My wife and I laid our only daughter, Nora Ann, to rest this morning. She was born one week ago today on Thursday, June 22, 2023 at 8:57am and passed at 10:42am the same day. I just wanted to come here to say thank you for this beautiful song that has given us comfort beyond measure at this most difficult time in our lives. As I held my daughter in our hospital room, my wife played this song and encouraged me to have our first dance as father and daughter. I will cherish that moment for the rest of my life. 🙏

Does anyone else cry every time they hear this song?

If this isn't played at my funeral, I'm not attending.

I’m 33 days sober. After 40 years of party. This song hits home. 7-26-22

My mom passed away on 7/5/23. I came to this song to let it be my love letter to her. I love you momma always and forever ♾️ ❤

Music and smells are the only things that can take you somewhere without actually physically going there..

MR. Vedder, I am a 61 year old man who grew up with 70s rock. my sister is your biggest fan. she introduced me to Pearl Jam. I played this song at my wife of 34 yrs funeral to express the words I did not have at the time.I thank you and the band for that gift.

My son Hayden passed away at 22 years old little over a month ago. I have yet to make a day without tears. The song reminds me of how he became a man the last 2 years, working 2 jobs to help take care of his sister. Son I can't wait to see you again. You will always be missed & I love you forever.

My husband and I listened to this song many times after he was diagnosed with cancer. Every time I would cry knowing I didn't have much time left with him but it also brought comfort as we held each other and knew that we would meet again on the other side.

I tried to make this song "our song" when it first came out. My gf really liked the song but the lyrics made her sad so we scraped that idea. I really loved the song and it reminded me of the wonderful weekend we had when we first got together. Almost thirteen years later and I'm up listening to this song trying to hold back my tears. The same gf is now my beautiful wife. We've been together ever since. And she is asleep in the other room. She's 35 and has been fighting stage 4 colon cancer for 15 months. Tomorrow will be her 29th round of chemotherapy. Such a beautiful song. I love her so much and I'm scared.

My husband passed a year ago after 48 years of marriage.. I pray that every time I hear your beautiful song he knows I am thinking of him Thank you

''Did I say that I need you? Did I say that I want you? Oh, if I didn't, I'm a fool, you see No one knows this more than me As I come clean'' (perfect lyrics)

Tonight my father passed away, I played this song as he died. This will forever live in my soul. Thank GOD for the talent that brought this song into the world.

My daughters died 3 hours apart 3 weeks ago and my wife and I took it very hard. They held on as hard as they could for 3 hours after my wife gave birth to them. These lyrics broke me down. I wish I can sing for them back then. I hope someday I can without choking up.

I lost my unborn baby two weeks ago. I will see you in heaven….This song made me cry.

Today's my only Sons birthday, passed away 2 years ago,but always called me with a Eddie Vedder song,this was his favorite. Happy Birthday Shawn,see you on the other side. Love Mom 3:47

Lost mom ... 4am and not a wink of sleep. Stumbled on this and found comfort for my broken heart 💔

We included this song in my grandfather's slide show. He was just a couple weeks short of 98 years old. My grandmother (93) definitely approved of this song. She loved it.

I struggle with stress, anxiety and depression every day! Some days i cant get out of bed, but i hear music like this and it gives me the strength to get up and be the best father i can be! I do my best to show her how a man is suppose to treat a lady and give her the world! Thank you for helping me leave the bed and be a good human being!!

My wife just passed away a few months ago suddenly of sepsis. I never got to say goodbye so I'm holding on that we'll see each other again. I see all these comments and I know how they feel I'm only half a couple and I'm not the center of anybody's Universe anymore. I was so lucky to take care of her as she had diabetes and amputations and a few other issues. I love you Michelle Renee Simmons, I'm looking at every star at night, it's hard being left behind but I know I'll be all right!

