You Are

Album: Riot Act (2002)
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  • This broken wheel is coming undone
    And the road's exploding
    But you're keeping me strong
    Rolling along with you
    Love is a tower, and you're the key
    Leading me higher, when you let me in
    Keeping us close (so close)
    Oh, on down the line
    Sometimes I burn like a dot on the sun
    With no one knowing
    But you're keeping me strong
    Moving along with you
    You are a tower, of strength to me
    The darkening hour, sees light again
    Again...
    Ooh wah, ooh wah, ooh wah, ooh wah
    You are, you are, you are, you are
    You are...
    Love is a tower, of strength to me
    I am the shoreline, but you're the sea
    The sea
    You are, you are...
    ... Writer/s: EDDIE VEDDER, MATT CAMERON
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 11

  • Scout from Not SureVery intense to say the least. Who wrote the lyrics?
  • Fran from San SalvadorThis tutorial explains the whole thing and it's just awesome
    https://youtu.be/opxxYEw8-1w
  • Fran from San SalvadorThat song is weird, were wrotten by Matt and he used a drum machine on studio and live is for trigger the rythm pattern through the loop effects on the amp of Stone Gossard to create the 'chopped' sound of the rythm guitar riff, it's quite really crazy to explain and understand, but when you realize that fact, it simply makes you love this song even more
  • Veddie Edder from Seattle (coincidence)good song, but id rather I am Mine, and another I really like is Green Disease, though I seem to be the only one who likes it.
  • Dylan from New Britain, CtI love this song. It feels like something that could've appeared on Radiohead's Kid A.
  • Dc from Dc, DcThe drums you hear in the song are real 'live' drums, you don't actually here any drum machines. The drum machine was in fact used to create rhythmic envelopes that trigger the opening and closing of the guitar output. Its a similar style effect to that of Tom Morello on Rage Against The Machine's 'Know Your Enenmy'. It is often referred to as Side Chain Gating or Envelope Following.
  • Jorge from San Diego, Cathe first time i heard this song i was floored. My fav song from my fav band
  • Ringgo from Montclair, CaFirst time i heard this, I was amazed at how smooth it flowed. Then I found out that Matt Cameron used a drum machine for the drums here and played rythm guitar on the song instead. WOW!..Matt's musical acumen is highlighted at last, and the lyrics here are just phenomenal!
  • Sarah from Tavistock, CanadaI love the effect that they use on the guitar to get the choppy sound...and I almost can't beleive Cameron used a drum machine...he's the best drummer in the world!...according to Ed
  • Thomas from Boston, MaWow, what a great song. Definitely the best that Matt Cameron has written, though he wrote some good ones for Soundgarden.
  • Arman from College Station, TxYou Are was originally going to be called 'Undone'. Ed wrote a song called Undone after this was written though.
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