Pearl Jam - World Wide Suicide Lyrics






I felt the earth on Monday. It moved beneath my feet.
In the form of a morning paper. Laid out for me to see.

Saw his face in a corner picture. I recognized the name.
Could not stop staring at the. Face I'd never see again.

It's a shame to awake in a world of pain
What does it mean when a war has taken over

It's the same everyday in a hell manmade
What can be saved, and who will be left to hold her?

The whole world...World over.
It's a worldwide suicide.

Medals on a wooden mantle. Next to a handsome face.
That the president took for granted.
Writing checks that others pay.

And in all the madness. Thought becomes numb and naive.
So much to talk about. Nothing for to say.

It's the same everyday and the wave won't break
Tell you to pray, while the devils on their shoulder

Laying claim to the take that our soldiers save
Does not equate, and the truth's already out there

The whole world,... World over.
It's a worldwide suicide.

The whole world,... World over.
It's a worldwide suicide.

Looking in the eyes of the fallen
You got to know there's another, another, another, another
Another way

It's a shame to awake in a world of pain
What does it mean when a war has taken over

It's the same everyday and the wave won't break
Tell you to pray, while the devils on their shoulder

The whole world,... World over.
It's a worldwide suicide.

The whole world,... World over.
It's a worldwide suicide.





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  1. B.... S....

    Essa música me faz lembrar da época da escola, que eu chegava em casa e ia assistir disk MTV.. saudades caralho.... E aqui é Brasil pô

  2. L.... V....

    Bad Ass! PEACE NOW! Check out our next doc: vimeo.com/357699698

  3. J.... D....

    And to think this was released a decade before Donald Trump became president. Eddie Vedder must be psychic.

  4. m.... ....

    He is just beautiful!

  5. J.... C....

    No refreshments in hell no peace even dumping!

  6. P.... W....

    💟💟💟💟

  7. S.... ....

    Foda pra caralho.

  8. C.... ....

    Eddie looks like the bad guy from Die Hard

  9. M.... ....

    Doesn't get any Eddie Vedder than this.

  10. S.... S....

    💕🎶Song"2019"

  11. b.... ....

    I know this song for ages. But.. To be honest.. It is fucking awesome and always will be. Don't agree? Your problem.

  12. D.... M....

    Its as if you you can hear Obama's Middle East bombs exploding in the chorus.

  13. M.... ....

    Cant remember if this was before ir after the album they created to reduce their popularity.

  14. S.... L....

    Too bad Eddie's a libtard

  15. C.... S....

    [Verse 1]
    I felt the earth on Monday, it moved beneath my feet
    In the form of a morning paper, laid out for me to see
    Saw his face in a corner picture, I recognized the name
    Could not stop staring at the face I'd never see again
    It's a shame to awake in a world of pain
    What does it mean when a war has taken over
    It's the same everyday in a hell man made
    What can be saved, and who will be left to hold her?

    [Chorus]
    The whole world
    World over
    It's a worldwide suicide

    [Verse 2]
    Medals on a wooden mantle, next to a handsome face
    That the president took for granted
    Writing checks that others pay
    And in all the madness
    Thought becomes numb and naive
    So much to talk about, nothing for to say
    It's the same everyday and the wave won't break
    Tell you to pray, while the devils on their shoulder
    Laying claim to the take that our soldiers save
    Does not equate, and the truth's already out there

    [Chorus][x2]

    [Verse 3]
    Looking in the eyes of the fallen
    You got to know there's another, another, another, another
    Another way
    It's a shame to awake in a world of pain
    What does it mean when a war has taken over
    It's the same everyday and the wave won't break
    Tell you to pray, while the devils on their shoulder

    [Chorus][x2]

  16. A.... M....

    Excelente rola, para estar escuchándola una y otra vez!!🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

  17. R.... T....

    Thunderdome Shot put guy vs Spoonman!

  18. W.... W....

    And there goes Iran's reason to not develop a nuclear bomb ...
    Gotta notch it up to 11.

