could just listen to it and not think.

[virtato]

the bass sounds like tuba

[Promession]

beautiful song, so mellow

[sese144]

stupenda

[GrayNeko]

This songs reminds me so much of Layne Stayley....RIP, Layne.

[jrpone]

Has anyone heard this acoustic on Live at Benaroya hall Cd 1...SOAMAZING...Dumbass critics gave Benaroya hall a 2 out of 5 F-ck that!!! PEARL JAM Baby!!

[sillystuff333]

youtube is so fucking gay, i wish there was another video website......

[poeticpoverty]

@Grrrrunge that's a great book

[Monchi2006]

right...every song writen after kurt cobain's death MUST be about him,cause he died and these people start writing songs??very suspicious

[grinningsphinx]

way in the background, very deep...like a horn almost.

[kamerius]

It san be done with a bass guitar alone, I believe :)