Given to Fly

Lee Serpa Azevado
Aug 8, 2017 · 3 min read

In 1998 Pearl Jam released their fifth studio album Yield. It marked a return to the band’s earlier straightforward heavier approach to albums. The stand out track is the soaring epic Given to Fly, a song that carries underlying themes of existence and rebirth.

A subtle, yet sublime guitar riff from Mike McCready opens the song. The track slowly builds into a majestic cacophony of a chorus, before returning to McCready’s opening guitar…

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Lee Serpa Azevado

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Scribbler of stuff, psych nurse; mental health(y), humo(u)r, politic(k)s and other such nonsense. leeazevado@gmail.com

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