Immortality — Songtext
von Pearl Jam

Vacate is the word
Vengeance has no place so near her
Cannot find the comfort in this world

Artificial tear
Vessels stabbed, next up, volunteers
Vulnerable wisdom can′t adhere

A truant finds home
A wish to hold on
But there's a trapdoor in the sun

Immortality

As privileged as a whore
Victims in demand for public show
Swept out through the cracks beneath the doors


Holier than thou, how?
Surrendered, executed, anyhow
Scrawl dissolved, cigar box on the floor

A truant finds home
And I wish to hold on to
I saw the trapdoor in the sun

Immortality

Cannot stop the thought
Of runnin′ in the dark
A-comin' up a which way sign
All good truants must decide

Oh, stripped and sold, mom
Auctioned forearm
And whiskers in the sink

Truants move on
Cannot stay long
Some die just to live