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ALBUM: Binaural
RELEASED: 16th May 2000
LENGTH: 51:58
SINGLES: Nothing As It Seems and Light Years
TRACK LISTING:
Breakerfall [2:19]
Gods' Dice [2:26]
Evacuation [2:56]
Light Years [5:06]
Nothing as it Seems* [5:22]
Thin Air [3:32]
Insignificance [4:28]
Of the Girl* [5:07]
Grievance [3:14]
Rival* [3:38]
Sleight of Hand* [4:47]
Soon Forget* [1:46]
Parting Ways/Writers Block [7:17]
lyrics are copyright © to Pearl Jam
EDDIE VEDDER - vocals, guitar .. STONE GOSSARD - guitar .. JEFF AMENT - bass .. MIKE McCREADY - guitar .. MATT CAMERON - drums
NOTES: PRODUCED BY TCHAD BLAKE AND PEARL JAM .. RECORDED AT: Studio Litho, Seattle, WA .. MIXED BY: Brendan O'Brien and *Tchad Blake .. MIXED AT: Southern Tracks, Atlanta, GA and Sunset Sound Factory, Los Angeles, CA .. ENGINEERED BY: Matt Bayles .. 2nd ENGINEERS: Ashley Stubbery, Adam Samuels .. ADDITIONAL MUSIC: April Cameron - viola .. Justine Foy - cello .. Mitchell Froom - keyboard/harmonium .. Pete Thomas - percussion .. Wendy Melvoin - percussion .. Dakota - canine vocal .. ALBUM CONCEPT BY: Jerome Turner .. INSIDE PHOTOGRAPHY BY: Jeff Ament .. PORTRAITS BY: Tchad Blake .. LAYOUT BY: Ames Design .. ASSISTANCE w/NASA PHOTOS BY: Liz Burns .. FRONT COVER: "Hourglass Nebula" - R.Sahai and J.Trauger [jet propulsion laboratory] WFPC2 science team and NASA .. INSIDE COVER: "Helix Nebula" - R.O'Dell and K.P Handron and NASA .. BOOKLET COVER: "Eagle Nebula [M16]" - J. Hester and P.Scowen and NASA
hey hey HEY¡ .. tHe waiTin' dRove mE MAD iT's finaLLy heRe .. =)
'n juz lemme say tHaT aT tHe lyRics migHt be a liTTl' eTcHy .. bUta HEY¡ at leaSt iT be someTHanG¡ .. oH and i luRved Ed's 'wRiteRs blocK' aT tHe end oF tHe booKleT 'n cD tHeRe *cHuckLes*
tHe deaL wiTh BINAURAL is iT be tHe saMe pacKagin' as YIELD so a .. no supRises theRe¡ =) and tHis aLbUm is UNREAL¡ i recKon iT DEFINATELY tOps tHe loT and hAs becoMe mY favouRiTe alReadys¡ *s* hEy Frankie .. recKon i've woRn tHe cd oUt aLreadys .. oR geTTin' tHeRe anywaYz hEh hEh .. and WHO SAYS iT's bEEn a lonG time comin' .. tHis alBum tHat is .. i tHougHt tHe gUys haVe bEEn peRty consisTanT wiTh tHe reLease oF tHeiR alBums¿ oKays .. i'mA conFused *lOl* .. bUt moVin' riGHt alOng heRe¡ =)
WeLLs .. tHis bE tHe gUys siXtH sTudiO aLbum .. wiTh a diFFeRenT pRoduceR in Tchad Blake wHo givEs tHe guYs a new souNd aNd wHo's cRediTs incLude woRk wiTH Sheryl Crow, Tom Waits, Soul Coughing and Crowded House. tHe aLbum tOOk 'bouT eiGHt monTHs to wRite and recoRd and waS dUe to be reLeased May 23rd .. BUT .. BINAURAL was moved up a week .. bonus¡ tHis was wHat Stone had to say on tHat: "In this day and age, if you have the record done and it's ready to get out, you might as well put it out as soon as possible," .. gOOd man¡ =) hey .. maKes a heLLuva loTTa senSe hUh¿
And as indicaTed with YIELD Pearl Jam aRe deFinaTeLy fEElin' qUite comFoRtaBle and haPPy in tHeir spaCe and BINAURAL .. caRRiEs on from YIELD .. in tHat respeCt .. tHere's pRogRession .. tHe gUys conTinue to expLorE wHats ouT tHere on tHe hoRizon and aRe woRkin' togeTHer moRe as a band .. don'T you tHinK¿ As with YIELD onCe aGain .. tHeRe's individUaL eFForts fRom Gossard and Ament as weLLs and Cameron wiTh tHe music on onE oF tHe tRacks¡ wHoo HOO *S* .. yup .. a nEw dRummeR in Cameron, tHat's liKe tHeir fouRtH nows¿ bUt tHe gUys aRe eXciTed wiTh his pRescence
