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"Not for You" was released by Pearl Jam in 1995 and is, in my humble opinion, one of the band's greatest track. The 5 minutes and 50 seconds of this song feel much too short for what is expressed through the lyrics, as this song expresses a rage the likes I've never encountered before.
Vocalist and songwriter Eddie Vedder has expressed before (thx Wikipedia) that the song was about middlemen stealing the band's music, making it part of a marketing campaign that contributes to destroy youth. His music becomes the industry's, a tool to bring in customers.
But something more comes to mind when reading the lyrics. This stealing process is not a slow, creeping one like Marx's alienation of the proletariate. This is proper theft, borderline robbery. It's the industry coming in, seizing any occasion to take everything in a virgin mind and corrupt it. It's a shout against middlemen, a cry for help from the youth feeling the corruption coming.
And there is nothing to do when it comes to that. Expressing yourself is at the cost of selling out, becoming a part of the industry: don't do something you hate, don't fight back or else you become a part of it. One can only enjoy his youth while it lasts, while it's virginity is safe from the oncoming sorrows.
In such, there remains a question: what to do? If you can't fight back nor protest, what actions can you do without digging a deeper grave for yourself to be buried in? Well, do things for you. Don't do it for others, don't do it for success, do it because you want to. In such, you show that none of your works were meant to be corrupted. "This is not for you" is both a scream at the industry, but also a scream to the listener. "Fuck you, you who listens to a medium the industry uses to control you. And fuck you, industry that steals my life, my essence, for the green, godly dollar".
This song is phenomenal, both in writing and execution. The guitar solos are awesome, the drums are spot on, and the singing conveys the full rage the band expresses against the industry. If you can, go have a listen : "Not for You", Vitalogy by Pearl Jam.
Sources: Wikipedia, Genius, and my opinions. These are my thoughts, and they represent only my interpretation.