  19. C.... C....

    Ed vedder e foda

  20. A.... M....

    Awesome song, awesome beat. PJ, love u guys since the day we met long long time ago. Remember the very first unplugged club performance in Zurich, Switzerland. Beautiful beautiful '90s.

  21. N.... ....

    That scream at 2:27

    N.... ....

    Was insane!! Highlight of this performance..

  22. A.... G....

    I love you Eddie

  23. P.... M....

    Te amo Vedder! Pj ♡

  24. J.... N....

    🐬🐬🐋🐋📝🌎✊🏽🤘🏿

  25. R.... ....

    Awesooooome!!!

  26. G.... ....

    caralho, lembro muito desse clipe cara kkkkkk

  27. A.... A....

    Most underrated Pearl Jam song ever

    A.... A....

    Alex Altemus Ik right?!

    A.... A....

    In My Tree is pretty underrated

  28. C.... B....

    Some of the guitar riffs sound like an incubus song.

  29. C.... S....

    Ozzy man sent me here

  30. N.... N....

    Twin Peaks The Ruturn fucked me up so I don't know anymore

  31. N.... N....

    Elizabeth Fraiser "Underwater" is great :) its almost the same thing

  32. N.... N....

    Thats too much

  33. S.... ....

    Great Song, amazing lyrics.
    Horrible Video Clip.
    I would love to see a remasterd Video Clip with:
    Mass Media Propaganda, Lying Politicians,
    War Results like Humans suffering and Elites profiteering,
    Secret Societies like Skull & Bones, the illuminati, the Freemasons,
    the Bilderberg Group and their insane meetings...

  34. N.... M....

    Quite possibly the greatest fushigi performance I've ever seen

    Like if you agree

  35. s.... g....

    Its the dude!!

  36. E.... L....

    Means Blue Whale?

  37. C.... M....

    por accidente reproduci el video con una velocidad de 1.5 sin darme cuenta y me gusto mas la version rapida

  38. M.... ....

    Massive fan of Pearl Jam. Can't get this song out of my head lately

  39. E.... C....

    Great! Great! Great!

  40. D.... S....

    musica incrivel....

  41. F.... ....

    Cansado tb

  42. D.... S....

    underrated song, only 1.9 million views

    D.... S....

    Dark SkyPC what about "all or none", "dirty frank", "wash", "1/2 full" or "black, red and yellow"? They are really underrated

  43. D.... W....

    gotta love searching love boat captain then just riding the PJ waves

  44. r.... ....

    November 9th, 2016

  45. s.... p....

    So relatable today.

  46. J.... E....

    I ran 3 miles a day in Iraq, and had this song on repeat the entire way, every day.... incredible beat to run to..... try it, you'll like it

  47. A.... C....

    Awesome song. I don't think anyone can hate Pearl Jam, or Soundgarden for that matter. Two of my favorite bands of all time.

    A.... C....

    rite on brothah!!!

    A.... C....

    Don't forget Alice in Chains. They're a good grunge band and their music is still pretty awesome even though they have a different lead singer now.

    EDIT: Also, it's sad to think Eddie Vedder is the last singer left out of the Big 4 grunge bands (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains.)

    A.... C....

    Hate to break it to ya but theres this thing called my mom.

    A.... C....

    Lyra Frost Hate to break it to ya but your mom kinda sucks.

    A.... C....

    Coming back after a decade. And this song still kicks ass.

  48. m.... d....

    Song like this scare me, cause it encourage suicide by the title only cause i did saw my friend smoke weed and having depression want to suicide. Luckily not, never do it just live youre life even if it terrible. Eventually if will turn out fine people. Peace. 2016

    m.... d....

    Its about the environmental destruction of the planet - not suicide

    m.... d....

    It's actually about the War on Terror/Iraq/Afghanistan and the Bush administration at the time.

