Song of the Day

This song is incredibly sad.

What's even more sad is that it was written about a reall life event.

People need to take a stand against bullying!



The song takes its main inspiration from a newspaper article about a 15-year-old boy named Jeremy Wade Delle from Richardson, Texas who shot himself in front of his English classmates on the morning of January 8, 1991. Delle was described by schoolmates as "real quiet" and known for "acting sad.” After coming in to class late that morning, Delle was told to get an admittance slip from the school office. He left the classroom, and returned with a .357 Magnum revolver. Delle walked to the front of the classroom, announced "Miss, I got what I really went for," put the barrel of the firearm in his mouth, and pulled the trigger before his teacher or classmates could react. In a 2009 interview, Vedder said that he felt "the need to take that small article and make something of it—to give that action, to give it reaction, to give it more importance.”