When I was 13, my closest friend who was also my brother was 15. One of the sweetest memories of my childhood was of sitting on our front porch the night after hearing about Jim Morrison's death, just talking about Morrison and music in general as well as our troubled life, till the wee hours of the morning. He told me that night that he believed he and I shared a soul. I didn't understand what he meant, but I knew it was a good thing; that we had a strong mutual bond. Over the years after, we had less and less contact. He suffered from bipolar disorder and drug/alcohol addiction and I found myself in an abusive marriage followed by other tragedies. But through it all, the middle of the night phone calls from him were welcomed, as were his out of the blue letters, handwritten and rambling. I never questioned our relationship. We loved each other in a way I would not expect most people to understand. During the most difficult times, I always knew that wherever he was, my brother was there for me as my brother and my best friend. When committed suicide in 1998, the pain was unimaginable, and the person I would have shared any and all other tragedies with was also gone. I'd never felt more alone. The soul we shared had been cut in half and his half was gone. Every day I felt the entire range of emotions from grief to anger to desperation. Ten years after his death, I heard this song and it was as if my brother was telling me that though his body was gone, he was not. He would never leave me. The soul he'd "taken" was never really gone at all. In fact, he'd left his half with me. To this day, I cannot hear this song without bursting into tears, but they are now happy tears. I don't know what Vedder meant, with the lyrics but I know what they mean to me. No other music has ever touched me in this way. Thank you, Eddie.

My dog passed away at home with me I listened to her breaths and it was peaceful. This song played the best t day and I forever attribute it to her. The memories of over a decade having her by my side.. just breathe baby.

God bless everyone reading this for all eternity and then some... each of you are a cherished miracle from heaven above... truly you are

Lost my mother to the evil Covid yesterday. This song is so perfect for this moment. Everything you gave. Nothing you would take. See you on the other side, MOM.

My father died unexpectedly 7 weeks ago. I’ve never known such sadness. He was such a wonderful person and loved life so much. He enjoyed every genre of music and many songs would bring him to tears just because he was so easily moved by them. I miss him so much. He was such a wonderful father and grandfather who just got better with age. This song came on during my first run after he passed away. I listen to it all the time and think of him. I even try to sing it at karaoke. He would have loved it so much. I miss you daddy. I hope you’re happy wherever you are and that your afterlife is even better than this one that you loved so much. I hope he knew how much I loved him. I hope he was aware of how many people he touched and how appreciated he was I’ll meet you on the other side, Dad.

My husband left me 5 weeks ago, 46 years old too. 2/10/23….He had this song in his iTunes, i told him I love it , he played it in his truck for me .. he had many years depression..we were together for 11 years… this song to me is him…💔

Eddie's voice feels like the warmest blanket wrapping around you. I have hearing loss in one ear due to a birth defect. I'm so thankful everyday that my other ear was spared so I can hear music like this.

My dad and my best friend left this world without notice on father's day and I haven't remembered to just breathe until I came across this song. You saved a life with your song, and I sincerely thank you...

Now my brother I was very close to passed 7-27-2023 This song brings me to tears. Seems like it’s not real and I don’t want to live in reality without him. My world is incomplete without him. In it. A phone call, visit or text doesn’t reach Heaven. I keep thinking he’s at his home recovering. I can not accept he’s gone, that I will have to wait to meet him on the other side. I hope it’s true. I like to think so. Call your loved ones before they die.

I don't think I have the words to explain how emotionally tied I am to these songs. These guys are bound up in memories from a life before ptsd. These guys have saved my day and life more times than I can count and mire than they will ever know. Hurrah fellas. Much love and many many thanks. 41 now and still here.

My husband died the week before Thanksgiving. This was the last song we listened to together. This is the hardest time of my life.

My dad passed away last August from COPD, and he was on oxygen for the last 7 years of his life. I would tell him to just breathe. That's all you have to do. He was so generous and a great man. I miss him so much. We played this song at his funeral. I cry every time I hear it. ❤

He has to be one of the most incredible singers in rock. His voice is a deep well of emotion and passion. It's raw and polished at the same time.

This song means so much to me I honestly cannot put it into words. I lost my best friend Thor, my cat and my whole world. He was my companion animal. We had to put him to rest 8/1/23 due to cancer being horrible. We took him in for a cold the day before and found out it's cancer and he is slowly suffocating. They drained his lungs so we could have 1 more day with him. It was a good day. He was himself, purring up a storm and happy. I held him and even on his last day he did nothing but comfort me as I was crying and bawling the whole time. I love him more than anything in this world. But this song does a good job of relating to how I feel. I love you and miss you Thor. I can't wait to see you again. "Meet you on the other side".

I just lost my father and mother. Once in a blue moon there is a song that creates a mood that resonates deep into our soul. This is one of those. Thank you Pearl Jam.

In the past two years I've lost my mother, father and brother. All I have left is my sister. And we have a tremendous wedge between us that is insurmountable. But such is life.

