I Can't

[edit] Trivia & Notes

• This song currently remains unreleased.
• According to Ed, this song was written for Sean Penn to explain why he was not going to appear as an actor in the film Into The Wild. This was revealed in an interview for Billboard.
  

Excerpt from the interview:
Interviewer: He (Sean Penn) said he wanted you to be in a movie, and you turned him down by sending him a song with the explanation as to why?

Eddie Vedder: Yeah. It was called "I Can't." He had asked me and I said yeah, because he can be very convincing. If he thinks you can do something, you start to agree with him. Then I came to my senses. For one thing, it was a great opportunity and I would probably do it just to spend time with Sean. But if you get past that, I always felt like a lot of people watching would be thinking, "Wow, this guy took the job of a working actor" (laughs). Why does he need another job? He's already got a good occupation. That came into play a little bit. I didn't want to disappoint him then, and was happy to get another shot. It was good to have another opportunity to make up for that one when I felt like I disappointed him a bit. I'm glad I got a shot to redeem myself, in an arena that is more, this is what I do. I don't do that other thing, and I've just never been driven in that kind of way.

Categories: Pearl Jam Songs | Original Songs | Eddie Vedder Solo Songs | Unreleased Songs