The Sound Of Loving Someone You Can’t Have Anymore Pearl Jam — Black | Ten Era / Early Live Years In interviews and later reflections, Eddie Vedder explained that “Black” is really about first relationships and learning how to let someone go. The idea being that most first loves don’t survive life — people grow, change, move, and sometimes the person you loved the most becomes someone you can’t have anymore. He even talked about the harsh idea that sometimes the deepest love you experience might