So stoked to hear this at the end of The Last Dance

I spent 6 months in 1995 in a group home. My only possession was this CD and a clunky Discman. I took great comfort in this song. Thank you Pearl Jam for helping to save me.

“Most people struggle to be present. People go and sit in ashrams for 20 years in India, trying to be present. Do yoga, meditate, trying to get here, now. Most people live in fear because we project the past into the future. Michael Jordan is a mystic. He was never anywhere else. His gift was not that he jumps high, runs fast, shoots a basketball. His gift was that he was completely present. And that was the separator. The big downfall of a lot of other players who are otherwise gifted is thinking about failure. Michael didn’t allow what he couldn’t control to get inside his head. He would say, ‘Why would I think about missing a shot that I haven’t taken yet?’”

Perfect ending to The Last Dance

Growing up in the 90s we were spoiled with cool sports and music.

The great Jordan brought me here. I love you, Jordan. I love you, Pearl Jam.

...Started with hope. It started with hope. We went from a shitty team to one of the all-time best dynasties. All you needed was oooone little match... to start that whole fire. -Michael Jordan. 🎶You can... Spend your time alone Re-di-gesting past regrets OOOOOOH Or you CAN... Come to terms AND realize You're the only one Who cannot forgive himself OOOOOOH Makes much MORE sense To liiiive... In the present teeeeee-eeense🎶

Great song. Makes a person look deep inside themselves about moments in their life that weren't always the greatest & learn to leave that in the past. Live for the now. Life's to short to let the bad shit drag you down & keep you down.

This song helped me tremendously through probably the darkest time of my life.

My absolute favorite PJ song and album. Was absolutely stunned to hear it played at the end of Last Dance.

Jordan 🐐 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

how many times have i cried to this song? i’ve lost count. how many times has this song helped me deal with my mental illnesses? i’ve lost count.

Lyrics Do you see the way that tree bends? Does it inspire? Leaning out to catch the sun's rays...a lesson to be applied... Are you gettin' something out of this all encompassing trip? You can spend your time alone redigesting past regrets oh... Or you can come to terms and realize You're the only one who can forgive yourself oh yeah... Makes much more sense to live in the present tense... Have you ideas on how this life ends? Checked your hands and studied the lines? Have you the belief that the road ahead ascends off into the light? Seems that needlessly it's gettin' harder To find an approach and a way to live... Are we gettin' something out of this all-encompassing trip? You can spend your time alone redigesting past regrets, oh... Or you can come to terms and realize... You're the only one who cannot forgive yourself, oh... A-makes much more sense to live in the present tense...

8/27/2023 sitting alone on a beach on the gulf coast of Florida. Realizing more than half my life is behind me now, mother has been gone since 1992 and father, a Vietnam vet and strongest man I've ever known is suffering from beginning dementia. I'm at that stage in life, that age, where some cousins, long time friends and high school alumni, are starting to develop serious health conditions, some getting sick with terminal illnesses and some having already passed the last few years. Where did the time go? What happened to that feeling of youthful invincibility? It seems just a eye blink ago friends were plenty and everyone had time to hang out. Now, lucky to see even my closest ones every few months. I can't even put my finger on having any past realization that my 20's, 30's and now 40's have ended. I wasn't asleep but the further back I go it all seems like a dream. Pearl Jam seems like a few years ago not over 25. This song comes on my play list right at that time when I'm tearing up and the flow of them come hard. By God I haven't cried like that in a long, long time. Then by the end of the song I feel absolution in a small way, a decompression happened. A couple of laughing gulls are going back and forth in front of me, the sun is on its way to setting and the waves are gently rolling in. I realize that's just the way the life is. No use fighting or trying to make sense of it. Nostalgia is beautiful and I do love it, but it can wreck havoc on your heart if you let it. "It makes much more sense to live in the present tense", because that's all you can control.

Warms my heart to read the comments and see how many people have been helped in their lives by this one simple and beautiful song (including myself, yes)

Here we go ...another masterpiece

The last dance was fire 🔥🔥🔥

‘The Last Dance’ brought me here. Great song

Some of us never lost the faith in their creative contribution to rock. Their art has evolved, even if you haven’t!

