And don’t even get me started on the “I know someday you’ll have a beautiful life” outro. Then there’s “all been washed in Black,” “turned my world to Black.” An incredible lightning bolt of impact, in just five words. It’s usually meaningful (you either never forget what your tattoo symbolizes or don’t even remember getting it). “Tattooed everything,” “tattooed all I see, all that I am, all I’ll be.” There are so many other word choices that can have been used there instead. Take for example the word “tattooed,” used several times. It’s so easy to get caught up in how moving “Black” is overall and how great the melodies are that the lyrics sometimes take a back seat. In 1994! If we didn’t catch it, the world may end. Don’t get me wrong, we loved every second of it. Most likely a four hour dinner where us kids would blend sugar rush, sun-burnt antics with completely falling asleep, face-planting at the table. There was one problem we had to go out for a wild night on the town with the family. There was a station in Naples that would be getting the live stream.
My older cousin doctored up the fossil of a radio deck in the living room / Grandfather’s office where the three of us were staying. My cousins and I were completely submersed in the Pearl Jam world (and still are). Pearl Jam had announced they will broadcast their Atlanta concert live on numerous radio stations. I was on vacation visiting my grandparents with my cousins in Naples, Florida. There’s one that I find to be the superhuman of the superhuman.Īpril of 1994.
Recently, I’ve been spinning various versions of “Black” – thinking deeply about the song, what it means to me and all the different ways it could mean something so heavy to anyone that hears it.
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