This track draws comparisons between the mysterious stuff that neither emits nor absorbs light despite making up more than 80% of the material universe (aka dark matter) and the negative, or “dark” emotions induced by demagogues that walk the Earth.
[Verse 1]
Steal the lights from our eyes
Take my blood from my heart
We're in all of this dark matter
Take the breaths from my chest
Take the thoughts from my mind
We're losing time, dark matter
[Pre-Chorus]
Denounce the demagogues
King diamonds to discard
Deploy the dialogue
Your word against the law
[Chorus]
It's strange these days
When everybody else pays
For someone else's mistake
This blame takes shape
Still everybody else pays
For someone else's mistake
[Verse 2]
You're running away
We're pulling apart
In all of this dark matter
I once heard a sin
And it stuck in my head
Arrested the press
No one knows what happened next
[Pre-Chorus]
Renounce the demigods
King diamonds to discard
Deploy the dialogue
Your word against the law
[Chorus]
It's strange these days
When everybody else pays
For someone else's mistake
This blame takes shape
Still everybody else pays
For someone else's mistake
[Bridge]
No tolerance for intolerance so I've
No patience left for impatience no more
No love lost for lost loves
No sorrow for the unaccountable
[Chorus]
It's strange these days
When everybody else pays
For someone else's mistake
This blame takes shape
Still everybody else pays
For someone else's mistake
Dark Matter was written by Eddie Vedder & Jeff Ament & Mike McCready & Stone Gossard & Matt Cameron & watt.
Dark Matter was produced by watt.
Pearl Jam released Dark Matter on Tue Feb 13 2024.