Rival Lyrics

Lyric discussion by ninon 

Cover art for Rival lyrics by Pearl Jam

the columbine thing does make sense, especially with the parenthetical title of the song ("growing up gay in littleton", littleton colorado being the city in which columbine is located, if i'm not mistaken) as mentioned in the booklet. "barrels full" (as in the barrel of a gun, duh) , "unspeakable toll", etc, also make a case for that.

this is one of my favorite songs.