Não é de hoje que o Pearl Jam é conhecido pela militância política e ambiental. A banda de Seattle que desde 2003 compensa a emissão de carbono de suas turnês também se preocupa com os oceanos. A canção “Amongst the waves”, do álbum Backspacer, é um exemplo disso. Quando foi lançada, em 2009, parte da renda obtida com a venda da música e do clipe – que tem belas imagens dos oceanos e de animais marinhos – no iTunes foi revertida para a Conservation International’s Ocean Campaign, uma campanha internacional de preservação dos mares. Para saber mais sobre a ação da banda clique aqui.
Amongst the waves – Pearl Jam
What used to be a house of cards
Has turned into a reservoir
Save the tears that were waterfalling
Let’s go swim tonight, darling
And once outside the undertow
Just you and me, and nothing more
If not for love, I would be drowning
I’ve seen it work both ways
But I am up riding high amongst the waves
Where I can feel like I
Have a soul that has been saved
Where I can feel like I’ve
Put away my early grave
I gotta say it now
Better loud than too late
Remember back, the early days
When you were young, and less amazed
Suddenly the channel changed
The first time you saw blood
Cut to later, now you’re strong
You’ve bled yourself, the wounds are gone
It’s rare when there is nothing wrong
Survived and you’re amongst the fittest
Love ain’t love until you feel it
Up riding high amongst the waves
I can feel like I
Have a soul that has been saved
I can see the light
Coming through the clouds in rays
I gotta say it now
Better loud than too late
I gotta say it now
Better loud than too late
Hey…yeah…
Riding high amongst the waves
I can feel like I
Have a soul that has been saved
I can see the light
Coming through the clouds in rays
I gotta say it now
Better loud than too late
I gotta say it now
Better loud than too late
Say it now
Better loud than too late