Pearl Jam

Vs. (Five Against One) - 1993

1. Vs. (Five Against One)
2. Go
3. Animal
4. Daughter
5. Glorified G
6. Dissident
7. WMA
8. Blood
9. Rearviewmirror
10. Rats
11. Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
12. Leash
13. Indifference



1. Vs. (Five Against One)


-instrumental



2. Go


oh please donīt go out on me..
donīt go out on me now
never acted up before..
donīt go on me now
I swear I never too it for granted..
just thought of it now.
suppose I abused you..
just passing it on

once fastened servile..
now your getting sharp.
moving oh so swiftly..
with such disarm.
I pulled the covers over him..
shouldaī pulled the alarm..
turned to my nemesis..
a full on fucking god

pleeeeease... donīt go on me
pleeeeease... donīt go on me
pleeeeease... donīt go on me
pleeeeease... donīt go on me
please donīt go on me
please donīt go on me
please donīt go on me
donīt go on me
donīt go on me
donīt you want me
donīt go on me



3. Animal


torture from you to me
abducted from the street

Iīd rather be.. Iīd rather be with..
Iīd rather be with an animallll

why would you wanna hurt me
so frightened of your pain

Iīd rather be.. Iīd rather be with..
Iīd rather be with an animal
Iīd rather be.. Iīd rather be..
Iīd rather be with an animal

Iīd rather be.. Iīd rather be with..
Iīd rather be with an animal
Iīd rather be.. Iīd rather be with..
Iīd rather be with an animal.



4. Daughter


alone..
listless..
breakfast table in an otherwise empty room.
a young girl..
violens..
center of her own attention.
mother reads aloud, child
tries to understand it
tries to make her proud.

the shades go down
its in her head
painted room
canīt deny theres something wrong.

donīt call me daughter
not fit to
the picture kept will remind me
donīt call me daughter
not fit to
the picture kept will remind me

donīt call me

she holds the hand.. that holds her down
she will... rise above

donīt call me daughter
not fit to
the picture kept will remind me
donīt call me daughter
not fit to be
the picture kept will remind me

donīt call me daughter
not fit to
the picture kept will remind me
donīt call me daughter
not fit to be
the picture kept will remind me

donīt call me



5. Glorified G


got a gun
īfact I got two
thats ok man cuz I love god

glorified version of a pellet gun
feels so manly
when armed

glorified version of a pellet gun
glorified version of a pellet gun
glorified version of a pellet gun
glorified version of a pellet gun

donīt think
dumb is strength
never shot at a living thing

glorified version of a pellet gun
feels so manly when armed

glorified version of a pellet gun
glorified version of a pellet gun
glorified version of a pellet gun
glorified version of a

always leave it loaded
always leave it loaded
always leave it loaded



6. Dissident


she nursed him there
over a night
I wasnīt so sure
she wanted him to stay
what to say.. what to say

but soon she was down
soon he was low

at a quarter past.. a holy no
she had to turn around

when she couldnīt hold.. she folded
a dissident is here

escape is never.. the safest path
oh.. a dissident.. a dissident is here

and to this day.. sheīs glided on
always home but so far away
like a word misplaced
nothing said.. what a waste
when she had contact.. with the conflict
there was meaning
but she sold him to the state
she had to turn around

when she couldnīt hold.. she folded
a dissident is here

escape is never the safest path
oh.. a dissident.. a dissident is here

she gave him away
when she couldnīt hold.. no.. she folded
a dissident is here

escape is never the safest path
oh.. a dissident.. a dissident is here

couldnīt hold on.. she couldnīt hold
she folded
a dissident is here

escape is never the safest place

a dissident is here



7. WMA


he won the lottery
when he was born
took his mothers white breast to his tongue

trained like dogs
color and smell
walks by me to get to him

police man
police man

he won the lottery by being born
big hand slapped a white male īmerican

do no wrong
so clean cut
dirty his hands
it comes right off

police man
police man

police stopped my brother again
police stopped my brother again
police stopped my brother again

police man
police man

jesus greets me.. looks just like me

do no wrong
so clean cut
dirty his hands
it comes right off

police man
police man
police man

police stopped my brother again
police stopped my brother again
police stopped my brother again

police man
police man

police stopped my brother again
police stopped my brother again
police stopped my brother again

