Editing No Code (section)

==Music and lyrics==
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While ''Vitalogy'' had shifted away from the earlier albums' accessible compositions and polished production, ''No Code'' represented a deliberate break from ''[[Ten (Pearl Jam album)|Ten]]'''s [[Arena rock|stadium]] sound, favoring [[Experimental rock|experimental]] ballads and noisy [[garage rock]] songs. It stood out with its emphasis on subtle harmony ("[[Off He Goes]]"), [[Music of Asia|Eastern]] influences ("[[Who You Are (Pearl Jam song)|Who You Are]]"), and [[spoken word]] ("I'm Open"). Irons lends a tribal drum sound on the songs "Who You Are" and "In My Tree". Irons stated, "To turn my drum music into a song is pretty challenging, but the guys have been really supportive of me doing it, and we've worked some things into a few songs."<ref name="Peiken"/> Vedder said, "We realized that we had an opportunity to experiment."<ref name="spin"/> David Browne of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' stated that "''No Code'' displays a wider range of moods and instrumentation than on any previous Pearl Jam album."<ref name="entertainmentweekly"/>

The lyrical themes on the album deal with issues of spirituality, morality, and self-examination.<ref name="allmusic"/><ref name="wayout">Hilburn, Robert. "Working Their Way Out of a Jam". ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. December 22, 1996.</ref> Vedder said, "I think there's a little self-examination in those songs, something that a lot of my friends are going through too, as they approach 30."<ref name="wayout"/> Ament said, "In some ways, it's like the band's story. It's about growing up."<ref name="wayout"/> The lyrics of "[[Hail, Hail]]" refer to two people in a troubled relationship struggling to hold it together.<ref name="thenewyorktimes"/> Vedder has said that he wrote the song "Off He Goes" about himself and how he is a "shit friend", adding, "I'll show up and everything's great and then all of the sudden I'm outta there..."<ref name="tenpast"/> "Lukin" is about the "pretty intense stalker problem" Vedder faced during the mid-1990s.<ref name="tenpast"/><ref name="secondcoming">{{cite magazine | last = Hiatt | first = Brian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429081700/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/pearl_jam_the_second_coming/page/2|archive-date=2009-04-29 | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/pearl_jam_the_second_coming | title = The Second Coming of Pearl Jam | magazine = [[Rolling Stone]] | date = 2006-06-16 | url-status = dead | access-date = 2007-06-22}}</ref> "Around the Bend" was written by Vedder as a [[lullaby]] that Irons could sing to his son.<ref name="tenpast"/>

The lyrics to "Smile" are taken from a note that [[Dennis Flemion]] of [[The Frogs (band)|The Frogs]] hid inside Vedder's notebook while he was onstage performing.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090327142136/http://www.twofeetthick.com/concert-chronology/pj2006/#06/29/06 "Pearl Jam Concert Chronology: 2006"]}}. TwoFeetThick.com.</ref> The words used in the note are taken from the Frogs songs "This Is How I Feel" and "Now I Wanna Be Dead". Flemion is given credit in the [[Gramophone record|vinyl]], but the credit is absent from the CD version. The lyrics to "[[Red Mosquito]]" were inspired by the events surrounding Pearl Jam's June 24, 1995, concert at San Francisco's [[Golden Gate Park]], which happened on the same day Vedder was hospitalized due to [[Foodborne illness|food poisoning]].<ref name="Vedder">Vedder, Eddie. (Speaker). (2006). ''7/18/06, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco California'' [Audio Recording]. Ten Club.</ref><ref>Kava, Brad. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1290&dat=19951110&id=LDRUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jI4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3034,3144586 "'I'm Just looking to make it right.' --- E.V."]. ''[[San Jose Mercury News]]''. November 3, 1995.</ref> Vedder only made it through seven songs and the band was forced to cancel the remaining dates of the short tour that it was on.<ref name="wayout"/> For the first time on a Pearl Jam album, a band member other than Vedder contributed lyrics, with Gossard writing the lyrics to "Mankind".<ref name="spin"/> Gossard also sang lead vocals on the track.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8xEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA19|title=Epic's Stone Gossard Makes Pearl Jam's First Solo Move|date=September 1, 2001|magazine=Billboard|last=Cohen|first=Jonathan}}</ref>