I Am Mine was written in the aftermath of the Roskilde Festival in 2000, where nine fans were killed during a Pearl Jam concert. Eddie Vedder started writing the song in his hotel room after the event as a way to cope with the incident and reflect on the value of life.
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The selfish they're all standing in line
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Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
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Me, I figure as each breath goes by
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I only own my mind
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The North is to South what the clock is to time
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There's East and there's West and there's everywhere life
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I know I was born and I know that I'll die
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The in between is mine, I am mine
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And the feeling, it gets left behind
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All the innocence lost at one time
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significant, behind the eyes
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theres no need to hide... *
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The ocean is full cause everyone's crying
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the full moon is looking for friends at hightide
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the sorrow grows bigger when the sorrows denied
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I only know my mind, I am mine
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And the meaning, it gets left behind
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All the innocence lost at one time
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significant, behind the eyes
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theres no need to hide... *
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And the feelings that get left behind
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all the innocence broken with lies
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significance, between the lines
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(we may need to hide)
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And the meanings that get left behind
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all the innocents lost at one time
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we're all diffrent behind the eyes
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there's no need to hide
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Notice that: This is some kind of simplified tab/chord. There are some subtleties that you have to polish listening the song, if you want to get a nicer version. You know that its not