“When you leave [a friend’s] funeral, that drive is as important as any single stretch of road you'll travel on,” Eddie Vedder told Rolling Stone in 2006. “You've got a renewed appreciation for life. And I think that feeling can last through the day, through the week, but then things start getting back to normal and you start taking this living and breathing and eating thing for granted.” That’s why he writes the songs. This one, in particular, can take your breath away... reminding you not to take it for granted.