Keepin' consisTanT wiTh tHeir cReatiVe aLbum titLes .. tHe name "Binaural" apparenTly caMe fRom tHe binauraL mic Blake bRougHt intO tHe sTudio .. bUt iF lOOked up .. it means "listening with both ears" .. peRty kewL .. tHe tRack "Soon Forget" waS recoRded usin' tHe binauRal miKe in wHicH Eddie is jusT accompaniEd by an uKeLeLe¡ =) .. diFFerenT and effecTive don'T yOu tHinK¿
And so tHe aLbum opens wiTh a coupLa rocKin' tRacks in "Breakerfall" and "Gods' Dice" but i dUnno .. unLess tHere's someThan' wRong witH my heaRin' or I'ma jUz NOT listenin' wiTH boTH eaRs *L* .. Eddie's vocaLs juz doesn'T sEEm to siT rigHt wiTh somE of tHe moRe rocKin' tRacks on tHe aLbum .. wHat do yOu recKon¿ uHHhh aM i oUt on mY own heRe¿ hEh hEh bUt i do liKe "Grievance"¡ ;) .. the soFteR tRacKs sEEm tO bE tHe go .. wHo'd 'avE tHougHt eH¿ tHinK i rEad somewHeRe tHat somE oF tHe tRacKs weRe acTually re-miXed by Brendan O'Brien cuz tHe gUys didn'T liKe tHe end resUlt¿ oR somEtHan' liKe tHat buT anywaYz .. taLkin' 'bouT those soFteR tRacks .. my fav wouLd havE to bE eitHer "Light Years" [i DON'T CARE wHat tHe cRitiCs saY oF tHis tRAck¡ =þ] or Gossard's "Thin Air" [tHat's a beaUty *sigH*] bUt y'knOw mE .. haRd to pinpoinT onE cuz i'ma so bLoody indecisivE¡ *lOl*
BINARUAL closes wiTH "Parting Ways" .. anotHer sTandouT tRack .. bUt is tHere a hiddEn meaninG in tHat¿ tHat's tHe quesTion .. maKes yOu kinda wondEr =( .. bUt i hOpe tHat's noT an indicaTion of ANYTHIN' tHere .. hey it'd better NOT be¡ .. uH gUys¿
bUt tHese gUys aRe amaZin' .. tHey manaGe to comE uP witH sometHin' diFFerenT eacH timE 'round and iT's tRue .. tHeir aLbums aRe deFinaTely uniQue in tHeir own waY .. wHetHer iT's jUz to tesT tHeir lisTeneRs oR tHe band sTills souL seaRchin' or wHateveR .. I beLieve Pearl Jam haVe aLot to oFFer .. hEy wHiLe somE baNds haVe faDed bUt tHese gUys aRe sTiLL 'roUnd todaY haVe soMetHan' to saY 'bouT tHat¿ PersonaLLy .. i tHinK it's GREAT¡ =) .. oH oKays .. don'T go on gIvIn' me tHe lOOk .. i AM juz bEin' a toucH biaS heRes hEh hEh =þ
There's a girl on a ledge who's got nowhere to turn
Cause all the love that she had was just wood that she burned
Now her life is on fire it's no ones concern
She can blame the world .. or prey till dawn
But only love can break her fall
Break her fall .. yeah .. only love can break her fall .. fall ..
It's like she lost her invitation to the party on earth
And she's standing outside hating everyone here
Yeah .. she's her own disease .. crying to her doll
But only love can break her fall
Break her fall .. only love can break her fall .. yeah
Yeah fall .. the world is her fall . break her fall
Love .. love .. love can break her fall .. Who?
Now only love can break her fall
Love .. love .. love can break her fall .. fall
Love .. love can break her fall
Only love can break her
GODS' DICE It's out of my hands, making all hands meet
EVACUATION The sirens scream wanton attention
LIGHT YEARS I've used hammers made out of wood
NOTHING AS IT SEEMS*
Don't feel like home .. ease a little out
THIN AIR There's a light .. when my baby's in my arms
INSIGNIFICANCE All in all .. it's no one's fault
OF THE GIRL* Oh he deals them off .. off the top .. ties them off GRIEVANCE Have a drink they're buying
RIVAL* opens with the growling of Blake's dog .. Dakota
SLEIGHT OF HAND* Routine was the theme .. he'd wake up .. wash and pour himself into uniform
SOON FORGET* Sorry is the fool who trades his soul for a corvette
vAmentv
Stumble as it's crumbling out of reach
It's in the cards on destiny
Your sanity in tow
Designate my luck
Ah resignate ..