A stunning flawless musical masterpiece that helped me pull through dealing with the sudden loss of my Dad. RIP John Arlindo Carvalho

My favorite athlete is MJ, my favorite band is PJ and my favorite song is Present Tense. When these combine it's like magic!

3:30, that music is just so underrated... One of the best music experiences you can have especially if you turn up the volume while driving on a long journey.

Smooth move to put this up after the Last Dance. GOAT band for the GOAT player.

I love this song. It helped me during a hard time of my life

I used to use this song as a clock alarm when I was in college. Beautiful piece of art. Thank you Pearl Jam.

Clean 11 years today👍. This song is what inspired me to get help, it's amazing how a single song with such simple lyrics can touch someone so deeply but it did. Life's a trip being clean but I surf so much better😁👍🏄. Thank you Eddie for writing this song. Not sure I'd still be here otherwise. ❤️👍

Sometimes you can do everything right and still lose and end up shattered. But, it's up to you to pick up the pieces and build something new.

"You can spend your time alone/Redigesting past regrets ohhh/Or you can come to terms and realize/You're the only one who cannot forgive yourself ohhohh/It makes much more sense/To live/In the present tense" Those lyrics have been special to me since the album first came out, since, even to this day, I can't let go of the past. I know I need to, but it still haunts me. Living in the present tense is what I need to do, but it's easier said than done.

one of the most underrated albums of all time

I listened to this song minutes before I jumped out of an ✈ and parachuted conquering so many of my anxieties about life. Live for today and stop thinking about the past and the future

These are the moments when my insomnia pays off 💞

How do you repay a band that has made your life so much lighter and easy to live? They have cheered me on and helped me along my path. Life was easier because of them

Dennis Rodman’s favorite band and mine too

Been very nostalgic lately... Pearl Jam is a huge part of my life, and the relationship with my younger brother, going to countless Pearl Jam shows up and down the west coast. ...takes me right back and gives me goose bumps.

I love this song and I just want to say thank you to Pearl Jam for helping me. This song means a lot to me since the first time I heard it, because whenever my anxiety takes over me and the fears and mistakes of the past suffocate me, I listen to this song and remember that I have to stop thinking so much about the past and the future, and think more about "today". "Makes much more sense to live in the present tense" Thank you so much for always saving me with your lyrics. I love you all so much and I hope one day I can see you in person and say how much I admire you. Come to Brazil after this pandemic, we love you so much here. Please stay safe, happy and healthy, you guys are my happiness❤❤❤❤❤

Love for No Code.

Brilliant song and album . This whole album gets overlooked.

This makes me feel young and old at the same time. Seems that I can only take small doses of the past now.

Best song, best band, best documentary, best basketball player. Best!!!!!!

Gives me chills to this day, and I've listened to the song easily a few hundred times.

My life since I’ve become older has been about living in my past. Too many things I cannot talk about. But I do need to live in the present tense and learn to forgive myself. Something I’ve never fully done...

I can't count how many times Pearl Jam has saved my life

such a moving song for such a moving scene in the Last Dance

Beautiful music that end Michael Jordan documentary "last dance".... 😍😍😍

This song PROBABLY speaks to my soul more than any song ever.

I discovered this song on Wednesday. I listened to it once or twice and really had to think about what I had just listened to. I woke up on Thursday with it stuck in my mind, thinking about the lyrics and how I could apply it to my life and situation. I listened to the song at least 20 times between then and today (Sunday). I am usually not one for drawn out comments buy damn it, this song has affected me profoundly. I will not continue to sit alone and rehash past regrets. I will forgive others and myself. I'm gonna try my damndest to live in the present tense and do better. Do you see the way that tree bends, my friends?

Pearl Jam releasing this song in 2020 is the best thing that could probably happen to this year.

Given our current plight in life...it really does make more sense to live in the Present Tense. Rock on Pearl Jam Nation!

Pearl Jam knew to cope up with the time then and they still know now....They just hit you in the core!!! Love from Nepal!!

I got a tattoo with the chorus. My favorite one of PJ.

Absolute masterpiece

Been a fan since 'Alive' video came out in 1992 lol Was 13 yrs old and still listening to PJ

The incredibly full and thick guitar tone on the chorus amazes me everytime

Makes much more sense to live in the present tense...!!! the beautiful voice and a nice cloudy morning ...