  49. 1.... ....

    not going to lie this music video is very underwhelming

  50. G.... D....

    Está canción fue grabada en el estadio san carlos de apoquindo

  51. N.... L....

    Eddie Lindoo *-*

  52. l.... g....

    eddie marry me

  53. W.... ....

    @ 1:00, is that Colin Kaepernick in high school?

  54. h.... u....

    Imagine just 7 billion gunshots after this song is blasted. PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW

  55. c.... s....

    cannon ball walls lol

  56. b.... ....

    love this track. the guitar riff during the chorus reminds me of incubus - a kiss to send us off... both came out the same year lol

    b.... ....

    well they are friends so its possible

  57. D.... H....

    pearl jams always been on top from day one

  58. t.... ....

    Soft Trash of fastlish........*

  59. t.... b....

    this is a different version than the album one.

    t.... b....

    +trey burke Because it's a live version...all their videoclips are the songs played live

    t.... b....

    @Tiago Fernandes yea i figured that. i just thought this was going to be the cut of the song they put on the album. 

    t.... b....

    +Tiago Fernandes That's not true, what about Jeremy, Life Wasted and Do The Evolution?

    t.... b....

    @Anki Hansen Did I have the need to mention that some of the videoclips aren't live? Cause 95% of their videoclips are live -.- don't be niggardly

    t.... b....

    @Tiago Fernandes Yes, it was necessary.

  60. C.... ....

    good rock songs ended in 2007

    C.... ....

    +Chowbizful In 1994 actually

    C.... ....

    +s. mario no there has been good music snce 94 including some from pearl jam too

    C.... ....

    Skillet? Royal blood?

    C.... ....

    s. mario hell yeah man that's right

  61. J.... C....

    recorded in Chile <3

  62. I.... ....

    Yep, we either get our act together or we'll end up suiciding ourselves.

  63. J.... D....

    I dare everyone to find a bad song from PJ...

    J.... D....

    samsquanch1996 really? I thought it was one of the better ones off Bineral

    J.... D....

    I like that song, lol. But I'd say about half of riot act

    J.... D....

    The fixer and this

    J.... D....

    @Low Powered Training Round Matthews life wasted is pretty good

    J.... D....

    Their newer songs were mostly trash....they've should have quit after Yield... their last great album

  64. S.... M....

    El de la pelotita es chileno 👏👏👏

    S.... M....

    No faltan los típicos tipos que comienzan a tratar de llamar la atención de todos.

    S.... M....

    no falta la gente weona y envidiosa por dios jajajja me da vergüenza ajena tanto comentario tonto. No sé qué ganan con tratar de denigrar al resto de la gente por qué si y por no tener fundamentos contundentes para decir tanta estupidez junta... excelente video y el loco con su pelotita seco, nada más que decir y es chileno que mejor 😏

    S.... M....

    wen dato loca ...y que suerte la del chico <3

    S.... M....

    Las pelotitas son peruanas...

    S.... M....

    @Mal Mantra Aweonao asdfghjklñ

  65. O.... F....

    i don't get the video, but great song great band.

  66. F.... T....

    FUCK U EDDIE VETTER!! U SHOULD HAVE DIED WITH KURT COBAIN AND BECOME IMMORTAL FOR THE WORLD!

    F.... T....

    +FRANCISCO TORRES its vedder

    F.... T....

    +FRANCISCO TORRES pobre hueon

    F.... T....

    +FRANCISCO TOR

    F.... T....

    Lucas Rodrigues you should have, too.

  67. t.... b....

    1,299,554

  68. J.... A....

    Pearl Jam FOREVER 🙌🙌🙌

  69. O.... F....

    I love this song it, it speaks to me on a deeper level that the world has killing it self in a world wide suicide, the destruction of human nature that we always crave war and never settle for Peace

  70. J.... C....

    This song's rocking.  I love the lyrics...

  71. S.... ....

    live performance!!!

  72. M.... B....

    Does this even speak about suicide ?

    M.... B....