This power has no roots to guide, no role ..
Trust in rusted minds refused to go
Unwillingness, it's meaningless to walk away in vain
Designate my will
Ah designate my fill
Resignate
My will is crashing, synapses flashing slow
Ah days like frame by frame, where do they go?
Yeah why fight? forget it
Cannot spend it after i go
Roll 'em high ..
Throw them again ..
All Gods' dice ..
Monkey driven, call this living, hahah
Ah too much thought, it's overwrought, a hole
Minding yours, what's mine not yours
Will finish us off
A-designate my life
Ah designate my view
Ah resignate my will, my will, my will, i will
Resignate my God
vVedder, Cameronv
Time to take heed and change direction
Time to take stock and make omissions
Evacuation .. evacuation
Time to take leave all formal functions
Time to plant seeds of a reconstruction
No time this time to feign reluctance
It's like your waiting for a diamond shore to wash your way
Bets put aside you're evil .. let's crawl into your face
A vision vague or not raising a frightful wake-you-up
Time for evacuation .. evacuation .. evacuation .. evacuation .. evacuation .. evacuation
There was a solemn man .. watched his twilight disappear
[In the sand]
Altered by a falling eagle .. a warning sign
[Sign]
He sensed that worry could be strength with a plan he said ..
"Time for .. evacuation .. evacuation .. evacuation .. evacuation"
Evacuation .. evacuation .. evacuation .. evacuation
Evacuation .. evacuation .. evacuation .. evacuation
vVedder, McCready, Gossardv
I have played games with pieces and rules
I undeciphered tricks at the bar
But now you're gone .. I haven't figured out why
I've come up with riddles .. and jokes about war
I figured out numbers and what they're for
I've understood feelings .. and I've understood words
But how could you be taken away?
And wherever you've gone .. and wherever we might go
It don't seem fair .. today just disappeared
Your light's reflected now .. reflected from afar
We were but stones .. your light made us stars
With heavy breath .. awakened regrets
Back pages and days that could have been spent
Together .. but we were .. miles apart
Every inch between us becomes light years now
No time to be void .. or save up on life
Oh .. you got to spend it all
And wherever you've gone and wherever we might go
It don't seem fair .. you seem to like it here
Your light's reflected now .. reflected from afar
We were but stones .. your light made of stars
And wherever you've gone and wherever we might go
It don't seem fair .. today just disappeared
Your light's reflected now .. reflected from afar
We were by stones .. your light made us stars
vAmentv
And all these words alone .. is nothing like your poem
Putting in .. inputting in .. don't feel like methadone
A scratching voice all alone .. is nothing like your baritone
It's nothing as it seems
The little that he needs .. it's home
The little that he sees .. is nothing he concedes
It's home
One uninvited chromosome .. a blanket like the ozone
It's nothing as it seems
All that he needs .. it's 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
Who's kidding? Rainy day
A one way ticket headstone
Occupations overthrown
Whisper through a megaphone
It's nothing as it seems
The little that he needs .. it's home
The little that he sees .. is nothing he conceives
It's home
And all that he frees .. a little bittersweet
It's home
It's nothing as it seems .. the little that you see .. it's home
vGossardv
There's a light .. when the window shades are drawn
Hesitate .. when I feel I may do harm to her
Wash it off .. cause this feeling we can share
And I know she's reached my heart .. in thin air
Byzantine .. is reflected in our pond
There's a cloud .. but the water remains calm
Reaching in .. the suns fingers clutch the dawn to pass
Even out .. it's a precious thing to bear
And I know she's reached my heart .. in thin air
Yes I know she's reached my heart .. in thin air
It's not in my past to presume
Love can keep on moving .. in both directions
How to be happy and true
Is the quest we're taking on together
Take it on .. on .. on .. on .. on ..
Take it on .. on .. on .. on .. on ..
There's a light .. when my baby's in my arms
And I know she's reached my heart .. in thin air
And I know she's reached my heart .. in thin air
And I know she's reached my heart .. in thin air
Yes I know she's reached my heart ..
vVedderv
Excuses turn to carbon walls
Blame it all on chemical intercourse
The swallowed seeds of arrogance breeding in the thoughts
of ten-thousand fools that fight irrelevance
The full moon is dead skin
The one down here's wearing thin
So set up .. the ten pins
As the human tide rolls in
Like a ball that's spinning
Bombs .. dropping down ..
