Pearl Jam!

Finally.

Last Friday night, I FINALLY got to go see Pearl Jam. I have been waiting for years to see them in concert, and for one reason or another, just haven't been able to go. But this year...ohhh, this year was different. I finally got to see them in concert with my friends Steph, Justin, and Gabe in Philly and the concert was SO AMAZING.

The setlist included some of my favorites, like "In My Tree," "Light Years," "Breath," and "Given to Fly"...some awesome new ones, like "The Fixer" and "Just Breathe," and some oldies but goodies, like "Jeremy" and "Alive."

There were so many points at which I, a) got teared up, b) grabbed my face in a Kevin McAllister/Home Alone-style "AHHHH!!!", or c) did all of the above, while simultaneously praying that by some stroke of luck, the concert would never end. I remember that at one point, while they were playing "Jeremy," I just stood there in shock. That was the first Pearl Jam song that I ever learned, the first one of their videos that I ever saw, and I was watching them play it live.

Great, great night. I'm so thankful that I got to go!

And even though they didn't play it, I leave you with some lines from my favorite song off their new album:

once outside the undertow
just you and me and nothing more
if not for love I would be drowning
I've seen it work both ways but I am up

riding high amongst the waves
I can feel like I
have a soul that has been saved
I can feel like I've
put away my early grave

gotta say it now
better loud
than too late
~

Pearl Jam, *Amongst the Waves*