    @Marc-André Bélisle lol man are u not watching the vid? or listening to the lyrics? worldwide suicide meaning the bad shit that is going on in the world like war and shit like we are killing the world its a world wide suicied

    M.... B....

    @trey burke vedder is christ..or atleast looks like him

    M.... B....

    @jaja1818 well if you listen to vedder he will save you

    M.... B....

    It's about Bush. He was saying society is committing suicide

  73. F.... C....

    FUNNY FACT: The guy from the beginning is a chilean street artist that the band knew when they were going from the hotel to the concert and the video (that part) was filmed in San Carlos de Apoquindo, the stadium of Universidad Católica  (a chilean football club that im a huge fan).

    F.... C....

    I don't see how this fact is funny in any way possible

    F.... C....

    +maidenfan69
    been invited to less parties lately? :D

    F.... C....

    Tenemos una monjita jaja el ql

    F.... C....

    The French also mix up 'fun' and 'funny' all the time

  74. I.... S....

    where the hell all this band are now?!!!

    I.... S....

    still going strong

    I.... S....

    +Interopia and stronger... ;)

    I.... S....

    +Indra Sumpena (Cosima Uchiwa) They're on tour right now, and are gonna be working on a new album after the tour

  75. G.... Z....

    I love PJ!!!!

  76. m.... g....

    Amo está canción por fin se como se llama :-) añales buscando

    m.... g....

    +monse gs coño

  77. G.... M....

    El video fue grabado en Seattle y el estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo Chile y cuenta con participación de un malabarista chileno, Sebastián González, descubierto por Pearl Jam mientras estaban de gira en Chile en 2005

    Aqui se nota el cariño que tiene la perla por sudamerica

    G.... M....

    y la chomba de McGready es la que tenía puesta la segunda noche en Ferro..

    G.... M....

    No pos wow

  78. S.... S....

    'Nothing for to say'. I don't even know what that means, but it's so PJ and I love it. Also love how their sound gets more stripped down and simple over time. Wish other bands could have had the foresight Ed had in their stepping out of the limelight.

  79. J.... D....

    Verga!! Pearl Jam Como Siempre Roleando!!, Jajja Yeah!, Eddie Siempre con su Voz desgarradora para mi uno de los Mejores Cantantes de la Historia *-*, Buena Pearl Jam! :D

  80. S.... A....

    piu' passa il tempo e piu' diventi bello <3 

  81. t.... b....

    is this just a fan video or a pj official

    t.... b....

    @Bruce Wayne speak for yourself

    t.... b....

    @trey burke wow

    t.... b....

    @Bruce Wayne wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

    t.... b....

    It's an official video...saw this from MTV a long time ago

    t.... b....

    @kifer ferraren where can i find the life wasted official video i cant find it on youtube anywhere

  82. n.... ....

    el tema y la letra excelentes
    el video no se que tiene que ver

  83. E.... r....

    best lyric, best vocal, awesome song, awesome sound. pearl jam @ their best

  84. S.... C....

    surely one of his best, in a matter of music! my opinion!

  85. f.... ....

    pearl jam... one of those bends than never sell out, and yet never seize to amaze the crowds

    f.... ....

    pearl jam actually amazes sold out crowds all the time

    f.... ....

    @trey burke
    if by "sold out" you mean they sold all their tickets for their concerts

    f.... ....

    @fidan2fast yes that is what i mean they play in front of a sold out crowd all the time

  86. D.... E....

    Grabado en Santiago de Chile!

    D.... E....

    +Diego Elías Silva fueda-se

  87. G.... ....

    Having to listen through some certain other pop artists, that I won't name, on the advertisements just to listen to this song.... sigh.

  88. k.... ....

    DOESN'T look & sound at all, v far from it :))....

  89. K.... V....

    CHILENOOO!
    ES GUENO!

  90. M.... ....

    but he doesn't sound like him at all ;)

  91. a.... w....

    FUCK AWESOME¡

  92. D.... V....

    Santy & me love this video!!