Hoy se ha publicado la tercera canción de Earthling, el último disco de Eddie Vedder, en todas las plataformas habituales. De igual manera se ha subido en el propio canal de YouTube de Eddie Vedder VEVO el Lyric Video y que os dejamos a continuación.

Hay dos temas claramente sobre la mesa tras escuchar la canción, el primero de ellos es que está canción podría haber formado parte tranquilamente del catálogo de Pearl Jam por la fuerza que tiene la canción y el segundo, especular sobre quien habla la canción.

A prácticamente todo el mundo le puede venir de primeras Chris Cornell, fallecido en mayo de 2016, pero también hay que recordar que Eddie perdió a su hermano también llamado Chris un año antes. En una extensa entrevista hace poco mas de un año que le realizó Howard Stern, ya comentó estas dos perdidas y el sufrimiento que ha llevado durante este tiempo.

Si bien es cierto que en cierta parte de la letra hace referencia a la manera de cantar del sujeto, «There’s no previous reference / For this level of pain / Oh I could hear him sing», y esto nos podría llevar claramente a pensar en Chris Cornell tampoco es algo que podamos asegurar a ciencia cierta.

Os dejamos la letra original y que cada uno saque sus conclusiones…

I had a brother
But now my brother is gone

Oh I search the sky for a
Glimpse of his blue eyes
And there I find
His image in the clouds

If I could wish, wish it away
I would bleed out my knees and pray
If I could give, all that I have
To bring him back today
These are but dreams
As sad as it seems
I’m always wide awake

Understand it was not
Easy for my friend
Oh promises
Even to yourself cannot be kept

Enlarge the hole in my heart
Rising river in the dark
Erodes the shore
‘Til our shores were far apart

If I could wish, wish it away
I would bleed out my knees and pray
If I could give all that I have
To bring him back today
These are but dreams
As sad as it seems
They never go away

There’s no previous reference
For this level of pain
I can’t feign indifference
Can’t look away
The years they go by
The hurt I still hide
If I look okay, it’s just the outside
There’s no previous reference
For this level of pain
Oh I could hear him sing

If I could wish, wish it away
I would bleed out my knees and pray
If I could give all that I have
To bring back yesterday
These are but dreams
Sad as it seems, they never go away
These are but dreams
As sad as it seems
I’m always wide awake

And I would not wish upon you
But should you ever leave this earth
Before me, I doubt this highly
Do for me, what I’d do for you

Put your arms around my friend
Put your arms around my friend
Put your arms round my brother, my friend
Say for me, for me, fuck you
(Fuck you) Fuck you

What are friends?
What are friends, friends for?
What are friends
What are friends?
What are friends for?