Log in now to tell us what you think this song means. Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. Log in. Lyrics Artists add. Jeremy Pearl Jam Comments 7 Tags. Jeremy song meanings. Add Your Thoughts Comments. General Comment This song is about a boy named Jeremy Wade Delle, 16, who shot himself in front of his 30 classmates in his 2nd period English class.
To know a bit about the background and history of Jeremy. Jeremy had only been at Richardson for a little more than 3 months before his death, he had some problems at his previous school and was sent to a psychiatric hospital. Apparently the insurance money ran out at the hospital and he was deemed as "cured" and released. Subsequently he went to live with his dad and was trasferred to Richardson HS. Shortly after arriving at Richardson Jeremy's locker was searched and some controversial but not illegal religeous items were found.
Also, Jeremy had made some statements regarding two Richardson faculty members that may have gone over the line. You have to believe that being moved around like this and immediately being labeled a trouble maker would have a profound effect on a 16 year old.
They pretty much put him in ISS because of the locker search and because of his stay at the psychiatric hospital, were I understand he was happier and got along with the other patients. Lisa stated that Jeremy wanted to discuss the boy she was dating and also mentioned he was having trouble with one of his techers.
She was probably the closest person to Jeremy at the time. It was pretty much solitary confinement, they didn't talk to you and you couldn't talk. Considering Jeremy was described as a quiet, lonely and distant boy, isolation was the last thing he should've been given. Lisa and Jeremy would secretly write notes back and forth at ISS and he would alway write "Write Back" on the bottom of each note. On Monday January 7th, he wrote "Later Days".
She told Jeremy that he needed a pricipal's pass to even be in her room. By this time Jeremy's life was in turmoil and he was unhappy, his parents divorced at an early age and his Dad barely knew he was even there. His school life was no better. Plus I believe there may have been underlying psychiatric problems.
Jeremy got out of his seat and was gone for less than 10 minutes, Instead of going to the pricipals' office he went to his locker and retrieved a.
When he returned to Barnett's class he quietly entered the classromm and walked to the front. With no emotion he said, "Miss, I got what I really went for". He placed the barrel in his mouth and pulled the trigger before anyone could react. It's a really sad and tragic story, and I think it just really hit Eddie Vedder prompting him to write the song. AbbeyRoad52 on February 26, Link.
No Replies Log in to reply. There was an error. General Comment Pearl Jam is the best band on earth. This song unfortunatly, illustrates life for thousands of teenagers. Not all of them, thank goodness, act on their rage like Jeremy, but as a 20 something, I hope that when our generation becomes parents they realize the irrelevance of being nothing but money makers. Love your children, pay attention. Know them better than anyone. ELS24 on January 27, Link. This song brings out a strong mesage and its an awesome song i agree also with ELS24 this song paints a clear picture of iresponsible parents and the cruelty of bullying code on January 24, Log In.
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Arrow Created with Sketch. As reported in Songfacts , he returned to class, gun in hand, and said, 'Miss, I got what I really went for,' before putting the barrel of the gun in his mouth and pulling the trigger. He was one of three students in the school that year to commit suicide. In an interview with Billboard , Vedder says that he knew a kid in seventh grade with similar difficulties, who came into school one day with a gun and shot a fish tank.
The two incidents combined led him to try and write a song not meant to factually track the events of Jeremy Delle's life, but rather provide a portrait of his emotional state, and create a story that was universal in its message and sentiment. In , Jeremy Delle's mother, Wanda Crane, spoke up for the first time about her son's death, and her feelings towards the song, as described in Ultimate Classic Rock.
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