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 Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time Me, I figure as each breath goes by I only own my mind The North is to South what the clock is to time There's East and there's West and there's everywhere life I know I was born and I know that I'll die The in between is mine, I am mine
And the feeling, it gets left behind All the innocence lost at one time significant, behind the eyes theres no need to hide... *
The ocean is full cause everyone's crying the full moon is looking for friends at hightide the sorrow grows bigger when the sorrows denied I only know my mind, I am mine
And the meaning, it gets left behind All the innocence lost at one time significant, behind the eyes theres no need to hide... *
And the feelings that get left behind all the innocence broken with lies significance, between the lines (we may need to hide) And the meanings that get left behind all the innocents lost at one time we're all diffrent behind the eyes there's no need to hide 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