police man
police man
police man

all my pieces set me free
human devices set me free



8. Blood


spin me īround
roll me over
fuckinī circus

stab it down
one way needle
pull so slowly

drains and spills
soaks the pages
fills there sponges

its my blood
its my blood

painted big
turn it into
one of his enemies

its my blood
its my blood
its my blood

stab it down
fill the pages
of my enemies



9. Rearviewmirror


I took a drive today
time to emancipate

I guess it was the beatings
made me wise

Iīm not about to give thanks
or apologize

I couldnīt breath
holdinī me down
hand on my face
kiss the ground

enmity guaged
knotted by fear
īposed to endure
what I could not.. forgive

I seemed to look away
wounds in the mirror waved

it wasnīt my surface
most defiled

head at your feet
fool to your crown
fist on my plate
swallowed it down

enmity guage
knotted by fear
tried to endure
what I could not forgive

saw things
saw things
saw things
saw things
clearer
clearer
once you were in my
rearviewmirror

I gather speed
from you fucking with me

once and for all
Iīm far away
hardly believe
finally the shades
are raised.

saw things so much clearer
once you.. once you..
rearviewmirror
saw things so much clearer
once you.. once you..
rearviewmirror
saw things so much clearer
once you.. once you..
rearviewmirror
saw things so much clearer
once you



10. Rats


they donīt eat
donīt sleep
they donīt feed
they donīt seethe
bare their gums when they moan and squeak
lick the dirt off a larger ones feet
they donīt push
donīt crowd
congregate until theyīre much too loud
fuck to procreate til they are dead
drink the blood of their so called best friend

they donīt scurry when something bigger
comes their way
donīt pack themselves together
and run as one
donīt shit where theyīre not supposed to
donīt take whats not theirs
they donīt compare

they donīt scam
donīt fight
donīt oppress an equals given rights
starve the poor so they can be well fed
line their holes with the dead ones breed

they donīt scurry when something bigger
comes their way
donīt pack themselves together
and run as one
donīt shit where theyīre not supposed to
donīt take whats not theirs
they donīt compare

they donīt scurry when something bigger
comes their way
donīt pack themselves together
and run as one
donīt shit where theyīre not supposed to
donīt take whats not theirs

they donīt compare
rats
they donīt compare
rats
they donīt compare

ben... the two of us need look no more
ben... the two of us need look no more
ben... the two of us need look no more
ben... the two of us need look no more
ben... the two of us need look no more



11. Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town


I seem to recognize.. your face
haunting familiar yet
I canīt seem to place it
cannot find the candle of thought
to light your name
lifetimes are catching up
with me
all these changes taking place
I wish Iīd seen the place
but no ones ever taken me

hearts and thought they fade
fade away
hearts and thoughts they fade
fade away

I swear I recognize your breath
memories like fingerprints
are slowly raising

me you wouldnīt recall
for Iīm not my former
its hard when your stuck upon the shelf

I changed by not changing at all
small town predicts my fate
perhaps thats what no one wants to see

I just want to scream.. hello
my god its been so long
never dreamed youīd return
but now here you are
and here I am
hearts and thoughts they fade
away

hearts and thoughts they fade
fade away
hearts and thoughts they fade
fade away
hearts and thoughts they fade
away
hearts and thoughts they fade
fade away
hearts and thoughts they fade
fade away
hearts and thoughts they fade
fade away



12. Leash


troubled souls unite
we got ourselves tonight

I am a fuel.. you are friends
we got the means to make amends
I am lost.. Iīm lucky
but Iīm by your side
I am right by your side

young lover I stand
it was their idea
I proved to be a man
take my fucking hand
it was their idea
I proved to be a man

will myself to find a home
a home within myself
we will find a way
we will find our place

drop the leash
drop the leash

get outtaī my fuckinī face

drop the leash
drop the leash

get outtaī my fuckinī face

drop the leash
drop the leash

get outtaī my fuckin.. face

drop the leash
drop the leash

drop the leash
we are young
drop the leash
we are young

get outtaī my fuckinī face

drop the leash
drop the leash

get outtaī my
drop the leash
my
delight
delight
delight in our youth

get outtaī my fuckin face



13. Indifference


I will light the match this morninī
so I wonīt be alone
watch as she lies silent
but soon light will be gone
oh I will stand arms outstretched
pretend Iīm free to roam
oh I will make my way through one more day

how much difference does it make
how much difference does it make

I will hold the candle
ītil it burns up my arm
oh Iīll keep takinī punches
ītil their will grows tired
oh I will stare the sun down
until my eyes go blind
hey, I wonīt change direction
and I wonīt change my mind

how much difference does it make
how much difference does it make

Iīll swallow poison until I grow immune
I will scream my lungs out
ītil it fills this room

how much difference
how much difference
how much difference does it make
how much difference does it make


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