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...
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Lyrics submitted by Stephen_Flow

Track duration: 03:49

"You Are" as written by Eddie Jerome Vedder, Matthew D Cameron

Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

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    General Comment:"Tower of Strength" is in the 61st chapter of Psalms. Could Matt Cameron be a closet Bible thumper? The other lyrics support it well enough.
    Flag Najehoon December 28, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:This song clearly is about love, but I could only understand this after feeling love for the first time.

    "sometimes I burn like a dot on the sun" - This is about the suffering that every love has. It is not easy to love so much to the point of feeling pain. You want to be close to that person, no matter what.

    "you are a tower, of strength to me" - Love gives you strenght and pain at the same time. You abide by love, try to gather forces from it, even if it is the same thing that makes you suffer.

    "this broken wheel is coming undone
    and the road's exploding"

    I love those lines because sometimes you feel that everything is going down and even yourself don't know what kind of hope you should have. Love might be the only one, but sometimes to have hope is to live somewhat far from reality.

    The point of the lines "love is a tower" seems like...a something so distant. It makes you higher but far away from everything else. Maybe even from the beloved one.

    The instrumental part of this song is unique, the guitar effects...
    Flag RedSpikedWallson November 06, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:What do you think
    "Sometimes I burn like a dot on the sun" means?
    Flag MrsJoeyRamoneon March 11, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Talkabout ZZTop relived Thats the first thing I thought anyhow.
    Flag Themongeron June 13, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:This is a sweet song. the guitar is awesome. apparently matt cameron used a drum machine on this song so that he could play rythym
    Flag nic000on October 27, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:matt cameron proves his incredible songwriting ability. great song from my favorite band. I can't decide which is my favorite album. The new album is sick!
    Flag glorifiedg79on July 19, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:Well, Slash, what's the point of saying what the meaning of a song is if people who posted before already figured out the meaning? Sure, it's about the lyrics but this site is also a big discussion about the songs. Whether you like the song or not, it's about responding to what people posted before you. I like talking about the music of songs instead of the lyrics because then I'd just be re-posting what everyone else said!
    Flag TommyCap77on June 10, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:thanks for clearing that up
    Flag richie8092on May 28, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:ok firstly, isn't this site songs and their meanings? not oh this is one of there best song ever?

    anywho, the guitars actually have a delay for all of you idiots who cant pick that out. and why do pearl jam need to be angry and frustrated? there musicians and they write about there emotions, are they always gonna be pissed off?

    i belive matt cameron wrote this to his wife. but then again if you listen to it, it reminds me of a couple, who were once together, and then the female breaks up with the male, but he cant let go cos he;s obsessive. it sounds like he's making a vowe of his love to her and is unwilling to let go and its scaring the girl. it seems like a song about a stalker.

    newho thats just my interpretation of their lyrics. sometimes bands also write music for their audience to put there own meanings ot their songs
    Flag slash6464on May 28, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:This song has a weird vibe to it. That is a good thing however. The music has like an Eastern-Computer-Influenced feel to it. It's hard to describe. It is the third best song on Riot Act behind Love Boat Captain and Save You.
    Flag TommyCap77on May 19, 2006   Link

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