Stumbled onto this gem at around the time my job started laying off. I was sitting and reminiscening on the last few of the eight years there and was overcome by a bit of anxiety and on the radio was this masterpiece. Heartfelt moment. FR FR.

I remember how much ''No Code'' cassette meant to me..Thank you for this!

This my favorite Pearl Jam song ever! Period

Jack Irons you made this album so magical , thanx man

What an amazing track used in the Last Dance! But big thanks to P.J. for making this amazing track!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Makes me reminisce during the times in my teens when life was so much simpler (or more like I was protected away from the harsh realities). Before hearing this song, my favorite song by y'all was "Release" back from the first album.

my dad has been a pearl jam fan since they were Mookie Blaylock, he’s been to maybe 16/17 concerts. No code is his favorite album, and we are bulls fans so of course we love this song(ifykyk).When I was younger i remember when my dad played PJ and all i did was complain and complain about how i hated it and how i wanted to hear justin bieber or something lmfao, but then i started reading song lyrics. I knew most of PJs songs but after hearing this on the last dance the lyrics really stood out to me because of how relatable they were to my life. never thought i’d be saying this but, i’m seeing PJ in september as my first concert.

So awesome. this was the ending song on the Jordan documentary

3:45 All you need is one little match to start the whole fire...

My heart exploded at the end of the Last Dance! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 #GOATGOAT #MICHAELJORDAN #IAMPEARLJAM

"It started with hope, Started with hope, We went from a shitty team to one of the all time great dynasties, all you needed was one little match to light that whole fire" By now I have watched the series 3 times.

Jordan GOAT bring me here. Thank you PJ.

The fact that I didn't know if this songs existences, it become personal from that moment

It makes much more sense, to live in the Present Tense. Great words to live by, I really wish I could follow them more often.

There is no greater form of torture than pouring over every past action and scolding yourself in the process - if you would do things differently today, that's good. It's a start. All you can do is take each day and try your best. Everybody else in the world is in the same boat. Just try your best today.

Man grunge and basketball, thank you for the throwbacks, the last dance.

Never understood why this album didn't get as much love as the others back then ? Great tunes , great album!! My opinion anyway!

The last dance finale brought me here ❤️❤️💪🏻

This music hits Very hard and good at the same time. That God bless us on our journey at this world

I wish the end didn’t fade away and went for five minutes. Sounds so soothing.

This is what you call being “ahead of the times”

Thanks Rodman..

Best song to Best film. Emotions everywhere

The Last Dance ❤️

This song can heal you

Used for the end of « The Last Dance »

DEFINITELY THE BEST ALBUM

Forget the last dance...Who’s been here since 1996??

Pearl Jam foo fighters nirvana , legends of the 90's . The atmosphere of this song is so beautiful . Love lyrics too

Used to listen at it while I was climbing on French Briançon area walls many years ago

This song is an absolute masterpiece!

This popped up around midnight I think...I chose to wait to listen when most of my brain is operational...what does that even mean anymore? Love this...we are all so unique, and yet, hold so many truths collectively. I can only face so much of my own truth at a time.....so, I love how this man can be in tune with such profound clarity. I'm still trying to overcome my own BS! Am I so easily impressed, no...this music is helping to remind me of all that is.....

Perfect use in the last dance! One of the best songs of all time...

Re-watched The Last Dance over the weekend. Always catch something you miss during the re-watch, and I missed this song. Now I can't stop listening to it!!

Dennis, MJ, Pip and pearl fucking jam! Life doesn’t ever ever get any better than this!!!! I love you Phil Jackson!

Hopefully this will bring more attention to No Code! Such a good album!

Hearing this song live is amazing

Perfect timing in The Last Dance

Just perfection in it's easy simplicity while expressing pure rock and roll power.

This song is my mantra in life.

A perfect song: music, lyrics, voice, passion and inspiration. World Best rock band.

Im jamming out to this rn , forever ❤️ this song with all my heart

Kick ass band. Kick ass song

THE song for people in recovery.

Beautiful, thank you, I am very song!

Pearl Jam's Grammy Award Winning song ! 🎸🎤🥁

Melhor letra do PJ