Son, she said, have I got a little story for you What you thought was your daddy was nothing 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, I, oh I'm still alive Hey, I, oh I'm still alive Hey, oh While she walks slowly across a young man's room She said, I'm ready for you Why 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'm still alive Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive, yeah Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, ooh Is something wrong, she said, of course there is You're still alive, she said, oh, and do I deserve to be? Is that the question? And if so, if so who answers? Who answers? I, oh I'm still alive Hey, I, oh I'm still alive Yeah, I, oh I'm still alive Yeah, I Ooh, I'm still alive! Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah! Ooh yeah, ooh ooh Ooh yeah, yeah yeah yeah
Son, she said, have I got a little story for you What you thought was your daddy was nothing 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, I, oh I'm still alive Hey, I, oh I'm still alive Hey, oh While she walks slowly across a young man's room She said, I'm ready for you Why 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'm still alive Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive, yeah Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, ooh Is something wrong, she said, of course there is You're still alive, she said, oh, and do I deserve to be? Is that the question? And if so, if so who answers? Who answers? I, oh I'm still alive Hey, I, oh I'm still alive Yeah, I, oh I'm still alive Yeah, I Ooh, I'm still alive! Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah! Ooh yeah, ooh ooh Ooh yeah, yeah yeah yeah
• “Alive” começou como um instrumental chamado “Dollar Short”, escrito por Stone Gossard em 1990 enquanto ainda fazia parte do Mother Love Bone.
Eddie Vedder escreveu a letra da música depois de ouvir a demo enquanto estava prestes a surfar; foi a primeira faixa em que gravou vocais para a banda.
O solo de guitarra de Mike McCready, incluído após o terceiro refrão, foi montado a partir de várias tomadas pelo mixer Tim Palmer, mas a versão final acabou sendo a primeira tomada completa, sem cortes.
O solo de “Alive” foi classificado em 44º lugar na lista da Guitar World das “100 Greatest Guitar Solos” e em 26º na lista da Total Guitar das “100 Hottest Guitar Solos”.
Embora tenha sido lançada como primeiro single e alcançado apenas a posição 16 no Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks, a canção se tornou um clássico solicitado nos shows da banda e um dos pilares da rádio rock.
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