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Sirens is the fourth song from Pearl Jam's tenth album, Lightning Bolt. This song is, once more in the album, a quite different song from the band's traditions, becoming a more explicit love song that was not even present on Backspacer. "Sirens" can be considered a ballad, some of them became very popular among the fans, just like "Better Man" and "Last Kiss", and it is already considered to be one of the best songs from the band's new era.
Background[]
According to Mike McCready and Jeff Ament, Eddie Vedder was inspired to write the song while in a hotel room in Los Angeles, where sirens can be heard all the time. The town mentioned on the song is probally LA. According to Dennis' Air Raid Siren Page, as of January 2012, 75,34% of the Air Raid Sirens still exist.
Analysis[]
Since Binaural Pearl Jam adopted on their songs a vision that love is a higher salvation and it's the only thing that remains when all the other things are gone. In the peak of Backspacer, the band inspired their songs on the idea that death is, in fact, the burden of life, that is carried by everyone since they are considered to be alive. A way of keeping a good life is to preserve love between everyone.
Sirens is the idea of a man who loves someone so much and has a strong fear of losing this person. He admits that he is scared of losing her, and this can be confirmed when he holds her hand and pulls her close, because he also knows that nothing lasts forever, not even the human being. With this person in his life, everything changed, even before he didn't care about what was coming 'tomorrow', but now he has to take care of this relationship that he wishes to remain until the end.
The protagonist claims to her siren sounds, that can possibly represent fear itself and the regrets of mistakes that can make his relationship to be torn apart. He seems to be quite anxious, even thinking in the possibility of another man taking her. It seems that the fear of losing her is lost when he finds himself accepted by his beloved one, and the fear goes away.
Music & Lyrics[]
Hear the sirens
Hear the sirens
Hear the sirens
Hear the circus so profound
I hear the sirens
More & more in this here town
Let me catch my breath & breathe
And reach across the bed
Just to know we're safe
I am a grateful man
The slightest bit of light
And I can see you clear
Have you take your hand, and feel your breath
For fear this someday will be over
I pull you close, so much to lose
Knowing that nothing lasts forever
I didn't care, before you were here
I danced in laughter with the everafter
But all things change
Let this remain
Hear the sirens
Covering distance in the night
The sound echoing closer
Will they come for me next time?
For every choice mistake I've made
It's not my plan
To send you in the arms of
Another man
And if you choose to stay I'll wait
I'll understand
It's a fragile thing
This life we lead
If I think too much I can get over
Whelmed by the grace
By which we live our lives
With death over our shoulders
Want you to know
That should I go I always loved you
Held you high above, true
I study your face
And the fear goes away
It's a fragile thing
This life we lead
If I think too much I can get over
Whelmed by the grace
By which we live our lives
With death over our shoulder
Want you to know
That should I go I always loved you
Held you high above, true
I study your face
And the fear goes away
The fear goes away
The fear goes away
Aah ah, oh oh
Aah ah, oh oh
Trivia[]
- On the song "Force of Nature", the sound of a siren is said to be heard only by the protagonist, not too far away from the 2013's song.
External Links[]
- Chords of this Song at tabfan.com