Overhead .. on the ground
It's instilled .. to want to live
Bombs .. dropping down
Please forgive .. our hometown
In our insignificance
"Turn the jukebox up," he said
Dancing in irreverence
Play C-3 .. let the song protest
The plates began to shift
Perfect lefts come rolling in
I was alone .. and far away, hey
When I heard the band start playing
On the lip .. they take off
Bombs .. dropping down ..
Overhead .. underground
It's instilled .. to want to live
Bombs .. dropping down
Please forgive .. our hometown
In our insignificance
Feel like resonance of distance
In the blood .. the iron lies
It's instilled .. to want to live
Bombs .. dropping down
Please forgive .. our hometown
In our insignificance
Oh .. in our insignificance .. oh
vGossardv
Fills it up .. with his past .. gets carried away
Oh half his life .. a hand me down .. wasted away
Oh he fills it up .. with the love .. of a girl
Oh he left it alone .. drilled the pain .. with money to buy
How he makes his getaway .. how he makes his getaway
Oh he chose a path .. heavy the fall .. quarter to four
Fills his night .. with the thought .. of a girl
How he makes his getaway .. how he makes his getaway
How he makes his getaway .. get away
vVedderv
Bottom of bottle of denial
Big guy .. big eye .. watching me
Have to .. wonder .. what it sees
sin
Progress .. laced with .. ramifications
Freedom's big plunge .. oh
Pull the innocent from a crowd
Raise those sticks then bring them down
If they fail to obey
Ah .. if they fail to obey .. Yeah yeah
For every tool they lend us .. a loss of independence
I pledge my grievance to the flag
Cause you don't give blood .. then take it back again
Oh we're all deserving .. something more
Progress .. taste it .. invest-it-all
Champagne breakfast for everyone .. Everyone
Break the innocent when they're proud
Raise those stakes then bring them down
If they fail to obey
Yeah .. ha .. if they fail to obey
Pledge your grievance to the flag
Aw c'mon, don't give blood .. then take it back again
Oh, we're all deserving something more
Have a .. have a drink .. drink
Have a .. have a drink .. drink
I want to breathe .. part of the scene
I want to taste .. everyone I see
I want to run when I'm up high
I want to run to the sea
I want to life to be
I just want to be
I will feel alive as long as I am free
vGossardv
All my rivals will see what I have instore .. my gun
I've been harboring fleets in this resevoir .. red sun
And this nation's about to explode
You're disciples are riddled with metaphors .. well hung
Better pony up and bring both your barrels full .. not one ..
As we release this unspeakable toll .. woh
How's our mother to damn these contributors .. with mud?
How will the man who made chemicals difficult .. shed blood?
How's our father supposed to be told?
I don't .. woh
vVedder, Amentv
Something he hadn't imagined being
As the merging traffic passed .. he found himself staring .. down .. at his own hands
Not remembering the change .. not recalling the plan ..
Was it?
He was okay .. but wondering .. about wandering
Was it age? .. by consequence? or was he moved .. by sleight of hand?
Mondays were made to fall .. lost on a road he knew by heart
It was like a book he read in his sleep .. endlessly
Sometimes he hid in his radio .. watching others pull into their homes .. while he was drifting
On a line of his own .. off the line of the side .. bye the by .. as dirt turned to sand
As if moved by sleight of hand
When he reached the shore of his clip on world
He resurfaced to the norm
Organized his few things .. his coat and keys
Any new realizations .. would .. have to wait
Till he had more time .. more time
A time to dream .. to himself .. he waves goodbye
To his self .. I'll see you on the other side
Another man .. moved by slight of hand
vVedderv
Thinks he'll get the girl, he'll only get the mechanic
What's missing? He's living a day he'll soon forget
That's one more time around .. the sun is going down
The moon is out, but he's drunk and shouting
Putting people down .. He's pissing .. He's living a day he'll soon forget
Counts his money every morning .. The only thing that keeps him horny
Locked in a giant house, that's alarming
The townsfolk .. they all laugh
Sorry is the fool who trades his love for hi-rise rent
Seem the more you make equals the loneliness you get
And it's fitting .. He's barley living .. a day he'll soon forget
That's one more time around .. and there is not a sound
He's lying dead clutching Benjamins .. never put the money down
He's stiffening .. We're all whistling
A man we'll soon forget