Why go lyrics pearl jam

"Why Go" is the fourth song on Pearl Jam's debut album Ten. The song was written by Eddie Vedder and music was written by Jeff Ament. Just like "Even Flow", the song addresses social critic and family neglect, themes that were often used on the first album. The song is considered to be a straight-forward heavy grunge rocker.

Analysis[]

"Why Go" is a song that formally follows the structure of Even Flow, both being life facts of a protagonist being told on a third person view. The song tells the story of a girl of undetermined age, probably teenager, who is under treatment on a psychiatric hospital for unknown reasons for two years.

Alone on that place, the protagonist refuses to receive her mother's visit, since she put her there for believing on her child's madness, which is stated to be false by the narrator. The girl also proving herself sane and seems to refuses any kind of treatment or rule, not being like the others who are in fact mental ill. It would be easier for her, but she is revolted for the kind of injustice that fell upon her and really don't wanna go home with the person who put her on the medical hell.

Music & Lyrics[]

Why Go - Pearl Jam - Live In Pinkpop 1992 HD

She scratches a letter into a wall made of stoneMaybe someday another child won't feel as alone as she doesIt's been two years, and counting, since they put her in thisplaceShe's been diagnosed by some stupid fuck, and mommy agrees,yeah...Whoa...yeah...hey yeah yeah...

Why go home... (3x)

She seems to be stronger, but what they want her to be is weakShe could play pretend, she could join the game, boy

She could be another clone...ooh...whoa...ah yeah...

Ooh...Why go home? (4x)What you taught me...put me here...don't come visit...mother...

Sting me...

Whoa...ooh...Why go home? (4x)What you taught me...put me here...don't come visit...mother,mother,yeah...

• This song is about a girl who is put into a mental institution, likely against her will. It outlines corrupt medical professionals encouraging sickness so they can nurse them back to health and turn them into something fake, "Another Clone." >>

  Suggestion credit:
  Sarah - Tavistock, Canada

• In a 1991 interview with radio station KLOL in Houston, Eddie Vedder said: "The song 'Why Go' was written about a specific girl in Chicago... I think her mom caught her smoking pot or something. She was about 13 years old and she was just fine. I think her mom thought she had some troubles when I think it was really maybe the parents that were having troubles and the next thing you know, this young girl was in a hospital. They kept her there for quite a long time. She was so strong that she refused to accept many of the accusations of her doing terrible things when she wasn't really doing anything and the next thing you know, she'd been hospitalized for like two years. The fact is that this is going on all over the place and this insurance thing that goes on with hospitals and insurance and these kind of counseling... prisons that they set up and it's really something that I think is really addressed subliminally in the song, but it has to be addressed on a bigger level. It happens everywhere and I just hope that someday we're able to change the fact that it is happening."

• In the liner notes to Ten, Vedder dedicated the song to a girl named Heather. >>

  Suggestion credit:
  Martin - Rostock, Germany, for above 2

• In 1991, Eddie Vedder told the Canadian journalist Karen Bliss: "When you're inside and you have no control and when you're the 14-year-old version of Frances Farmer, you have reasons to be angry. You have reasons to be angry when your parents, who are very sheltered themselves, make decisions as to what you should experience in your life and what's normal and what's not. And then you've got institutions on the other side, who are taking large money amounts of money through insurance companies by diagnosing their children unfit."

  "It's happening a lot in American suburbs," he added. "People who don't really pay a lot of attention to their kids and don't really know how to deal with them, they just put their kids in hospitals."

Pearl Jam Lyrics

She scratches a letter into a wall made of stone Maybe someday another child won't feel as alone as she does It's been two years and counting since they put her in this place She's been diagnosed by some stupid fuck and mommy agrees Why go home? Why go home? Why go home? She seems to be stronger but what they want her to be is weak She could play pretend, she could join the game, boy She could be another clone Ooh! Ah! Ah yeah Why go home? Why go home? Why go home? Why go home? What you taught (Why go home?) Put me here (Why go home?) Don't come visit (Why go home?) Mother, sing me (Why go home?) Why go home? Why go home? Why go home? Why go home? What you taught me (Why go home?) Put me here (Why go home?) Don't come visit (Why go home?) Mother, mother, yeah (Why go home?) Why go home? Why go home? Why go home? Why go home? Why go home? Why go home? Why go home?

Why!

Thanks to Britt, Ira Potter for correcting these lyrics.

Writer(s): Michael McCready, Eddie Vedder

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She scratches a letter Into a wall made of stone Maybe someday Another child Won't feel as alone as she does It's been two years And counting Since they put her in this place She's been diagnosed By some stupid fuck And mommy agrees Why go home? Why go home? Why go home? She seems to be stronger But what they want her to be is weak She could play pretend She could join the game, boy She could be another clone Ooh, whoa ah, yeah oh Why go home, why go home, why go home, why go home What you taught me (why go home) Put me here don't come visit, mother (why go home) Sting me Why go home, why go home, why go home, why go home What you taught me (why go home) Put me here don't come visit, mother, mother yeah (why go home) Why go home, why go home, why go home, why go home, why go home, whoa

Lyrics submitted by mike

Why Go Lyrics as written by Jeff Ament Eddie Vedder

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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