Fall weather and Pearl Jam

I have few rituals in my life. I don't really celebrate my birthday, nor do I have a morning routine. One ritual I do have is when I feel that fall weather has arrived, I pop in Pearl Jam's No Code album. No Code, the album when PJ moved away from mega-singles like Evenflow and Betterman, was released on August 27, 1996. It's by far my favorite PJ album - it's very introspective, signals a cleansing with the fall weather, and the sound is much rougher and thicker than in other PJ albums.

For me, the transition to fall is my favorite time of the year. College football, high school football, leaves turning color in the South, soccer practice, being outdoors with good friends. No Code is the soundtrack. Here are a some songs from the album:

In My Tree:

Some lyrics from In My Tree:
i remember when, yeah
i swore i knew everything, oh yeah
let's say knowledge is a tree, yeah
it's growing up just like me, yeah
i'm so light the wind he shakes
i'm so high the sky i scrape
i'm so light i hold just one breath and go back to my nest
sleep with innocence...
up here so high the boughs they break
up here so high the sky i scrape
had my eyes peeled both wide open, and i got a glimpse
of my innocence... got back my inner sense...
baby got it, still got it

Hail, Hail:

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