I just had to let my dog go to heaven and this is the first song that was playing on the radio. Max is already watching over from heaven.

My hero my step dad(dad) passed away two months ago. My mom is still broken but we must move on. This song paints a picture in my mind what he meant to those around him. I’m so sad he’s gone. I’m glad I ended every conversation with “I love you”

Wedding, funeral, birthday, anniversary, Mom, Dad, brother, sister, wife, husband, best friend... Let's all be grateful we have people to think of when we hear this song. Thank you, Ed- best song ever written, played, or sung. ❤

My beloved brother passed away on Tuesday morning, he took his life,im still in shock, but i can understand deep depression can be overwhelming, i loved my brother more than anything, so everyday i just Breathe and say Lord comfort me.

This song is for my 17.5 year old dachshund Chopper, aka the Dude. R.I.P. Dude

Pearl Jam are such an unselfish, humble band & are constantly great to their fans. Example: Madonna played a show at the MGM Grand here in Vegas & tickets were a flat $1500.00, & she also announced everyone but her family pays - NO freebies! I saw PJ at that same venue that same week. They jammed for 2 hours & came back for a 90 minute encore. Tickets were $35 or so.

There is a quality in Eddie Vedder's voice that is hard to describe using musical terms. That quality is integrity. Some how,it doesn't matter what he sings,you believe him. You believe that he believes in what he is saying. You believe that no bullshit could leave his mouth.

This song was playing while I was driving to see my mom who was in the hospital sick with stage 4 lung cancer. She was diagnosed May, 2013 and passed away 9 weeks later on July 16th, 2013. I still cant believe she is gone. I miss her so much.

My grandfather just passed away a few hours ago. Eddie's voice as a comfort blanket is exactly what I need today. Goodbye, Poppa. I love you forever and always.

Eddie's voice is medicine...when I hear him sing, it's like everything aligns within me...spiritually, mentally, emotionally. Does he even know what a gift his voice is to us?

I am listening to this gorgeous song. I will be saying goodbye to my daughter, Hannah tomorrow. The emotions I feel right now are so deep. Thank you for your music, Ed.

This song saved my life more than once.

One of the most beautiful songs ever! His voice is haunting..

My favorite Pearl Jam song, this song makes my heart hurt. My mom died 12 years ago, I just wish I would have been there when she took her last breath. Love you Mom.

As soon as I heard this song, I decided that I want it played at my funeral. I love Pearl Jam .

Almost 4 tears ago my sons played this song for my husband and I on our 28th anniversary. Less than 5 weeks later we played it at his funeral. Eddie Vedder knows we should appreciate those we love, nobody knows when they will be gone.

This song hits even harder now that he’s basically the only one left from the grunge era.

Eddie and Pearl Jam… 100% authentic! They have never played a show that we didn’t get more than our money’s worth. Left it all on the stage every time!

Thank you, Eddie. Throughout my life your voice has been there, through heartbreaks, through suicide, through the ups and downs and so many changes. Thank you for putting yourself out there and so generously sharing yourself, for voicing the emotions of millions. It means so very much to so many of us.❤

I love to listen to his singing. It's his voice. He could sing the phone book and it would be a hit because it would be emotional. Some artists discover songs that celebrate their voice, but for Vedder his voice discovers songs that celebrate life experiences. I know kinda mushy to say, but there is something about his voice that goes beyond singing a song. Definitely a vibration there that I simply love.

2:25 while grieving my grandsons Suicide yrs ago this man’s concert helped me so much.

