I love this song
Artist - Pearl Jam
Song Title - Jeremy
Song Length - 5:18
Album - Ten
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Jeremy - Pearl Jam
Taken From Wikipedia:
"Lyrical meaning
One of Pearl Jam's first singles, the song was inspired by a newspaper article about a 16-year-old boy named Jeremy Wade Delle from Richardson, Texas who shot himself in front of his English class in Richardson High School on the morning of January 8, 1991. Delle was described by schoolmates as "real quiet" and known for "acting sad". After coming in late to class and being told to get an admittance slip from the school office, Delle left the classroom, returning armed with a .357 Magnum revolver. He walked to the front of the classroom, announced "Miss, I got what I really went for", put the barrel of the firearm in his mouth and pulled the trigger before anyone could react.
Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder was quoted on the subject of the song:
It came from a small paragraph in a paper which means you kill yourself and you make a big old sacrifice and try to get your revenge. That all you're gonna end up with is a paragraph in a newspaper...it does nothing...nothing changes. The world goes on and you're gone. The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself. Be stronger than those people. And then you can come back."
Written By - Vedder, Ament
Lyrics:
At home
Drawing pictures
Of mountain tops
With him on top
Lemon yellow sun
Arms raised in a V
Dead lay in pools of maroon below
Daddy didn't give attention
To the fact that mommy didn't care
King Jeremy the wicked
Ruled his world
Jeremy spoke in class today
Jeremy spoke in class today
Clearly I remember
Pickin' on the boy
Seemed a harmless little fuck
But we unleashed a lion
Gnashed his teeth
And bit the recess lady's breast
How could I forget
He hit me with a surprise left
My jaw left hurting
Dropped wide open
Just like the day
Like the day I heard
Daddy didn't give affection
And the boy was something that mommy wouldn't wear
King Jeremy the wicked
Ruled his world
Jeremy spoke in class today
Jeremy spoke in class today
Try to forget this...
Try to erase this...
From the blackboard.
