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Eddie Vedder is my rock and roll hero, and Alive is one of my all time favorite songs. As you noted, the first verse is about not knowing who his dad really was until his dad had passed away, The second verse is about incest… he hasn’t confirmed it’s autobiographical and he’s the victim, but that’s broadly assumed.

I saw him do an interview years ago in which he said the crowd’s reaction to Alive has turned it from a song about his shame and angst into an anthem of survival and hope… if he’s still alive after all of that, then he can endure anything life throws at him.

He’s a great man, that’s a great song, and his is an inspiring life story. HBD, EdVedd.

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