Eddie Vedder seems to touch base with so many of my own experiences in life. But, this song brings me to tears. I was 46 yrs. Old and throughout 25 yrs of my life, I had an on again, off again relationship with my son's father. In 2013 my best friend, and the love of my life, proposed to me. He said, " I have never loved nor respected you more than I do right now. I told my Mom and my best friend that I too, was never a happier man at any time in my life. I love you. Will you marry me?" I felt like Cinderella. My struggles in life were many. Thought I would never love intensely with all my heart again. I too, had never in my life felt happier in any relationship. I never felt like a fairy princess, nor expected to ever feel so safe, so in love, so happy to look forward to my future, the way I did in that moment. Two weeks later, the father of my 3 yr old. The love of my life, my best friend died suddenly of a heart attack. My whole world shattered. Ty Eddie for singing this song. I was beginning to feel like no one could possibly know what I feel or what I dream about. All I want is for the door to heaven to open. For God to just let him come back to my baby and I. For the first couple of years I never saw him in my dreams. I often wondered if I ever would. When I heard this song, it resonated inside of me. I cried and sobbed and listened over and over to the lyrics. That night, he finally came to me in my dream. I never knew what "forever" meant, or how death means, "never again shall you see this person." A piece of myself left with him and I am forever changed." My grief holds no bounds. I still greive at the finality of his absence. This song is the way I will feel for the rest of my life. To be so close to having everything I ever dreamed of taken in such a sudden unexpected way, it has taken 13 yrs to understand that I will always be "the Princess, who lost her Prince." Everything I ever dreamed of. This song has helped me to realize that I can only hope to see him, or hear him talk to me when I dream. The reality is ...I must let him go. There is no door he can walk through to come back to me. I love the words in this song, and Eddie Vedder has, from the very first time I heard him sing, he has always been the most iconic singer of my lifetime. I love that he sings about things that are important. Things that matter in the times we all as a society, or one individual with a heavy heart. He sings to send us all a message. His songs represent things we all will, or have already gone through. Thank you PJ for your compassion and interest in real life shit, but most of all ty for the raw compassion and empathy I so often have heard in your songwriting. Ty for taking your gift and truly giving back to your fans, we become better through the gift of music, and the messages within the lyrics that you so often have shared with us all. Ty for shining a light where darkness once dwelled within me. I will miss him always, but I can see, that accepting the reality of "never again by his side." Well, it is ok, cause I can see him now, "in my dreams." And, I now have begun holding onto the hope, and my faith, God will reunite us in the after life, and we will recognize the love we once shared and never have to let go of one another again. Please God, open the door for love's sake.

one of the most beautiful songs ever written

LIFE CAN'T GET EDDIE VEDDER THAN THIS

This song makes me weep like a baby, it perfectly sums up my feelings after losing both my uncle and my mother to cancer.

I've heard the instrumental version of this for years at the passing of friends and family. Didn't fully get it until my best friend passed away a couple years ago. Second memorial day without him and headed out for our yearly visit.

For my beautiful brother who just passed on May 1st. Pearl Jam was his absolute favorite and this feels like a fitting tribute!

I lost my 36 year old daughter April 2, 2022 due an unknown health condition. I played this beautiful song at her funeral. I have so many regrets. I didn't call her enough, tell her I love you enough, or encourage better health care. Thank you Eddie for a beautiful song. I love you Amelia! Meet you on the other side!

Beautiful song. It reminds me that no matter how rich or poor, no one is immune to the loss of a loved one

I think of every sad dog chained up , a beautiful living soul chained to a pole with no one to love and it kills me!!!!

My husband died 20 years ago ,july 4 th., still i listen to this song and know .........all IS good,

Who is here March 2020.Thinking of all the people who have loved ones hooked up ta ventilators around the world.Just breath.Praying for all of you to just breath and recover.❤ Rip to all the ones who lost the fight🙏.

Played this song at my son's funeral meet you on the other side buddy 💔

My sister was murdered back in September 2022. Thank you for this song. I am so glad I was able to tell her that I loved her during our last conversation.

My 93 year old dad and 90 year old mom are in assisted living . Every Saturday I say goodbye I know it may be the last. This Saturday he played Willie and Sons remake . I as taken aback because he can’t express his feelings I felt like he saw me. I knew the Pearl Jam song. As the only daughter and youngest of six I sent back Eddie‘s genius version with his daughter Olivia’s, song, “I’m my father’s daughter.”And I have never cried so much I cried all the way home .

Please tell me how 79 people could give this a thumbs down??!!! Possibly one of the greatest and most powerful Pearl Jam songs ever.

Pearl Jam is my dad’s favorite band, since he first saw the music video for Alive back in 1992. This song has been something we enjoy together, and after his recent cancer diagnosis, this song means so much more. Edit: my father died. This is my song with dad, and all I can think about during this song is him. I love and miss you dad.

I loved how the drummer just sat and waited patiently.

To everyone who has ever lost some they loved dearly. I think I only knew the love of one person in my life and I’m 44 years old. My grandmother has been gone for 20 years but I think about her always. I named my daughter after her as a tribute to her life. She died when I was young and immature but over the years I have reflected on all the ways she cared for me and how I didn’t really know what she meant to me. Sometimes I wish I could tell her how much I really loved her and how much her love really meant to me. Anyway, just wanted to share that.

