Not for You is a song by Pearl Jam, released on March 21, 1995 as the second single from the band’s third studio album, Vitalogy (1994). Although credited to all members of Pearl Jam, it was primarily written by vocalist Eddie Vedder. The song was included on Pearl Jam‘s 2004 greatest hits album, Rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003). Not for You was released as a single in 1995 with a previously unreleased B-side titled Out of My Mind. The song peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number 38 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.
Outside of the United States, the single was released commercially in Australia, Austria, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. Not for You reached the top 40 in the UK and peaked at number 29 on the Australian Singles Chart. Not for You reached the top 30 in Ireland and was a top ten hit in New Zealand.
Tracklist:
- Not for You
- Out of My Mind (live) (Improv recorded live on April 2, 1994 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia).
PEARL JAM Not for You Lyrics
Restless soul, enjoy your youth
Like Muhammad hits the truth
Can’t escape from the common rule
If you hate something, don’t you do it, too
Small my table, sits just two
Got so crowded, I can’t make room
Oh, where did they come from?
Stormed my room
And you dare say it belongs to you, to you
This is not for you
This is not for you
This is not for you
Oh, not for you ah, you
Scream my friends don’t call me
Friends, they don’t scream
My friends don’t call my friends don’t
All that’s sacred comes from youth
Dedications, naive and true
With no power, nothing to do
I still remember, why don’t you?
Don’t you
This is not for you
This is not for you
This is not for you
Oh, never was for you, fuck you
This is not for you
Oh, this is not for you yeah, you
This is not for you
Oh, not for you
Oh, you
Songwriters: Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament, Mike Mccready, Stone Gossard, David Abbruzzese
PEARL JAM Out of my mind Lyrics
Out of my mind
Out of my mind
All of the time
Wish you could help me mister
Wish you could lift me up
Wish you could pack my parachute mister
Wish you could pull me up
The winds of change…I’m stuck beneath the rain
I wish you could help me up
Out of my mind
Out of my mind
Once inside, I’m out of my mind out
Out of my mind
Out of my mind yeah
Once inside, I’m out of my mind
Wish you could help me…give me a pill
A-just a little drink that I could swill
A little something anything anything, I’ll try it all
I ain’t got nowhere to go from here
I’m just about this far from drowning in my very own tears
Out of my mind
Out of my mind
Once inside, I’m out of my mind yeah
Out of my mind
Out of my mind
I don’t feel so fine
Out of my mind
Where do I go…where do I stay
I got no place to lay on the hay
Where do I go to soothe my head
Guess I’ll turn on music instead
Where do I see…where do I shine
No one wants to take my mind
Where do I go…how do I feel
Guess I’ll waste away in here
Out of my mind
Out of my mind
Out of my mind
Out of my mind
Out of my mind every single time.
Songwriters: Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament, Mike Mccready, Stone Gossard, David Abbruzzese.
