Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam
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This song is about Eddie’s response to the media being all over him and the band. He refers to them as “bugs” because they never seem to go away and they constantly ask questions, influence him, and nag him.
[Verse]
I got bugs
I got bugs in my room
Bugs in my bed
Bugs in my ears
Their eggs in my head
Bugs in my pockets
Bugs in my shoes
Bugs in the way I feel about you
Bugs on my window
Trying to get in
They don't go nowhere
Waiting, waiting
Bugs on my ceiling
Crowded the floor
Standing, sitting, kneeling
A few block the door
And now the questions:
Do I kill them?
Become their friend?
Do I eat them?
Raw or well done?
Do I trick them?
I don't think they're dumb
Do I join them?
Looks like... That's the one
I got bugs on my skin
Tickle my nausea
I let it happen again
They're always taking over
I see they surround me, I see
See them deciding my fate
Oh, that which was once
Was once up to me
Now it's too late
I got bugs in my room
One on one
That's when I had a chance
I'll just stop now
I'll become naked
And with them
I'll become one
Bugs was written by Eddie Vedder.
Bugs was produced by Brendan O’Brien & Pearl Jam.