My Nephew Joe Latora wanted me to play this at my Mom's funeral, I was too upset at the time to listen, he was right 👍. He died of Cancer a few years later, this

I'm dying from cancer. Pearl Jam has been my favorite band since I first heard them in 10th grade. I really wish that I could see them before I die. Unfortunately I live in Baltimore Maryland. The city that no one wants to tour in

My husband and I have been together 51years, I would be lost with out him, beautiful song❤

I just lost my wonderful mother this morning. She fought septic shock from a kidney stone two two weeks. She was the strongest, wisest, caring and resilient person I’ve ever known. I don’t know how on going to go on without her in my life. I feel like a part of me has died, and that life will never be the same again. This song expresses exactly how my mother was “everything you gave, nothing you would take.” See you on the other side mommy.

Just Lost my husband 9/15/20. I would give anything to hold him again. This song is like therapy.

I came across this song by chance in 2009 around the anniversary of my grandfathers death. He was a great man and like my father. Losing him broke me. I struggled to find the words to help me. Till I heard this song. Every time I hear it I think of him. Thank you Eddie

Crazy…this was my first time seeing Pearl Jam live. Pearl Jam invited a group of Wounded Warriors from BAMC as special guest to ACL & the next night to the ACL Festival .I remember Eddie sharing his bottle of wine with us and McCready giving a guitar away to one of the wounded warriors. Pearl Jam was truly awesome and very military friendly.

I hope Eddie knows how many people he touches with music and how relevant he is. My husband is dying of cancer.. every day is a mental struggle...dealing with losing his family is unbearable. The only thing that calms him down is listening to Eddie and PJ

Lost my mom after a long time of pain in the early morning Monday Dec. 28th. The pain deep within my heart hurts...but the knowing her body is free means the world. Hug your loved ones..tell those you love that you love them..and listen..listen and remember their voices. My brother shared this song but the Willie Nelson version...all the same.

I just lost all of my limbs due to a flesh eating disease but this song makes me wants to bob along to the melody. thank Christ for Eddy V and this song. I'm not sure I would be able to pop out of bed each day if it wasn't for the magnificence of all that is Pearl Jam.

I'm going through terrible withdrawal and this song ALWAYS helps me to get closer to God: thank you for sharing your beautiful gifts with the rest of us 🙏❤

love you mom wherever you are ,fuck cancer .....

Singers with a true and natural top shelf quality only come to us every once in a while. Eddie Vedder is one of them. His talent is unmatched!

I think....that this song, would be the perfect one to play, when I finally die..."how my heart feels for all 6 of my babies"......😞

That song can fuck off, I’ve never heard anything in my life that made me cry as much! BEAUTIFUL!

The words in this Song are so deeply profound and Your Voice soothes my Soul♥♥ 0:42

Its apparent reading the comments that this song has truly touch many people very deeply, there's no better compliment to the artist than that. He sounds every bit as good live as in the studio, wow. No fucking autotune here folks..

My dad died from Alcoholism this song gets me every time i miss you, so much i didn't get to see you or say goodbye to you and see you one last time

"Hold me 'til i die, meet you on the other side"..... such a beautiful line, i love you Krystal.

Pearl Jam has been my number 1 for over 30 years. This song holds a special place in my heart. Such beautiful lyrics and Eddie's voice can't be matched by any other. Thanks for touching my soul!!

Most of my family is dead. My dad, all my grandparents, two brothers, the list goes on... but this song was one of my dad's favorites and it still fills me with hope.

After visiting my grandfather in the hospital... This song came on while leaving. He was having a hard time breathing(Collapsed Lung).. he died later that night. I cannot listen to this song without crying.

43 years is a long time to feel alone... 1979. I got to go on road trips, to zoos, even summer camps and a trip to Europe once in my childhood. Those are things I could never give to my own kids. That breaks my heart. We've trapped ourselves, even "the lucky ones." Death is all we've ever known... dreams and life. Do your best to love fiercely until you can't. That's all you can do for now 😔

My mom, who I have lived with for the last 15 years, is dying in a nursing home. I love her so much. She definitely gave everything and took nothing. I don't know how I can go on without her., I am so alone.

This song has been missing from my life and has stolen my heart. Beautiful.. and his voice is perfection. 💞