RVM dissected
I was poking around at the Pearl Jan fansite FiveHorizons.com today and in their Song X page found the following analysis of my favorite Pearl Jam song, RVM. Song X is a detailed look at a different Pearl Jam song every month. So here you go:
"RVM is a song that symbolizes for me one way of coping with an unpleasant or painful circumstance where you feel just slammed against the wall ... where you've been repeatedly taken advantage of, mistreated or oppressed, perhaps for a long time. Sometimes you just have to leave the situation and regroup, clear your mind, find some peace. As you put distance between yourself and that which is keeping you down, you can glance into the rearviewmirror and see what you are leaving becoming smaller and far away. Your mind begins to clear; you can put things in perspective. For me, RVM is about escaping, surviving and moving on ... summoning strength, overcoming, living! I gather speed ... indeed I do!!"
Fucking brilliant if you ask me. Watching "Singles" at the moment, mostly for the Pearl Jam cameos, pathetic, huh?