“There was no incest in my situation,” Vedder told Rolling Stone’s Brian Hiatt in 2006.

One verse (“Oh, she walks slowly past a young man’s room”) seems to refer to incest, though. The best versions of this song are the live ones, particularly when Ben Harper joined the band and duets with Eddie Vedder. I don’t mind stealing bread from the mouths of decadence.īut I can’t feed on the powerless when my cup’s already overfilled, uh-huhīut it’s on the table, and the fire’s cooking.’Īnd they’re farmin’ babies while the slaves are all working.’Īnd it’s on the table, and their mouths are choking.’Īlbum: 2000.05.23 – Lisbon, Portugal (Live) The blood is on the table and, the mouths are choking.’īut I’m going hungry, yeah. “And they’re farmin’ babies while slaves are working.’ When lead singer Andrew Wood would die from a heroin overdose before releasing their debut LP, Vedder joined as a guest vocalist on a song from Chris Cornell titled ‘ Hunger Strike.’ Though Soundgarden and Pearl Jam songs would flourish in the 90s’ following the explosion of the Seattle sound, there was one band who had trodden the path to major label success first of all - Mother Love Bone. Vedder joined in as a guest vocalist on a song from Chris Cornell titled ‘Hunger Strike.’

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